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Determinants of National Fire Plan Fuels Treatment Expenditures: A Revealed Preference Analysis for Northern New Mexico

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  • Curt Shepherd

    (University of New Mexico, Department of Economics)

  • Kristine Grimsrud

    (University of New Mexico, Department of Economics)

  • Robert P. Berrens

    (University of New Mexico, Department of Economics)

Abstract

The accumulation of fire fuels in forests throughout the world contributes significantly to the severity of wildfires. To combat the threat of wildfire, especially in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), US federal land management agencies have implemented a number of forest restoration and wildfire risk reduction programs. In the spirit of revealed preference analyses, the objective of this study is to investigate the pattern and determinants of National Fire Plan (NFP) expenditures for fuel reduction treatments in northern New Mexico (USA). Estimation results from a set of Generalized Estimating Equations models are mixed with respect to risk reduction hypotheses, and also raise issues regarding how risk reduction should be defined for a region characterized by both pockets of urban sprawl into the WUI and large areas of chronic rural poverty. Program preferences for project funding under the federal Collaborative Forest Restoration Program in New Mexico are shown to be distinctly different (e.g., exhibiting greater concern for social equity) than for other NFP-funded projects.

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  • Curt Shepherd & Kristine Grimsrud & Robert P. Berrens, 2009. "Determinants of National Fire Plan Fuels Treatment Expenditures: A Revealed Preference Analysis for Northern New Mexico," Environmental Management, Springer, vol. 44(4), pages 776-788, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envman:v:44:y:2009:i:4:d:10.1007_s00267-009-9351-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9351-3
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