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Examining heterogeneity and wildfire management expenditures using spatially and temporally descriptive data
Increasing costs of wildfire management have highlighted the need to better understand suppression expenditures and potential tradeoffs of land management activities that may affect fire risks. Spatially and temporally descriptive data is used to…
Author(s): Michael S. Hand, Matthew P. Thompson, David E. Calkin
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Fighting fire in the heat of the day: an analysis of operational and environmental conditions of use for large airtankers in United States fire suppression
Large airtanker use is widespread in wildfire suppression in the United States. The current approach to nationally dispatching the fleet of federal contract airtankers relies on filling requests for airtankers to achieve suppression objectives…
Author(s): Crystal S. Stonesifer, David E. Calkin, Matthew P. Thompson, Keith Stockmann
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Wildfires in the United States: a primer
This report examines recent wildfires in the United States, summarizing their frequency, trends, and costs. It documents the increase in large wildfires and shows their concentration in western states. Cost and budget issues linked to wildfires are…
Author(s): Vera Brusentsev, Wayne Vroman
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Managing the market: how procurement practices impact private sector wildfire response capacity
Effective wildfire management requires significant institutional organization, a skilled workforce, facilities, and equipment. Sustaining sufficient wildfire response capacity is critical to both agencies and communities that are affected by fire.…
Author(s): Heidi Huber-Stearns, Cassandra Moseley, Autumn Ellison
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A synthesis of the economic values of wilderness
Early applications of wilderness economic research demonstrated that the values of natural amenities and commodities produced from natural areas could be measured in commensurate terms. To the surprise of many, the economic values of wilderness…
Author(s): Thomas P. Holmes, Jeffrey Englin, J. M. Bowker, Evan Hjerpe, John B. Loomis, Spencer Phillips, Robert Richardson
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Social preferences toward energy generation with woody biomass from public forests in Montana, USA
In Montana, USA, there are substantial opportunities for mechanized thinning treatments on public forests to reduce the likelihood of severe and damaging wildfires and improve forest health. These treatments produce residues that can be used to…
Author(s): Tyron J. Venn, Nathaniel Anderson, Robert M. Campbell
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Production and efficiency of large wildland fire suppression effort: a stochastic frontier analysis
This study examines the production and efficiency of wildland fire suppression effort. We estimate the effectiveness of suppression resource inputs to produce controlled fire lines that contain large wildland fires using stochastic frontier analysis…
Author(s): Hari Katuwal, David E. Calkin, Michael S. Hand
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Planning for wildfire in the wildland-urban interface: a resource guide for Idaho communities
The price of wildfire has never been higher. Why? And what can local communities do about it? One way to measure the price of wildfire is the dollars spent on suppression alone. In 1995, fire made up 16 percent of the U.S. Forest Service’s annual…
Author(s): Stephen R. Miller, Thomas Wuerzer, Jaap Vos, Eric Lindquist, Molly Mowery, Tyre Holfeltz, Brian Stephens, Alexander Grad
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