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Input–output modeling, outdoor recreation, and the economic impacts of weeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Mark E. Eiswerth ,
Tim D. Darden ,
Wayne S. Johnson ,
Jeanmarie Agapoff  and
Thomas R. Harris
Tim D. Darden
Affiliation:
New Mexico Department of Agriculture, MSC 3189, Box 30005, Las Cruces, NM 88003
Wayne S. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Resource Economics, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
Jeanmarie Agapoff
Affiliation:
Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250
Thomas R. Harris
Affiliation:
Department of Resource Economics, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
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Abstract

Nonindigenous invasive weed species can have substantial negative impacts on the quantity and quality of outdoor recreational activities such as fishing, hunting, hiking, wildlife viewing, and water-based recreation. Despite the significance of impacts on recreation, very little research has been performed to estimate the corresponding economic losses at spatial scales such as regions, states, and watersheds. This is true primarily because in most jurisdictions the data necessary to estimate recreational impacts are scarce and incomplete. Because of the challenges involved in measuring recreational losses precisely, we illustrate a method that can provide indications of the ranges in which the true economic losses likely lie. To reflect underlying uncertainty in parameters such as the number of acres infested in a jurisdiction and the rate at which wildlife-related recreation decreases as a function of increasing weed infestation, we developed a range of estimates using lower, medium, and higher scenario combinations of parameter and variable values. Our case study jurisdiction is a western state (Nevada) in which nonindigenous weed infestations on public lands have expanded rapidly in recent years. Under conservative assumptions, the negative economic impacts stemming from the adverse influence of nonindigenous weeds on wildlife-related recreation in Nevada likely range from $6 million to $12 million per year. Using the most conservative findings for annual recreation losses, the predicted discounted stream of negative economic impacts over a future time horizon of 5 yr ranges from about $30 million to $40 million in Nevada, depending on actual future expansion rates of weeds.

Keywords

Economic impactsinput–output analysisinvasive weedsnonindigenous speciesrecreation
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Special Topics
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Weed Science , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , February 2005 , pp. 130 - 137
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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