Studies or Research Relating to Instream Resource Valuation

Fish Valuation

Anadromous Fish Economic (Commercial) Analysis

National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation (FHWAR) - U.S. Census Bureau Data
Valuing the Environment: Courts' Struggles with Natural Resource Damages - Dale B. Thompson, Winter 2002
Use of Survey Data to Estimate Economic Value and Regional Economic Effects of Fishery Improvements, John Loomis, 2006
Economics of Columbia River Initiative - Final Report to the Washington Department of Ecology and CRI Economics Advisory Committee, January 2004
Values and Economic Impacts of Salmon and Steelhead Production - Christopher N. Carter, Ph.D. Staff Economist Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, Revised July 2003
Economic Contributions of Indian Tribes to the Economy of Washington State - Tiller Research Inc., and Chase Economics, January 1999
Natural Resource Damage Assessment: Methods and Cases WMRC Reports, July 2004
Use of Non-market Valuation Methods in the Courtroom: Recent Affirmative Precedents in Natural Resource Damage Assessments - Carol Adaire Jones
"Valuation and Policy in Alaskan Sport Fisheries", Chapter 13, pp 156-185 in Tony J. Pitcher and Charles Hollingworth, eds. Recreational Fisheries: Ecological, Economic and Social Evaluation Oxford: Blackwell Science (2002). Co-author with Chris Neher
Valuing Multiple Programs to Improve Fish Populations - April 1999
Cost of Hatchery Salmon Careens from $14 to $530 per Fish - Jonathan Brinckman November 2002

Valuing Instream Flow

Allocating Resources in an Uncertain World: Water Management and Endangered Species - Richard T. Woodward and W. Douglass Shaw
Managing the Columbia River: Instream Flows, Water Withdrawals, and Salmon Survival - National Research Council of the National Academies, March 2004
Expanding Institutional Arrangements for Acquiring Water for Environmental Purposes: Transactions Evidence for the Western United States. International Journal of Water Resources Development. Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 21-28. - Loomis, J., K. Quattlebaum, T.C. Brown and S.J. Alexander.March 2003.
Estimating the Public's Values for Instream Flow: Economic Techniques and Dollar Values. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 34, No. 5, 1007-1014. - Loomis, J. 1998.
Incorporating Respondent Uncertainty When Estimating Willingness to Pay for Protecting Critical Habitat for Threatened and Endangered Fish. Water Resources Research, 34, No. 11, 3149-3155. - Loomis, J. and E. Ekstrand.1998.
An Economic Approach to Giving "Equal Consideration" to Environmental Values in FERC Hydropower Relicensing. Rivers. 5(2):96-108. 1995.
Recreation Value of Water to Wetlands in the San Joaquin Valley: Linked Multinomial Logit and Count Data Trip Frequency Models. Water Resources Research 28(10). Loomis, J. and M. Feldman. - Loomis, J. and M. Creel October 1992.
Economic Benefits of Instream Flow to Fisheries: A Case Study of California's Feather River. Rivers Volume 1(1), - Loomis, J. and J. Cooper.1990.
Pacific Northwest Project Technical Memorandum: Economic Analysis Methodology Illustration and Review: Estimating the Value of Water for Key Resource Sectors from the Mainstem Columbia River. Darryll Olsen, Ph.D, 0ctober 2003
"Recreation Benefits of Instream Flow: Application to Montana's Big Hole and Bitterroot Rivers", Water Resources Research Vol. 28, No. 9, pages 2169-2181, September 1992. Coauthor with Chris Neher and Thomas Brown.
"Testing Part-Whole Valuation Effects in Contingent Valuation of Instream Flow Protection". 31 Water Resources Research (9):2341-2351 (September 1995). Coauthor with Thomas C. Brown.
"Field Testing Existence Values: Comparison of Hypothetical and Cash Transaction Values" in R. Bruce Rettig, ed., Benefits and Costs in Natural Resource Planning Corvallis: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University (July 1992). Coauthor with David Patterson.
Economic Value of Instream Flow in Montana's Big Hole and Bitterroot Rivers, Research Paper RM-317, Fort Collins: Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (September 1994). Coauthor with Thomas C. Brown and Stewart D. Allen.
“Do Fishermen Lie: Measuring Hypothetical Bias across Response Formats”. Duffield, John W., Chris J. Neher, David A. Patterson, and Patricia A. Champ. 2006Pp 86-114 in Klaus Moeltner, comp. Benefits and Costs of Resource Policies Affecting Public and Private Lands. Proceedings from the W1133 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, February 22-25, 2006. Nineteenth Interim Report. University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Resource Economics.
Western Regional Research Publication, W-1133, Benefits and Costs of Resource Policies Affecting Public and Private Land, February 2006

Other River/Water Related Economic Documents

State of California Department of Water Resources - Economic Analysis Guidebook, 2008
Pacific Northwest Research Station - Counting All That Matters: Recognizing the Value of Ecosystem Services Spring 2008
Economic Values of Freshwater in the United States - Kenneth D. Frederick Discussion Paper 97-03
Vanderbilt University Law School Law and Economics - The Economic Value of Water Quality - W. Kip Viscusi Working Paper Number 08-02
Independent Economic Analysis Board - Economics of Water Acquisition Projects - December 2000
Columbia Basin Water Transactions Board (External Reports)
Review of Economic Literature and Recommendations for Improving Economic Data and Analysis for Managing Columbia River Spring Chinook - Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon State University December 2005
Potential Economic Impact of Restored Salmon and Steelhead Fishing in Idaho - Don C. Reading, Ph.D. February 2005
The Value of the World's Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital - Robert Costanza May 1987

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