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Project ID: 01-1-2-09

Year: 2002

Date Started: 05/30/2002

Date Completed: 05/31/2006

Title: A National Study of the Economic Impacts of Biomass Removals to Mitigate Wildfire Damages on Federal, State, and Private Lands

Project Proposal Abstract: Decades of fire suppression in fire-prone forested regions of the western and southern United States has created conditions favorable for catastrophic wildfires. Systematic stand density reduction through mechanical methods or a combination of mechanical methods and prescribed burning may address the fuel buildup, but the economic consequences of the biomass reductions from sueh a program are unclear. Task 2 of RFP 2001-I calls for research that would evaluate feasibility of conducting such stand density reduction measures, and Task 7 calls for research products that would support decision making by land managers undertaking programs of wildfire risk reduction. We propose to evaluate the economic consequences of introducing biomass removals into wood products markets. In particular, we will calculate the economic consequences of fire-related biomass removals from public lands on public and private timber producers and timber demanding firms within and outside of areas of biomass treatment zones. To do this, we will assemble information on (a) biomass removals cost and wood outputs, provided by the Fire and Fire Surrogates national study; (b) forest inventory, timber product output, and timber demand sector, provided by the Forest Products Laboratory and Forest Inventory and Analysis programs in fire-prone regions; (c) wood product prices nationwide; and (d) estimated timber demand and supply historical price and quantity relationships within and among regions. The information will be used to project the effects of various scales of biomass removals programs on prices and economic surplus of private and public producers and the timber demand sector. Results of the analyses will be assembled and prepared in a format that could be used by federal land managers who are considering embarking on a biomass removals programs and need to understand the economic consequences of such a program on National Forest receipts and the broader local community.

Principal Investigator: Jeffrey P. Prestemon

Agency/Organization: Forest Service

Branch or Dept: SRS-Forestry Sciences Lab-Research Triangle Park

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	Karen L. Abt	Forest Service	SRS-Forestry Sciences Lab-Research Triangle Park
Collaborator/Contributor	Jamie Barbour	Forest Service	PNW-Forestry Sciences Lab-Portland
Collaborator/Contributor	David T. Butry	NIST-National Institute of Standards & Technology	Engineering Laboratory
Collaborator/Contributor	Frederick Cubbage	North Carolina State University-Raleigh	Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources
Collaborator/Contributor	Roger Fight	Forest Service	PNW-Forestry Sciences Lab-Portland
Collaborator/Contributor	Thomas P. Holmes	Forest Service	SRS-Forestry Sciences Lab-Research Triangle Park
Collaborator/Contributor	Peter J. Ince	Forest Service	Forest Products Laboratory
Collaborator/Contributor	Evan D. Mercer	Forest Service	SRS-Forestry Sciences Lab-Research Triangle Park
Collaborator/Contributor	John M. Pye	Forest Service	SRS-Forestry Sciences Lab-Research Triangle Park
Collaborator/Contributor	Robert B. Rummer	Forest Service	SRS-GW Andrew Forestry Sciences Lab
Collaborator/Contributor	David N. Wear	Forest Service	SRS-Forestry Sciences Lab-Research Triangle Park
Federal Cooperator	Jeffrey P. Prestemon	Forest Service	SRS-Forestry Sciences Lab-Research Triangle Park

Project Locations

Consortium

Alaska

Appalachian

California

Great Basin

Great Plains

Lake States

Oak Woodlands

Northern Rockies

Northwest

Pacific

South

Southern Rockies

Southwest

Tallgrass

There are no project locations identified for this project.

Project Deliverables

Final Report ("Results presented in JFSP Final Reports may not have been peer-reviewed and should be interpreted as tentative until published in a peer-reviewed source.")

	ID	Type	Title
	9871	Refereed Publication	Quantifying the Net Economic Benefits of Mechanical Wildfire Hazard Treatments on Timberlands of the Western United States
	9869	Refereed Publication	Timber Product Output Implications of a National Program of Mechanical Fuel Treatments Applied on Government Timberland in the Western States of U.S.
	9867	Refereed Publication	Market Impacts of Hypothetical Fuel Treatment Programs on Federal Lands in the Western United States
	9866	Refereed Publication	Efficacy of Mechanical Fuel Treatments for Reducing Wildfire Hazard
	9868	Refereed Publication	Market Impacts of a Multi-Year Mechanical Fuel Treatment Program in the U.S.
	8802	NonRefereed Publication	Estimating Timber Harvesting Costs for Fuel Treatment in the West: Preliminary Results
	8801	NonRefereed Publication	FTM-West: Fuel Treatment Market Model for U.S. West
	8800	NonRefereed Publication	Design and Objectivs of FTM-West Model
	9839	NonRefereed Publication	A Description of the Timber-Based RTP Mixed-Integer Goal Program Economic Model
	9838	NonRefereed Publication	The Fuel Treatment Evaluator - A Silvicultural Approach to Reducing Fire Hazard
	9837	NonRefereed Publication	Estimating Harvest Costs for Applying Fuel Treatments to FIA Plots
	9870	NonRefereed Publication	Simulations of Alternative Mechanical Fuel Treatment Programs on Western Timberland
	8804	NonRefereed Publication	Estimating Woody Biomass Supply From Thinning Treatments to Reduce Fire Hazard in the U.S. West
	8803	NonRefereed Publication	FTM-West Model Results for Selected Fuel Treatment Scenarios
	8808	NonRefereed Publication	A Discussion of Policy Issues with Respect to Mechanical Fuel Treatments
	8807	NonRefereed Publication	Timber Product Output Implications of a National Program of Mechanical Fuel Treatments Applied on Government Timberland in the Western States of U.S.
	8806	NonRefereed Publication	A Description of the Timber-Based RTP Mixed-Integer Goal Program Economic Model
	8805	NonRefereed Publication	Mechanical Fuel Treatments on Timberland in the Western United States and Their Impact on Wildfire Hazard Ratings
	8810	NonRefereed Publication	Timber Markets and Fuel Treatments in the Western U.S.
	8809	NonRefereed Publication	Ths Spatial and Temporal Impacts of Mechanical Fuel Treatments on Wildfire Hazard Ratings in Colorado

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