Wildfire in Montana: Potential hazard reduction and economic effects of a strategic treatment program

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 21-25

  Keegan III, Charles E ^a   Fiedler, Carl E ^a   Morgan, Todd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS; HAZARD REDUCTION TREATMENTS; SAWTIMBERS; SUNLIGHT;

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FINANCE; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MARKETING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TIMBER;

FIRE HAZARDS;

COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; FINANCE; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; MARKETING; PLANNING;

PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 4344702309     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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