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Risk and cooperation: managing hazardous fuel in mixed ownership landscapes
A Paige Fischer1, Susan Charnley
1US Forest Service, Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA. paigefischer@fs.fed.us
Environmental Management
|April 25, 2012
Summary
Nonindustrial private forest owners in Oregon are more likely to cooperate with public agencies on wildfire risk reduction if they perceive a wildfire threat and believe public lands contribute to it. Future cooperation is desired despite social barriers.
Area of Science:
- Forestry
- Environmental Management
- Social Science
Background:
- Landscape-scale forest management is crucial for wildfire mitigation, but requires cross-boundary cooperation among landowners.
- Cooperation is influenced by social norms, reciprocity, and perceived risks and benefits.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the relationship between perceived wildfire risk and cooperation in hazardous fuel management among nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) owners in eastern Oregon.
- To identify factors influencing cooperative forest management across different ownerships.
Main Methods:
- Logistic regression analysis of mail survey data from NIPF owners.
- Qualitative analysis of interviews with landowners in fire-prone eastern Oregon landscapes.
Main Results:
- NIPF owners perceiving wildfire risk and a contribution from public lands were more likely to have cooperated with public agencies.
- Perceived wildfire risk was not associated with past cooperation between NIPF owners.
- Owners perceived greater hazardous conditions on public versus private forestlands, potentially hindering private-private cooperation.
Conclusions:
- Perceptions of wildfire risk and its sources influence past cooperation with public agencies.
- Social barriers may impede cooperation between private landowners, though willingness for future collective action is high.
- Understanding these dynamics is key to developing effective cross-boundary wildfire risk reduction strategies.
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