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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...

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Dissertation

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Forest Products Market and Biomass Use ........................22 3. Economic Theory and Model
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...

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Masters Thesis

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ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Aaron R. Gagnon for the degree of Master of Science in Sustainable Forest