Effect of suppression strategies on federal wildland fire expenditures

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 65-73

  Gebert, Krista M ^a   Black, Anne E ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Protection; Regression analysis; Resource benefit; Wildland fire

Indexed keywords

COST METRICS; DECISION MAKERS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FISCAL YEARS; LOWER COST; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; POLICY MAKERS; PROTECTION; PROTECTION STRATEGY; RESOURCE BENEFIT; US DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR; US FOREST SERVICE; WILDLAND FIRE;

COSTS; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; PUBLIC SPENDING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRANSACTION COST; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858661639     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/jof.10-068     Document Type: Article

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