Abstract
In the past dozen years, an extensive body of literature has developed on the willingness to pay for water quality, in particular, its recreation use and nonuse preservation values. This paper illustrates a procedure for estimating the effect of distance on the preservation value of environmental quality using the contingent valuation approach. The case considered is the potential degradation of water quality due to coal mining activity in the Flathead River drainage system, Montana. The analysis supports a negative association for this particular study area. The effect of distance on preservation value was considered both directly and indirectly through its effect on visits. 36 references, 2 tables.
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