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Phone:  662-325-7039
Fax:  662-325-8726
Email:  rgrala@cfr.msstate.edu

address:

Rm# 343, Thompson Hall
Department of Forestry
Box 9681
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9681

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Education:

• Iowa State University Ph.D., Forestry
• Central European University M.S., Environmental Sciences and Policy
• Warsaw Agricultural University M.S., Forestry

Research Interests:

• Forest economics and management
• Forest-based community and regional development
• Economics of carbon sequestration
• Utilization of woody biomass
• Valuation of non-market forest goods and services
• Agroforestry (windbreak systems)

Teaching Areas:

• FO 4113 - Forest Resource Economics
• FO 8143 - Advanced Forest Economics

Research / Extension Websites:

• Forest Economics, Management and Policy
• U.S. Forest Business Clusters
• Wood Utilization Research Center

Graduate Students

• Todd Hagadone
• Prakash Nepal

2008
Grala, R.K., J.C. Tyndall, C.W. Mize. 2008. Influence of field windbreaks on landscape aesthetics: Preliminary results. Page 178 in Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop 2007: Global Change and Forestry: Economic and Policy Implications. Download abstract

2008
Grala, R.K., J.P. Colletti, C.W. Mize. 2008. Willingness of Iowa agricultural landowners to allow fee hunting associated with in-field shelterbelts. Agroforestry Systems. Download

2008
Grala, R.K., L.A. Grace, W.B. Stuart. 2008. Logging residues as a source of bioenergy feedstock. Page 139 in Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop 2007: Global Change and Forestry: Economic and Policy Implications. Download abstract

2008
Grala, R.K., P. Nepal, D.L. Grebner. 2008. Utilization of logging residues for producing bioenergy and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. In: Proceedings, Society of American Foresters National Convention, Reno, NV, November 4-9, 2008.

2008
Tyndall, J.C., R.K. Grala. 2008. Financial feasibility of using shelterbelts for swine odor mitigation. Agroforestry Systems. Download