Ian A. Munn

Economic impact of fishing, hunting, and wildlife-associated recreation expenditures on the Southeast U.S. regional economy: an input-output analysis.

Wildlife-associated recreation expenditures make significant contributions to employment, value added, and inter-industry transactions, and promote conservation and environmental goals. Using 2006 expenditures incurred by anglers, hunters, and wildlife-watching recreationists in the Southeast region of the United States, this study quantified economic impacts of recreation expenditures for fishing, hunting, and wildlife watching using input–output analysis. Results are presented in absolute terms and relative to the Southeast regional economy and to wildlife expenditures nationwide. In total, the US

Economic Impacts of Mississippi Wildlife-Associated Outfitters and Their Clientele

33 billion spent in 2006 by wildlife recreationists in the Southeast generated US

Attribute-based analysis of hunters' lease preferences.

11 billion in indirect impacts and another US

Hedonic Analysis of Auctioned Hunting Leases: A Case Study of Mississippi Sixteenth Section Lands

9.6 billion in induced impacts. Wildlife recreational expenditures generated 0.7% of regional employment and gross output. Thirty-five percent of all wildlife-related expenditures occurred in the Southeast. There were broad differences by type of recreation activity and economic indicator that should be considered by wildlife recreation managers when allocating resources among these activities.

A Socioeconomic and Biological Evaluation of Current and Hypothetical Crappie Regulations in Sardis Lake, Mississippi: An Integrated Approach

Wildlife-associated outfitters and their clientele play an important role in local and state economies. Based on survey data of Mississippi wildlife-associated outfitters and their clientele, we simulated economic impacts induced by their direct expenditures at the state level and by species type (white-tailed deer—Odocoileus virginianus, northern bobwhite quail—Colinus virginianus, and waterfowl—Anas spp.). Results indicated that expenses incurred by outfitters in 2003 generated US

Economic Impact of Wildlife-Associated Recreation Expenditures in the Southeast United States: A General Equilibrium Analysis

20.02 million in total industry output, US

Modeling Landowner Participation in a Proposed Reforestation Loan Program

8.80 million in value added, and supported 215 full- or part-time jobs, whereas expenses incurred by clientele generated US

Forest Products Industry Size and Economic Multipliers in the US South

1.88 in total industry output, US

Factors influencing utilization of woody biomass from wood processing facilities in Mississippi.

0.95 million in value added and supported 32 full- or part-time jobs. By conservative estimates, the Mississippi wildlife-associated outfitters constitute a

Factors Determining Differences in Local Hunting Lease Rates: Insights from Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition

10 million value added industry on an annual basis. These results should help prospective outfitters, planners and policy makers in the design of rural development strategies.