Willingness to Pay to Protect Wetlands and Reduce Wildlife Contamination from Agricultural Drainage

摘要: This chapter presents the results of a survey general population in California regarding their willingness to pay for alternative programs protect and expand wetlands as well reduce wildlife contamination San Joaquin Valley (Valley). The 803 completed interviews from 1,573 successfully contacted households indicate that Californians would $154 each year higher taxes purchase water prevent decrease wetland acreage 85,000 acres 27,000 acres. value rose $254 provide foran increase 125,000 with an associated 40 percent bird populations. $313 additional implement agricultural drainage waterbirds exposure 70 20 exposure. management implication these is clean supplies refuges at over $3 billion year.