Willingness to Pay for Sandhill Crane Hunting

Emma Donnelly, Carson Reeling, Richard Melstrom and W. Adam Phelps

No 404451, 2026 Annual Meeting, July 26 - 28, 2026, Kansas City, Missouri from Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Abstract: We estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for a hypothetical sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) hunting permit using contingent valuation, based on a mail survey of Indiana hunters. The hypothetical permit would allow hunting over a two-month season. Permit attributes in the experiment include price, individual harvest limits, and a seasonal quota. We find mean WTP is $61 and sensitive to scope, which supports the internal validity of the valuation estimate. Understanding the benefits of hunting is important as resource managers consider initiating new harvest seasons. No prior studies have estimated WTP for sandhill crane hunting, so these results provide a baseline for future benefit transfer applications in wildlife economics.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.404451

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