A preliminary analysis of Texas ranchers' willingness to participate in a brush control cost-sharing program to improve off-site water yields Academic Article

abstract

• Brush cover of 30% is estimated to be economically optimal for ranches on the Edwards Plateau, Texas. This contrasts with a regional objective to increase off-site water yield, which is maximized if brush cover is removed. Survey research was conducted to assess ranchers willingness to enter a 10-year easement contract to clear brush to 3%, for a fixed cost-share payment to offset their opportunity costs of participation. Sixty-six percent of the 119 ranchers surveyed were willing to enroll. Ranch size, income from livestock and deer-hunting enterprises, and perceptions about brush control costs were important explanatory variables in statistical analysis using probit and Cragg models. 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.

authors

• Conner, J. Richard

published proceedings

• ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

author list (cited authors)

• Thurow, A. P., Conner, J. R., Thurow, T. L., & Garriga, M. D.

citation count

• 10

complete list of authors

• Thurow, AP||Conner, JR||Thurow, TL||Garriga, MD

publication date

• January 2001

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Ecological Economics  Journal

keywords

• Agriculture-to-urban Water Transfer
• Brush Control
• Cragg Model
• Ex Ante Policy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/S0921-8009(00)00271-8

start page

• 139

end page

• 152

volume

• 37

issue

• 1