BIRDWATCHING'S ECONOMIC IMPACT by Ben Hoteling

The following work was cOmmissioned to the Society by Gardner Pinfold Consulting Economists Ltd. under the auspices of a Forestry Canada contract on Non—timber Values in Prince Edward Island.

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GROUP # FIELD TRIPS AVG. DIST. OTHER COST EQUIP. COSTS BIRD FEED COST # FEEDERS VALUE OF /YEAR TRAVELLED (km.) ITRIP [YEAR PLANTING FF 0 o 0 o 250 5 200 FF 24 so 10 100 3 200 FF 20 2o 0 75 so 2 0 FF so so 5 2000 200 4 o FF 0 so 2 o FF 40 so 20 200 200 5 100 FF 12 so 0 o 120 2 o FF 0 so 3 o FF 0 so 1 FF 30 100 ' 20 100 250 1 200 FF 1 so 0 0 so 2 90 FF 2 40 o ‘ 75 250 4 2500 FF 12 32 so 100 2 FF 0 ' 300 s 60 FF so 0 o o 120 s 500 FF 0 25 4 FF 0 15 1 FF 35 16 2 400 40 3 FF 2 4o 10 250 5 200 FF so 20 o 200 500 6 250 NHS 6 100 10 0 2o 1 200 NHS 0 so 2 NHS 5 so 0 0 120 3 so NHS 20 100 20 300 0 o 0 NHS 2 so 0 o 0 o 0 NHS 10 0 o 200 100 3 so NHS 2 so 5 o o o 0 NHS 0 so 1 0 NHS 6 so 20 7 100 0 o 0 NHS 20 120 5 I 300 120 s 100 NHS 24 so 5 300 so 4 0 NHS 100 20 o 100 so 1 20 NHS 20 so 5 100 so 2 0 NHS so 100 so 1000 100 3 so NHS 2 40 0 so 0 o 0 NHS so - 100 5 2600 100 4 so NHS 12 50 25 100 200 4 2o NHS 6 100 20 o 0 o 150 NHS 10 so 20 100 70 2 200 NHS so so 10 1500 17s 4 1o NHS 100 20 o 0 so 2 900 AVERAGE 19.12 50.53 8.74 316.13 99.68 169.44 FF AVG. 14.27 38.63 7.94 234.62 135.00 264.71 NHS AVG. 23.57 61.11 9.44 375.00 61.25 84.21

NHS = NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY FF = FEAT HERED FRIENDS CLUB

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