Bibliography: Sociopolitical & Economics
Social Acceptability
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Brunson, M.W., L. Kruger, C. Tyler and S. Schroeder, editors. 1996. Defining social acceptability in ecosystem management: a workshop proceedins. General Technical Report PNW-369. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service. Full text available here.
Brunson, M.W., and B.A. Shindler. 2004. Geographic variation in social acceptability of wildland fuels management in the western U.S. Society and Natural Resources 17:661-678.
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Gonzalez-Caban, A., R.W. Haynes, S. McCaffrey, E. Mercer, and A. Watson, technical editors. 2007. Fire social science research-selected highlights. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-736. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 65p. Full text available here.
Ryan, R. L. 2005. Social science to improve fuels management: a synthesis of research on aesthetics and fuels management. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-261. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 58 p. Full text available at http://ncrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/gtr_nc261.pdf.
Shindler, B., M. Brunson and G. Stankey. 2002. Social acceptability of forest conditions and management practices: a problem analysis. General Technical Report PNW-537. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service. Full text available here.
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Land Manager Decision-Making
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Economics
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Hesseln, H. 2000. The economics of prescribed burning: A research review. Forest Science 46(3):322-334.
Maher, A. 2007. The economic impacts of sagebrush steppe wildfires on an eastern Oregon ranch. Master's Thesis. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Full text available here.
Riggs, W., R. Kettle and T. Darden. 1999 Rangeland Wildfires: Economic Impacts to Northern Nevada. University of Nevada, Reno, Cooperative Extension, Special Publication-00-07.
Rollins, K., A. Castledine, S. Swanson, M. Evans, K. McAdoo, B. Schultz, M. Havercamp, R. Wilson. 2007. The 2005 Nevada Rangeland Vegetation Survey General Public Questionnaire and Survey of Responses. University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Special Publication 07-11. Full text available here.
Rollins, K. and A. Lyke. 1998. The Case for Diminishing Marginal Existence Values. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 36:324-344.
