A perpetual flow of benefits : wilderness economic values in an evolving, multicultural society / by the Wilderness Economics Working Group of the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service; Thomas P. Holmes, Editor.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute. Wilderness Economics Working Group, author.

Contributor:

Holmes, Thomas P., editor.

United States. Forest Service. Research and Development, issuing body.

Series:

General technical report WO ; 101.

General technical report WO ; 101

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic impact analysis--United States.

Economic impact analysis.

Wilderness areas--Economic aspects--United States.

Wilderness areas.

Cultural pluralism--Economic aspects--United States.

Cultural pluralism.

Ecosystem services--Economic aspects--United States.

Ecosystem services.

Social values--Economic aspects--United States.

Social values.

Economic value added.

wilderness areas.

economic impact analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.

Other Title:

Wilderness economic values in an evolving, multicultural society

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Research & Development, 2022.

Summary:

"Wilderness is a culturally constructed concept that evolves over time with changes in socioeconomic, technological, demographic, and political conditions. Societal transformations, including growth of minority and underserved populations along with greater calls for environmental justice, in combination with changes in climatic variables (e.g., temperature and precipitation) and natural disturbances (e.g., wildfires, droughts, and invasive species) are creating new challenges for wilderness management agencies. This report provides up-to-date knowledge on societal benefits and ecosystem service values provided by wilderness and associated wildlands while also suggesting research directions that can help policymakers better understand social values and tradeoffs inherent in the allocation of resources to support wilderness preservation and management."

Contents:

Preface

Executive summary

1. Accounting for Wilderness Economic Values in a Historical, Cultural, and Social Context / Thomas P. Holmes

2. Historic and Current Assessment of the National Wilderness Preservation System / Jocelyn L. Aycrigg, James Tricker, T. Ryan McCarley

3. Societal Relevance of Wilderness Lands / Rebecca Rasch

4. Economic Effects of Wilderness on Gateway Communities / Evan Hjerpe

5. Wilderness Use, Users, Preferences, and Values from 2005 to 2014: A Case Study Using Forest Service National Visitor Use Monitoring Data / J.M. Bowker, Ashley E. Askew, Craig E. Landry, A. Hedges, Donald B.K. English

6. The Potential of Recreation Permit Data to Understand Wilderness Use and Value / Thomas P. Holmes, Jeffrey E. Englin, Octavio Valdez-Lafarga

7. Carbon and Carbon Storage in the National Wilderness Preservation System of the Conterminous United States / Daniel W. McCollum, Michael H. Hand, Pamela M. Froemke, Christopher Huber

8. An Economic Perspective on the Relationship Between Wilderness and Water Resources / James R. Meldrum, Christopher Huber

9. Through the Taos Lens: Underlying Values and Emerging Tribal Strategies for Protecting Wilderness and Wild Lands / Linda Moon Stumpff

10. Wilderness Economics in the Anthropocene: Expanding the Horizon / Thomas P. Holmes.

Notes:

"October 2022"--Cover.

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Catalog and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Forest Service, viewed February 16, 2024).

OCLC:

1353295096