* Metric Name: Cost of Potential Treatments  

* Tier: 2  

* Data Vintage: 2023  

* Unit Of Measure: Dollars per acre

The principle method for maintaining or restoring resilience to the Central
Coast landscape involves vegetation treatments. There are many variations on
treatments involving different kinds of equipment and different activities of
managing vegetation. The metric has gathered available information on the
costs of the major treatment methods and incorporated this information into a
geospatial database.

There are no treatments of vegetation in the Central Coast that generate
revenue. All treatments included here are represented simply as costs per
acre.

* Creation Method: Multiple land managers (Forest Service, CALFIRE) were contacted to obtain current estimates of costs of different treatment methods. We received current estimates from both on treatment costs per acre for a variety of treatment methods. Those cost estimates varied by vegetation type and treatment method. These data were linked to the updated FVEG spatial data and rolled up into a single raster with attributes reflecting these two cost variables. These data are subject to further refinement and changes in costs. Data will continue to be gathered to improve these estimates.  

* Credits: CALFIRE \--Department of Forestry and Fire Protection USDA Forest Service