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Economics research unit explores biomass utilization opportunities on the Bitterroot National Forest
Almost a million tons of biomass left over after thinning designed to reduce hazardous fuels and increase tree vigor, thus decreasing susceptibility to insects and disease, could provide significant small business opportunities in the Bitterroot…
Author(s): David E. Calkin
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Comparing resource values at risk from wildfires with Forest Service fire suppression expenditures: examples from 2003 western Montana wildfire season
Determining the economic effectiveness of wildfire suppression activities is complicated by difficulties in identifying the area that would have burned and the associated resource value changes had suppression resources not been employed. We…
Author(s): David E. Calkin, Kevin D. Hyde, Krista M. Gebert, J. Greg Jones
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Testing transferability of willingness to pay for forest fire prevention among three states of California, Florida, and Montana
The equivalency of willingness to pay between the states of California, Florida and Montana is tested. Residents in California, Florida and Montana have an average willingness to pay of $417, $305, and $382 for prescribed burning program, and $403…
Author(s): John B. Loomis, Le Trong Hung, Armando Gonzalez-Caban
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A web-based information system for estimating fuel characteristics, fire hazard, and treatment effectiveness - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program
This project has three objectives: 1) Classify ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, and dry mixed-conifer forests types in Montana and New Mexico into appropriate fuel characteristic classes (FCC's), and display the results by forest type, density, and…
Author(s): Carl E. Fiedler, Roger D. Ottmar
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