PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Grijalva, Therese C.
AU  - Berrens, Robert P.
AU  - Bohara, Alok K.
AU  - Jakus, Paul M.
AU  - Shaw, W. Douglass
TI  - Valuing the Loss of Rock Climbing Access in Wilderness Areas: A National-Level, Random-Utility Model
AID  - 10.2307/3146926
DP  - 2002 Feb 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 103--120
VI  - 78
IP  - 1
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/78/1/103.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/78/1/103.full
SO  - Land Econ2002 Feb 01; 78
AB  - Given potential growth in outdoor rock climbing and its concentration on public lands, the management of climbing access in wilderness areas is an issue of considerable national controversy in the United States. A proposed rule change by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) would prohibit the use of fixed climbing protection in wilderness areas—effectively eliminating safe access to many sites. Using a unique data set on rock climbing trips, a repeated-nested logit, random-utility model is used to analyze economic losses to climbers resulting from the USFS proposal. Results indicate that the USFS proposal may constitute a major regulatory change. (JEL Q26)