Willingness-to-Pay for Prescribed Fire in the Colorado (USA) Wildland Urban Interface

Pamela Kaval (), John Loomis and Andrew Seidl

Working Papers in Economics from University of Waikato

Abstract: During the summer of 2001, survey data were collected from Colorado residents living near public lands (i.e., the wildland urban interface). Data were collected by telephone after mailing respondents a survey. These data include detailed information of respondents’ views towards wildfire management and willingness-to-pay (WTP) values for prescribed burning. Results indicate that Colorado residents living near public lands are aware that fire is a natural process in their area and are in favor of using prescribed burning for fire risk reduction. They also are willing-to-pay an annual tax for prescribed fire undertaken on the public lands near their homes. Respondents’ support for adopting a fire risk mitigation policy based on prescribed fire depended on perceived fire frequency intervals. The substantial WTP values for prescribed burning indicate that the public living in the wildland urban interface could potentially pay an annual tax, so the burden of wildfire management need no longer predominantly lie in the hands of the general taxpayers.

Keywords: prescribed burning; controlled burning; wildfire management; contingent valuation; public involvement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q23 Q27 Q34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 2006-10-15
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Note: Now published in "Forest Policy and Economics", Vol.9, 2007, pp.928-937.
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