 Opportunity Costs of Spotted Owl Management Options for British ColumbiaRoger T. Reid and Michael S. Stone Canadian Public Policy, 1997, vol. 23, issue 1, 69-82 Abstract: It is estimated that there are fewer than 100 pairs of northern spotted owls in Canada all located in the southwestern mainland of British Columbia. In 1986, the spotted owl was designated as an endangered species. A recovery plan was developed setting out six management options to stabilize spotted owl populations and eventually lead to an improvement in the status of the species. The purpose of the present paper is to report estimates of the opportunity costs of the options for recovering the owl populations. The primary opportunity costs of the recovery options would be the foregone timber harvests in the area inhabited by spotted owls. Aggregate and annual household opportunity cost estimates are reported. The paper also describes some of the benefits that can arise from the protection of endangered species and discusses some problems in measuring these values. Date: 1997 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cpp:issued:v:23:y:1997:i:1:p:69-82 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Canadian Public Policy is currently edited by Prof. Mike Veall More articles in Canadian Public Policy from University of Toronto Press University of Toronto Press Journals Division 5201 Dufferin Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3H 5T8. |
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