Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Minutes from the annual meeting last year were read and approved by the members present. Participants were reminded to officially apply for SERA 30 participation through their Experiment Station directors and to fill out Appendix E. The upcoming renewal of the SERA 30 information exchange group was discussed. Renewal is due July 1st 2010 and the group discussed various options: 1) Renew SERA 30 and do not apply for a multi-state program, 2) Renew SERA 30 and simultaneously work on a multi-state project proposal, and 3) Dissolve SERA 30 and work on a multi-state project proposal and continue to function as an informal working group. The group decided on option 2, we will renew SERA 30 for this year to continue collaboration efforts, and also begin to put together a proposal to become a multi-state project. Bob pointed out that becoming a multi-state project can help us gain access to more funds through Experiment Stations, and that multi-state projects provide a firm base for competitive funding opportunities because they demonstrate integration of research and extension, which is a priority for AFRI. Becoming a multi-state project also can provide momentum to get joint products produced, and improves competitiveness for funds at the national level. To move forward with the multi-state project proposal, Jeff Mullen volunteered to lead the effort, and Krishna Paudel, John Westra, and Laila Racevskis volunteered to serve as the committee that would help draft the proposal to become a Development Committee, the first step in becoming a multi-state project. For the coming year, Laila Racevskis will serve as SERA 30 President, and Dan Petrolia will serve as Vice President. Nominations were taken for Secretary, and Diane Hite was nominated for this position. Laila will contact Diane to see if she is willing to serve as Secretary for the coming year. Next year's SERA 30 meeting was discussed. The group agreed that a coastal theme could attract some funding, and Dan Petrolia volunteered to look into this with some organizations he has been working with. The next meeting will be held in Starkvegas, MS May 22-24 2011. Dan Petrolia will be coordinating the planning logistics for next year's meeting. It was agreed that Laila Racevskis would draft this year's annual report and SERA 30 renewal and submit them by July 1, 2010. The meeting was then adjourned. For those interested, the most recent project proposal Application and Appendix forms E are available in the NIMSS system at: http://www.nimss.umd.edu/homepages/home.cfm?trackID=6576

This year's SERA30 meeting was held in conjunction with the tri-annual conference of LSU's Center for Natural Resource Economics and Policy. There were separately identified SERA 30 tracks that took place throughout the CNREP conference. For each SERA 30 meeting, a major topic and a subtopic relevant to southern agriculture and natural resources are chosen. A call for papers went out to a wide range of individuals, including those outside the group. Papers were requested on topics including, but not limited to: market and nonmarket valuation of coastal resources, environmental benefit-cost analyses, economic linkage/impact assessment, input-output modeling, and comparative assessments of resource management and restoration policy. This year there were 23 papers presented by SERA 30 researchers and graduate students working with those researchers. The following list presents all SERA 30 papers presented at this year's CNREP conference. Session 1: Economics of Coastal and Water-Based Recreation How a Random Utility Model can Assist in Recreational Policy: The Case of Public Boat Ramp Investments in Lee County Florida, Michael Thomas, Florida A&M University; Frank Lupi, Michigan State University; David Harding, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission The Value of Public Access to Great Lake Beaches, Feng Song, Frank Lupi and Michael Kaplowitz, Michigan State University Wind Turbines and Coastal Recreation Demand, Craig Landry and Tom Allen, East Carolina University; Todd Cherry and John Whitehead, Appalachian State University An Economic Valuation of the Recreational Fisheries in Sardis and Grenada Lakes, Clifford Hutt, Kevin Hunt, Leandro Miranda and Steve Grado, Mississippi State University Session 2: Role of Weather on Resource Use Impacts of Media Coverage of Coastal Weather Events on Attendance Levels at Northern Gulf State Parks, Kimberly Morgan and James S. Harris, Mississippi State University Valuing Weather Information Networks: Changes in Frost Damage and Mitigation Costs from Diminished Resolution, Jeffrey Mullen and Jennifer Kuhr, University of Georgia Factors Affecting Adoption of Cover Crops and Its Effect on Nitrogen Usage Among U.S. Farmers, Gnel Gabrielyan, Sachin Chintawar and John Westra, CNREP and Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Session 3: Assessing the Economic Impacts of Restoration Recreational Impacts of Coastal Restoration Projects, Joseph Berlin, URS Corp. Preventing Land Loss in Coastal Louisiana: Estimates of WTP and WTA, Daniel R. Petrolia, Mississippi State University; Tae-Goun Kim, Korea Maritime University Non-market Valuation of Coastal Environment: Uniting Political Aims, Ecological and Economical Knowledge, Linus Hasselström, Enveco Environmental Economics Consultancy, Ltd; Cecilia Håkansson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Katarina Östberg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology The Lower St. John's River Basin Management Action Plan: Assessing Agricultural, Local Government and Environmental Perspectives, Laila Racevskis, Tatiana Borisova and Jennison Kipp, University of Florida Session 4: Valuing Ecosystem Services Willingness to Pay for Environmental Improvements in the Presence of Warm Glow, Matthew Interis, Mississippi State University; Timothy C. Haab, The Ohio State University Working Towards an Ecosystem Service Valuation Standardization, Pamela Kaval, University of Waikato, New Zealand WTP for Red Tide Prevention, Mitigation, and Control Strategies in Florida, Sherry L. Larkin, Charles M. Adams, University of Florida; John Whitehead, Appalachian State University Preferences for Timing of Wetland Loss Prevention in Louisiana, Ross Moore, Daniel R. Petrolia, Mississippi State University; Tae-goun Kim, Korea Maritime University Session 5: Resource and Environmental Economics Sustaining Floridas Forest Ecosystems: Potential Effects of County and Municipal Ordinances, Terry Haines, U.S. Forest Service Valuing New Zealand Native Bird Existence for Conservation, Pamela Kaval, University of Waikato, New Zealand The Economic Impact of Cogongrass on Private, Non-Industrial Forest Owners in Florida, Nandkumar Divate, Michael Thomas, Florida A&M University; David Harding, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Moses Kairo and Oghenekome U. Onokpise, Florida A&M University Income, Inequality, and Criteria Air Pollutants in the Cama Counties, Hillary Huffer, East Carolina University Session 6: Environmental and Energy Analysis Risk Preference and Human Capital: What Do They Say about Adoption of Cost-Share Conservation Programs, Hiroki Uematsu and Ashok K. Mishra, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Biological Control of Arundo donax along the Rio Grande [River]: Benefit-Cost, Per-Unit Cost, and Impact Analysis of Potential Water Saved, Emily Kaye Seawright, Texas AgriLife Research; M. Edward Rister, Texas A&M University, Texas AgriLife Research; Ronald D. Lacewell, Texas A&M University, Texas AgriLife Research, and Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Dean A. McCorkle, Texas A&M University and Texas AgriLife Extension Service - College Station; Allen W. Sturdivant, Texas A&M University and Agricultural Research and Extension Center - Weslaco; John A. Goolsby and Chenghai Yang, USDA Agricultural Research Service Energy Crop Production in the Mississippi Delta and the Environmental Implications, Tyler Mark, Paul Darby and Jeremy D'Antoni, CNREP and Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Carbon Offset Payments and Spatial Biomass Supply in Arkansas: Implications of Pine and Switchgrass, Aaron Smith, Michael Popp and Lanier Nalley, University of Arkansas

Hector Zapata and Krishna Paudel, 2009. Functional form of the environmental Kuznets curve. Advances in Econometrics 25:471-494. Krishna Paudel, Keshav Bhattarai, Wayne Gauthier, and Larry Hall, 2009. A GIS Based Model of Optimal Dairy Manure Transportation for Use as Fertilizer on Land Application. Waste Management 29:1634-1643. Krishna Paudel, Keshav Bhattarai, Wayne Gauthier, and Larry Hall, 2009. A GIS Based Model of Optimal Dairy Manure Transportation for Use as Fertilizer on Land Application. Waste Management 29:1634-1643. Ram Acharya, Krishna P Paudel and L. Upton Hatch, 2009. Impact of Nostalgia and Past Experience on Recreational Demand for Wilderness. Applied Economics Letters 16:449-453. Biswo Poudel, Krishna Paudel and Keshav Bhattarai, 2009. Searching for Environmental Kuznets Curve in Carbon Dioxide Pollutant in Latin American Countries. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 41:13-27. Krishna Paudel and Mark Schaefer, 2009. The Environmental Kuznets Curve under a New Framework: Role of Social Capital in Water Pollution. Environmental and Resource Economics 42:265-278. Mullen, J.D., Y. Yu, G. Hoogenboom, "Estimating the demand for irrigation water in a humid climate: A case study from the southeastern United States," Agricultural Water Management 96:10 (October 2009) 1421-1428. Centner, T.J., C.L.P. Fowler, L.M. Risse, M.E. Wetzstein and J.D. Mullen, "Implementing Environmental Management Systems to Protect Water Quality from Animal Waste Nutrients," in New Trends in Environmental Research (Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2009), chapter 9.