Progress 10/01/00 to 09/30/06
Outputs
Research efforts have been to develop research to aid in applied decisionmaking in Oklahoma and nationwide. These were 1) valuing natural resources such as wetlands and angling in the US and Oklahoma, 2) assessing willingness to pay for local municipal waste services (including environmental altruism) for Stillwater, OK and 3) developing external funding for assessing pricing of water resources in Oklahoma and semi-arid watersheds which is crucial to reworking that state comprehensive water plan.
Impacts
The value of nonmarket goods and environment environmental services to users and the economy of the state is often overlooked. This research has helped public decisionmakers to improve allocation of efforts and funding to these natural resources. Funding for 2007-2008 was obtained to solicit data for water pricing policy in Oklahoma.
Publications
- Boyer, Tracy and William Fisher, "A Socio-Economic Evaluation of the Lower Illinois River," Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Grant Final Report, F-58-R GRANT PERIOD: 1 July 2004 through 30 June 2006.
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Progress 10/01/04 to 09/30/05
Outputs
The Wetland Restoration Site Selection Problem Under Wetland Mitigation Banking in Minnesota" creates a multi-objective analysis tool for wetland compensation at a landscape scale. The methodology of this paper is critical to modeling tradeoffs in land use. Other continuing projects include a valuation study of the lower Illinois river trout fishery to be completed in Spring 2006 (Data collection is complete, a Phd thesis will be complete summer 2006), a valuation study of Stillwater Sanitation service preferences to be used as a model for other rural service provision to be submitted for publication in 2006 (Data collection complete), and a continued project that looks at tradeoffs between prairie ecosystem protection, wind power and invasive species control.
Impacts
The objective of this study is to address the natural resource and environmental issues relevant to Oklahoma and the nation. The research, while using theoretical tools in economics, is largely applied to policy problems in environmental management over a diverse set of issues including land use, species protection, recreational values of natural resources, and issues in water quality and quantity.
Publications
- Boyer, Tracy, "The Problem of Restoration Site Selection under Wetland Mitigation Banking in Minnesota." 2005. Under Review. Energy and Resource Economics.
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Progress 10/01/03 to 09/30/04
Outputs
The paper entitled "Valuing Urban Wetlands" looks at methodology for examining the non-market prices of wetlands. These methods are fundamental to environmental economics valuation theory and application and are universally applicable to other ecosystems threatened by urbanization and development. The second paper, "The Wetland Restoration Site Selection Problem Under Wetland Mitigation Banking in Minnesota" creates a multi-objective analysis tool for wetland compensation at a landscape scale. The methodology of this paper is critical to modeling tradeoffs in land use. Other continuing projects include a valuation study of the lower Illinois river trout fishery to be completed in Spring 2005, a hedonic analysis of the sources of amenity values in residential property in Stillwater, OK to be completed Spring 2005, a valuation study of Stillwater Sanitation service preferences to be used as a model for other rural service provision, and a continued project that looks at
tradeoffs between prairie ecosystem protection, wind power and invasive species control.
Impacts
The objective of this study is to address the natural resource and environmental issues relevant to Oklahoma and the nation. The research, while using theoretical tools in economics, is largely applied to policy problems in environmental management over a diverse set of issues including land use, species protection, recreational values of natural resources, and issues in water quality and quantity.
Publications
- Boyer, Tracy and Stephen Polasky "Valuing Urban Wetlands." Wetlands, December 2004.
- Boyer, Tracy, "The Problem of Restoration Site Selection under Wetland Mitigation Banking in Minnesota." Under Review (2005), Energy and Resource Economics.
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Progress 10/01/02 to 09/30/03
Outputs
The paper entitled Valuing Urban Wetlands looks at methodology for examining the non-market prices of wetlands. These methods are fundamental to environmental economics valuation theory and application and are universally applicable to other ecosystems threatened by urbanization and development. The second paper, The Wetland Restoration Site Selection Problem Under Wetland Mitigation Banking in Minnesota creates a multi-objective analysis tool for wetland compensation at a landscape scale. The methodology of this paper is critical to modeling tradeoffs in land use. A review of the literature, policy and data on the tradeoffs between wind power production, land uses, and threatened species protection in Oklahoma using similar multi-objective analysis has begun. Other work begun includes: commencement of a valuation study of the lower Illinois river trout fishery and hedonic analysis of the sources of amenity values in residential property in Stillwater, OK.
Impacts
The objective of this study is to address the natural resource and environmental issues relevant to Oklahoma and the nation. The research, while using theoretical tools in economics, is largely applied to policy problems in environmental management over a diverse set of issues including land use, species protection, recreational values of natural resources, and issues in water quality and quantity.
Publications
- Boyer, Tracy A. and Stephen Polasky, Valuing Urban Wetlands. Forthcoming in Wetlands (Spring 2004).
- Boyer, Tracy A. (2003) The Wetland Restoration Site Selection Problem Under Wetland Mitigation Banking in Minnesota. Long Paper, presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association Meeting, Montreal, Canada, July 2003.
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Progress 10/01/01 to 09/30/02
Outputs
During the year an invited seminar was presented at Kansas State University on liability, regulations, and endogenous risk associated with prescribed fires. Other work done included economics of hog waste management and policy along with a study done on phosphorus index versus soil test phosphorus as a guide for chicken litter applied to land.
Impacts
The work on wildlife and fire is intended to inform policymakers on the economic incentives of different policy tools available to them. This work is basic economic research, and is meant to provide a conceptual framework for policy decisions; no specific policy recommendations are made with this work. The swine wasteland application project will provide currently unavailable information about how waste is distributed at the farm level, and the chicken litter project will provide an alternative method of assessing phosphorous runoff risk, with economic applications.
Publications
- Yoder, Jonathan, Marcia Tilley, David M. Engle, and Samuel Fuhlendorf. 2002. "An Economic Perspective of Liability for Prescribed Burning." Society for Range Management annual conference, February 15-19, Kansas City, MO.
- Yoder, Jonathan and Keith Willett. 2002. "Phosphorus Index Versus Soil Test Phosphorus as a Guide for Chicken Litter Land Application." Southern Agricultural Economics Association Meetings, February 3-6, Orlando FL
- Metcalfe, Mark, Jonathan Yoder, and David Zilberman. 2001. "The Economics of Hog Waste Management and Policy." International Symposium Addressing Animal Production and Environmental Issues. October 3-5, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
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Progress 10/01/00 to 09/30/01
Outputs
The work covers a diverse set of issues. The work on wildlife examines the incentives of landowners to provide habitat for wildlife on private land, and guidelines for private-lands wildlife management policy and law. A lumber market analysis provides a new method for examining the impact of specific timber supply shocks on the market price path for lumber. Work in progress but not yet published focuses on 1) the economics of liability for prescribed fire use and 2) the economics and policy of land application of livestock waste. The work on prescribed fire focuses on the economic incentive effects of different liability rules on incentives to use prescribed fire as a land management tool. The work on livestock wasteland application relates to two separate sets of issues. The first is an analysis of the spatial distribution of swine manure field application in relation to waste storage facilities, for which a pilot survey has been conducted and funding is being sought
for a more extensive survey. The second livestock waste management project focuses on phosphorous runoff from chicken litter land application and the development of a cardinal estimate of runoff risk based on land characteristics, litter application, and rainfall events.
Impacts
The work on wildlife and fire is intended to inform policymakers on the economic incentives of different policy tools available to them. This work is basic economic research, and is meant to provide a conceptual framework for policy decisions; no specific policy recommendations are made with this work. The swine wasteland application project will provide currently unavailable information about how waste is distributed at the farm level, and the chicken litter project will provide an alternative method of assessing phosphorous runoff risk, with economic applications.
Publications
- Sanders, Larry, Jonathan Yoder, Arthur Stoecker, Jim Criswell, Ron Masters, and Mike Smolen. "Comments regarding Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Arkansas River Shiner Under Endangered Species Act." Formal comment submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Field Supervisor, Tulsa OK. October 2000.
- Yoder, Jonathan K. 2000. "Wildlife on Private Land: Contracting over Wildlife-Inflicted Property Damage and Abatement." Dissertation abstract in recognition of AAEA Outstanding Dissertation Award. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 82(5): 1238-1239.
- Randal Rucker, Walter Thurman, and Jonathan Yoder. 2000. "Market Events and Lumber Future Prices: Estimating the Speed of Market Reaction to News." Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics Staff Paper 2000-9. November.
- Yoder, Jonathan K. 2000. "Estimating Wildlife-Inflicted Crop Damage with Self-Selected Data." Abstract. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 29(2):253.
- Yoder, Jonathan K. 2000. "Crop Choice in the Face of Wildlife-Inflicted Damage: Results from Wisconsin." Abstract, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 31(2):400.
- Yoder, Jonathan K. "Contracting Over Common Property: Cost-Share Contracts for Predator Control." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vol. 25, no. 2 (December 2000): 485-500.
- Metcalfe, Mark, Jonathan Yoder, Aya Ogishi, and David Zilberman. 2001. "The Economics of Hog Waste Management and Policy." Proceedings of the International Symposium for Addressing Animal Production and Environmental Issues. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University. Raleigh, NC.
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Progress 10/01/99 to 09/30/00
Outputs
This project was new October 2000 and there is no progress to report this period.
Impacts
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Publications
- No publications reported this period
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