Source: NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIV submitted to NRP
BENEFITS AND COSTS OF NATURAL RESOURCES POLICIES AFFECTING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
HATCH
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0230776
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
(N/A)
Multistate No.
W-3133
Project Start Date
Oct 1, 2012
Project End Date
Sep 30, 2017
Grant Year
(N/A)
Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIV
1310 BOLLEY DR
FARGO,ND 58105-5750
Performing Department
Agribusiness and Applied Economics
Non Technical Summary
Many natural resources do not have market prices, But they do have value. Policy makers require information on the economic value of non-market natural resources in order to make informed decisions on the resource use and conservation policies. Policy makers specifically need to know the value of improved water quality, improved recreation access, improved air quality.
Animal Health Component
(N/A)
Research Effort Categories
Basic
(N/A)
Applied
(N/A)
Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
6050210301075%
6050599301025%
Knowledge Area
605 - Natural Resource and Environmental Economics;

Subject Of Investigation
0599 - Recreational resources, general/other; 0210 - Water resources;

Field Of Science
3010 - Economics;
Goals / Objectives
1.Obj 2: Economic Valuation Methods Task 2-1: Advances in Stated/Revealed Preference Methods Task 2-2: Advances in Benefit Transfer Methods Task 2-3: Advances in Spatial/Environmental Nexus 2.Obj 3: Integrated Ecosystem Services Valuation and Management Task 3-1: Economic Analysis of Ecosystem Services Flows Task 3-2: Economic Analysis of Recreation Services Task 3-3: Economic Analysis of Water Quality, Quantity and Flow
Project Methods
Non-market valuation techniques such as stated choice experiments and averted costs will be featured to assess water quality, recreation services, and the impacts of land use change. Recent advances from current literature will be tested in the context of resource problems of Northern Great Plains, such as low population density. Survey instrument design and sampling procedures will be assessed. Outputs will be evaluated through peer review of submitted manuscripts.

Progress 10/01/12 to 09/30/17

Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience is professional researchers, managers, and private sector decision makers. Changes/Problems:Additional funding was through grant proposals was sought and not secured. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?MS Students: Kels Westra, Qingqing Yin PhD Students: Sumadhur Shakya, Daniel Margarit, Muhammed Alsharif, Felix Fernando How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?1 Book Chapter, 4 Journal Articles Published, I Manuscript developed for submission, 2 additional manuscripts in development, 1 webinar, and 5 conference presentations What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? The benefits of a system of fracking wastewater treatment and recycling, in the Bakken oil producing area, were assessed. A spatial minimum cost optimization model was developed. Alternative treatment technologies were assessed. Spatial data on well locations and distances were estimated using GIS. Simulation results demonstrated that there are substantial incentives to develop the technology that would treat and recycle fracking flowback water. Both financial and social benefits occur. However, after at high costs of treatment and recycling only small quantities of flowback water would recycled. Improved understanding of water management challenges and institutions in the Bakken region and the Missouri River Basin. The use of public lands to develop housing for essential public service workers in western North Dakota was assessed. During the oil boom period many essential service workers lived in conditions of housing poverty. This is because of elevated housing costs and relatively low public sector wages. However analysis showed that families with two wage earners or single wage earners without dependents could afford housing. For more vulnerable families with many dependents housing developments dedicated to public sector workers, such as teachers and law enforcement officers would be highly beneficial. This analysis led to a journal article and a book review. An assessment of the opportunity cost of land retirement for ecosystem protection and riparian recreation in the Devils Lake Basin. An analysis of the value fo Missouri River water in barge transportation has been conducted. The impact on days of navigation on frieght traffic has been analyzed. Alternative fright costs have been assessed. Presnetations and manuscripts are expected in early 2018. Efficiency measures of water use in the Missouri River Basin are being analyzed.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Hearne, R. S. Shakya, and Q. Yin. 2015. The value of fracking wastewater treatment and recycling technologies in North Dakota. Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination 5(2):211-222.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Fernando, F.N. & Hearne, R. J Hous and the Built Environ (2017) 32: 755. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-016-9539-9
  • Type: Book Chapters Status: Awaiting Publication Year Published: 2018 Citation: Fernando, F., A. Junod, J. Jacquet, R. Hearne, L. Flage (2018 forthcoming) Housing Challenges and Policy Implications of Shale Oil Development in Rural Communities in Rural Housing and Economic Development. Don Albrecht ed. Routledge
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2016 Citation: Effects of inundation and flood risk on the value of agricultural lands in the Devils Lake Basin of North Dakota (with Daniel Margarit and David Roberts). Presented at the W3133 Annual Meeting, Portland. February 24, 2016.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2015 Citation: Assessing the Value of Public Lands in Western North Dakota in Community Land Trusts. (with Felix Fernando). Presented at the W3133 Annual Meeting, Pensacola Fl. February 26, 2015.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2013 Citation: An Assessment of Fracking Wastewater Treatment and Recycling Alternatives in Western North Dakota (Qingqing Yin and Sumadhur Shakya) Presented at the W3133 Annual Meeting, Coeur DAline, Id. February 28, 2013.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Hearne, R. and F. Fernando. 2016. Strategies for Community and Industry Water Management in the Oil Producing Region of North Dakota Water 2016, 8, 331; doi:10.3390/w8080331
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Hearne, R. and T. Prato. 2016. Institutional Evolution of Missouri River Management. Water Policy. 18 (3) 619-634.
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Hearne, R. and F. Fernando. 2015. Community Strategies for Water Supply in the Bakken Region. A Report to the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. June 2015
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2016 Citation: Community Strategies for Water Supply in the Bakken Region (with Felix Fernando) Presented at the Facing New Conditions and Challenges: The Agricultural Development in USA and China, Conference South China Agricultural University Guangzhou, China July 8-10, 2016.


Progress 10/01/15 to 09/30/16

Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience for this research are natural resource management professionals including researchers, managers, and decision-makers. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Felix Fernando and Daniel Margarit PhD graduates in Natural Resource Management learned the economic analysis of water management and land retirement programs. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Journal articles have been prepared for publication. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?1. An analysis of the value of Missouri River Water in barge transportation will be conducted.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Task 3.3: Improved understanding of water management challenges and institutions in the Bakken region and the Missouri River Basin. Task 3.1 and 3.2: An assessment of the opportunity cost of land retirement for ecosystem protection and riparian recreation in the Devils Lake Basin.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Awaiting Publication Year Published: 2017 Citation: Felix Fernando, F. and R. Hearne. In press. Housing for Essential Service Workers during an Oil Boom: Opportunities and Policy Implications. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. DOI 10.1007/s10901-016-9539-9. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10901-016-9539-9. Published online November 2016.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Hearne, R. and F. Fernando. 2016. Strategies for Community and Industry Water Management in the Oil Producing Region of North Dakota Water 2016, 8, 331; doi:10.3390/w8080331 Hearne, R. and T. Prato. 2016. Institutional Evolution of Missouri River Management. Water Policy. 18 (3) 619-634.


Progress 10/01/14 to 09/30/15

Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience is professional researchers, managers, and private sector decision makers. Changes/Problems:A grant poproal to the National Science Foundation"Managing Water Resources for Food and Energy Production in the Missouri River Basin" was not successful. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?A PhD student in Natural Resources Management was trained on economic analysis of housing markets and water management. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Journal articles have been prepared and are in various stages of submission. A Webinar will be presented in January 2016.? What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?An anyalysis of the supply of land avaialbel for conservation and recreation in the Devils Lake Basin in Norht Dakota will be completed.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? The use of public lands to develop housing for essential public service workers in western North Dakota was assessed.During the oil boom period many essential service workers lived in conditions of housing poverty. This is because of elevated housing costs and relatively low public sector wages. However analysis showed that families with two wage earners or single wage earners without dependents could afford housing. For more vulnerable families with many dependents housing developments dedicated to public sector workers, such as teachers and law enforcement officers would be highly beneficial. This analysis led to a journal article under review.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Hearne, R. S. Shakya, and Q. Yin. 2015. The value of fracking wastewater treatment and recycling technologies in North Dakota. Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination 5(2):211-222.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Under Review Year Published: 2016 Citation: Housing for Essential Service Workers during an Oil Boom: Opportunities and Policy Implications.
  • Type: Other Status: Other Year Published: 2015 Citation: Hearne, R. and F. Fernando. 2015. Community Strategies for Water Supply in the Bakken Region. A Report to the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. June 2015.


Progress 10/01/13 to 09/30/14

Outputs
Target Audience: The target audience is professional researchers, managers, and private sector decision makers. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Research on wastewater treatment and recycling included training of an MS student in Agribusiness and Applied Economics and a PhD candidate in Transportation and Logistics. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Dissemination was reported in the 2012-2013 report. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? I expect to collaborate with a PhD candidate in Natural Resources Management and complete the project on the use of public land for public sector employees housing. I expect to collaborate with a PhD candidate in Natural Resources Management and initiate a project to assess alternatives for water management in the oil producing regions in western North Dakota.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Final revisions were made in an assessment of the benefits of fracking wastewater treatment and recycling. Research article was published. A new project to assess the options for the use of public lands for public sector employees housing, instead of alternative uses such as recreation was initiated.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Awaiting Publication Year Published: 2014 Citation: Hearne, Robert, Sumadhur Shakya and Qingqing Yin. 2014. The value of fracking wastewater treatment and recycling technologies in North Dakota. Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination. In Press, Uncorrected Proof, Available online 5 November, 2014. doi:10.2166/wrd.2014.153.


Progress 10/01/12 to 09/30/13

Outputs
Target Audience: The target audience includes policy makers, researchers, resource managers, and private sector entrepreneurs. Changes/Problems: There are no changes. Although reduced funding for USGS grants is making efforts to seek extra funding for project more difficult. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? An MS thesis for Qingqing Yin was completed in December 2013. She was trained on optimization procedures, SAS, water quality and logistics. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? An MS thesis is available through the NDSU Graduate School. A newspaper article (Dickinson Press, 2/16/2013) and a radio interview with Mick Kjar on Farm Talk discussed this research). A journal article has been submitted. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? I plan to ensure the article is published. I have sought support for further research.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? During the benefits of a system of fracking wastewater treatment and recycling, in the Bakken oil producing area, were assessed. A spatial minimum cost optimization model was developed. Alternative treatment technologies were assessed. Spatial data on well locations and distances were estimated using GIS. Simulation results demonstrated that there are substantial incentives to develop the technology that would treat and recycle fracking flowback water. Both financial and social benefits occur. However, after at high costs of treatment and recycling only small quantities of flowback water would recycled.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Under Review Year Published: 2014 Citation: Hearne, R., Shakya, S. and Q. Yin. The Value of Fracking Wastewater Treatment and Recycling Technologies in North Dakota