Appedix E1 Values of Wildlife (Tables)
To: J.H.C. Walker, Diretor D.R. Halladay, Deputy Diretor Regioal Fish b Wildlife KaagerS Regioal Wildlife Biologists Date: Marh 28/89 Re: w t e of the V a W of W' d The elosed tables preset updated valxes of wildlife related ativities based o the ost reet iforatio available. All values are expressed i 1988 dollars. The easures of hutig effort used to alulate hutig values are fro the Suary Statistis Data Base (SSDB) for the 1987/88 seaso. The followig provides a brief explaatio of what eah of the tables shows ad how the values were derived. Table 1 is take fro the reselts of the 1983 survey of ohutig wildlife ativities: t suarizes the uber of proviial partiipats i the three types of ohutig wildlife ativities. Table 2 is also fro the results of the 1983 survey. t suarizes the total ad average aual uber of days spet i diret ad idiret ohutig wildlife ativities. Table 3 ad 4 give breakdows of estiated expeditures i British Colu,@ia by residet azd oresidet huters for the 1987/88 seaso. The estiates were ade by takig the average daily expeditures fro?. the 1981 survey updated to 1988 dollars ad applyig the to the estiated uber of huter days for the 1987/88 sezso. The estiates of residet huter effort for sall gae, uplad birds ad waterfowl were fro the 1981 s'lrvey sie the Huter Saple is uable to provide a udupliated estiate of effort for these speies. The 1986/87 deer huter days for the Kooteay ad Okaaga regios were used i the alulatios sie the separate saples of ule ad v5itetailed deer huters started i 1987/88 do ot perrr.it a udupliated estiate of deer hutig effort. Table 5 suarizes the estiarred expeditures o ohutig wildlife ativities fro the 1383 survey expressed i 1988 dollars........ 2
2 3 Tabla 6 suarizes the estiated expeditures by lieed trappers for the 1986/87 seaso based o proviial survey of trappers. ade i B.C. the Table 7 presets estiates of the eployet ipats of,expeditures o wildlife related ativities aordig to regio ad type of ativity. Mayears of eployet refer to the uber of idividuals that are eployed for the equivalet of a full workig year as a result of spedig o wildlife related ativities. Table 8 ad 9 shows the average et eoor values of a huter day for residets ad oresidets aordig to regio ad speies. For residet huters, the values a be thought of as the axiu aout that huters.rould be willig to pay if it were possible to harge a daily fee or prie for hutig. the ase of oresidet huters, the values represet the aout that reais after the osts of supplyig goods ad servies to oresidet huters are deduted fro the gross expeditures they ake i the provie. f a ehaeet proposal is beig evaluated for the HCF, the values show i the table are the appropriate values to apply to the expeted irease i hutig effort to deterie the beefits assoiated with the projet. Siilarly, the average daily values a be used to assess foreast losses i hutig effort whe akig a itigatio or opesatio lai. Tables 1 ad 11 show the et eooi values assoiated with residet ad oresidet hutig by speies ad regio for the 1987/88 seaso. The values i these tables were foud by applyig the average daily values fro Tables 8 ad 9 to the uber of huter days for 1987/88. Table 12 gives the,,average et eooi values expressed i 1988 dollars assoiated with idiret ad diret wildlife ativities foud i the, 1983 survey. These are the appropriate values to use whe assessig expeted ireases i diret ohutig days due to a ehaeet proposal or losses i diret opportuities for a opesatio/itigatio lai. Table 13 shows the et eooi values of idiret ad diret wildife ativities. These values were foud by ultiplyig the uber of partiipats i idiret ativities by the average aual values fro Table 12; ad the uber of days of diret ativities by the average daily values fro Table 12. Table 14 shows the et eooi value assoiated with trappig by liese holders for the 1986/87 seaso. The et eooi values of trappig refer to the et ioe or reveue eared by trappers after the dedutio of their osts. Table 15 suarizes, fro the earlier tables, expeditures o differet types of wildlife related ativities. Table 16 suarizes the et eooi values assoiated with the differet types of wildlife related ativit,ies. The table also shows the preservatio values assoiated with wildlife. This refers to the aout proviial residets would be willig to voluta"ri1y otribute eah year to preserve the preset abudae ad variety of wildlife i B.C. This a be thought of as a ouse value of wildlife oposed of the values plaed o the existee of wildlife, the optio to use wildlife i the future ad the bequest of wildlife to future geeratios. Roger Reid Eooist Wildlife Brah, Elosures RR/dw... 3
1 Table 1. ESTMATED NUMBER OF PhTCPANTS N NONHUNTNG WLDLFE ACTVTES (Nubers i brakets are peretages of regioal votig age populatios) t 1 Partiipatio Partiipatio Regio of Diret Nohutig diret Cottage Residee or Ativities Ativities NoHutig Aroud Partiipatio Hoe Vaouver 91,8 (24.9) 25,9 (67.9) 295,1 (79.9) r Lower Mailad 24,8 (22.1) ThopsoNiola 24,2 (27.1) Kooteay 33,5 (32.7) 669,4 793,2 (61.3) (72.7) 62,8 65,9 (7.3) (73.9) 72,7 78,9 (7.9).. (76.8) Cariboo 9,4 (22.9) Skeea 15,7 (26.4) OieaPeae 24,6 (23.7)! Okaaga! 32,7 (21.1) 3rit ish Colubia 472,7 (23.5) 28,2 (68.5) 41,8. (7.2).. 74,8 (72.1) 98,5 (63.5) 1,299,1 (64.6) 31,8 (77.4) 43,1 (72.5) 74,5 (71.7) 116,3 (75.) 1,498,6 (74.S Qirert Ertlvlw... refers to ay outdoor ativities for whih the ai purpose of the outig was to wath, $sed, photograph or study wildlife i the field. PCt Ativities refers to ay outdoor ativities where oe happeed to wath, feed, photograph or study wildlife i the field but the ai purpose of the outig was ot related to wildlife. &e or Cor refer to wildlife ativities thatake plae aroud oes residee.
Table 2. ESTMATED NUMBER OF hys OF NDRECT AND DRECT NONHUNTNG ACTVTES BY REGON OF PARTCPATON Regio of Total Days Aual Average Total Days Aual Average Part iipar io (i 's) (per partiipat) (per partiipat) Vaouver slad 29,266 2,1,8 66 11.9 Lower Mailad 44,84 71 2,849,1 1.1. ThopsoNiola 22 6,269. 829,5 Kooteay 3 5,73 9.8 1.9 Cariboo 45,7 3,479 26 7.1 Skeea 3,899 47 459., 8 13.6 OieaPeae 45,8 6,287 48 1.1 Okaaga 8,311 ia British 8,52,3 17,325 21 667,'ZOO 8.1 1...
~ ThopsoNiola Table 5. ESTMATED EXPENDTURESk'N BRTSH COLUMBA ON NONHUNTNGWLDLFE! ACTVTES BY PROVNCAL RESDENTS (1988 DOLLARS)! 1 j i! 4 P 4 1!! Regio Residetial diret Diret Ativities Ativities Total Ativities ('s Dollars) j! Vaouver slad $ 9,219 $ 7,742 5 67,823 $ 84,784 i Lower Mailad 287,458 235,9826,87824,598 j! o 23,492 3,87 2,31 28.889 ' d a' ' Kooteay 2,936 39,863 3,982 46,781 i (a) Kooteay East 1,292 1,752 lj, 2,584 54 (b) West Kooteay 1,644 2,23 26,197 22,323 1 Cariboo 1,22 1,52 14,+99 17,41 1,82 2,59 21,592 25,453 OieaPeae Skeea 3,163 3,96 45, 5'55 52,623 j (a) Oiea 33,67929,155 2,5 2,24 1 (b) South 1,25 Peae 1,12 14,578 16,84 j () North 156 Peae 127 1,822 2,15 1 1 3kaaga 2,996 3,593 35,189 41,778 : aritish Colubia $48,643 552,17 5483,935 $584,88...
Table 6. ESTMATED EXPENDiTURES ON TRAPPNG (1988 COllaZS) Table 7. EMPLOYMENT MPACTS OF 'bxpendtures OF WLDLFE ACTVTES (MaYears) Regio Capital Operatig Total Expeditures Expeditures txpeditures ('s Dollars) Regio Residet Noresidet Nohutig Hutig Hutig Ativities Trappig Total ~~~~~ ~ "~ Vaouver slad Lower Mailad Thor.?soNiola Kooteay Cariboo Skeea 5 129 26 358 678 396 94,5 7 133 257 473 33 461 OiaeaPeae Okaaaga 2,495 295 1,58 187.. s 199 339 ' 615 1,151 699 1,41 4,3 482 British Colubia 55,497 53,393 58,889 Vaouver slad Lower Mailad ThopsoNiola Kooteay (a) East Kooteay (b) West Kooteay Cariboo Skeea OieaPeae (a) Oiea (b) South Peae () North Peae 99 73 152 298 246 52 188 11 269 147 87 35 7 1 7 121 111 1 5 15 218 75 32 111 1,472 4,99 52 815 359 456 34. 425 917 587 293 196 37 _. 2 1,58 3 5,67 6 667 11 1,245 9 725 2 52 7 54 9 13 653 38 1,442 13 822 12 424 13._ Okaaga Ualloated 132 12 13._ 728 4 878 British Colubia 1,393 522 1,153 84 12,153 i...
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Table 13. NET ECONOMC VALWS OF NDRECT AND DRECT WLDLFE ACTVTES (1988 Dollars) Table 14. ESTMATED NM ECONOMC VALUE OF TRAPPNG (1988 Dollars) Regios diret Ativities ('s) Diret Ativities ('s) Regios Net Reveues ('s) Vaouver slad Lower Mailad ThopsoNiola Kooteay (a) East Kooteay (b) West Kooteay Cariboo Skeea OieaPeae (a) Oiea (b) South Peae () North Peae Okaaga British $129,42 Colubia $19,62 51,745 4,854 4,915 2,163 2,152 2,66 3,696 6,343 4,6 2,3 253 5,989 $99,822._ S 25,254.. 6,618 b, 94 9,184 4,41 5,143 3,76 5,412 9,98 6,387 3,194 399 7,924 Vaouver slad Lower Mailad ThopsoNiola Kooteay (a) East Kooteay (b) West Kooteay Cariboo Skeea OieaPeae (a) Oiea (b) South Peae () North Peae Okaaga $ 35 (2) 331 322 258 64 632 44 1,691 58 555 556 236 '' 53,559.. Note: Srakets idiate egative values.......
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