Bruce Shindler

Professor
Forest Ecosystems and Society

115 Peavy Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331

• Office: 115 Peavy Hall
• Phone: 541-737-3299
• Fax: 541-737-1393

• B.A., 1968, California State University/Long Beach
• M.S., 1990, Oregon State University
• Ph.D., 1993, Oregon State University

• FOR 354 - Amenity Resource Management
• FOR 355 - Management for Multiple Resource Values
• FOR 391 - Natural Resource Communications
• FOR 454/554 - Managing at the Wildland Urban Interface

social values of natural resources, public agency-community interactions, social aspects of wildland fire management, communication strategies.

• Ryan Gordon - Ph.D, Forest Social Science
• Patrick Shannon - M.S.

social responses to ecosystem management practices in the Pacific Northwest, public acceptance of wildland fire management and fuel reduction practices, agency communication strategies and local partnerships

1. Shindler, B., E. Toman, and S. McCaffrey. In Press. Public perspectives of fire, fuels, and the Forest Service in the Great Lakes Region: a survey of citizen-agency communication and trust. International Journal of Wildland Fire.
2. Toman, E., B. Shindler, and S. McCaffrey. 2008. Postfire communications: the influence of site visits on local support. Journal of Forestry, January/February:25-30.
3. Stankey, G.H. and B. Shindler. 2006. Formation of social acceptability judgments and their implications for management of rare and little-known species. Conservation Biology 20:28-37.
4. Howe, G., B. Shindler, B. Cashore, E. Hanson, D. Lach, and W. Armstrong. 2005. Public influences on plantation forestry. Journal of Forestry 103(2):92-96.
5. Shindler, B.A., J. Hino, and R. Gordon. 2005. Digital video in the classroom: communication skills for future natural resource professionals. Journal of Forestry 103(1).
6. Toman, E., B. Shindler, and M. Brunson. 2005. Fire and fuel management communication strategies: citizen evaluations of agency outreach activities. Society and Natural Resources 19:321-336.
7. Brunson, M.W. and B.A. Shindler. 2004. Geographic variation in social acceptability of wildland fuels management in the western United States. Society and Natural Resources 17(8):661-678.
8. Steel, B., D. Lach, B. Shindler, and P. List. 2004. The role of scientists in the environmental policy process: a study from the American West. Environmental Science and Policy 7(1):1-13.
9. Toman, E., B. Shindler, and M. Reed. 2004. Prescribed fire: the influence of site visits on citizen attitudes. The Journal of Environmental Education 35(3):13-18.
10. Abrams, J., E. Kelly, B. Shindler, and J. Wilton. In Press. Value orientation and forest management: the forest health debate. Environmental Management.