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Tradeoffs associated with increasing water yield from the Edwards Plateau, Texas
balancing private costs and public benefits
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according to the current ranch brush cover and were designed
and the number of acres prospective participants were willing
appropriated to implement the legislation, due partially to
are likely to enroll in the brush control cost-sharing
basis for estimating how water yields are likely to increase
control on privately-owned Texas rangelands. First, a
cost. Survey data analysis addressed two issues fundamental
Data collected since 1985 have strengthened the scientific
demographic profile of the ranchers most likely to
demographic profile of the survey respondents are willing to
Edwards Plateau, Texas. Since water yields increase from
estimate ranchers' willingness to participate in a cost-
have a vested interest in the management of rangeland
in response to incremental levels of brush removal for sites
in the Edwards Plateau. An objective of this thesis was to
increase stream and aquifer recharge. No funds were
insufficient scientific evidence needed to target rangelands
most likely to be willing to participate earn more than 50%
of their household income from ranching, derive most of their
participate in a cost-share program was developed. Second,
participate in a similar cost-sharing program. Landowners
people in central Texas and is recharged by rangelands on the
ranch income from livestock enterprises, own ranches larger
rangelands when brush is controlled, citizens of the region
scenario examined in this study. Probit and Cragg models
sharing program that would facilitate brush control designed
suggest that an estimated 66% of landowner's who match the
than 2,000 acres, and own ranches more than 75 miles from
The Edwards Aquifer supplies water to approximately 2 million
the relationship between reducing brush and increasing water
these data were used to estimate how much land participants
to enable ranchers to control brush for 10 years at no net
to enroll in the proposed program, respectively. Results
to increase water yield. The cost-share offers varied
to the design and implementation of policy to promote brush
vegetation. In 1985 legislation was passed which recognized
were used to estimate landowners' willingness to participate
where brush control was most likely to improve water yields.
yields, and encouraged brush control on private ranches to
"Major subject: Rangeland Ecology and Management".
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Includes bibliographical references: pages 90-97.