Research

Journal Publications

• Sutherland, S., 2025. "The National Environmental Policy Act and Climate Change Adaptation Within Federal Natural Resource Management Agencies." Case Western Law Review, 75(1).
• Edwards, E., Sutherland, S.A. and Thayer, A.W., 2023. "Teaching Price Elasticity of Demand and Marginal Analysis using Household Water Pricing." Applied Economics Teaching Resources (AETR), 5(3), pp.1–12.
• Sutherland, S.A. and Edwards, E.C., 2022. "The Impact of Property Rights to Fish on Remote Communities in Alaska." Land Economics, 98(2), pp.239–253.
• Aceves-Bueno, E., A.S. Adeleye, D. Bradley, W. Brandt, P. Callery, M. Feraud, K. Garner, R. Gentry, Y. Huang, I. McCullough, I. Pearlman, S. Sutherland, W. Wilkinson, Y. Yang, T. Zink, S. Anderson, N. Tague. 2015. "Citizen Science as a Tool for Overcoming Insufficient Monitoring and Inadequate Stakeholder Buy-in in Adaptive Management: Criteria and Evidence." Ecosystems. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9842-4

Working Papers

• Sutherland, S.A., Hernandez-Cortes, D., and Leonard, B. "Community Emissions Permits and Procedural Justice." (Working paper)
• Sutherland, S.A. and Edwards, E.C. "The National Park Service and Bureaucracy of Preservation." (Working paper)
• Sutherland, S.A., Edwards, E., and Strabo, F. "Wildfire Mitigation and Delay at the U.S. Forest Service." (Working paper)
• Sutherland, S.A. "Economic Determinants of Stakeholder Opposition to Fishing Property Rights." (Working paper)

Reports, Book Chapters, and Extension Publications

• Sutherland, S.A. and Watkins, T. 2026. "National Parks: Economics and the History of Fees." In Robert W. Turner (ed.), The Legacy and Future of National Parks: Conservation, Recreation, and Cultural Heritage. Nova Science Publishers, pp. 185–210.
• Sutherland, S. 2026. "From Race to Rights." Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), June 6, 2025.
• Sutherland, S. and Watkins, T. 2025. "The Economics of Awe." Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), June 6, 2025.
• Sutherland, S., Edwards, E., and Strabo, F. 2025. "Why Wildfire-Treatment Accounting Doesn’t Add Up." Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), February 25, 2025.
• Sutherland, S., Edwards, E., and Strabo, F. 2025. "PERC Wildfire Risk Map: A New Tool Helps Identify the Most Opportune Places to Restore Western Forests." Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), February 25, 2025.
• Edwards, E. and Sutherland, S. 2022. "Does Environmental Review Worsen the Wildfire Crisis? How Environmental Analysis Delays Fuel Treatment Projects." PERC Policy Briefing, June 14, 2022.
• Sutherland, S. and Edwards, E. 2021. "Oh, I’ll Keep ’em Out." PERC Reports, Vol. 40, No. 2.
• Sutherland, S., Von Haefen, R., Eggleston, D., and Cao, J. 2021. "Economic Valuation of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary." Prepared for the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership (APNEP).
• Edwards, E., Sutherland, S., Dumas, C., Hutchens, A., and Oshagbemi, Y. 2021. "North Carolina’s Wild Caught Fishing Industry Economic Impact Assessment." N.C. Sea Grant.
• Sutherland, S. 2021. "San Francisco’s Water Steal." Milken Institute Review.
• Sutherland, S. 2020. "The Dam Rent Is Too Low." PERC Reports, Vol. 39, No. 2.
• Sutherland, S. 2020. "San Francisco Should Pay Yosemite the Dam Rent." PERC Policy Briefing, Fall 2020.
• Branan, R., Edwards, E.C., Hutchens, A., and Sutherland, S.A. 2019. "How North Carolinians Benefit from Water Pollution Credit Trading." NC State Economist, NC State University College of Ag and Life Sciences, Fall 2019.
• Edwards, E.C., Sutherland, S.A., and Von Haefen, R.H. 2019. "Should I Stay or Should I Go? Coal Ash in North Carolina." NC State Economist, NC State University College of Ag and Life Sciences, Winter 2019.
• Edwards, E.C. and Sutherland, S.A. 2019. "A Guide to Municipal Water Conservation Pricing in Utah." USU Extension Numbered Publication, Applied_Economics/2019-01pr. Read online.
• Edwards, E.C. and Sutherland, S.A. 2017. "Lobbying." In Fathali M. Moghaddam (ed.), SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior. SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 448–451.

Contact: sasutherland@ucdavis.edu