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  • Wildfire Hazard Assessments Inform Land Use Planning

    Wildfire Hazard Assessments Inform Land Use Planning

    Kimiko Barrett, Ph.D.
    ALUMNI

    Wildfire hazard assessment maps can help communities build safer neighborhoods, prioritize mitigation resources, and adapt to wildfire. Read more

  • Newsletter: February 2019

    Headwaters Economics

    Our latest research, Newsletter: February 2019, contains research on neighborhoods at risk from climate change, how recreation counties outperform their peers economically, detailed socioeconomic profiles for counties near BLM units, and a blog on land use planning being more effective than logging to reduce wildfire disasters. Subscribe to our newsletter. Read more

  • Newsletter: December 2018

    Headwaters Economics

    Our latest research, Newsletter: December 2018, contains research on building wildfire-resistant homes, a trails toolkit, helping communities reduce wildfire risk through land use planning, and Montana’s outdoor recreation economy. Subscribe to our newsletter. Read more

  • Communities utilize land use planning to reduce wildfire risks and costs

    Communities utilize land use planning to reduce wildfire risks and costs

    Kimiko Barrett, Ph.D.
    ALUMNI

    Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire (CPAW) is helping communities reduce wildfire risks and costs. Four new communities join 26 others this coming year. Read more

  • Building a Wildfire-Resistant Home: Codes and Costs

    Building a Wildfire-Resistant Home: Codes and Costs

    Kelly Pohl

    A new home built to wildfire-resistant codes can be constructed for roughly the same cost as a typical home. Read more

  • San Luis Valley Wildfire Risk

    San Luis Valley Wildfire Risk

    Kelly Pohl

    Explore interactive maps of watersheds, wildfire, and the wildland-urban interface in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Read more

  • Austin Wildfire and Vulnerable Populations Tool

    Austin Wildfire and Vulnerable Populations Tool

    Kelly Pohl

    Identify neighborhoods where overlapping wildfire threats and socioeconomic vulnerabilities may make people disproportionately susceptible to wildfire. Read more

  • New Montana Homes Increase Wildfire Risks

    New Montana Homes Increase Wildfire Risks

    Kelly Pohl

    The number of western Montana homes in areas with high wildfire hazard has doubled, outpacing development rates in areas with low wildfire hazard. Read more

  • Newsletter: June 2018

    Headwaters Economics

    Our latest research on the economic impact of National Parks, homes in high-risk wildfire areas in Montana, updated socioeconomic reports by sector, and downloadable economic profiles for communities near National Forests. Read more

  • Newsletter: May 2018

    Headwaters Economics

    Our latest research on the full local cost of wildfires, National Monuments redesignated as National Parks, transition plans for coal communities, Gallatin County’s economy and open space, and measuring the economic impact of proposed trails. Read more

  • Full Community Costs of Wildfire

    Full Community Costs of Wildfire

    Kimiko Barrett, Ph.D.
    ALUMNI

    Almost half of the full community costs of wildfire are paid for at the local level, including homeowners, businesses, and government agencies. Read more

  • Newsletter: April 2018

    Headwaters Economics

    Our latest research on communities threatened by wildfires, Montana losing open space to home construction, the economic impact of trails in Whitefish, Montana, and an update to our Populations at Risk reports for any community, county, or state. Read more

  • Communities Reduce Wildfire Risk Through Land Use Planning

    Communities Reduce Wildfire Risk Through Land Use Planning

    Kelly Pohl

    Updated: The Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire program now helps 30 communities reduce wildfire risk through improved land use planning. Read more

  • Newsletter: November 2017

    Headwaters Economics

    Our latest research on helping communities reduce wildfire risk, the latest data and updated tools to help users better understand their economy, the West-Wide Atlas, and the Economic Profile System. Read more

  • Wildfire Experts’ Paper Informs Effective Policy

    Wildfire Experts’ Paper Informs Effective Policy

    Ray Rasker, Ph.D.
    ALUMNI

    Wildfire experts outline key science insights important to inform policy discussions and development while reducing future risks and costs. Read more

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