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Evaluating the Effects of River and Stream Restorations: Evidence from Recreational Fishing

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  • Michele Baggio
  • Charles Towe
  • Daniel Trüssel
  • Armin Peter

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River restorations are increasingly used worldwide as conservation measures and environmental policy tools. Despite their popularity, there is a lack of compelling empirical evidence that river restorations achieve policy goals. Exploiting a unique dataset of fishing trips combined with structural, spatial, and temporal data on restorations, we study the effects of restorations on catch rate, a measurable ecosystem service, and then evaluate the welfare consequences of these changes. We provide robust evidence that restorations lead to persistent increases in catch rates that generate a monetary value of over $600,000 annually for a proposed set of future restorations.

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  • Michele Baggio & Charles Towe & Daniel Trüssel & Armin Peter, 2020. "Evaluating the Effects of River and Stream Restorations: Evidence from Recreational Fishing," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 96(1), pages 75-91.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:96:y:2020:i:1:p:75-91
    Note: DOI: 10.3368/le.96.1.75
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    1. King, Steven & O'Hanley, Jesse R. & Fraser, Iain, 2021. "How to choose? A bioeconomic model for optimizing river barrier mitigation actions," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 181(C).

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    JEL classification:

    • Q26 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Recreational Aspects of Natural Resources
    • Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects

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