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Reducing Wildfire Risk to Communities
Nine solutions for controlling the pace, scale, and pattern of future development in the Wildland-Urban Interface
Featured Research
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The Economic Importance of National Monuments to Local Communities
UPDATED: Research and interactive map showing that the economies of communities adjacent to 17 national monuments studied in the West all expanded following the monument’s creation.
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Commercial Activities on National Forests
UPDATED: Headwaters Economics has produced two interactive maps to help users better understand the range of commercial activities on National Forests at the Forest, state and forest region levels.
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County Payments Research
This post summarizes our analysis of recent Senate and House bills; a single payment proposal to combine SRS, revenue sharing, and PILT; testimony before the U.S. Senate; and interactive maps that show commercial activities on National Forests.
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