'True Cost of Wildfire' report updated

The Western Forestry Leadership Coalition recently updated their 2009 report, The True Cost of Wildfire in the Western U.S. The true costs of wildfire are far reaching and include market and non-market losses to social, economic, and ecological systems. These costs are shown to be anywhere from 2 to 30 times the more commonly reported suppression costs. An updated series of recommendations takes into account recent wildfire policies and will help focus the way costs might be better considered in future budgeting and planning processes at all levels of government.