PERC report says investment in forest fuel treatments leads to decreased wildfire costs

By: Jordan Hansen

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: May 12, 2026

Words: 852

Last Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago

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A new report says prescribed burns and thinning projects save money, longterm, highlighting new peer-reviewed economic research on wildfires.

The report, released by Bozeman-based Property and Environment Research Center, a “free market environmentalism” nonprofit think-tank, draws heavily on two economics papers looking at fire suppression costs and damages, which say every $1 invested in fuel treatments in Pacific Northwest national forests yields between $5 and $6 dollars in reduced firefighting expenditures.

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