SOCIOECONOMICS

Socioeconomics (also known as social economics) is the social science that studies how economic activity affects and is shaped by social processes. In general it analyzes how societies progress, stagnate, or regress because of their local or regional economy, or the global economy.

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Updates Glen Canyon Dam (GCD) on the Colorado River in northern Arizona provides water storage, flood control, and power system benefits to approximately 40 million people who rely on water and energy resources in the Colorado River basin. Downstream resources (e.g., angling, whitewater floating) in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (GCNRA) and Grand Canyon National Park are impacted by the operation of GCD. The GCD Adaptive Management Program was established in 1997 to monitor and research the effects of dam operations on the downstream environment. We utilized secondary survey data and an individual observation travel cost model to estimate the net economic benefit of angling in GCNRA for each season and each type of angler. As expected, the demand for angling decreased with increasing travel cost; the annual value of angling at Lees Ferry totaled US$2.7 million at 2014 visitation levels. Demand for angling was also affected by season, with per-trip values of $210 in the summer, $237 in the spring, $261 in the fall, and $399 in the winter. This information provides insight into the ways in which anglers are potentially impacted by seasonal GCD operations and adaptive management experiments aimed at improving downstream resource conditions.

Links Final Report of the GCMRC Socioeconomic Research Review Panel Socioeconomic Ad Hoc Group (SEAHG) Page GTMax page Non-use and Passive-use Studies Estimating Non-Use Values for Alternative Operations of the Glen Canyon Dam: An Inclusive Value Approach Report Estimating Non-Use Values for Alternative Operations of the Glen Canyon Dam: An Inclusive Value Approach Report II Glen Canyon Dam Operations: Passive Use Valuation-- History and Current Efforts Ecosystem Valuation: Contingent Valuation Method The Colorado River Total Value Survey, a Passive Use Economic Study for the LTEMP EIS Market and Non-Market Studies Non-Market Values for Alternative Operation of the Glen Canyon Dam: Experiments in Choice and Valuation Loomis, 2014, Market and Non-Market Values of Water Resources and Non-Market Values of Hydropower Associated With Glen Canyon Dam: A Theoretical Framework and Literature Review Non-Market Values in Complex Coupled Systems: Theoretical Considerations and Pilot Study Results Nonmarket values and Glen Canyon Dam Economic Values of Angling in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rafting in Grand Canyon National Park Papers and Presentations 2025 Socioeconomics Ad Hoc Group Money Can’t Buy Me Fish: Lessons from the Incentivized Harvest Program Trading joules for fish? Opportunity costs in the adaptive management of regulated rivers 2024 Potential Economic Cost of Smallmouth Bass Flows Angler Participation and Surveys Potential Economic Cost of Smallmouth Bass Flows 2020 Are there any more surprises? Bioeconomic modeling and adaptive management GCMRC 2019 Annual Reporting Meeting Overview – Part 3 2018 Estimating Non-Use Values for Alternative Operations of Glen Canyon Dam: An Inclusive Approach PPT What's it worth? A survey of GCDAMP economic surveys and their usefulness in decision making PPT 2017 Estimating Non-Use Values for Alternative Operations of the Glen Canyon Dam: An Inclusive Value Approach Estimating Non-Use Values for Alternative Operations of the Glen Canyon Dam: An Inclusive Value Approach II 2016 Bair et al. 2016, Economic Value of Angling on the Colorado River at Lees Ferry: Using Secondary Data to Estimate the Influence of Seasonality: North American Journal of Fisheries Management, no. 6, vo. 36, p. 1229-1239, Socioeconomics Research and Monitoring Update: Project 13.1 – Recreation Jenkins-Smith et al., 2016, Estimating Non-Use Values for Alternative Operations of the Glen Canyon Dam: An Inclusive Value Approach Non-Market Values in Complex Coupled Systems: Theoretical Considerations and Pilot Study Results*Law, Values, and Water Management Decisions Glen Canyon Dam Operations: Passive Use Valuation-- History and Current Efforts* Duffield and Patterson. 2016. Economic Analysis of Glen Canyon Angler and Grand Canyon Whitewater Visitor Surveys. 2015 Non-Market Values for Alternative Operation of the Glen Canyon Dam: Experiments in Choice and Valuation Nonmarket values and Glen Canyon Dam GCMRC: Socioeconomics Studies Information Needs and Program Elements for the AMP Socioeconomic Program and SEAHG Non-Market Values for Alternative Operation of the Glen Canyon Dam: Experiments in Choice and Valuation; Market and Non-Market Values of Water Resources and Non-Market Values of Hydropower Associated with Glen Canyon Dam: A Theoretical Framework and Literature Review by John Loomis 2014 GCMRC: Socioeconomics Update E-mail Dated September 5, 2014, Subject Recreational Use Study Federal Register Notice and FRN Dated August 26, 2014 The Colorado River Total Value Survey, a Passive Use Economic Study for the LTEMP EIS Economic Values of Angling in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rafting in Grand Canyon National Park 2012 Recommended Information Needs and Program Elements for A Proposed AMP Socioeconomic Program as Approved by AMWG on Feb. 23, 2012, Letter from Bureau of Reclamation and National Park Service to TWG Chair Dated Aug. 15, 2012, Regarding the Socioeconomic Studies in the LTEMP EIS Letter from USBR and NPS to TWG Chair Dated August 15, 2012, Regarding Socioeconomic Studies in LTEMP EIS and Peer Review of LTEMP EIS by Science Advisors Recommended Information Needs and Program Elements for a Proposed Socioeconomic Program as Approved by the AMWG on Feb. 23, 2012 Recommended Information Needs and Program Elements for a Proposed AMP Socioeconomic Program 2011 Table 3 - Socioeconomic Implementation Plan Federal Register Notice Prepared by the National Park Service dated Feb. 8, 2011. Action: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Information Collection; Colorado River Ecosystem Economic Values of National Park System Resources Within the Colorado River Watershed Economic Values of National Park System Resources Along the Colorado River: A Proposal for Estimating Magnitude and Significance Economic Values of National Park System Resources Within the Colorado River Watershed: Phase II Tables 1 and 2 Final Revision Accomplished Table 3 Revisions 2010 Final Report of the GCMRC Socioeconomic Research Review Panel Socioeconomics Plan FY2011 Economics 101 Course Recommendations Table 1. Socioeconomics Projects Identified in the February 2010 Expert Panel Report Comments on Socio Econ Workshop Report Socioeconomic Panel and Workshop Report TWG Approach to Socioeconomic Partial Workshop Report Including Polling Results of the GCMRC TWG Socioeconomic Workshop Final Report of the GCMRC Socioeconomic Research Review Panel Socioeconomic Workshop: Final Report and Next Steps PPT Socio-economic Workshop Results and PPT 2009 Workshop Prospectus to Guide Development of a Work Plan and Request for Proposal to Address High Priority Socio-Economic Information Needs of the GCDAMP Socioeconomics and the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program PPT Science Advisors Perspective on Needed GCDAMP Socio-economic Research PPT Estimating Colorado River Storage Project Economics with the GTMax Model PPT Glen Canyon Dam Releases - Economic Consideration Report, E-mail dated 12/10/09, and Tables 1-3 Integrated Recreation Use and Net Economic Value Utility PPT Economic Impacts of the Grand Canyon River Runners and the 2000 LSSF of the Colorado River; Economic Impacts of the 2000 LSSF of the Colorado River PPT The Alchemy of Power Economics: Turning watts into dollars Upcoming Workshops: General Core Monitoring and Socioeconomic Program Workshop Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center Updates Workshop Prospectus to Guide Development of a Work Plan and Request for Proposal to Address High Priority Socio-Economic Information Needs of the GCDAMP Workshop Prospectus to Guide Development of a Work Plan and Request for Proposal to Address High Priority Socio-Economic Information Needs of the GCDMP Economic Values of National Park System Resources Within the Lower Colorado River Basin: A Compilation of Existing Data and Proposal for Future Work 1995 Welsh, M.P., Bishop, R.C., Phillips, M.L., and Baumgartner, R.M., 1995, GCES non-use values final study summary report--Glen Canyon Dam, Colorado River storage project: Madison, Wis., prepared for Glen Canyon Environmental Studies, 54 p. Welsh, M.P., Bishop, R.C., Phillips, M.L., and Baumgartner, R.M., 1995, GCES non-use value study final report--Glen Canyon Dam, Colorado River storage project: Madison, Wis., prepared for Glen Canyon Environmental Studies, 359 p. 1993 Harpman, D.A., Welsh, M.P., and Bishop, R.C., 1993, Nonuse economic value--Emerging policy analysis tool: Rivers, v. 4, no. 4, p. 280-291 Other Stuff Bishop Study for Angler and Rafting Preferences