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Type: Report
Author(s): John B. Loomis; Lucas S. Bair; Philip N. Omi; Douglas B. Rideout; Armando González-Cabán
Publication Date: 2000

The objective of this study is to determine the level of support Florida residents ascribe to three alternative fuel reduction techniques given location to recent large-scale wildfire events and differences in ethnicity and/or language. Gaps in knowledge and attitude toward prescribed fire exist between English and Spanish speaking residents. Although these disparities are present, the willingness to pay (WTP) for alternative fuel treatment programs is not statistically influenced by language, ethnicity, or location to recent large-scale wildfire events. The median and mean WTP for the prescribed fire program is $174.38 and $184.64 per household per year, respectively. The median and mean WTP for the mechanical program is $102.05 and $161.38 per household per year, respectively. The median and mean WTP for the herbicide program is $-142.28 and $143.83 per household per year, respectively.

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Citation: Loomis, John B.; Bair, Lucas S.; Omi, Philp N.; Rideout, Douglas B.; González-Cabán, Armando. 2000. A survey of Florida residents regarding three alternative fuel treatment programs - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program. JFSP Project No. 98-S-04. Fort Collins, CO: Colorado State University, Department of Forest, Rangeland & Watershed Stewardship. 89 p.

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Regions:
Keywords:
  • air quality
  • ash
  • bibliography
  • catastrophic fires
  • climatology
  • community ecology
  • digital data collection
  • drought
  • ecosystem dynamics
  • education
  • ENSO - El Nino Southern Oscillation
  • fire damage
  • fire dependent species
  • fire frequency
  • fire hazard reduction
  • fire intensity
  • fire management
  • fire management planning
  • fire protection
  • fire regimes
  • fire suppression
  • flame length
  • Florida
  • fuel accumulation
  • fuel reduction
  • geography
  • Georgia
  • health factors
  • herbicide
  • ignition
  • JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program
  • land management
  • lightning caused fires
  • litter
  • national parks
  • pine forests
  • precipitation
  • private lands
  • public information
  • season of fire
  • SFP - Southern Fire Portal
  • site treatments
  • smoke effects
  • smoke management
  • statistical analysis
  • thinning
  • wildfires
  • willingness-to-pay
  • wind
Tall Timbers Record Number: 19309Location Status: In-fileCall Number: Fire FileAbstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
JFSP Project Number(s):
  • 98-S-04
Record Last Modified:
Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 795

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