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Recreational damages from reservoir storage level changes
Author(s) -
Huszar Eric,
Shaw W. Douglass,
Englin Jeffrey,
Netusil Noelwah
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/1999wr900235
Subject(s) - recreation , structural basin , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , recreational use , drainage basin , damages , water storage , water level , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , recreational fishing , agriculture , water resource management , geography , geology , ecology , oceanography , archaeology , geomorphology , cartography , political science , law , biology , geotechnical engineering , inlet
Several extreme events affecting recreation have occurred in the Humboldt River Basin of northern Nevada. In 1992, agricultural users completely drained Rye Patch Reservoir killing millions of fish. Additionally, since 1990 gold mines located in the basin have pumped and discharged water into the Humboldt River; in recent years, discharges have equaled approximately 60% of the river's annual flow. In this paper we develop and estimate a joint model of fish catch and recreation demand, both of which depend on water levels, to assess the losses and gains from water level changes tied to events in the basin.