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| van Kooten, G. Cornelis; Thomsen, Roy W.; Hobby, Thomas G.; Eagle, Alison J.. |
| Since the late 1960s, the Nevada ranch community has come under increasing pressure from environmental groups regarding their use of public lands for livestock grazing, thus increasing tension between ranchers and public land managers and potentially reducing the social capital that facilitates action and cooperation in range management. In this paper, we use responses to a survey of all public grazing permit holders in Nevada to investigate the changing relationships between ranchers and the public land agencies, and its potential implications. In particular, we investigate factors that affect ranchers' trust in the public land agencies, and then factors that influence the nature of the relationship between ranchers and the Bureau of Land Management and... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18157 |
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| Hobby, Thomas G.; van Kooten, G. Cornelis. |
| In response to environmental pressure, public land agencies in Nevada have reduced animal unit months (AUMs) of grazing on public lands. This has resulted in economic losses to ranchers, increased conflict between ranchers and the public land agencies, and general unrest in the ranch community. One approach to resolving the problems might be to compensate ranchers for lost grazing privileges. In this study, we employ the results of the Nevada Ranch Survey to examine ranchers' willingness to accept a one-time payment to retire grazing rights, as well as three other means of "compensating" ranchers that enable them to earn a living from the public lands despite reduced access to public forage. The results suggest that ranchers are not keen on being... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18159 |
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