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Deschutes Estuary Feasibility Study:Net Social and Economic Benefit Analysis
Final Report
Prepared forCapitol Lake Adaptive Management Plan Steering CommitteeandWashington Department of Fish and WildlifePrepared byCascade Economics LLC,Northern Economics, Inc., andSpatial Informatics Group LLCJune 1, 2007
CASCADE ECONOMICS LLC2800 SE 370
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AVENUE WASHOUGAL, WA 98671(360) 835-7340
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Table of Contents
Glossary of Terms........................................................................................................................vi
Executive Summary................................................................................................................ES-1
Introduction........................................................................................................................................ES-1
Organizing Stakeholder Attributes into Economic Categories...........................................................ES-1
Assessing Social and Economic Effects of a Restored Estuary.........................................................ES-3
Summary of Results...........................................................................................................................ES-4
Summary of Recommendations..........................................................................................................ES-5
Section 1
Introduction..............................................................................................................1
1.1
Background and Setting.................................................................................................................1
1.1.1
Deschutes Estuary Feasibility Study.................................................................................1
1.1.2
Stakeholder Involvement..................................................................................................2
1.2
Objective........................................................................................................................................2
1.3
Report Organization.......................................................................................................................3
Section 2
Benefits Assessment Framework............................................................................5
2.1
Assessing Social and Economic Effects of a Restored Estuary.....................................................5
2.2
Scale of Analysis............................................................................................................................6
2.3
Existing Conditions and Estimation of Change.............................................................................6
2.4
Common Methods for Measuring Net Benefits.............................................................................6
2.4.1
Regional Impact Analysis.................................................................................................7
2.4.2
Benefits Transfer...............................................................................................................7
2.4.3
Cost Avoided and Replacement Cost...............................................................................8
2.4.4
Social Impacts Survey.......................................................................................................8
Section 3
Organizing Stakeholder Attributes into Economic and Social BenefitsCategories...............................................................................................................10
3.1
Overview......................................................................................................................................10
3.2
The Stakeholder Findings............................................................................................................10
3.3
Mapping the Focus Group Attributes to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.......................13
3.4
Economic Benefit Categories.......................................................................................................16
Section 4
Analysis and Results..............................................................................................18
4.1
Overview......................................................................................................................................18
4.2
Supportive Functions...................................................................................................................18
4.2.1
Biodiversity.....................................................................................................................18
4.2.2
Habitat.............................................................................................................................20
4.3
Regulating Services......................................................................................................................22
4.3.1
Flood Protection..............................................................................................................23
4.3.2
Sea-Level Rise Protection...............................................................................................26
4.3.3
Water Quality..................................................................................................................28
4.4
Provisioning Services...................................................................................................................32
4.4.1
Food................................................................................................................................32
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