Reed College Canyon

Valuing the Benefits of Ecosystem Services Generated by the Reed Canyon Restoration Project: 1999-2009

Index | Executive Summary | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | References | Appendix A | Appendix B | Appendix C | Appendix D | Appendix E

Valuing the Benefits of Ecosystem Services Generated by the Reed Canyon Restoration Project: 1999-2009

December 18, 2009

Prepared by:
Lauren Bloomquist, Thomas Fenollosa, Lars Gustafson, Adrienne Lane, Kelsey Lucas, Claire Remington, Rachel Workin
Natural Resource Economics, Reed College, Fall 2009¹

Project supervised by:
Noelwah R. Netusil, Ph.D.
Stanley H. Cohn Professor of Economics
Reed College
(503) 517-7306
netusil@reed.edu

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• 1. Introduction
• 2. History of the canyon
• 3. Benefit transfer and nonmarket valuation
• 4. Ecosystem services
• References
• Appendix A: Historical photographs of the Reed Canyon before restoration
• Appendix B: Flora of the Reed College Canyon
• Appendix C: Fauna of Reed College Canyon
• Appendix D: Materials, Methods, and Data Collected for NO2 sampling
• Appendix E: Techniques and Particulate Sampling Data

^[1] We gratefully acknowledge the wisdom and support of Caleb Arata, Dean Atkinson, Jimmy Radney, Julie Fry, Jennifer Karps, Karl Lee, Trina Marmarelli, Kevin Martin, Zachariah Perry and Heather Randol. Funding provided by the Reed College Department of Economics Simpson Fund.

Index | Executive Summary | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | References | Appendix A | Appendix B | Appendix C | Appendix D | Appendix E