PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mansfield, Carol
AU  - Phaneuf, Daniel J.
AU  - Johnson, F. Reed
AU  - Yang, Jui-Chen
AU  - Beach, Robert
TI  - Preferences for Public Lands Management under Competing Uses: The Case of Yellowstone National Park
AID  - 10.3368/le.84.2.282
DP  - 2008 May 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 282--305
VI  - 84
IP  - 2
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/84/2/282.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/84/2/282.full
SO  - Land Econ2008 May 01; 84
AB  - We examine snowmobile use conflict in Yellowstone National Park to assess the effect of different winter management policies on heterogeneous visitors’ welfare. Using a stated preference choice experiment we quantify welfare changes for snowmobile riders and non-riders under different snowmobile restrictions. A key determinant of welfare change is visitors’ willingness to trade-off reduced snowmobile access for improved ambient conditions in the park. Our findings support the notion that welfare losses to snowmobile riders could be offset by welfare gains to non-riders, but net benefits will depend on the number of riders and non-riders and the specifics of the policy. (JEL Q26, Q51)