Costs of Hazard-Reduction Burning on Southern National Forests

Abstract

Abstract Prescribed burning plans from national forests on the southern coastal plain provide sufficient data to estimate the costs of burns that were completed as planned. Estimated costs over a 4-year period in 1976 dollars ranged from $4.82 per acre for a 50-acre burn in a 12-year rough to $0.35 per acre for a 2,400-acre burn in a 4-year rough. Cost per acre was strongly influenced by the size of burn and age of rough (years since last burn).