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Differential values associated with outdoor recreational access among the wildlife management area permit holders
Forest Policy and Economics ( IF 4 ) Pub Date : 2022-05-19 , DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2022.102764
Clara Shattuck , Neelam C. Poudyal , J.M. Bowker , Omkar Joshi

Wildlife management areas (WMAs) are important part of the public land system for forest-based recreation in the United States. Despite the growing literature on the economics of outdoor recreation, information about the economic benefit of visitors' access to WMAs, common to 35 states nationally, is lacking. WMAs differ from other public areas because of their unique focus on promoting conservation as well as consumptive and non-consumptive uses. With the data collected from a mixed-mode survey of WMA permit holders, this study estimated a travel cost model of WMA visitation with price interactions to quantify the economic value of WMA access and evaluate whether and how the value of access varies among recreation activities. The results indicate heterogeneity in the per trip value of access among activities, ranging annually from $95 for hunting to $37 for angling and $32 for other non-consumptive activities. When aggregated across the statewide system, the total net benefit that WMA permit holders enjoy from having access to WMAs was as high as $219 million annually, a $138 per acre in an annual net benefit to permit holders. In addition, personal characteristics, including party size and hunting as the primary purpose of visiting, as well as WMA characteristics, including camping, boat access, and wheelchair accessible blinds, had positive effects on WMA access demand. These findings offer new insights into understanding the public value of conservation areas and help justify investing public funds in establishing and maintaining WMAs.



中文翻译:

野生动物管理区许可证持有人与户外娱乐通道相关的差异值

野生动物管理区 (WMA) 是美国森林休闲公共土地系统的重要组成部分。尽管关于户外休闲经济学的文献越来越多,但关于游客进入 WMA 的经济效益的信息(全国 35 个州共有)却缺乏。WMA 不同于其他公共区域,因为它们独特地专注于促进保护以及消费和非消费用途。利用对 WMA 许可证持有者的混合模式调查收集的数据,本研究估计了 WMA 访问的旅行成本模型与价格交互作用,以量化 WMA 访问的经济价值,并评估访问的价值是否以及如何在娱乐活动中发生变化。结果表明活动之间访问的每次行程价值存在异质性,每年从打猎 95 美元到钓鱼 37 美元和其他非消费活动 32 美元不等。当在全州范围内汇总时,WMA 许可证持有人从获得 WMA 中获得的总净收益高达每年 2.19 亿美元,许可证持有人每年每英亩净收益 138 美元。此外,个人特征(包括聚会规模和以狩猎为主要访问目的)以及 WMA 特征(包括露营、乘船通道和无障碍百叶窗)对 WMA 访问需求产生积极影响。这些发现为了解保护区的公共价值提供了新的见解,并有助于证明将公共资金投资于建立和维护 WMA 的合理性。WMA 许可证持有人每年从 WMA 中获得的总净收益高达 2.19 亿美元,许可证持有人每年的净收益为每英亩 138 美元。此外,个人特征(包括聚会规模和以狩猎为主要访问目的)以及 WMA 特征(包括露营、乘船通道和无障碍百叶窗)对 WMA 访问需求产生积极影响。这些发现为了解保护区的公共价值提供了新的见解,并有助于证明将公共资金投资于建立和维护 WMA 的合理性。WMA 许可证持有人每年从 WMA 中获得的总净收益高达 2.19 亿美元,许可证持有人每年的净收益为每英亩 138 美元。此外,个人特征(包括聚会规模和以狩猎为主要访问目的)以及 WMA 特征(包括露营、乘船通道和无障碍百叶窗)对 WMA 访问需求产生积极影响。这些发现为了解保护区的公共价值提供了新的见解,并有助于证明将公共资金投资于建立和维护 WMA 的合理性。包括聚会规模和狩猎作为访问的主要目的,以及 WMA 的特点,包括露营、乘船通道和轮椅无障碍百叶窗,对 WMA 访问需求产生了积极影响。这些发现为了解保护区的公共价值提供了新的见解,并有助于证明将公共资金投资于建立和维护 WMA 的合理性。包括聚会规模和狩猎作为访问的主要目的,以及 WMA 的特点,包括露营、乘船通道和轮椅无障碍百叶窗,对 WMA 访问需求产生了积极影响。这些发现为了解保护区的公共价值提供了新的见解,并有助于证明将公共资金投资于建立和维护 WMA 的合理性。

更新日期:2022-05-21
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