2002 World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists

Responses of Montana residents and members of three tribes, living on and off of Reservations in Montana, are compared on survey response rates, pretest responses and willingness to pay for two forest fire prevention programs. A combination phone interview with respondent following along with a previously mailed information booklet is used to convey the prescribed burning and mechanical fuel reduction program. The comparison will indicate if we obtain similar survey response rates with this mode for Native Americans and other Montana residents. In addition the individual reasons for voting against the two programs were asked in an open-ended format and then post-coded to compare the types of reasons given by Native Americans and other residents of Montana for voting against the program. This information will determine if future surveys must address different issues in description of the program or payment vehicle for Native Americans than other residents of Montana. Finally, the mean willingness to pay for the programs will be compared as well to test for any differences.



	Paper Title:	CVM To Native Americans In Montana: How Well Did It Work?
	Presenting Author:	Armando Gonzalez-Caban (USDA Forest Service)
	Coauthor 1:	Halyley Hesseln
	Coauthor 2:	John Loomis
	Coauthor 3:
	Abstract:	Responses of Montana residents and members of three tribes, living on and off of Reservations in Montana, are compared on survey response rates, pretest responses and willingness to pay for two forest fire prevention programs. A combination phone interview with respondent following along with a previously mailed information booklet is used to convey the prescribed burning and mechanical fuel reduction program. The comparison will indicate if we obtain similar survey response rates with this mode for Native Americans and other Montana residents. In addition the individual reasons for voting against the two programs were asked in an open-ended format and then post-coded to compare the types of reasons given by Native Americans and other residents of Montana for voting against the program. This information will determine if future surveys must address different issues in description of the program or payment vehicle for Native Americans than other residents of Montana. Finally, the mean willingness to pay for the programs will be compared as well to test for any differences.
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	Session / Day / Time	1G / Monday / 8:00 - 10:00 am

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