Bureau of Land Management, WY-951, 5353 Yellowstone Rd., PO Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003

R -- SNAKE RIVER CONTINGENT VALUE METHODOLOGY STUDY SOL KFR990053 POC Luis Maestas 307-775-6057 Furnish all labor, supervision, equipment, supplies and other incidentals, necessary to conduct the Snake River contingent Value Methodology Study. This will include designing an information survey program and then utilize it to conduct a study by interviewing randomly selected respondents in the Jackson Hole, Wyomining area during tourist season. The resulting contractor will also be required to furnish a mail survey with follow-up second notices to those respondents not replying to the first mailing. The results of the study will be analyzed using statistics and the contractor will produce two reports placing market values on the non-market commodities. One report will be along the lines of a scientific journal article and the other report will become part of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Resource Management Plan (RPM). The values derived from this study will be used to assist the BLM Pinedale field Office in their efforts to prioritize the alternatives analyzed in the RMP. In addition to BLM'suse of the study, the results will be used by Teton National Park in their open space study focusing on areas outside the park boundaries that are either adjacent to the park or in the immediate vicinity of the park. Notes: (1)***** Posted 06/09/99 (W-SN341023). (0160)

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