An evaluation of the economic impact of wildlife habitat enhancement options on individual landowners in western Manitoba / Ken Belcher.
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TextPublication details: Winnipeg, MB : University of Manitoba, 1991.Description: v, 118 leaves : ill. , maps ; 28 cmOnline resources: Abstract: Increased agricultural production in the last 50 years has had a major impact on the prairie environment. Environmental factors have been degraded as an essentially un-priced cost of production of market commodities. In an attempt to assign an economic value to these environmental services the Habitat Enhancement Land use Program (HELP)has been delivering a series of land management incentive options to landowners to develop and maintain wildlife habitat on their land in the rural municipality of Shoal Lake, in western Manitoba. HELP options include 1) delayed cut tame forage, 2) delayed cut native hay, 3)salinity barrier, 4) rotational grazing and 5) land idling. The practicum seeks to identify the economic impact of adopting HELP options on the individual landowner, and the potential wildlife habitat improvements that may be provided by each option. The data employed are qualitative and quantitative, collected through a review of wildlife and economic literature and personal and t
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Thesis(M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 1991.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-103).
Increased agricultural production in the last 50 years has had a major impact on the prairie environment. Environmental factors have been degraded as an essentially un-priced cost of production of market commodities. In an attempt to assign an economic value to these environmental services the Habitat Enhancement Land use Program (HELP)has been delivering a series of land management incentive options to landowners to develop and maintain wildlife habitat on their land in the rural municipality of Shoal Lake, in western Manitoba. HELP options include 1) delayed cut tame forage, 2) delayed cut native hay, 3)salinity barrier, 4) rotational grazing and 5) land idling. The practicum seeks to identify the economic impact of adopting HELP options on the individual landowner, and the potential wildlife habitat improvements that may be provided by each option. The data employed are qualitative and quantitative, collected through a review of wildlife and economic literature and personal and t