Updated outdoor recreation use values on national forests and other public lands
By: John Loomis.
Contributors: Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)
Series: General technical report PNW -- GTR-658.; General technical report PNW -- 658.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: Outdoor recreation -- Economic aspects -- United States.; Forest reserves -- Recreational use -- United States.; Public lands -- Recreational use -- United States.; Willingness to pay -- United States.
Description: This report summarizes more than 30 years of the literature on net economic value of outdoor recreation on public lands. The report provides average net willingness to pay or consumer surplus per day for 30 recreation activities at the national level. Values per day by recreation activity are also presented by census region of the United States. Detailed tables provide the average value per day as well as the standard error for calculating confidence intervals. Guidance for using these values in performing benefit transfer to unstudied sites is also provided. The report provides a link to a Web site where the spreadsheet that underlies the averages calculated in this report is available.
Notes: Cover title.

"October 2005."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 23-26).

Also available via Internet.