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Ambient wildfire smoke in the American West has worsened considerably in recent decades, while the number of individuals recreating outdoors has simultaneously surged. Wildfire smoke poses a serious risk to human health, especially during long…
Author(s): Matthew Clark, Alexander Killion, Matthew A. Williamson, Vicken Hillis
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Wildfire activity is increasing in the western United States at a time when outdoor recreation is growing in popularity. Because peak outdoor recreation and wildfire seasons overlap, fires can disrupt recreation and expose people to poor air quality…
Author(s): Jacob Gellman, Margaret Walls, Matthew J. Wibbenmeyer
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Public opinion of wildfire is often perceived to be negative and in support of fire suppression, even though research suggests public opinions have become more positive over the past few decades. However, most prior work on this topic has focused on…
Author(s): Alexandra Weill, Lauren M. Watson, Andrew Latimer
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This study contributes to the understanding of the relationship between crisis management procedures and local resilience responses. Utilizing the context of the 416 wildfire in southwest Colorado during the summer of 2018, this study proposes that…
Author(s): Elizabeth A. Cartier, Lorraine L. Taylor
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There is limited research on recreationists’ responses to changes in resource conditions after wildfire. Existing studies often rely on presenting visitors with hypothetical wildfire scenarios or simulated changes in conditions. We completed a quick…
Author(s): Eric M. White, Terry R. Bergerson, Elliot T. Hinman
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The visibility, safety, and health effects of seasonal wildfires may affect recreational visits to national parks (NPs), even if fires occur outside of park boundaries. This study statistically quantifies the effect of nearby wildfire on tourist…
Author(s): Man-Kuen Kim, Paul M. Jakus
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The 28,000-acre Rattlesnake National Recreation Area (RNRA) lies immediately northwest of Missoula, Montana, and is a highly popular recreation destination with an estimated 60,000 annual visitors. The immediate area also contains thousands of…
Author(s): Megan P. Keville
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Fire trails provide access into vegetation for controlled burns in fire-prone regions of the world. We examined the ecological impacts of fire trails on plant assemblages in edge habitat adjacent to trails in eucalypt woodlands of World Heritage…
Author(s): Daniel W. Krix, Matthew C. Hingee, Leigh J. Martin, Megan L. Phillips, Brad R. Murray
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Wildfires play an integral role in forest ecosystems of western North America. In an attempt to measure the level and value of ecosystem damage caused by wildfires, papers employing nonmarket valuation techniques-stated preference, revealed…
Author(s): Ranjit S. Bawa
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Federal wildland fire management policy in the United States directs the use of value-based methods to guide priorities. However, the economic literature on the effect of wildland fire on nonmarket uses, such as recreation, is limited. This paper…
Author(s): John W. Duffield, Chris J. Neher, David A. Patterson, Aaron M. Deskins
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A lack of research on the conceptual intersection of leisure, place and wildland fire and its role in identity prompted this exploratory study. The purpose of this research was to gather evidence regarding how people negotiate identities under the…
Author(s): Joseph Champ, Daniel R. Williams, Katie Knotek
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Research at the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex in Montana explored differences in recreation visitors’ attitudes towards the use of management-ignited prescribed fires in the wilderness. A mail-back survey of visitors (n = 291) during the 2004…
Author(s): Katie Knotek, Alan E. Watson, William T. Borrie, Joshua G. Whitmore, David Turner
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Wildfire and prescribed fire have the potential to affect user demand and value for recreation, making such information important to the decision-making process for fire managers. However, such information is not always readily available. We…
Author(s): Hayley Hesseln, John B. Loomis, Armando Gonzalez-Caban
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Surveys were conducted on 33 sites within National Forests in Colorado and Montana to test how forest fires affected recreation demand in the two states. Data were collected on the actual number of visits and on the intended number of visits if the…
Author(s): Hayley Hesseln, John B. Loomis, Armando Gonzalez-Caban
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This paper examines how acceptance of wildland fire management actions is affected by fire-specific situational factors. Respondents' evaluated the acceptability of 'immediately extinguishing a fire,' 'letting the fire burn in a contained area,' or…
Author(s): Katie Kneeshaw, Jerry J. Vaske, James D. Absher
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This analysis examines the dynamic path of recreational values following a forest fire in three different states in the intermountain western United States. The travel cost demand analysis found that annual recreation values after a fire follow a…
Author(s): Jeffrey Englin, John B. Loomis, Armando Gonzalez-Caban
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Surveys of visitors to National Forests in Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming were conducted to determine whether non-motorized recreation visitation responded to different fire ages and fire intensities. Actual and intended behavior data was combined…
Author(s): John B. Loomis, Jeffrey Englin, Jared McDonald, Armando Gonzalez-Caban
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Visitors to National Forests in Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming were asked how their visitation rates would change with the presence of a high-intensity crown fire, prescribed fire, and a 20-year-old high-intensity fire at the area they were visiting.…
Author(s): John B. Loomis, Jeffrey Englin, Armando Gonzalez-Caban
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Several decades of fire suppression following logging around the turn-of-the-century has produced dense, evenage stands of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). They contrast with the original forests where…
Author(s): Joe H. Scott
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The 1988 Gates Park Fire, along the North Fork of the Sun River in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, provided an opportunity to explore fire effects on wilderness visitor choices. Recreation visitors along the North and South Fork drainages were…
Author(s): Timothy G. Love, Alan E. Watson
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