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Abstract
It has been posited that participation in outdoor recreation activities increases
awareness of environmental issues and support for environmental conservation. Studies
have shown that different outdoor recreationists may have different environmental
orientations. For example, because of their utility orientation toward land, consumptive
recreationists may be less likely than non-consumptive recreationists to protect their
land from development. Hence, using a United States household survey, this paper examines
whether people participating in consumptive outdoor recreation activities differ from
those who participate in non-consumptive recreation in their willingness to place
their lands into conservation easements. Results indicate people who participate in
land-based consumptive recreation are less likely to place their lands in conservation
easements than people who participate in land-based non-consumptive recreation.