Pacific Southwest

Title: Timber net value and physical output changes following wildfire in the northern Rocky Mountains: estimates for specific fire situations

Author: Flowers, Patrick J.; Shinkle, Patricia B.; Cain, Daria A.; Mills, Thomas J.

Date: 1985

Source: Res. Pap. PSW-RP-179. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 32 p

Station ID: RP-PSW-179

Description: In the last decade, the fire management program of the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, has come under closer scrutiny because of ever-rising program costs. The Forest Service has responded by conducting several studies analyzing the economic efficiency of its fire management program. Some components of the analytical models have been difficult to develop, particularly changes in the net value and output of timber caused by wildfire.

Keywords: fire effects, economies-to-scale, fire size, timber management regime

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Flowers, Patrick J.; Shinkle, Patricia B.; Cain, Daria A.; Mills, Thomas J.  1985.  Timber net value and physical output changes following wildfire in the northern Rocky Mountains: estimates for specific fire situations.   Res. Pap. PSW-RP-179. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 32 p.