Investments in fuel removals to avoid forest fires result in substantial benefits

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-31

  Mason, C Larry ^a   Lippke, Bruce R ^a   Zobrist, Kevin W ^a   Bloxton Jr , Thomas D ^b   Ceder, Kevin R ^a   Comnick, Jeffrey M ^a   McCarter, James B ^a   Rogers, Heather K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Forest fires; Forest fuels; Nonmarket values; Small diameter logs

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOOD FUELS;

FOREST FUELS; FUEL REMOVAL; NONMARKET VALUES; SMALL-DIAMETER LOGS;

FORESTRY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOREST FIRE; HARVESTING;

COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; FUEL WOOD; LOGS;

EID: 33344462103     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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