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标题：Economic Impact of a Large-Scale, Collaborative Forest Health Project: A Model for Making a Difference
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作者：John D. Kushla ; Stephen G. Dicke ; James E. Henderson 等
期刊名称：Journal of Extension
印刷版ISSN：0022-0140
电子版ISSN：1077-5315
出版年度：2019
卷号：57
期号：3
页码：1-10
出版社：Journal of Extension, Inc.
摘要：The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Mississippi State University (MSU) Extension, and the Mississippi Forestry Commission partnered on the Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Project, a collaboration on forest health. MSU Extension provided educational outreach to a wide audience of forest landowners and screened applications for the project's tree-thinning cost-share program. From 2006 to 2016, the collaboration spent $4.5 million on educational outreach and cost sharing. Using IMPLAN, we estimated the project's economic contribution to the state at $60.2 million, a value representing a benefit–cost ratio of 13:1. Collaboration is an effective means for agencies to leverage resources, and impact analysis is a useful tool for evaluating Extension program effectiveness.
关键词：collaboration ; economic impact analysis ; IMPLAN ; forest health ; southern pine beetle