RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

EWE's natural resource and environmental economics practice has applied innovative natural re-source valuation techniques to assist in public policy planning and to conduct environmental damage assessments in civil litigation. EWE professionals are experienced in behavior- and survey-based analytic techniques. We emphasize understandable approaches to natural resource economics. Our analytic methods have been applied in a number of areas.

Expertise Areas of Focus
Benefits Estimation Economic valuation of beneficial uses of water in urban, agricultural, and public trust applications.

Economic valuation of wetlands, and analysis of programs to create or conserve wetlands.

Environmental benefits of cooling water in-takes and emissions under 316(b) of Clean Water Act.
Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDA) Natural resource economic-damages assessments under federal and state regulations, including CERCLA and OPA.
Resource Restoration Equivalence Ecosystem service-based habitat equivalent analysis (HEA) to measure restoration necessary following oil spill or contamination.
Toxic Torts/Hedonic Analysis Diminution of property values due to proximity of toxic substances and damages due to stigma.
Agricultural Economics Farm income analysis and forecasting, agricultural energy and water management programs.
Social and Economic Impact Analysis Regional economic impacts of proposed environmental regulations and development projects. Social Impact Assessment.

Projects 1986-2004

Client Project Title
JAWRA "Economic Benefits of Municipal and Industrial Water Supply Reliability for Metropolitan Atlanta, draft for publication, 2003
ARC "RED and NED Benefit Estimates for Lake Lanier," 2001.
CB&W “Estimated Recreation Visitation to Bay Delta,” 2001.
Conf "Economic Benefits of Recreational Boating on the Buffalo River," 2001.
MMS "Economic Benefits of Recreational Boating on the Buffalo River," 2001.
Conf "Habitat Restoration Equivalence Compared to Costs for Coastal Ecosystem," 1995.
Various "Economic Aspects of Establishing Vernal Wetlands and Riparian Corridors for Wildlife and Water Supply Protection," 1994.
Conf "Groundwater Clean-up Opportunity Costs and Cost Allocation," 1994.
Conf "Natural Resource Damages Related to Contamination of Municipal Groundwater Aquifer," 1994.
NOAA "Approach to Pacific Northwest Native American Natural Resource Values," 1993 - 1994.
Six Agencies "Colorado River Critical Habitat Studies: Environmental Benefits v. Consumptive Losses," 1994.
DOI "Groundwater Resource Values for Southwestern Native American Water Rights," 1993.
LADWP "Critique of Mono Lake Contingent Valuation Survey," 1991 - 1993.
CADOG "The Status of California Petroleum Production Industry: The Cost of Regulatory Compliance," 1993.
CMA "Economic Impacts of Regulatory Trends in California," 1992
Conf "An Approach To Incorporate Missing User and Nonuser Values In EIR For Regional Park Impacted By BART Route," 1992.
MWD/USBR "Recreation Forecasts and Benefit Estimates for California Reservoirs: Recalibrating the California Travel Cost Travel," 1991.
Foster "Redirecting the Environmental Agenda to Incorporate Risk," 1991.
Conf "Application of Non-Use Values to an Old Growth Redwood Forest," February, 1991.
MWD/USBR "Potential Freshwater Recreation Demand Forecast by California County - 1990 to 2035," 1991.
Conf "Comments on NOAA Natural Resource Damage Assessment Plan for ...," 1990.
USBR/ACE "Recreation Benefits for California Reservoirs: A Multisite Facilities-Augmented Gravity Travel Cost Model," 1989.
USBR "Estimating Instream Flow Recreation Benefits on the American and Sacramento Rivers," 1988.
MWD "Trends in Fresh Water Recreation Demand in Southern California," 1988.
MWD "Critique of Contingent Valuation Studies Related to Bay Delta State Water Contractors Exhibit 90," 1987.
MWD "Economic Evaluation of the Recreation Resources of California's State Water Project and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta," and 1987.
MWD "Methods to Value Benefits to Natural Resources Associated with Bay-Delta Water Diversions," February, 1987.
NSP "Review and Critique of Contingent Valuation Estimated Benefits Related to Reduced Acid Rain on Minnesota Lakes," 1986.