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  1. Do fuel treatments reduce wildfire suppression costs and property damages? Analysis of suppression costs and property damages in U.S. National Forests

    This paper reports the results of two hypotheses tests regarding whether fuel reduction treatments using prescribed burning and mechanical methods reduces wildfire suppression costs and property damages. To test these two hypotheses data was collected on fuel treatments, fire suppression costs and property damages associated with wildfires on United States National...

    Author(s):
    John Loomis; José J. Sánchez; Armando González-Cabán; Douglas Rideout; Robin Reich
    Year:
    2019
    Keywords:
    mechanical fuel reduction, prescribed burning, property damage, wildfire suppression costs
    Source:
    Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-261 (English). Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: 70-84.

  2. A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States

    This guide describes the benefits, opportunities, and trade-offs concerning fuel treatments in the dry mixed conifer forests of northern California and the Klamath Mountains, Pacific Northwest Interior, northern and central Rocky Mountains, and Utah. Multiple interacting disturbances and diverse physical settings have created a forest mosaic with historically low- to...

    Author(s):
    Theresa B. Jain; Mike A. Battaglia; Han-Sup Han; Russell T. Graham; Christopher R. Keyes; Jeremy S. Fried; Jonathan E. Sandquist
    Year:
    2012
    Keywords:
    fuel management, fuel treatments, dry mixed conifer forests, fire regimes
    Source:
    Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-292. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 331 p.
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