Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Effect of hunter expenditure distribution on community economies.

1991; Wiley; Volume: 19; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

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Max Wallace, H. Lee Stribling, Howard A. Clonts,

Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management

For decision-makers to determine how and where to direct funds and manpower toward managing and conserving wildlands and wildlife, a clear understanding of current needs and expected benefits resulting from each management alternative is required (Prenzlow et al. 1974, Hoover 1976, Verburg et al. 1987). For example, in the 1985 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, expenditures were estimated to be $55.7 billion (U.S. Dep. Inter. 1988). One expenditure category, hunting, was estimated to generate $10.1 billion nationally. These expenditure values provide a partial measure of the contribution that wildlife makes to the general economy (Miller and Hay 1984). The 1985 national survey also demonstrated that wildlife-associated expenditures were not evenly distributed across the United States but varied by states as well as regionally. Like expenditures, wildlife management policies also differ from one region of the country to another, influenced by factors such as wildlife population sizes, user demands or desires, and manpower and funding levels (Driver 1985). Wildlife is managed on national, regional, state, and local levels. Therefore, it would be useful for policy-makers at those levels to have information for use in developing management philosophies and guiding decisions on where to focus finite monetary and manpower resources. With such information, allocations could be distributed according to