Research conducted by Headwaters Economics is fully independent. We receive funding from a wide variety of sources as part of our mission to pursue a broad range of research to help improve community development and land management decisions in the West.
Headwaters Economics determines what research topics to pursue and the best way to interpret research findings. Our research also goes through peer review, and we routinely publish our work in scientific journals such as the Journal of Forestry, Journal of Rural Studies, Landscape and Urban Planning, Society and Natural Resources, and Human Ecology Review.
Our revenue comes from numerous places: federal agencies, such as the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service; partnerships on specific projects, including the University of Montana and the Montana Legislature; non-government organizations such Economic Development Central Oregon; charitable foundations, such as the Bullitt Foundation and the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation; and contract work for non-profit organizations such as the Trust for Public Land.
