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* Metric Name: Cost of Potential Treatments *  

* Tier: 2  

* Data Vintage: 2023  

* Unit Of Measure: Continuous, dollars per acre  

* Represent element and pillar: Yes  

* Type and distribution of data: Left-skewed distribution representing continuous values. Raw values range from 3574 to 4877 dollars per acre.  

* Translation: Where is cost of removing sawtimber the lowest?  

* Translation method and outcome: Raw data values translated to range from +1 to -1 representing more favorable to less favorable conditions, respectively. **** The proposition of more favorable is based on the objective of identifying lower biomass removal costs (negative linear slope). More favorable (translated to +1) set at $3574/ac, the least cost observed, and less favorable (translated to -1) set at $4877/ac, the maximum cost observed. Alternative approaches could evaluate costs using a positive linear slope, such that management would be directed toward areas with -1 values (low cost) and away from areas with +1 values (high cost). 

Figure . Histogram and scoring criterion of current condition scores for
mobilization costs to saw facilities across the Central Coast.

Figure 75. Histogram of translated current condition scores for mobilization
costs to saw facilities across the Central Coast.

Figure 76. Maps displaying raw metric and translated metric of current
condition scores for mobilization costs to saw facilities across the Central
Coast.

  

* Metric Definition and Relevance: The principal 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 Central Coast that generate revenue.
All treatments included here are represented simply as costs per acre.

  

* Credits: CALFIRE, USDA Forest Service