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Taylor, Sánchez Meador, Kim, Rollins, Will
In this article, we develop a simulation model of the benefits and costs of managing the ponderosa pine forest ecosystem in the southwestern United States. Using the model, we evaluate and compare the economic benefits and costs of ecological…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Parks, Holsinger, Miller, Nelson
Theory suggests that natural fire regimes can result in landscapes that are both self-regulating and resilient to fire. For example, because fires consume fuel, they may create barriers to the spread of future fires, thereby regulating fire size.…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Boer, Price, Bradstock
From the text...'Studies in Australia and the United States show that weather is a stronger determinant of fire severity than is fuel...Fuel treatment whether by managed fires or other means, may be most cost-effective when strategically targeted in…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Yocom, Shive, Strom, Sieg, Hunter, Stevens-Rumann, Fulé
Wildfires have been increasing in size and severity over recent decades. Forest managers use fuel treatments, including tree thinning and prescribed burning, to reduce the risk of high-severity fire. The impact of fuel treatments on carbon dynamics…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Wright, Evans, Haubensak, Emhoff, Denipah
Typical hazardous fuel reduction treatments target small diameter trees for removal producing large amounts of woody material, much of which is piled and burned on site. Little is known about how physical characteristics and the environmental…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Evans, Auerbach, Miller, Wood, Nystrom, Loevner, Aragón, Piccarello, Krasilovsky
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on planning, education, and fuel reduction treatments in the WUI, yet there is little information on the effectiveness of these efforts. To address this need, we conducted an assessment of the…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
In a period of great ecological and socioeconomic change, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service recognizes the critical importance of restoration to fulfilling its mission to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Wright, Evans, Haubensak
Typical hazardous fuel reduction treatments target small diameter trees for removal producing large amounts of woody material, much of which is piled and burned on site. Little is known about how physical characteristics and the environmental…
Year: 2015
Type: Project
Evans, Krasilovsky
Millions of dollars have been spent on developing and implementing Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs), and there is no doubt that community wildfire protection planning benefits communities, landowners, and citizens. Similarly, federal,…
Year: 2015
Type: Project
Thompson, Anderson
High up-front costs and uncertain return on investment make it difficult for land managers to economically justify large-scale fuel treatments, which remove trees and other vegetation to improve conditions for fire control, reduce the likelihood of…
Year: 2015
Type: Document