Ph.D. 1997 Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences, Certificate in Ecological Economics, University of Maryland, College Park.

B.S. 1986 (with honors), Earth Science, University of California, Santa Cruz.

• Risk analysis and decision support tools for prioritizing natural resource management options
• Mapping and valuation of ecosystem services
• Cost-effectiveness analysis of ecological restoration in aquatic and terrestrial systems
• Invasive species risk assessment
• Ecological and economic indicators for communicating relative impacts of natural resource change
• GIS-based modeling and spatial statistical analysis
• Statistical modeling including time series and multivariate techniques

Invited EPA Lecture

Dr. Lisa Wainger was an invited speaker in the US EPA Ecological Research Lecture Series, Program Leadership Seminar in July 2007. At the request of the National Program Director for Ecology, she spoke about her work developing a new framework for mapping and valuing ecosystem goods and services. Dr. Wainger has been developing methods to objectively measure the relative value of ecosystem goods and services to support natural resource management and evaluate tradeoffs. Dr. Wainger has also been advising US EPA managers on how to incorporate concepts of ecosystem service benefits into future research. That research aims to improve risk assessment of the natural processes that produce human benefits such as health protection and recreational opportunities.

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) Steering Committee

Serving on Committee since 2006, Dr. Lisa Wainger provides expertise on Economic and Ecological Effects of Non-Native Forest Pests and Pathogens.

Invited EPA Panel Member On Environmental Sustainability

A Forum on Sustainability, Well-Being, and Environmental Protection: What’s an Agency to Do? December 2, 2005. Washington, DC. http://www.epa.gov/sustainability/econforum/index.htm.

World Wildlife Fund Invited Participant

Kathryn Fuller Symposium on Ecosystem Services. World Wildlife Fund, Stanford University, and The Nature Conservancy. October 31 – November 1, 2006. Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC.

Resources for the Future Invited Participant

Practical Measurement of Ecosystem Services: Can We Standardize the Way We Count Nature’s Benefits? Resources for the Future, May 25-26, 2005, Washington, DC. A workshop between federal government partners, NGOs and academics to promote measurement standards for ecosystem services.

USGS / NPS Invited Speaker

Analyzing the Market and Non-Market Value of Natural Systems and Resources. Leetown Science Center Fish Health Laboratory Conference Room, Kearneysville, West Virginia. June 13, 2006.

Journal Articles

Wainger, L.A., D.M. King, R.N. Mack, E.W. Price and T. Maslin, 2010. Can the concept of ecosystem services be practically applied to improve natural resource management decisions? Ecological Economics In press. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.12.011

Mehaffey, Megan, Lisa Wainger, Timothy Wade, Dennis Yankee, Elizabeth Smith, Vicki Bott, Rebecca Yarbourgh. 2008. Assessing vulnerabilities from alternative development patterns.� Landscape and Urban Planning 87:84–95.

Chornesky, E.A., A. M. Bartuska & 14 coauthors. 2005. Science priorities to reduce the threat of invasive species to sustainable forestry. BioScience 55(4): 335-349.

Wainger, Lisa A., Dennis M. King, Sandra L. Bird and Joyce A. Cantrell, 2004. Indicators for Assessing Economic Vulnerabilities to Changes in Ecosystem Services: Case Study of Counties in Maryland , USA . Environmental Management 34(5):730-747.

Wainger, Lisa A. and Elizabeth W. Price, 2004. Evaluating Quality of Life, Economic Vulnerabilities and Drivers of Ecosystem Change. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 94:69-84.

Boyd, J. and L.A. Wainger, 2002. Landscape Indicators of Ecosystem Service Benefits. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 84(5):1371-1378.

Boyd, J. and L.A. Wainger, 2002. Measuring Ecosystem Service Benefits for Wetland Mitigation. National Wetlands Newsletter 24(6):1. Environmental Law Institute.

Shabman, L., L. Zepp, L. Wainger and D. King, 2002. Incentives for reforestation of agricultural land: What will a market for carbon sequestration credits contribute? Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (17(2): 116-124).

Costanza R., A. Voinov, R. Boumans, T. Maxwell, F. Villa, L. Wainger, H. Voinov, 2002. Integrated ecological economic modeling of the Patuxent River watershed, Maryland. Ecological Monographs 72(2):203-231.

Wainger, L. A., D. M. King, J. Salzman and J. Boyd, 2001. Wetland Value Indicators for Scoring Mitigation Trades. Stanford Environmental Law Journal 20(2):413-478.

Geoghegan, J., L. Wainger and N. Bockstael, 1997. Spatial landscape indices in a hedonic framework: An ecological economics analysis using GIS. Ecological Economics 23(3): 251-264.

Voinov, A. A., R. Costanza, L. Wainger, R. Boumans, F. Villa, T. Maxwell and H. Voinov, 1999. Patuxent landscape model: integrated ecological economic modeling of a watershed. Environmental Modelling & Software 14(5): 473-491.

Fitz, H. C., E. DeBellevue, R. Costanza, R. Boumans, T. Maxwell, L. Wainger and F. Sklar, 1996. Development of a general ecosystem model for a range of scales and ecosystems. Ecological Modelling 88(1/3): 263-295.

Bockstael, N., R. Costanza, I. Strand , W. Boynton, K. Bell and L. Wainger, 1995. Ecological economic modeling and valuation of ecosystems. Ecological Economics 14: 143-159.

Costanza, R., L. Wainger, C. Folke and K.-G. Maler, 1993. Modeling complex ecological and economic systems: Towards an evolutionary, dynamic understanding of people and nature. BioScience 43(8): 545-555.

Book Chapters

Wainger, L. A. and J. Boyd, (In review). Economics in Ecosystem-Based Management. In: Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans: Applying Resilience Thinking (A. Leslie and K. McLeod, eds.)

Lookingbill, T., R. Gardner, L. Wainger and C. Tague. (In press). Landscape Modelling. In: Encyclopedia of Ecology (Sven Erik Jorgensen, editor).

King, D. M. and L. A. Wainger, 2001. Assessing the economic value of biodiversity using indicators of site conditions and landscape context. In: Valuation of Biodiversity Benefits: Selected Studies, pp. 121-150. Paris , France , Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Wainger, L. A. and D. M. King, 2001. Priorities for Weed Risk Assessment: Using A Landscape Context to Assess Indicators of Functions, Services and Values. In: Weed Risk Assessment. R.H. Groves , F.D. Panetta and J.G. Virtue (eds). pp. 34-51. Victoria , Australia , CSIRO Publishing.

Costanza, R., L. Wainger and N. Bockstael, 1995. Integrated ecological economic systems modeling: Theoretical issues and practical applications. In: Integrating Economic and Ecological Indicators: Practical Methods for Environmental Policy Analysis. J. W. Milon and J. F. Shogren (eds.). Westport , CN, Praeger.

Costanza, R. and L. Wainger, 1991. Ecological Economics. In: Mending the Earth: a World for Our Grandchildren. P. Rothkrug and R. L. Olsen (eds.). Berkeley , North Atlantic Books.

Reports and Discussion Papers

Wainger, Lisa A., Jillian Rayburn, and Elizabeth W. Price, 2007. Review of Land Use Change Models Applicability to Projections of Future Energy Demand in the Southeast United States. Report to EPA Regional Vulnerability Assessment Program, Betsy Smith, Director, Southeast Energy Futures 07-02, March 28, 2007

Wainger, Lisa A., Elizabeth W. Price, and Abby W. H. Lund. 2007. How Quality of Life Affects Economies: Firm Location Decisions and Potential Economic Impacts. Report to EPA Regional Vulnerability Assessment Program, Betsy Smith, Director, March 26, 2007

Wainger, Lisa A. and Elizabeth Price, 2007. Fiscal Impact Analysis of the Future Charlotte Metropolitan Statistical Area (SEQL Region). Technical Report to EPA Regional Vulnerability Assessment Program, Betsy Smith, Director, SEQL 01-04E. March 31, 2007.

Wainger, Lisa A., Elizabeth W. Price, and Jillian K. Rayburn. 2007. Economic Impacts of Alternative Growth Scenarios in the Charlotte Metropolitan Region in 2030. Report to EPA Regional Vulnerability Assessment Program, Betsy Smith, Director, March 27, 2007.

King, Dennis, Lisa Wainger, and Peter Kuch, 2007. Strategy for Assessing Impacts of Land Use, Transportation, Energy, and Greenhouse Gas Policies on Local/County Energy Demand in Eight Southeast States. Report to EPA, Tim Johnson Project Manager. SE Energy Futures Report 07-01, March 28, 2007

Wainger, Lisa A., Dennis M. King, Richard N. Mack, Elizabeth W. Price and Thomas Maslin, 2007. Prioritizing Invasive Species Management by Optimizing Production of Ecosystem Service Benefits. Final Report to USDA ERS PREISM Program, August 31, 2007. Project Manager: Craig Osteen, Resource Economics Division; Agreement #: 43-3AEM-3-80092.

Wainger, Lisa A. and Dennis M. King, 2007. Establishing Trading Ratios for Point – Non-Point Source Water Quality Trades: Can we Capture Environmental Variability without Breaking the Bank? University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Technical Report No. TS-523-07, Manuscript on file at Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. CBL 07-056.

Wainger, Lisa A. and Dennis M. King. 2005. Regional Indicators of Environmental Restoration Industry Potential in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands. Final Report. Prepared for Canaan Valley Institute. September 2005.

Wainger, Lisa A., Elizabeth W. Price and Dennis M. King, 2004.Poplar Island Expansion Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement: Report on Existing Conditions and Impacts to Socioeconomics, Aesthetics and Recreational Resources. Prepared for Maryland Port Administration. December 2004.

Wainger, Lisa A., Elizabeth W. Price and Dennis M. King, 2004. James and Barren Islands Restoration Projects Feasibility Study and Environmental Impact Statement: Report on Existing Conditions and Impacts to Socioeconomics, Aesthetics and Recreational Resources. Prepared for: Maryland Port Administration under contract to Maryland Environmental Service, MES Contract # 05-07-16. October 2004.

Wainger, Lisa A. and Elizabeth W. Price, 2004. A Statistical Test of the Effect of Hart Miller Island on Property Values. March 30, 2004. Technical Report to Maryland Port Administration.

Boyd, James and Lisa Wainger, 2003. Measuring Ecosystem Service Benefits: The Use of Landscape Analysis to Evaluate Environmental Trades and Compensation(pdf). Resources for the Future, Discussion Paper 02-63. April 2003.

Wainger, L.A. and J. Boyd, 2002. Use of Ecosystem Service Zones to Streamline Evaluation of Wetland Mitigation Trades. Chapter 8 In: Landscape Indicators of Ecosystem Service Benefits. Final Report to EPA STAR Program for grant # R827921. April 16, 2002.

Wainger, L. A., D. M. King, J. Boyd and J. Wakeley, 2001. Expanding Wetland Assessment Procedures: Landscape Indicators of Relative Wetland Value with Illustrations for Scoring Mitigation Trades. US Army Corps of Engineers. Engineer Research and Development Center. Environmental Laboratory.

King, D.M., L.A. Wainger and P.J. Kuch, 2001. Value-Added Processing of Corn and Soybeans in the Upper Mississippi River Watershed: A Life-Cycle Assessment of Economic and Environmental Impacts. July 2001. Report to US EPA Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation.

Wainger, L.A., D. M. King, L. Shabman and L. Zepp. 2000. The Benefits and Costs of Reforesting Economically Marginal Cropland in the Mississippi Delta. Report to Delta Land Trust. Jackson, Mississippi. May 3, 2000.

King, D. M., L. A. Wainger, C. C. Bartoldus and J. S. Wakeley, 2000. Expanding Wetland Assessment Procedures: Linking Indices of Wetland Function with Services and Values. US Army Corps of Engineers. Engineer Research and Development Center . Environmental Laboratory, Vicksburg , MS. ERDC/EL TR-00-17.

Wainger, L. A., 1999. Evaluating landscape scale ecological indicators for use in urbanized watersheds: Relationships between spatial land use patterns and the Index of Biotic Integrity. (Discussion paper on file with author at Chesapeake Biological Lab).

Comparing cost, risk and benefit tradeoffs for invasives management under uncertainty: Cheatgrass case study

Developed decision support tools to assist managers in treating invasive species by allowing them to evaluate risks of invasion and costs and benefits of management options in terms of improvements in ecosystem services. Managed all facets of the multi-investigator project and conducted workshops and interviews with restoration practitioners, researchers and managers to design a tool responsive to potential user needs. Conducted a statistical evaluation of a database of treatment spending and success of outcomes to characterize costs and probability of successful treatment as a function of treatment applied and site and location characteristics. Innovatively combined landscape ecology techniques and economic principles to assess benefits for multiple ecosystem services using indicators of ecoservice value. (USDA Economic Research Service)

Risk-Based Decision Support System for Managing Coastal Systems Exposed to Multiple Stressors

Developed economic benefit and risk analyses that were linked to statistical and process-based models of aquatic community condition to compare alternate management activities such as implementation of agricultural and urban best management practices. Developing methods to assess comparability of point source & non-point source nutrient trades within a watershed using a case study within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Integrated numerous data sources and refined methods for cost estimation techniques. (NOAA, Coastal Oceans Program)

Environmental Economic Analysis of Dredged Material Placement Options in the Chesapeake Bay

Using GIS-based analysis to examine costs, risks and benefits of using dredged material in Bay island restoration projects. Produced summary of current understanding of heterogeneity of aquatic habitat structure and risks to production of ecosystem services derived from the Chesapeake Bay including commercial and recreational fisheries, recreational boating, support of local businesses, habitat for rare species and protection of land and property. Developed new methods to characterize social impacts by evaluating important changes in views weighted by sensitivity of viewers. Used projections of sea level rise to evaluate risk to future streams of benefits from wetland restoration. (Maryland Port Administration).

GIS Data Center: Development and Analysis to Evaluate Ecological Effects on Aquatic Systems

Managed the UMCES-CBL GIS lab which, over 4 years, provided GIS maps and analyses to the Bay Environmental Working Group for use in rating dredged material placement projects for their ability to 1) minimize harm to Chesapeake Bay living resources such as oysters and SAV and recreational and commercial uses of in-water and near-shore resources; and 2) for prioritizing sites for wetland restoration. The lab has created and documented an extensive database of publicly available and privately-held data related to water quality, physical environment, habitat quality for land and water species, and human use of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. (Maryland Port Administration).