The economics of alternative fuel reduction treatments in western United States dry forests: Financial and policy implications from the National Fire and Fire Surrogate Study

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 344-354

  Hartsough, Bruce R ^a   Abrams, Scott ^b   Barbour, R James ^c   Drews, Erik S ^a   McIver, James D ^d   Moghaddas, Jason J ^e   Schwilk, Dylan W ^f   Stephens, Scott L ^e  

^a Univ of California   (United States)

^b Plumas National Forest   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel reduction; Mechanical treatment; Prescribed fire; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; BASAL AREA (BA); DRY FORESTS; ELSEVIER (CO); EXTREME WEATHER; FINANCIAL COSTS; FIRE SEVERITY; FUEL REDUCTION; MECHANICAL TREATMENT (MT); NET EFFECT; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; PRESCRIBED FIRES; REDUCING POTENTIAL; SMALL TREES; SOCIETAL BENEFITS; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WHOLE TREE HARVESTING;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; FUELS; HARVESTING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PUBLIC POLICY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TREATMENT; SURFACES; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

FIRES;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; HARVESTING; MECHANICAL TREATMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 45949109532     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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