Abstract
A discrete choice travel cost model was developed for backcountry forest recreation using 2 yr of backcountry canoe registrations from Nopiming Park, Manitoba. A statistically significant variable explaining choice of route was the amount of forest along the route that was burned in the last 10 yr; virtually all of which occurred in two particularly severe fires during 1983. The current economic welfare loss from these fires was estimated using a discrete choice travel cost model combined with a count model of trip demand. Since the forest grows back following fire, these losses will eventually decrease to zero. A linear intertemporal damage function for one of the fires is estimated, and the present value of damages under alternative discount rate assumptions is presented.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 450-455 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Forest Science |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 4 |
State | Published - Nov 1996 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Random utility
- canoeing
- count models
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Forestry
- Ecology
- Ecological Modeling