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River Resource Economics: The Cutting Edge in Environmental Valuation. Apply Scientific Methods of ValuationBring Economic Cost Benefit Arguments to Resource ValuationResearchers have more than 20 years of combined experience in the area.. Make The River Work For You!. Clean up the surroundings
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1. Sustaining A River: An Economic Impact Analysis of Lower Great Miami River Segment Improvements Radha Ayalasomayajula
Fred Hitzhusen, PhD
P. Wilner Jeanty
2. River Resource Economics: The Cutting Edge in Environmental Valuation Apply Scientific Methods of Valuation
Bring Economic Cost Benefit Arguments to Resource Valuation
Researchers have more than 20 years of combined experience in the area.
3. Make The River Work For You! Clean up the surroundings that directly impact it (gravel mining)
Add recreational opportunities/ amenities (bike trails, access points)
Protect it (buffer zones, restoring vegetation, reforestation of river corridor)
4. How Healthy is the Great Miami River? In 1997, OEPA concluded that only 40 percent of river miles are fishable and or swimmable.
Main sources of pollution are human ‘development’ practices
-Land use changes
-Inadequate agricultural practices
Gravel mining is not listed separately