Third Exam

How many people and the percent of the population

  • Fish: 39 million; 16%

  • Hunt: 14 million; 5.5%

  • Wildlife watch: 146 million; 56%

What are the patterns of participation in US

  • Where do most people who participate in the above live?

    • South East and Midwest. Mainly rural areas

  • What is the percent of those who participate in

    • Middle aged (35-54 or 45 years and older) people tend to participate more often

What are the 5 primary demographic trends that affect natural resource management and some of its implications

  • Increase population

    • More people = more demands on natural resources

  • Population size of major metropolitan areas will continue to increase and movement will be away from rural areas. Major MSAs in coastal areas are increasing at the fastest rate

  • The population is aging

  • The population is becoming more pluralistic

  • Reduced rate of population growth. Population is growing but not as fast as it used

What is trip expenditures?

  • Transportation, access fees, food, drinks, lodging, heating/cooking fuel, processing and taxidermy costs, bat, tackle for specific trip

What is long-term expenditures?

  • Ammunition, clothing, license, guns, hunting dogs, ATV, calls, decoys, food plots, hunting leases, rods, reels, binoculars, field guides

What is direct, indirect, and induced impacts?

  • Direct: Sales, salaries, wages, and jobs created from hunter expenditures on retail goods

  • Indirect: Generated by direct impacts, incomes resulting from inter-industry trade and commerce

  • Induced: Household consumption originating from employment in directly or indirectly impacted businesses

In terms of economic impact, what does the term leakage refer to?

  • Expenditures leaving the local economy due to its lack of capacity to supply the good or service

What is economic value?

  • Attempt to put a monetary value on wildlife resources for comparison to benefits of other management options

What is willingness to pay?

  • Represents a theoretically sound means of assessing the value that an individual places on a particular good

    • How much is a person willing to pay for a good

What is option value

  • Knowing the resource is there for future use if so desired

What is existence value?

  • Knowing it is there even if no intent to use it

What are some of the specific types of existence values?

  • Bequest value: for future generations

  • Ecological value: the environment is functioning

  • Altruistic value: want species to survive

What is the primary difference between aquatic resource educators and industry on the goals of natural resources education?

  • Educators want to increase public awareness and appreciation of the need to protect, conserve and restore this nation’s natural resources

  • Industry wants to increase participation in recreational angling and boating

What are the 3Rs of R3?

  • Recruitment: Activities generate awareness and interest in an activity, as well as provide opportunities for people to try an activity

  • Retention: Activities provide the support necessary for novice recreationists to build their skills until they are able to to participate independently

  • Reactivation: Activities help lapsed recreationists become active participants

Human Dimensions is the study of how people value wildlife, how they want wildlife to be managed, and how they affect or are affected by wildlife and wildlife management