John B Loomis

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1) Estimating the economic benefits of maintaining peak instream flows in the Poudre River through Fort Collins, Colorado

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Pub. Date

[2008]

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The economic benefits to a random sample of Fort Collins residents were estimated using a simulated market method recommended for use by federal agencies including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The mail survey asked households if they would pay to avoid a 50% reduction in peak spring and summer flows. Slightly more than two-thirds of respondents thought such a reduction in flows was a very bad change, with an additional 15% stating it was somewhat...

2) Potential non-market benefits of Colorado's agricultural lands: a review of the literature

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Loomis, John B

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Agricultural and resource policy report volume APR 00-02

Pub. Date

[2000]

3) When nothing else will do: Colorado fourteeners and the effect of limited substitutes on recreation economic benefits

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Loomis, John B

Series

Economic development report volume EDR08-06

Pub. Date

[2008]

4) The economic contribution of instream flows in Colorado: how angling and rafting use increase with instream flows

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Loomis, John B

Series

Economic development report volume EDR08-02

Pub. Date

[2008]

5) Cost savings associated with the Upper Colorado River Basin Endangered Fish Recovery Program, instream flows, and prospects for the future

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Loomis, John B

Pub. Date

2010.

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This report investigates the role of instream flows as part of a program to protect and recover certain water-dependent endangered species. For the purposes of this report, instream flows are defined as non-consumptive, in-channel flows of water. We examined two case studies of endangered fish species programs that included instream flows, one on the upper Colorado River and one on the San Juan River. Cost savings with cooperative recovery programs...