Pacific Northwest Research Station

Title: Updated outdoor recreation use values on national forests and other public lands.

Author: Loomis, John.

Date: 2005

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-658. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 26 p.

Station ID: GTR-PNW-658

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.

Keywords: benefit transfer, consumer surplus, recreation use values, willingness to pay

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Loomis, John.  2005.  Updated outdoor recreation use values on national forests and other public lands..   Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-658. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 26 p.