Date
July 15, 2009
Authors
Sheila M. Olmstead, Lori Snyder Bennear, and Katrina Jessoe
Publication
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Sheila M. Olmstead
University Fellow
Sheila Olmstead is a university fellow at RFF. Her recent research projects focus on adaptation to the water resource implications of climate change, economic valuation of reductions in nutrient pollution in urban coastal areas, and more.
Lori Snyder Bennear
Katrina Jessoe
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