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Report of recreational and sociological characteristics of hunters and an estimate of the demand for hunting in the Sawtooth area of Idaho. Scenic River Study, report no. 7, WRRI no. FS-44-297 Item Info

The objective of this study was to evaluate hunting activity and its economic impact on the Sawtooth Valley and mountain area in Idaho. The study proceeded with a description of the socio-economic characteristics of the hunters who used the area and continued on to estimate the demand for hunting in the area. The third part of the study dealt with developing managerial strategies for the area. The hunters were described in terms of the age, sex, education, and income levels. They were divided into residents and non-residents, and they were asked a considerable number of questions concerning their preferences for hunting, facilities, and motivations to hunt. The average hunter was between 30 and 40 years old, was a male, had attended college for a period of time and had an income between $10,000 and $14,999. The second part of the study dealt with estimating the demand for hunting. The equation developed estimated that the average hunting trip consisted of about 6.8 visitor days and cost per visitor day was $9.78. A demand schedule was developed using this equation which indicated the alternative prices for various levels of use. A further development in this section was that of estimating the resource value of hunting in the Sawtooth area. This resource value was estimated to be $186,419 in 1971, and the total amount of money hunters spent on the hunting experience in the Sawtooth was $74,690. In the third part of the study a number of hunting use projections were made to indicate the possible impacts of hunting in the area. These projections stemmed from the demand equation above, and indicated the expected consequences of changing hunting use patterns in the Sawtooth area.

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Title:
Report of recreational and sociological characteristics of hunters and an estimate of the demand for hunting in the Sawtooth area of Idaho. Scenic River Study, report no. 7, WRRI no. FS-44-297
Authors:
Michalson, E. L.
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1973-08
Description:
The objective of this study was to evaluate hunting activity and its economic impact on the Sawtooth Valley and mountain area in Idaho. The study proceeded with a description of the socio-economic characteristics of the hunters who used the area and continued on to estimate the demand for hunting in the area. The third part of the study dealt with developing managerial strategies for the area. The hunters were described in terms of the age, sex, education, and income levels. They were divided into residents and non-residents, and they were asked a considerable number of questions concerning their preferences for hunting, facilities, and motivations to hunt. The average hunter was between 30 and 40 years old, was a male, had attended college for a period of time and had an income between $10,000 and $14,999. The second part of the study dealt with estimating the demand for hunting. The equation developed estimated that the average hunting trip consisted of about 6.8 visitor days and cost per visitor day was $9.78. A demand schedule was developed using this equation which indicated the alternative prices for various levels of use. A further development in this section was that of estimating the resource value of hunting in the Sawtooth area. This resource value was estimated to be $186,419 in 1971, and the total amount of money hunters spent on the hunting experience in the Sawtooth was $74,690. In the third part of the study a number of hunting use projections were made to indicate the possible impacts of hunting in the area. These projections stemmed from the demand equation above, and indicated the expected consequences of changing hunting use patterns in the Sawtooth area.
Subjects:
hunting benefit-cost analysis social benefits
Location:
Sawtooth Valley
Latitude:
44.0
Longitude:
-114.56
Collection:
IWRRI
Series:
Scenic River Study
IWRRI number:
197328
Rights:
Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Publisher:
University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
wbv
Date Digitized:
2012

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"Report of recreational and sociological characteristics of hunters and an estimate of the demand for hunting in the Sawtooth area of Idaho. Scenic River Study, report no. 7, WRRI no. FS-44-297", Idaho Waters Digital Library, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwdl/items/iwdl-michalson_1973.html
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Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
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