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Recreation Costs of Endangered Species Protection: Evidence from Cape Hatteras National Seashore

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  • Steven J. Dundas
  • Roger H. von Haefen
  • Carol Mansfield

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Management of public lands often involves competing uses and difficult tradeoffs. In this article, we examine the impact of an economically important, policy-relevant public land management regulation designed to protect coastal biodiversity. We focus our attention on the land use conflict at Cape Hatteras National Seashore between off-road vehicle (ORV) access and nesting habitat protection for a number of endangered species. We combine site choice and participation data to estimate a repeated discrete choice model of recreational angler behavior in response to time-varying access restrictions. Our results suggest the economic costs of this policy are relatively modest, ranging from $403,000 to $2.07 million annually. Our results provide general support for the National Park Service's recently implemented ORV management plan, as an upper bound of recreation costs is likely less than conservative estimates of the benefits associated with endangered species protection.

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  • Steven J. Dundas & Roger H. von Haefen & Carol Mansfield, 2018. "Recreation Costs of Endangered Species Protection: Evidence from Cape Hatteras National Seashore," Marine Resource Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 33(1), pages 1-25.
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    DOI: 10.1086/694752
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    1. Melstrom, Richard & Reeling, Carson, 2023. "Using aggregate trip data to value recreation sites: A comparison with individual-level methods," 2023 Annual Meeting, July 23-25, Washington D.C. 335687, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    2. Chen, Wei & Wolf, David M. & Gopalakrishnan, Sathya & Haab, Timothy C. & Klaiber, Allen, 2018. "The Impact of HABs on Recreational Visits to Lake Erie," 2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C. 274026, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    3. Richardson, Leslie, 2022. "The Economic Benefits of Wildlife: The Case of Brown Bears in Alaska," Western Economics Forum, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 20(1), May.
    4. Steven J. Dundas & Roger H. von Haefen, 2021. "The importance of data structure and nonlinearities in estimating climate impacts on outdoor recreation," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 107(3), pages 2053-2075, July.

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