TY  - CPAPER 
AB  - In this article, a numerical stochastic dynamic programming model (SDP) is developed to characterize the decision problem of a rancher operating on rangelands in northern Nevada that are affected by invasive annual grasses and wildfire.  The model incorporates decisions about herd size management of a cow-calf operation and fuels treatment to reduce the size of rangeland wildfires.  Currently, high transactions costs to obtain permits to implement land treatments on federally-owned rangelands appear to limit rancher involvement.  The results of the model suggest that ranch income motives alone are likely insufficient for private ranchers to adopt preventative land treatments.  The current treatment cost ($20 per acre at the minimum) appears to be prohibitively expensive relative to the benefits derived from the treatments under the low-productivity, semi-arid rangeland conditions.
AU  - Kobayashi, Mimako
AU  - Harris, Thomas R.
AU  - Rollins, Kimberly S.
DA  - 2009-04-30
DA  - 2009-04-30
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.49365
DO  - doi
ID  - 49365
KW  - Livestock Production/Industries
KW  - Resource/Energy Economics and Policy
KW  - stochastic dynamic programming
KW  - cow-calf operation
KW  - rangeland
KW  - ecosystem
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/49365/files/AAEA09_613121.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/49365/files/AAEA09_613121.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/49365/files/AAEA09_613121.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/49365/files/AAEA09_613121.pdf
N2  - In this article, a numerical stochastic dynamic programming model (SDP) is developed to characterize the decision problem of a rancher operating on rangelands in northern Nevada that are affected by invasive annual grasses and wildfire.  The model incorporates decisions about herd size management of a cow-calf operation and fuels treatment to reduce the size of rangeland wildfires.  Currently, high transactions costs to obtain permits to implement land treatments on federally-owned rangelands appear to limit rancher involvement.  The results of the model suggest that ranch income motives alone are likely insufficient for private ranchers to adopt preventative land treatments.  The current treatment cost ($20 per acre at the minimum) appears to be prohibitively expensive relative to the benefits derived from the treatments under the low-productivity, semi-arid rangeland conditions.
PY  - 2009-04-30
PY  - 2009-04-30
T1  - Invasive Weeds, Wildfire, and Rancher Decision Making in the Great Basin
TI  - Invasive Weeds, Wildfire, and Rancher Decision Making in the Great Basin
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/49365/files/AAEA09_613121.pdf
Y1  - 2009-04-30
T2  - Selected Paper
T2  - 613121
ER  -