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Curbing Wildfires’s Cost
Fighting wildfires costs U.S. taxpayers $3 billion annually, more than twice what it cost a decade ago.
Wildfire Costs Won’t Change Without New Incentives
To prevent firefighting costs from at least doubling in the next decade or two, the report recommends some dramatic changes in incentives, pushing costs onto wildland interface property owners and the county commissioners who authorize residential development on fire-prone lands.
Press Release: Clean Energy in the Rockies Report Released
Study Shows Which States Are Attracting Jobs, Businesses, and Investment; Five Key Steps to Future Growth
What Will Climate Change Cost Montanans?
Climate change is here. It’s already influencing economic decisions and conditions across the world.
Wildland Fire: Climate Change and Housing Growth Could Double the Cost of Protecting Homes from Wildfires
The price of fighting forest fires has been increasing substantially, costing taxpayers billions every year.
Home Development on Fire-Prone Lands
More and more people are building homes in the western “wildland urban interface,” the forested areas where housing borders undeveloped public lands.