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MISSOURI RIVER PUBLIC USE ASSESSMENT: FINAL REPORT Results from the 2004 Survey of River Users MISSOURI RIVER PUBLIC USE ASSESSMENT: FINAL REPORT Results from the 2004 survey of river users Steven L. Sheriff, Rochelle B. Renken, and Thomas B. Treiman Missouri Department of Conservation – Resource Science Division June 1, 2011 Funding for the Missouri River Public Use Assessment was provided by the Missouri Department of Conservation and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The funding source from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission was through their Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Project F-75-R – Missouri River Studies. Cooperating state agencies participating in this study included the Missouri Department of Conservation, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, and South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks. MISSOURI RIVER PUBLIC USE ASSESSMENT: FINAL REPORT Results from the 2004 survey of river users Steven L. Sheriff, Rochelle B. Renken, and Thomas B. Treiman Missouri Department of Conservation Resource Science Division 1110 S. College Ave. Columbia, Missouri March 15, 2011 Executive Summary The Missouri Department of Conservation and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in cooperation with Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U. S. National Park Service estimated public use on and along the Missouri River from Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, South Dakota to the river’s mouth near St. Louis, Missouri during the 13-month period from January, 2004 through January, 2005. We estimated the: o Types and amount of public use o Fish and wildlife harvest from the river o Socio-demographic characteristics of users o The economic value of the river to the users. A total of 2,494,740 individual-visits or -days were made to the Missouri River and its tributaries during the 13-month study. This minimum estimate includes use from public accesses and areas, private lands not generally accessible by the general public, fishing tournaments, and excursion boats. If estimates of individual-visits to 32 Lewis and Clark events (Sheriff et al. 2008) are included, then an estimated 2,701,830 individual-visits or -days were made to the river. 2,042,980 individual-visits in 1,139,640 party-visits (1.79 individuals/exiting party) came to public accesses and areas. The average individual-visitor spent 3.2 hours per individual-visit to public accesses and areas. In total, individual-visits accounted for an estimated 6,520,330 individual-hours of public use at public accesses and areas. River users at public accesses and areas reported being involved in 71 different activities, including i o Sightseeing - 29.23% of estimated total individual-visits o Fishing - 23.79% of estimated total individual-visits o Boating - 11.90% of estimated total individual-visits. Most of the public accesses and areas users’ time on or along the river was spent in camping (33.38%), fishing (21.96%), and boating (13.09%). The estimates of total economic benefit of the river to public access and area users were between $20.1 million (using the travel cost method) and $38.7 million (using the discrete choice method). “Residence” users (those users of the Missouri River or its tributaries who gained access through private land not generally accessible to the public) spent 204,520 individual-days or 73,040 party-days using the river. In total they spent 2,573,560 individual-hours engaged in 53 different activities. Over one-half of this time was spent in “cottage use” (1.7 million individual-hours). Other significant public use of the river included users with access from two clubs (St. Joseph Yacht Club and the 4F Flathead Club with 12,830 individual-days of use), fishing tournaments (753 participants and 604 non-participants reported), and three excursion boats (47,303 passengers reported). ii Table of Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................................. i Table of Tables ................................................................................................................... v Table of Tables in Appendices ......................................................................................... vii Table of Figures ................................................................................................................ xii Table of Figures in Appendices ........................................................................................ xii Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 1 Background ......................................................................................................................... 3 Study Area .......................................................................................................................... 9 Methods............................................................................................................................. 12 Public Accesses and Areas - Sampling Efforts at Accesses, Bus-Routes and Areas ... 12 Access Method Using a Systematic Sampling Approach for Interviewing Parties .. 14 Sampling Strata and Scheduling ............................................................................... 15 Information Gathered During a Sample .................................................................... 17 Statistical Methods .................................................................................................... 21 Estimates of Use from the Access Method. .......................................................... 22 Access Estimate 1 ............................................................................................. 22 Access Estimate 2 ............................................................................................. 23 Obtaining Estimated Totals for the Access Method. ............................................ 24 Obtaining Estimated Totals for Bus-Route Method. ............................................ 28 Missing Interview Data. ........................................................................................ 33 Estimation of Economic Value for Public Accesses and Areas ............................... 35 Travel Cost Method. ............................................................................................. 35 Discrete Choice Method. ...................................................................................... 39 Public Use at Private Properties without Public Access: Residences and Clubs .......... 43 Fishing Tournaments .................................................................................................... 49 Excursion Boats ............................................................................................................ 51 Results ............................................................................................................................... 52 Public Accesses and Areas ............................................................................................ 52 Estimated Public Use from St. Louis to Gavins Point Dam ..................................... 52 Estimates of Economic Benefit of the River to Users .............................................. 57 Travel Cost Method. ............................................................................................. 57 Discrete Choice Method. ...................................................................................... 57 Estimates of Public Use by Selected Segments of the Missouri River ..................... 57 iii Ancillary Information about Public Use at Selected Access Sites: Indian Cave State Park and Haworth Park ............................................................................................. 58 Public Use at Private Properties without Public Access ............................................... 58 Residences................................................................................................................. 58 Clubs ......................................................................................................................... 61 Fishing Tournaments .................................................................................................... 62 Excursion Boats ............................................................................................................ 63 Discussion ......................................................................................................................... 65 River Use ...................................................................................................................... 65 Economic Benefits ........................................................................................................ 73 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 76 Acknowledgments............................................................................................................. 78 Literature Cited ................................................................................................................. 81 Glossary ............................................................................................................................ 84 Tables ...............................................................................................................................
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