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Return on investment from fuel treatments to reduce severe wildfire and erosion in a watershed investment program in Colorado
A small but growing number of watershed investment programs in the western United States focus on wildfire risk reduction to municipal water supplies. This paper used return on investment (ROI) analysis to quantify how the amounts and placement of…
Author(s): Kelly W. Jones, Jeffery B. Cannon, Freddy A. Saavedra, Stephanie Kampf, Rob Addington, Anthony S. Cheng, Lee H. MacDonald, Codie Wilson, Brett Wolk
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Effects of wildfire on the value of recreation in western North America
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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Spatiotemporal Evaluation of Fuel Treatment and Previous Wildfire Effects on Suppression Costs - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program
This project quantifies the effects of fuel treatments and previously burned areas on daily fire management costs, as well as summarizes recent encounter rates between fuel treatments and wildland fires across the conterminous United States. Using…
Author(s): Helen T. Naughton, Kevin M. Barnett
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Evaluating spatiotemporal tradeoffs under alternative fuel management and suppression policies: measuring returns on investment - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program
The primary theme of our study is the cost-effectiveness of fuel treatment at multiple scales, addressing the question of whether fuel treatments can be justified on the basis of saved suppression costs. Our study was designed to track the influence…
Author(s): Matthew P. Thompson, Karen L. Riley, Dan R. Loeffler, Jessica R. Haas
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Do fuel treatment costs affect wildfire suppression costs and property damages? An analysis of costs, damages avoided and return on investment - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program
Spatial wildfire suppression costs regressions have been re-estimated at a more disaggregated level for the nine Geographic Area Coordination Center (GACC’s) regions using five years of data for fires involving National Forests. Results of these…
Author(s): Armando Gonzalez-Caban, John B. Loomis, Robin Reich, Douglas B. Rideout, José J. Sánchez
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Modeling fuel treatment leverage: Encounter rates, risk reduction, and suppression cost impacts
The primary theme of this study is the cost-effectiveness of fuel treatments at multiple scales of investment. We focused on the nexus of fuel management and suppression response planning, designing spatial fuel treatment strategies to incorporate…
Author(s): Matthew P. Thompson, Karen L. Riley, Dan R. Loeffler, Jessica R. Haas
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Wildland urban interface part II: response of components, systems, and mitigation strategies in the United States
Structure loss in wildland fires has significantly increased over the past few decades, affected by increased development in rural areas, changing fuel management policies, and climate change, all of which are projected to increase in the future.…
Author(s): Raquel S. P. Hakes, Sara E. Caton, Daniel J. Gorham, Michael J. Gollner
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Application of an original wildfire smoke health cost benefits transfer protocol to the western US, 2005-2015
Recent growth in the frequency and severity of US wildfires has led to more wildfire smoke and increased public exposure to harmful air pollutants. Populations exposed to wildfire smoke experience a variety of negative health impacts, imposing…
Author(s): Benjamin A. Jones, Robert P. Berrens
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