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

Kathryn Bender; C. Jill Stowe

doi:10.3390/su12010279

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 language	English
Article number	279
Pages (from-to)	1-13
Number of pages	13
Journal	Sustainability (Switzerland)
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010279
State	Published - Jan 1 2020

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

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Keywords

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

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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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