CONTENTS	6
	CONTRIBUTORS	8
	FOREWORD	10
	PREFACE	11
	ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	13
	THE ECONOMICS AND ECOLOGY OF FOREST DISTURBANCES	14
	AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ECONOMICS OF FOREST DISTURBANCE	15
	FOREST ECONOMICS, NATURAL DISTURBANCES AND THE NEW ECOLOGY	27
	FOREST DISTURBANCE PROCESSES	45
	NATURAL DISTURBANCE PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS	46
	STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF LARGE WILDFIRES	70
	THE PRODUCTION OF LARGE AND SMALL WILDFIRES	89
	CLIMATOLOGY FOR WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT	117
	WILDLAND ARSON MANAGEMENT	133
	VALUING THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF FOREST DISTURBANCES	158
	DESIGNING ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENTS FOR USFS WILDFIRE PROGRAMS	159
	TIMBER SALVAGE ECONOMICS	175
	WILDFIRE AND THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF WILDERNESS RECREATION	199
	FOREST DISTURBANCE IMPACTS ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES	217
	CONTINGENT VALUATION OF FUEL HAzARD REDUCTION TREATMENTS	237
	DECISION MAKING IN RESPONSE TO FOREST DISTURBANCES	252
	ANALYzING TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN FUELS MANAGEMENT, SUPPRESSION, AND DAMAGES FROM WILDFIRE	253
	A REVIEW OF STATE AND LOCAL REGULATION FOR WILDFIRE MITIGATION	279
	ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FEDERAL WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS	300
	INCENTIVES AND WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES	328
	FORECASTING WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION EXPENDITURES FOR THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE	346
	TOWARD A UNIFIED ECONOMIC THEORY OF FIRE PROGRAM ANALYSIS WITH STRATEGIES FOR EMPIRICAL MODELING	366
	ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF INVASIVE FOREST PEST MANAGEMENT	386
	INDEX	412