The State Of Our Forests
The Heat is On!
Wildfire season is upon us - the “us” being the Southeast and the entire West. The heat is on -
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Wildfire Risk and Cooperation
Managing Hazardous Fuel in Mixed Ownership Landscapes Authors: A. Paige Fischer US Forest Service, Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center,
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Challenges And Obstacles To Increased Timber Management
Statement of Aaron Miles, Member Clearwater Basin Collaborative Before The U. S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, June 25,
Collaboration
Embracing Forest Collaboration: Shawn Keough
“I am extremely frustrated. I am vice-chair of the Senate Finance Committee in Idaho and sit on the Transportation and
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Embracing Forest Collaboration: Bob Boeh
“Collaboration is a tool – just like a lot of other tools Congress has given the Forest Service to help it
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Executive Summary
Wildfire suppression costs are soaring to over one billion tax dollars per year. This is causing a fiscal crisis in
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Part 3
INSTITUTIONAL COST FACTORS: PERVERSE INCENTIVES, PRIVATE CONTRACTORS, AND COST-SHARE AGREEMENTS Congressional Blank Check for Suppression Several critics have focused on
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Part 2
SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL COST FACTORS: FUELS, HOMES, AND CLIMATE CHANGE Fuels Accumulation Coinciding with the rise of wildfire activity in the late
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Part 1
INTRODUCTION: BIG FIRES=BIGGER COSTS In 1908 a Congressional legislative rider created the Forest Fires Emergency Act that gave the
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Part 5
LESSONS LEARNED, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, SUMMARY Wildfire activity has increased in the U.S. over the last 20 years,
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Conclusion
CONTROLLING SUPPRESSION COSTS As this paper has demonstrated, there are a number of socioenvironmental, institutional, and operational factors that are
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A Taxpayer's Guide To Wildfires: Part 4
OPERATIONAL COST FACTORS: EXTERNAL PRESSURES, MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND RISK-AVERSION, WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND TACTICS Human Factors The human dimensions of
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Forest Collaboration in Northeast Washington: Russ Vaagen
“There are a lot of misperceptions about what collaboration is and what collaboratives do. But the biggest problems aren’t