Despite the crucial role nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners play in reducing hazardous fuels across large landscapes, there is lack of information concerning their support and valuation of fuel reduction treatments. This study determined NIPF landowners willingness to pay (WTP) for implementing prescribed burning on their forestland to lower wildfire hazards using a contingent valuation method (CVM). Of 2,000 questionnaires sent, a total of 531 landowners responded to the CV question. Of which, 26% of landowners were willing to pay the given payment amount to reduce wildfire hazard on their land using prescribed burning. The mean WTP was $41.39 per acre with a 95% confidence interval of $14.70 to $66.86 per acre. Landowner tolerance for smoke from prescribed burning, consideration of liability, concern about property damages due to wildfires, and education level were positively related with WTP. Since WTP for implementing prescribed burning was higher than its cost, available budgets can be more efficiently utilized by prioritizing more resources towards technical and educational programs on prescribed burn planning, implementing, and monitoring.

尽管非工业私有林（NIPF）的土地所有者在减少大面积景观中的有害燃料方面发挥着关键作用，但缺乏有关他们对减少燃料处理的支持和评估的信息。这项研究确定了NIPF土地所有者愿意支付的费用（WTP），以便使用或有估值法（CVM）对林地实施规定的焚烧以降低野火危害。在发送的2,000个调查表中，共有531名土地所有者回答了CV问题。其中，有26％的土地所有者愿意支付给定的金额，以减少使用规定的焚烧方法对他们土地造成的野火危害。平均WTP为每英亩41.39美元，95％的置信区间为14.70美元至66.86美元。土地所有者对规定燃烧产生的烟雾的容忍度，对责任的考虑，对因野火造成的财产损失的担忧，以及受教育程度与WTP呈正相关。由于用于执行指定燃烧的WTP高于其成本，因此可以通过将更多资源分配给有关预定燃烧计划，实施和监控的技术和教育计划，来更有效地利用可用预算。