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Prescribed burn

Problem 1
Decision Tools and Analyses
Improve the information and techniques available to assess the economic efficiency aspects of sustainable forest management, especially in high priority situations.

1A: Analysis for Fire Management
*    Databases for Economic Analysis
*    Fuels Treatment Costs
*    Large Fire Suppression Costs
*    Fire Pay
*    NFMAS Sensitivity Study
*    Regional Program Evaluation
*    Annual Fire Suppression Forecasts
*    Biobased Products and Hazardous Fuels

1B: Decision Support Systems
*    PLATA: Project Level Analysis of Treatment Alternatives
*    A Risk-Based Comparison of Potential Fuel Treatment Trade-off Models
*    Extrapolating Modeling Results from SIMPPLLE and MAGIS to Like Areas
*    A Decision Support System for Spatial Analysis of Fuel Treatment Options and Effects at Landscape Scales
*    Optimizing Landscape Treatments for Reducing Wildfire Risk and Improving Ecological Sustainability of Ponderosa Pine Forests with Mixed-Severity Fire Regimes


Problem 2 
Sustainability of Local and Regional Economies:
Improve our understanding of the economic effects of forest management on the economic sustainability of local and regional economies. 

*    Programs and Responsibilities of the Forest Service
*    Revenue-sharing Databases

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