Economic Valuation of Hunter Access on Mississippi Wildlife Management Areas: Discrete-Count Data Modeling. Issue 5 (1st October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hussain, Anwar; Munn, Ian A.; Edwards, Scott L.; Hunt, Kevin
• Is Part Of: Forest science. Volume 62:Issue 5(2015)
• Page Start: 513
• Page End: 524
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Subjects: multisite travel cost modeling -- public lands management -- discrete-count data analysis -- nested logit -- truncated negative binomial; Forests and forestry -- Periodicals; Forest management -- Periodicals; Forest policy -- United States -- Periodicals; Forest management; Forest policy; Forests and forestry; United States; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 634.9
• DOI: 10.5849/forsci.15-185
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0015-749X

Abstract

Abstract: Wildlife management areas (WMAs) provide a significant portion of the publicly available hunting sites in Mississippi. Using discrete-count data modeling, this research investigated factors that influence a hunter's choice of a WMA on each trip and trip frequency during a hunting season. The parameter estimates were used to determine changes in compensating variation associated with marginal changes in WMA attributes and the closing of most visited WMAs in each physiographic region of the state. The results should promote resource management in WMAs that is consistent with the welfare of hunters.