Jay A. Leitch

Economic Impact of the Conservation Reserve Program in North Dakota

Abstract The short‐run economic impacts of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in North Dakota are estimated by using an input‐output model together with results from a statewide survey of CRP participants. Net direct reductions in production expenditures and household income resulting from the program totaled

Private vs public economics of prairie wetland allocation

55 million, with about 62 percent of the effect occurring in the retail sector. The total impact of the program is about

Economics of cattail (Typha spp.) control to reduce blackbird damage to sunflower

141 million, or only about 0.5 percent of the states baseline economic activity. Local areas with high concentration of CRP land and businesses that depend heavily on farm input sales may be affected disproportionately.

Impact of leafy spurge on post-Conservation Reserve Program land

Abstract This paper examines the nature of the divergence between private and social net benefits of wetland drainage. To the extent wetlands have social value not considered by landowners, the private development of wetland for use as cropland exceeds the optimum unless the transactions cost of overcoming the externality exceeds social value. For a three-county area in north central Minnesota, data on the private incentive to drain prairie potholes are presented based upon estimates of the private costs and returns to wetland development. A survey provides data on landowner attitudes toward wetland preservation and their willingness to participate in fee simple and easement incentive programs.

Policies for Prairie wetland protection

A benefit/cost analysis of cattail (Typha spp.) control to reduce sunflower depredation by blackbirds was conducted to identify trade-offs and to estimate the efficacy of chemical treatment. Although reductions in populations of certain species, such as upland game, may occur with cattail control, populations of other species such as waterfowl, may be enhanced. With all factors considered, both sunflower producers and society were found to benefit from creating a 70:30 ratio of open water and cattails.

Progress, problems, and prospects for successful economic valuation of Wetlands

Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.), a noxious weed infests some of the 1.2 million hectares of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land in North Dakota. Once established a leafy spurge monoculture will reduce expected CRP benefits and impact returns to some post-CRP land uses. The study estimated statewide direct economic impacts of about

Interbasin Transfer of Aquatic Biota via Anglers' Bait Buckets

351,000 on post-CRP land maintained in vegetative cover,

Economic Effect of Leafy Spurge in the Upper Great Plains: Methods, Models, and Results

1.118 million on post-CRP grazing land, and negligible (assumed

Assessing economic impacts of biological control of weeds: the case of leafy spurge in the northern Great Plains of the United States.

0) on post-CRP cropland, for a total of

The Impact of Knapweed on Montana's Economy

1.469 million. Total annual direct and secondary economic impacts to North Dakotas economy were estimated to be