Home off the range: The role of wild horse internet adoptions in informing sustainable western united state rangeland management

Kathryn Bender, C. Jill Stowe

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Abstract

According to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), there are about 60,000 more wild horses and burros roaming the rangelands in the western United States than the land can sustain. While the BLM is pursuing a number of strategies to address this imbalance, placing wild horses and burros in private homes is one of the most preferred options. However, little is known about the demand for wild horses. This paper utilizes data from internet adoptions of wild horses to better understand the demand side of the market. More specifically, results from a Heckman selection model provide estimates of the market value of various characteristics of wild horses. By describing adopter preferences, these estimates can aid policy makers in optimizing strategies to manage the wild horse population.

Original languageEnglish
Article number279
Pages (from-to)1-13
Number of pages13
JournalSustainability (Switzerland)
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2020

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Funding: This work is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Hatch Project under 1014277.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Keywords

  • Bureau of land management
  • Public adoption
  • Resource policy
  • Wild horses and burros

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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