Challenges of Socio-economically Evaluating Wildfire Management on Non-industrial Private and Public Forestland in the Western United States |
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Authors: | Tyron J Venn David E Calkin |
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Institution: | (1) College of Forestry and Conservation, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA;(2) Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT 59801, USA |
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Abstract: | Non-industrial private forests (NIPFs) and public forests in the United States generate many non-market benefits for landholders
and society generally. These values can be both enhanced and diminished by wildfire management. This paper considers the challenges
of supporting economically efficient allocation of wildfire suppression resources in a social cost-benefit analysis framework
when non-market values are important. These challenges include substantial gaps in scientific understanding about how the
spatial and temporal provision of non-market values are affected by wildfire, the limited utility of benefit transfer in wildfire
assessment, a lack of studies that have estimated marginal willingness-to-pay to conserve non-market values, violation of
consumer budget constraints, and the infeasibility of valuing indigenous cultural heritage. These challenges present serious
impediments to adapting price-based decision-support tools to accommodate non-market values and support decision-making consistent
with contemporary federal wildfire policy. Departure from the historic range and variability of ecological conditions is proposed
as a complementary framework to support wildfire management decisions when non-market values are important on NIPF and public
forestland.
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Keywords: | Non-market valuation Historic range and variability Wildfire policy Wildfire effects Bushfire |
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