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Homes & Risk

Home Construction in the High Divide

August 2015

The High Divide region, recognized as one of the most intact biological areas in the lower 48 states, is attracting many new residents and home construction is changing the landscape.

Wildfire Increasingly an Urban Issue

June 2015

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Wildfires increasingly are threatening urban areas—often repeatedly—putting more homes, lives, infrastructure, and other resources at risk.

Study Finds No Evidence Firewise Lowers Suppression Costs

April 2014

Study finds no evidence of a relationship between wildfire suppression costs and Firewise participation, suggesting policies should focus on other solutions to lower future expenditures, such as preventing development in high risk areas.

Local Responses to Wildfire Risks Are Limited

April 2014

home and approaching wildfire

This study reviews how western communities are addressing wildfire risk, how they have responded to recent major fires, and useful lessons and public policy insights for the future.

The Rising Cost of Wildfire Protection

June 2013

This report describes how the protection of homes in the Wildland-Urban Interface has added to wildfire costs and concludes with a discussion of solutions that may help control escalating risks and expenses.

Oregon Home Building, Higher Temperatures Drive Price Tag Ever Higher

January 2012

This Headwaters Economics study analyzes the impact of housing and climate on the costs of fighting forest fires in National Forests of Oregon.

Northern California, Homes, and Cost of Wildfires

August 2011

California fire

This Headwaters Economics study analyzes the impact of housing and climate on the costs of fighting forest fires in the twelve national forests of the Sierra Nevada.

Missoula County Homes at Risk in Flood and Wildfire Areas

August 2011

Map showing growth of homes in the Wildland Urban Interface

These two slideshows and related information use Missoula County and Western Montana to show how many homes have been built in flood and wildfire hazard areas, which are vulnerable to larger and more frequent floods and fires.

Montana Wildfire Cost Study- Technical Report

August 2008

Jocko Lake

This report examines how residential development adds to the costs of fighting wildfires, using Montana as a case study.

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