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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

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Major Professor, representing Sustainable Forest Management