[MAIPC] Impacts to tourism from invasive species

[Nathan Hartshorne]

I think pimentel et al did reference efforts in places like Hawaii to keep
snakes out.  I could be wrong, but that information should still be
obtainable and clearly relate-able to tourism.

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Muth, Norris (MUTH) <MUTH at juniata.edu>
wrote:

> My quick search yielded much less than I imagined. Most are probably
> already familiar with the Pimentel et al. studies of costs from the
> 1999/2000 and 2005 papers. What I didn’t know, or at least forgot, was that
> there was very little information about tourism impacts in those. In fact
> the only thing I can find in those is the following case:
>
> In Florida, exotic aquatic plants, such as hydrilla (Hydrilla
> verticillata), water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), and water lettuce
> (Pistia straiotes), are altering fish and other aquatic animal species,
> choking waterways, altering nutrient cycles, and reducing recreational use
> of rivers and lakes. Active control measures of the aquatic weeds have
> become necessary (OTA 1993). For instance, Florida spends about $14.5
> million each year on hydrilla control (Center et al. 1997). Nevertheless,
> hydrilla infestations in just 2 Florida lakes have caused an estimated $10
> million in recreational losses in the lakes annually (Center et al. 1997).
>
> Center at al refers to: Center TD, Frank JH, Dray FA. 1997. Biological
> control. Pages 245-266 in Simberloff D, Schmitz DC, Brown TC, eds.
> Strangers in Paradise. Washington, DC: Island Press.
>
> I assume there is more out there.
>
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> From: <Jewitt>, Amy Jewitt <AJewitt at paconserve.org<mailto:
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> Date: Monday, February 13, 2017 at 10:38 AM
> To: "maipc at lists.maipc.org<mailto:maipc at lists.maipc.org>" <
> maipc at lists.maipc.org<mailto:maipc at lists.maipc.org>>
> Subject: [MAIPC] Impacts to tourism from invasive species
>
> Good morning!
>
> This may have been a subject recently posted about on the MAIPC listserve
> (as it seems slightly familiar to me…), but I was wondering if anyone has
> information on ball-park estimates of economic costs specifically to
> tourism that can be derived from the harmful impacts posed by invasive
> species?
>
> Thanks,
> Amy
>
> Amy L. Jewitt
> iMapInvasives Coordinator
> Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program
> Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
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