Analysis of the Cost and Cost Components of Conducting Prescribed Fires in the Great Plains

IF 2.4 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ECOLOGY
Maddie Watts, Aaron Russell, Saroj Adhikari, John Weir, Omkar Joshi
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Abstract

Fire is a naturally occurring process in the Great Plains and was anthropologically applied first by Native Americans and now by a diverse group of landholder types. Fire is a critical tool to help restore historical fire regimes in the region and maintain and grow benefits for agricultural outputs, risk reduction, and ecosystem maintenance. With the Great Plains dominated by private landholdings, lowering barriers to adoption of prescribed burning is important for increasing its use. Costs are a crucial decision element in adoption and regular use of prescribed burning. Using the responses from an Internet-based survey of prescribed burn professionals in the Great Plains, multivariate regression analysis based on cost can identify critical factors and behaviors. The average cost for a prescribed burn in this study is $11.37 per acre, which is comparatively less expensive than numbers reported elsewhere. Seven significant associated variables emerged including number of burns and acreage, firebreak type, and fuel characteristics. The results suggest that economies of scale play an important role in the cost of prescribed burning. Through the identification of the cost of prescribed burning and the factors that influence it, landowners, environmental managers, prescribed burn professionals, and government agencies in the Great Plains will be able to better understand and implement prescribed burns as part of their land management plans.

分析在大平原进行预设火灾的成本和成本组成部分
火灾是大平原自然发生的过程,首先由美洲原住民在人类活动中使用,现在则由不同类型的土地所有者使用。火是一种重要工具,有助于恢复该地区历史上的火灾机制,维持并增加农业产出、降低风险和维护生态系统的效益。由于大平原以私人土地所有权为主,降低采用规定燃烧的障碍对于增加其使用非常重要。成本是采用和定期使用规定燃烧的关键决策因素。通过对大平原地区规定焚烧专业人员的互联网调查,基于成本的多元回归分析可以确定关键因素和行为。在这项研究中,规定焚烧的平均成本为每英亩 11.37 美元,与其他地方报告的数字相比相对较低。出现了七个重要的相关变量,包括焚烧次数和焚烧面积、防火带类型和燃料特征。结果表明,规模经济在规定焚烧成本中起着重要作用。通过确定规定烧荒的成本及其影响因素,大平原地区的土地所有者、环境管理者、规定烧荒专业人员和政府机构将能够更好地理解和实施规定烧荒,并将其作为土地管理计划的一部分。
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Rangeland Ecology & Management
Rangeland Ecology & Management 农林科学-环境科学
CiteScore
4.60
自引率
13.00%
发文量
87
审稿时长
12-24 weeks
期刊介绍: Rangeland Ecology & Management publishes all topics-including ecology, management, socioeconomic and policy-pertaining to global rangelands. The journal''s mission is to inform academics, ecosystem managers and policy makers of science-based information to promote sound rangeland stewardship. Author submissions are published in five manuscript categories: original research papers, high-profile forum topics, concept syntheses, as well as research and technical notes. Rangelands represent approximately 50% of the Earth''s land area and provision multiple ecosystem services for large human populations. This expansive and diverse land area functions as coupled human-ecological systems. Knowledge of both social and biophysical system components and their interactions represent the foundation for informed rangeland stewardship. Rangeland Ecology & Management uniquely integrates information from multiple system components to address current and pending challenges confronting global rangelands.
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