TY - JOUR
T1 - Recreational damages from reservoir storage level changes
AU - Huszar, Eric
AU - Shaw, W. Douglass
AU - Englin, Jeffrey
AU - Netusil, Noelwah
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Several extreme events affecting recreation have occurred in the Humboldt River Basin of northern Nevada. In 1992, agricultural users completely drained Rye Patch Reservoir killing millions of fish. Additionally, since 1990 gold mines located in the basin have pumped and discharged water into the Humboldt River; in recent years, discharges have equaled approximately 60% of the river's annual flow. In this paper we develop and estimate a joint model of fish catch and recreation demand, both of which depend on water levels, to assess the losses and gains from water level changes tied to events in the basin.
AB - Several extreme events affecting recreation have occurred in the Humboldt River Basin of northern Nevada. In 1992, agricultural users completely drained Rye Patch Reservoir killing millions of fish. Additionally, since 1990 gold mines located in the basin have pumped and discharged water into the Humboldt River; in recent years, discharges have equaled approximately 60% of the river's annual flow. In this paper we develop and estimate a joint model of fish catch and recreation demand, both of which depend on water levels, to assess the losses and gains from water level changes tied to events in the basin.
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U2 - 10.1029/1999WR900235
DO - 10.1029/1999WR900235
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032740854
SN - 0043-1397
VL - 35
SP - 3489
EP - 3494
JO - Water Resources Research
JF - Water Resources Research
IS - 11
ER -