Abstract
National forest managers and planners need a means to solicit and analyze public preferences and values. A conjoint ranking survey was used to solicit public preferences for various levels of timber harvesting, wildlife habitats, hiking trails, snowmobile use, and off-road-vehicle access on the Green Mountain National Forest. The survey was completed by 76 respondents during public involvement meetings. Ordered probit and discrete choice logit techniques were used to estimate linear and quadratic main effect components. Respondents preferred moderate levels of timber harvesting and snowmobile access, and lower levels of off-road-vehicle access. They favored a mixture of mature closed canopy and younger more open forests over either extreme, and were indifferent towards extending the network of hiking trails.
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