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Economic Benefit from Allowing Wildfires to Burn in Federal East-Side Cascade Forests

Creator:: Gagnon, Aaron R.
Abstract:: In this thesis I examine the question: can allowing a wildfire to burn this year result in a net positive economic gain? To answer this question I created 2,500 multiple sets of paired scenarios (called a fire of interest) which consist of ignitions, vegetation growth, and timber harvest over the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ________________________________________________________________________ Claire A. Montgomery In this thesis I examine the question: can allowing a wildfire to burn

The effects of increased supply and emerging technologies in the forest products industry on rural communities in the northwest U.S.

Creator:: Crandall, Mindy S.
Abstract:: The development of a market for currently non-merchantable forest material, such as harvest residues of tops and limbs of trees or small diameter trees, has been suggested as a possible win-win solution that could: (i) provide a financial incentive to help motivate treatments to reduce wildfire risk or restore forest...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Claire A. Montgomery

Land management with ecological and economic objectives : developing a production possibility set of wildlife species persistence and timber harvest value using simulated annealing

Creator:: Calkin, David E.
Abstract:: An integrated model combining a wildlife population simulation model, and timber harvest and growth models was developed to explore the tradeoffs between the likelihood of persistence of a wildlife species and timber harvest values on a landscape in the Central Oregon Cascades. Simulated annealing, a heuristic optimization technique, was used...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Timber Harvest Value Using Simulated Annealing Abstract approved: Claire A. Montgo An integrated model

Choosing efficient land allocations and forest management regimes for biodiversity

Creator:: Shunk, Neal J.
Abstract:: Increasing rates of species imperilment and the loss of biological diversity in naturally functioning ecosystems can be directly linked to accelerated urban development and the conversion of natural habitats to satisfy the needs of man. In combating this loss of biodiversity, scientists and policy makers alike recognize the relevance of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Determining optimal timber harvest and fuel treatment on a fire-threatened landscape using approximate dynamic programming

Creator:: Lauer, Christopher Joseph
Abstract:: Forest management in the face of fire risk is a challenging problem because fire spreads across a landscape and because its occurrence is unpredictable. Additionally, management must be adjusted over time as unpredictable fire events are realized. Land managers have some control over the vegetation conditions that facilitate fire spread,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Claire A. Montgomery Forest management in the face of fire risk is a challenging

The impact of social capital on well-being in rural communities

Creator:: Harrison, Jane L.
Abstract:: This study seeks to explore the relationship between social capital and well-being in the rural Western United States. Mixed methods were employed to understand the concepts from multiple angles, using both profile and process indicators. An econometric approach used profile indicators and relied on data from 414 counties in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: :_____________________________________________ Claire A. Montgomery This study seeks to explore the relationship between social

Optimizing spatial and temporal aspects of nature reserve design under economic and ecological objectives

Creator:: Nalle, Darek J.
Abstract:: Alteration of natural areas in attempts to support increasing human populations has been a crucial yet less publicized contributor to the fall of many of the world's greatest civilizations, since healthy ecosystems can help maintain stable societies and economies. Given this unhappy fact and the ancient relationship between people and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Claire A r~mery "'-~"' Alteration of natural areas in attempts to support increasing human

Spatially explicit inter-temporal forest management decision under the risk of fire

Creator:: Konoshima, Masashi
Abstract:: This paper presents a framework for analyzing efficient spatial allocation of forest management efforts - fuel treatment and harvest - under the risk of fire. The framework integrates a fire behavior model and a spatially-explicit stochastic dynamic optimization model. I investigate the effects of spatial interaction across plots during forest...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Claire A. Montgomery Jeffrey L. Arthur This paper presents a framework for analyzing efficient spatial

Wildfire risk management : strategic interaction and spatial interdependence

Creator:: Busby, Gwenlyn M.
Abstract:: In this dissertation, I examine how the spatial configuration of forest ownership influences the risk-mitigating behavior of public and private forestland owners over time. I determine whether or not the predicted equilibrium outcomes are socially optimal and, if not, whether the introduction of regulation, liability, or private insurance would lead...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Heidi J. Albers Claire A. Montgomery In this dissertation, I examine how the

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Economic Benefit from Allowing Wildfires to Burn in Federal East-Side Cascade Forests

The effects of increased supply and emerging technologies in the forest products industry on rural communities in the northwest U.S.

Land management with ecological and economic objectives : developing a production possibility set of wildlife species persistence and timber harvest value using simulated annealing

Choosing efficient land allocations and forest management regimes for biodiversity

Determining optimal timber harvest and fuel treatment on a fire-threatened landscape using approximate dynamic programming

The impact of social capital on well-being in rural communities

Optimizing spatial and temporal aspects of nature reserve design under economic and ecological objectives

Spatially explicit inter-temporal forest management decision under the risk of fire

Wildfire risk management : strategic interaction and spatial interdependence

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