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Economic Effects of the 1998 Florida Wildfires

satellite photo showing fires burning in northeastern Florida in 1998 with smoke plumes trailing eastThis now-concluded study was part of a broader grant titled “Ecological and Economic Consequences of the 1998 Florida Wildfires,” funded in 1999 to Sue Grace and Dale Wade by the Joint Fire Science Program.

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Our objective in this project was to use the recent history of wildfire in Florida to evaluate the efficacy of fuel reduction treatment policies and programs for reducing the economic impacts of catastrophic forest fires. To achieve this objective, we applied spatial and econometric analysis to the 1998 fire season in northeastern Florida and to a multi-decade analysis of fire patterns across the State.

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