An alternative incentive structure for wildfire management on national forest land

Forest Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 387-395

  Donovan, Geoffrey H ^a   Brown, Thomas C ^b  

^a PNW Research Station   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest Service; Incentives; Prescribed fire; Suppression; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUELS;

FIRE MANAGERS; FOREST SERVICES; PRESCRIBED FIRES; WILDFIRE DAMAGES; WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT; WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION;

FIRES;

FOREST FIRES; FUELS; INCENTIVES;

EID: 26844440808     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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