Date of Award:
5-1970
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Wildland Resources
Department name when degree awarded
Range Science
Committee Chair(s)
Jack F. Hooper
Committee
Jack F. Hooper
Committee
George B. Coltharp
Committee
Neil E. West
Abstract
The upper Colorado River drainage system yields approximately 104,000 acre-feet of silt annually to the Colorado River. In an attempt to reduce the silt load, federal land management agencies have installed numerous land surface treatments. A study was conducted to measure the economic benefits of the land treatments near Cisco, Utah, and to compare them to the treatment costs and to develop predictive criteria for estimating the optimum intensity of treatment.
The economic evaluation was done in a benefit-cost framework and the criteria for estimating optimum intensity of treatment was done in a production-function framework.
The land treatments were found to be effective in retaining silt, but treatment apparently resulted in decreased livestock carrying capacity. Over-all, the land treatments were found to be uneconomical.
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Recommended Citation
Simonson, Karl A., "An Economic Analysis of Contour Furrows and Gully Checks on the Frail Lands of Southeastern Utah" (1970). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 3524.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/3524
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