Suppose you worked for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and were given the task
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Suppose you worked for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and were given the task of assessing the value of the Charles River Watershed. The area of the Charles River Watershed is 800 km2, and 900,000 people live in the Charles River Watershed. The Charles River Watershed includes 35 communities and the river itself meanders some 130 km from Hopkinton to Boston Harbor. Describe five (5) ecosystem goods and services of the Charles River Watershed. Assign dollar ($) values to these 5 ecosystem goods and services of the Charles River Watershed. Please be clear about how you assessed this economic value [for example, if clean air is worth $1 per person per day, the total ecosystem service is worth $1 Times 365 days Times 900,000 people= $328 million per year]. Describe how would you assess (measure) the "health" of the Charles River Watershed? In other words, what data would you present to the public to support statements that the ecosystem was "healthy" or not healthy.Explanation / Answer
The Charles river basin wetlands in Messachusetts consist of 3455 hectare of fresh water marsh and wooded swamp. The following ecosystem goods and services are :
Flood control
Amenity values
Pollution reduction
Water supply, and
Recreational oppertunities.
B).
ECOSYSTEM GOODS AND SERVICES ECONOMIC VALUE PER YEAR IN US$
flood damage prevention ( dams, etc) 39,986,788
amenity value of living close to river's watershed 216,463
pollution reduction 24,634,150
RECREATIONAL SERVICES - small game hunting, waterfowl hunting 23,771,954
kyaks,motorboats, yatches waterfront park, trout fishing, warm water
fishing. 6,877,696
TOTAL 95, 487,051
C). Earlier the health of the river's watershed is bad according to results of water samples, the amountof green blue algi in water. but in 2013, the watershed has healthy water according to samples of river's water tthe swimming activity can be donr in this areas.
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