Economic impacts of southwestern national forest fuels reductions

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 311-316

  Hjerpe, Evan E ^a   Kim, Yeon Su ^b  

^a The Wilderness Society   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic impact analysis; Fuels reduction programs; Ponderoso pine; Small diameter wood utilization

Indexed keywords

CIVIL AVIATION; ECONOMICS; FUELS;

ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; FISCAL YEAR 2005; MECHANICAL THINNING; NATIONAL FORESTS; PONDEROSO PINE; REGIONAL ECONOMIES; RURAL COMMUNITIES; SMALL-DIAMETER WOOD UTILIZATION;

WOOD FUELS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SELF THINNING; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; WILDFIRE;

COMBUSTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57849139719     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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