The 1932 Handshake Agreement: Yakama Indian Treaty Rights and Forest Service Policy in the Pacific Northwest

1997 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew H. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Forest Service ◽  
Treaty Rights ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Service Policy

Snag Management on National Forests in the Pacific Northwest—1984

1986 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-43
Author(s):  
Evelyn L. Bull ◽  
Jack Ward Thomas ◽  
Kirk Horn
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Forest Service ◽  
National Forests ◽  
Usda Forest Service ◽  
North West ◽  
West Region ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Management Recommendations

Abstract A questionnaire was sent to each Ranger District in the Pacific North-west Region of the USDA Forest Service to get information on present snag-management programs. Ninety-five percent of the responding Ranger Districts left snags at levels that ranged from 0.15 snags/ha (0 06/ac) to 12-15 snags/ha (5-6/ac) on all forested lands. Live trees were intentionally left as future snags on 93% of the Ranger Districts. Live trees were killed to create snags on 41% of the Ranger Districts. Management recommendations are made as to the kind of snags to leave and methods of maintaining them. West. J. Appl. For. 1:41-43, April 1986

scholarly journals A Comparison of the Costs of Forest Service and Contract Fire Crews in the Pacific Northwest

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 233-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey H. Donovan
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
The United States ◽  
Forest Service ◽  
Fire Season ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Daily Cost ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Service Type ◽  
Wildfire Suppression

Abstract Rising wildfire suppression expenditures on public land in the United States have led to increased scrutiny of wildfire management practices. One area that has received particular attention is the Forest Service's increasing reliance on contract fire crews. Because a contract crew rate includes several costs that are not included in the wage costs of a Forest Service crew, it is difficult to determine if this increasing reliance on contract fire crews increases or decreases wildfire suppression costs. The full cost of 33 Forest Service type II fire crews dispatched during the 2003 fire season from five national forests in Oregon and Washington are estimated and compared with the cost of contract crews dispatched in the same region. Results suggest that if sufficient work is available to keep a Forest Service crew productively employed throughout a fire season, then the daily cost of a Forest Service type II crew is lower than the daily cost of a contract crew. West. J. Appl. For. 20(4):233–239.

Evaluating the Economic Efficiency of Wildfire Rehabilitation Treatments

1987 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-61
Author(s):  
Jay Sullivan ◽  
Philip N. Omi ◽  
A. Allen Dyer ◽  
Armando Gonzáles-Cabán
Keyword(s):  
Decision Tree ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Rocky Mountains ◽  
Decision Process ◽  
Forest Service ◽  
Usda Forest Service ◽  
Northern Rocky Mountains ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Tree Approach

Abstract The success of emergency wildfire rehabilitation treatments applied on USDA Forest Service land is rarely documented. Though based partially on economic efficiency criteria, treatments are often applied with little consideration of the risks involved. A decision-tree approach incorporates such risks in the rehabilitation decision process through the calculation of an expected value. This approach was applied to documented rehabilitation projects conducted on Forest Service land in the Pacific Northwest and northern Rocky Mountains from 1976 to 1981. The evaluation of past projects showed that a number of inefficient projects have been applied even without considering risk. When the risks of applying treatments are included, the efficiency of nearly all of the rehabilitation efforts becomes suspect. West. J. Appl. For. 2(2):58-61, April, 1987.

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