Multiple-use forest land and commercial tourism in Sweden and Maine (USA):

Networking land parcels for outdoor recreation

Document identifier: oai:dalea.du.se:2595
Keyword: Outdoor recreation trails, Multiple-use landscape, Incentive alignment
Publication year: 2006
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Abstract:

This paper deals with government strategies to counteract rural economic decline and will focus on two problems that affects the possibility to promote nature tourism in general, and nature tourism relying on a trail network in specific. First, recreational land is a multiple use resource where the tourism use may not only lead to conflicts between different tourism uses but also with other land use interests, like forestry and environmental preservation, especially when certain types of uses are viewed as mutually exclusive. Second, the demand for a recreational trail network, for example a snowmobile, biking or canoeing trail, is dependent on several factors. It has for example been showed that the recreational demand for a trail network is increasing in trail length and number of scenic sites accessible. However, under conditions of public access to private land and fragmented land ownership, the production of trail networks of high quality is complicated when the trail crosses multiple landholdings. In general, the creation of an attractive trail network requires coordinated access to multiple land parcels. The paper highlights two institutional innovations that seek to align stakeholders’ incentives and manage recreational access. They are Sweden’s snowmobile trail networks, crossing multiple ownerships and biomes; and Maine’s state acquisition of large-scale conservation and recreation easements on private forestland related to the development of a back country trail “hut-to-hut” network.

Authors

Tobias Heldt

Högskolan Dalarna; Nationalekonomi
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David Vail

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                title: Multiple-use forest land and commercial tourism in Sweden and Maine \n(USA):
                subTitle: Networking land parcels for outdoor recreation
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This paper deals with government strategies to counteract rural economic decline and\nwill focus on two problems that affects the possibility to promote nature tourism in\ngeneral and nature tourism relying on a trail network in specific. First recreational\nland is a multiple use resource where the tourism use may not only lead to conflicts\nbetween different tourism uses but also with other land use interests like forestry and\nenvironmental preservation especially when certain types of uses are viewed as\nmutually exclusive. Second the demand for a recreational trail network for example\na snowmobile biking or canoeing trail is dependent on several factors. It has for\nexample been showed that the recreational demand for a trail network is increasing in\ntrail length and number of scenic sites accessible. However under conditions of\npublic access to private land and fragmented land ownership the production of trail\nnetworks of high quality is complicated when the trail crosses multiple landholdings.\nIn general the creation of an attractive trail network requires coordinated access to\nmultiple land parcels.\nThe paper highlights two institutional innovations that seek to align stakeholders’\nincentives and manage recreational access. They are Sweden’s snowmobile trail\nnetworks crossing multiple ownerships and biomes; and Maine’s state acquisition of\nlarge-scale conservation and recreation easements on private forestland related to the\ndevelopment of a back country trail “hut-to-hut” network.

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                    topic: Outdoor recreation trails
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