Likelihood of implementing fuel reduction treatments on nonindustrial private forest lands

Abstract Fuel reduction treatments implemented by nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners affect wildfire hazard potential on both their tracts and surrounding lands. However, it is not clear how concerned they are about wildfire damages and what actions they are willing to take to lower wildfire hazard. This study determined the landowner concern level about wildfire damages and identified factors affecting their concern and fuel treatment implementation using seemingly unrelated and binary probit models, respectively. Approximately, 68% of landowners were concerned about property damage due to wildfires, and 45% implemented some fuel reduction treatments. The most common and least costly fuel treatment was prescribed burning ($18/acre) followed by chemical ($59/acre) and mechanical ($127/acre) treatments. Raising awareness about potential monetary losses due to wildfires, assisting landowners in preparing written forest management plans, and prioritizing areas with predominant pine cover will encourage landowner participation in hazardous fuel reduction programs and facilitate more effective wildfire mitigation. Study Implications Nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners were concerned about monetary damages due to wildfires, which influenced their implementation of fuel reduction treatments. Estimates of fuel treatment cost and implementation frequency provide baseline information necessary to determine cost-effectiveness of various fuel treatments for their subsequent prioritization. Programs and policies that increase awareness among landowners about potential monetary losses due to wildfires, facilitate preparation of forest management plans with wildfire hazard mitigation prescriptions, and prioritize areas with high wildfire hazard potential are needed to increase implementation of hazardous fuel reduction treatments by NIPF landowners to reduce wildfire intensity and severity.

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The Availability of Fuelwood from Vermont's Nonindustrial Private Forest Lands (NIPF)

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry ◽

10.1093/njaf/8.2.57 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 57-59

Author(s):

John J. Lindsay ◽

Alphonse H. Gilbert

Keyword(s):

Energy Resource ◽

Management Plan ◽

Commercial Production ◽

Energy Market ◽

Private Forest ◽

Commercial Market ◽

Personal Use ◽

Nipf Owners ◽

Nonindustrial Private Forest ◽

Forest Lands

Abstract Vermont's nonindustrial, private forest lands (NIPF) have the potential of supplying 3.3 million cords of fuelwood annually to the Northeast energy market. Annual commercial production levels during the energy crisis of the early 1980s, however, only reached 660,000 cords; 342,000 cords came from NIPF. An additional 340,000 cords were cut and consumed by NIPF owners. Low stumpage prices, landowner self-consumption, adverse esthetic impacts, and low stumpage volumes restricted the actual amount of NIPF wood sold to the region's commercial energy market. Fuelwood harvest in Vermont was associated with large parcel sizes (>100 ac), the landowner's personal use of fuelwood, and the existence of a forest management plan. Even under these conditions, the percentage of NIPF owners willing to sell to the commercial market remained small (25%). If fuelwood is to establish itself as a reliable energy resource in the Northeast, large ownerships must be protected from subdivision and fuelwood stumpage prices must increase dramatically. North J. Appl. For 8(2):57-59

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Pine Seedling Availability for Reforestation on Nonindustrial Private Forest Lands in the South

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry ◽

10.1093/sjaf/6.1.41 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 41-44

Author(s):

John C. Brissette

Keyword(s):

Tree Planting ◽

Seedling Production ◽

Private Forest ◽

Private Forests ◽

Southern State ◽

Private Forestry ◽

Genetically Improved ◽

Future Demands ◽

Nonindustrial Private Forest ◽

Forest Lands

Abstract Pine seedling production at southern state nurseries is expected to increase from a 1980-81 level of 602 million seedlings to 702 million in 1982-83. The number of seedlings available for nonindustrial private forestry use will increase from 55 to 64 percent during the same period. Currently, over 40 percent of the seedlings planted on private forests are genetically improved. This assessment of trends in tree planting, although encouraging, supports predictions that future demands for timber will exceed available resources.

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