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Starbuck, Cara Meghan.

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Examining forest recreation demand: Non-timber values and regional impacts.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Examining forest recreation demand: Non-timber values and regional impacts./
Author:	Starbuck, Cara Meghan.
Description:	242 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-09, Section: A, page: 3396.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International64-09A.
Subject:	Economics, General. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3106486

Examining forest recreation demand: Non-timber values and regional impacts.
Starbuck, Cara Meghan.

Examining forest recreation demand: Non-timber values and regional impacts. - 242 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-09, Section: A, page: 3396.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2003.

Forests are an integral part of the western U.S.'s history, culture, and economic landscape. How these forest resources are valued is an important factor determining how these resources are allocated. As land managers, politicians, and individuals seek alternatives to logging and traditional extractive patterns of forest use, the economic impacts of forest use and health have become more important. To the extent possible, quantifying these alternative benefits will facilitate resource allocation decisions. This research examines forest recreation demand and regional impacts associated with non-timber uses of National Forest lands. In the western U.S., many regional economies are dependent upon forested areas for substantial portions of their economic activity. The health of the forest ecosystem and its susceptibility to catastrophic fire can have significant impacts on forest dependant communities. Forest restoration and fuels management activities impact the ecological health of the forest and impact the economy. Changes in the density of tree growth, species concentration, and fuels build-up are in part the result of forest management policies and can increase the risk of catastrophic fire, decrease non-timber forest products harvests, and decrease recreational opportunities on forested lands. This research focuses on two forested areas in the western U.S., Washington State's Gifford Pinchot National Forest, and all five National Forests in New Mexico. It examines the values and impacts associated with non-timber products and services. The primary focus of this research is to estimate non-timber values for forested areas using recreation demand methods. Additionally, an Input-Output framework, at several different spatial scales, is used to link the recreation demand estimates from New Mexico to economic impacts resulting from forest restoration and fuels management policies.Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Economics, General.

Examining forest recreation demand: Non-timber values and regional impacts.
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520 $a This research examines forest recreation demand and derives market impacts and non-market value estimates for recreation to National Forest lands. In Chapter 2, a unique two-step method is used to improve the econometric modeling of Poisson and truncated Poisson estimators under conditions of endogeneity of an individual specific demand factor to value special forest product harvesting in the Pacific Northwest. This chapter focuses on the value of the wild mushroom and berry harvest and estimates welfare measures associated with the recreational harvesting of these products. In Chapter 3, a pooled contingent-behavior travel cost model is used to derive recreation benefits to New Mexico associated with visits to USFS National Forests under differing forest restoration and fuels management scenarios. This chapter focuses on the use of contingent behavior recreation demand models to predict changes in recreational trips under differing site-quality attributes. In Chapter 4, the estimated recreation benefits derived using the methodology in Chapter 3 are used to develop an Input-Output model to simulate the regional and sub-regional economic impacts associated with three different forest restoration and fuels treatments as well as two different forest closure scenarios. The focus of Chapter 4 is linking recreation demand methods to Input-Output methods. Chapter 5 provides conclusions and avenues for future research.
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