Water Research Program
FY 2016 Proposal
Title: Economic Assessment of Alternative Groundwater Management Strategies in
Laramie County
Start Date: 03/01/2016
End Date: 02/28/2019
Project Funds Requested: $128,396
Principal Investigators:
Kristiana Hansen, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University
of Wyoming, kristi.hansen@uwyo.edu, (307) 766-3598.
Dannele Peck, Associate Professor, Dept. of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of
Wyoming, dpeck@uwyo.edu, (307) 766-6412.
Scott Miller, Professor and Department Head, Dept. of Ecosystem Science and Management,
University of Wyoming, snmiller@uwyo.edu, (307)766-4274.
Non-Technical Statement of Relevance to Wyoming Water Development:
The Laramie County Control Area (LCCA) was established in 1981 in response to local concerns
about declining aquifer levels. Groundwater levels continued to decline in the LCCA, leading the
State Engineer to issue an Order that requires: (1) adjudication of all unadjudicated groundwater
rights on non-stock/domestic wells in the LCCA by 2017; (2) installation of flow meters on nonstock/domestic wells in the LCCA by 2017; and (3) implementation of well-spacing
requirements for new wells. Furthermore, the State Engineer has encouraged groundwater users
in the LCCA to develop their own groundwater management plan for the region. The LCCA
Steering Committee has since been formed and is meeting twice monthly to discuss what, if
anything, should be done to relieve pressure on the aquifer from existing demands. Throughout
these discussions, questions have arisen about the potential economic impacts of alternative
groundwater management strategies on subareas within the LCCA and Laramie County more
broadly. Initiative 3 of Governor Mead’s Wyoming Water Strategy (2015) places priority on
developing “information-sharing and management tools” and “innovative management plans in
Groundwater Control Areas” such as the LCCA. The proposed study would inform the Steering
Committee’s on-going planning efforts by estimating the economic impacts, both direct and
indirect, of four alternative groundwater management strategies. Results would provide the
Steering Committee and State Engineer with insights about potential benefits, costs, and
uncertainties of proposed groundwater management plans. The study would also generate farmlevel budgets and management insights that agricultural producers could use to quantify tradeoffs
of applying more water today at the risk of having less water in the future, or applying less water
today to increase the chances of having more water in the future. Our modeling framework could
be adapted to other areas of Wyoming experiencing similar groundwater management
challenges.
Title: Economic Assessment of Alternative Groundwater Management
Strategies in Laramie County
Abstract: The Laramie County Control Area (LCCA) was established in 1981 in response to
local concerns about declining aquifer levels. Groundwater levels continued to decline in the
LCCA, leading the State Engineer to issue an Order that requires: (1) adjudication of all
unadjudicated groundwater rights on non-stock/domestic wells in the LCCA by 2017; (2)
installation of flow meters on non-stock/domestic wells in the LCCA by 2017; and (3)
implementation of well-spacing requirements for new wells. Furthermore, the State Engineer has
encouraged groundwater users in the LCCA to develop their own groundwater management plan
for the region. The Laramie County Control Area Steering Committee has since been formed and
is meeting twice monthly to develop creative and effective options for reducing groundwater use
in the LCCA. Throughout these discussions, questions have been raised about the potential
economic impacts of alternative strategies on subareas within the LCCA and Laramie County
more broadly.
We propose to estimate the economic impacts, both direct and indirect, of four alternative
management strategies: the status quo (LCCA irrigators continue to pump at current rates), strict
enforcement of prior appropriation (likely unrealistic due to high transaction costs), allocation
(irrigators reduce pumping on all acres to a specified number of acre-inches over a specified
number of years), and buyout (irrigators are paid to retire land from irrigation). We will analyze
these four strategies under two alternative hydrologic scenarios: a baseline scenario based on a
hydrogeologic study of the LCCA (March 2014 AMEC Study) and a second scenario that
assumes for the sake of argument greater connectivity between the western and eastern portions
of Laramie County than is assumed in the AMEC Study.
The proposed study would inform the Steering Committee’s on-going planning efforts by
estimating the economic impacts, both direct and indirect, of four alternative groundwater
management strategies. Results would provide the Steering Committee and State Engineer with
insights about potential benefits, costs, and uncertainties of proposed groundwater management
plans. The study would also generate farm-level budgets and management insights that
agricultural producers could use to quantify tradeoffs of applying more water today at the risk of
having less water in the future, or applying less water today to increase the chances of having
more water in the future.
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Economic Assessment of Alternative Groundwater Management Strategies in Laramie
County
Statement of critical regional or State water problem
In 1981, the Wyoming Board of Control designated the Laramie County Control Area (LCCA),
in response to local concerns about declining aquifer levels.1 Groundwater levels continued to
decline in the LCCA, leading the State Engineer to issue an Order on April 1, 2015 that requires:
(1) adjudication of all unadjudicated groundwater rights on non-stock/domestic wells in the
LCCA by 2017; (2) installation of flow meters on non-stock/domestic wells in the LCCA by
2017; and (3) implementation of well-spacing requirements for new wells. Although the April 1
Order does not contain provisions to slow or stop pressure placed on the aquifer from existing
uses,2 groundwater users in the LCCA are currently developing their own groundwater
management plan for the region. Groundwater users are allowed, under Wyoming statute, to
propose an alternative management strategy, which the State Engineer shall accept as long as it is
consistent with state law, not detrimental to the public interest, and would not harm the rights of
others who are not party to the agreement (§41-3-915c).
In October 2014, the Laramie County Commissioners convened the LCCA Steering Committee
to develop creative and effective options for reducing water use in the Control Area. The
Steering Committee includes representatives from agricultural, municipal and industrial water
uses, and real estate development interests. With the goal of developing an alternative
groundwater management strategy to forward to the State Engineer for consideration, the
Steering Committee meets twice monthly. A common theme throughout their discussions is a
question about the potential economic impacts of alternative groundwater management strategies
on the LCCA, subareas within the LCCA, and Laramie County. Our proposed study would help
answer this recurring question by analyzing the economic impacts of four alternative
groundwater management strategies. This crucial economic information would help inform the
Steering Committee’s on-going groundwater management planning efforts.
Of course the value of any economic impact analysis hinges on its ability to accurately reflect the
unique bio-physical and economic features of a region. Two unique features of the LCCA are the
region’s interesting geohydrology and the presence of multiple distinct hydrologic/economic
subareas (for example Albin, Carpenter, Pine Bluffs, Hillsdale, highway 85 corridor). Though
the AMEC Study3 represents the best available science on the geohydrology of eastern Laramie
County, our scientific understanding still involves some uncertainty. Alternative groundwater
management strategies should therefore be flexible enough to incorporate new scientific
information, as it becomes available. Similarly, economic impact estimates of those strategies
should account not only for existing and evolving hydrologic knowledge, but also hydrologic
uncertainties.
Economic modeling of alternative groundwater management strategies should also recognize, as
the Steering Committee does, that three distinct subareas within the LCCA (Carpenter in Crow
Creek drainage, Pine Bluffs in Lodgepole Creek drainage, Albin area) may have different
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The LCCA covers the eastern two-thirds of Laramie County.
The State Engineer will review the Order’s effects in 2019 to determine whether it should continue or be revised.
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The AMEC Study is available on the SEO website at https://sites.google.com/a/wyo.gov/seo/home/news-andpress-releases, under “Final Report: Hydrogeologic Study of the Laramie County Control Area, March 2014.”
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groundwater management goals (e.g., sustaining current aquifer levels, reducing withdrawals to
attain a target aquifer level, allowing continued decline). They may also have different
preferences for groundwater management strategies. Our economic analyses will allow for the
possibility that each subarea chooses different groundwater management goals and strategies.
Statement of results or benefits
In quantifying the economic impacts of four alternative groundwater management strategies
within the LCCA, our results will aid the Steering Committee’s on-going efforts to
collaboratively develop a groundwater management plan. Specifically, the results of our study
will provide estimates of the potential benefits, costs, and uncertainties arising from each
management strategy. In the process of quantifying economic impacts, additional information
will be generated that could be of direct use to crop producers in their day-to-day management
decisions (e.g., implications of water supply for crop yields, rotations, and farm-level profit).
Nature, scope, and objectives of the project and a timetable of activities
Initiative 3 of Governor Mead’s Wyoming Water Strategy (2015) places priority on developing
“information-sharing and management tools” and “innovative management plans in
Groundwater Control Areas” in collaboration with the Wyoming State Engineer’s Office. The
following project objectives are consistent with this initiative.
1. Determine the economic impacts of four groundwater management strategies (described
below), under hydrologic conditions assumed in the AMEC Study.
2. Determine the economic impacts of the same four groundwater management strategies, but
assuming uncertainty about present and future water supplies in the region’s aquifers.
3. Analyze the indirect impacts of the four groundwater management strategies on the broader
regional economy (e.g., direct income, induced income, and employment).
Groundwater Management Strategies. The four groundwater management strategies we
proposed to analyze are based on discussions with the Steering Committee and related
groundwater management experiences in neighboring states (Kansas and Nebraska).
1. Status quo. Under this strategy, LCCA irrigators would continue to pump at current rates.
Economic impacts associated with this strategy will reflect current pumping patterns, including
the possibility that some irrigators will go out of business when some crops become
economically unviable at lower drawdown levels. Economic outcomes from this scenario will
serve as a baseline against which other groundwater management strategies will be measured.
2. Prior appropriation regulation. In Wyoming, groundwater is managed under the prior
appropriation doctrine. Thus, in the event of shortage, a senior right is honored before a more
junior right. If junior water users could be regulated easily, pressure on the aquifer would be
relieved. We will explore the economic impacts of strict enforcement of prior appropriation
across the LCCA assuming it could be implemented without transaction costs (e.g., the cost of
conducting interference studies, or demonstrating a senior user’s well-adequacy). Although
transaction costs are unavoidable in reality, due to hydrologic uncertainties, and may be high, our
analysis will shed light on the relative economic performance of this strategy compared to others.
3. Allocation. Under an allocation strategy, irrigators would reduce pumping on all acres to a
specified number of acre-inches over a specified number of years, and thereby reduce pressure
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on the aquifer. Irrigators could voluntarily reduce pumping (as occurred in Sheridan 6 LEMA, in
western Kansas) or the State Engineer could set limits (as occurred on Horse Creek, in
Wyoming). We will quantify the economic impacts of this “equal-allocation” strategy, where
users with larger historical water use would presumably face larger absolute reductions than
those with historically smaller water use.
4. Buyout. Under a buyout approach, agricultural producers would be paid to retire land from
irrigation. From 2010 to 2012, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and Laramie County
Conservation District implemented a voluntary water retirement program through AWEP (the
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program). Relevant insights from this program will be
incorporated in the assumptions of our economic analysis of a buyout strategy, such as how best
to structure payments (e.g., based on land retired versus reductions in water use), and whether to
restrict subsequent use of non-retired lands (e.g., are irrigators adjacent to a retired field now
allowed to pump to the maximum permitted right, even if this was infeasible before the buyout).
An additional management tool that we will explore is water transfer among agricultural users.
State law currently allows water transfers from agricultural to non-agricultural uses through
temporary change of use agreements. If irrigators had a similar ability to transfer water through
temporary change of use agreements they could potentially mitigate the negative economic
impacts of management scenarios 2 and 3. Such transfers might occur with no change in the
point of withdrawal (water piped aboveground to a new location) or a change in the point of
withdrawal might be allowed within, for example, a floating township.
Hydrologic Scenarios.
1. Baseline. The AMEC Study projects drawdown conditions resulting from no change in
groundwater management.4 These drawdown conditions will be assumed in our initial analysis of
the economic impacts of the four groundwater management strategy. Mr. Bern Hinckley (one
author of the AMEC study) will provide guidance to our team on how to correctly incorporate
the AMEC Study’s hydrologic assumptions into our economic analysis.
2. Uncertainty. Anecdotal evidence suggests there might be greater connectivity between the
western and eastern portions of Laramie County than assumed in the AMEC study. If finerresolution data were available to increase the AMEC model’s granularity, or if more monitoring
wells had been available, it may have revealed greater hydrologic connectivity in Laramie
County. In the absence of such data, we will instead test how sensitive our economic impact
estimates are to alternative assumptions about hydrologic connectivity. PI Scott Miller and
consultant Bern Hinckley will construct an alternative hydrologic scenario that relaxes
assumptions about permeability and recharge. This alternative hydrologic scenario will not
involve a model as sophisticated as the one underlying the AMEC Study. Rather, it will impose
simple alternative hydrologic assumptions (e.g., 20% of water use reductions in upstream areas
of Lodgepole Creek appear in Pine Bluffs within 5 years). Our analysis will be sufficiently
transparent that it could be updated with new hydrologic information as it becomes available.
Our aim for this sensitivity analysis is to see how alternative groundwater management strategies
perform under greater versus lesser hydrologic connectivity. If the preferred groundwater
management strategy under the baseline hydrology scenario also turns out to be the preferred
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See Section 7.1 and Figure 7.5 of the AMEC study.
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strategy under the uncertainty scenario, then stakeholders can be more certain this is the right
course of action for them.
Timetable of Activities
Objective/Task
Obj 1: Econ impacts/baseline hydrology
1. Farm enterprise budgets
2. Determine model spatial resolution
3. Farm model optimization
4. Non-agricultural sectors
5. Incorporate AMEC study hydrology
Obj 2: Econ impacts/alternative hydrol.
6. Incorporate alternative hydrology
7. Simulate GW management strategies
8. Scale direct impacts up to subarea level
Obj 3: Community impacts
9. Calculate county-level impacts
Synthesis and communication of results
Develop outreach materials/publications
M.S. thesis analysis and write-up
M.S. thesis defense
Final report preparation
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Methods and procedures (by objective), and facilities
Objective 1: Economic impacts of GW management strategies under baseline hydrology.
Task 1. Gather existing enterprise budgets for crops and livestock relevant to groundwater use in
eastern Laramie County (e.g., wheat, corn, alfalfa, sugarbeets, sunflowers, dairy, hogs). These
budgets describe production inputs, costs, water use, yields and revenues for individual
enterprises. Through conversations with irrigators, we will adapt crop-enterprise budgets to
eastern Laramie County. They will provide a foundation for the farm-level optimization model.
Task 2. Determine the relevant spatial resolution for each subarea. We will use all available
existing data to determine the number of representative farms to be modeled in each subarea.
This number will depend on the degree of heterogeneity among farms, with respect to soil
quality, hydrology, crops grown, and junior versus senior water rights.
Task 3. Construct water-use profiles for non-agricultural sectors of Laramie County relevant to
each subarea. Our model will be flexible enough to incorporate changes in water supply from
upstream non-agricultural users (e.g., additional municipal return flows). We will acquire current
and projected water supply/demand in Laramie County for agricultural, municipal and industrial.
Task 4. Construct the farm-level optimization models (by representative farm and subarea) using
the software program GAMS. Relevant farm features will be accounted for, such as farm-size,
irrigation technology, pumping costs, crop rotations, and livestock water-use. We will
collaborate with Steering Committee members who are irrigators to ground-truth our results.
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Task 5. Incorporate AMEC Study hydrology into the farm-level optimization models. We will
work with Mr. Hinckley to incorporate the appropriate level of hydrologic detail to capture: (1)
spatial resolutions identified in Task 2; and (2) feedbacks between management and drawdown.
Objective 2: Economic impacts of GW management strategies under alternative hydrology.
Task 6. Incorporate alternative hydrology into the farm-level optimization models. We will work
with Dr. Miller and Mr. Hinckley to construct the alternative hydrology scenario.
Task 7. Run the farm-level optimization models under each combination of the four groundwater
management strategies and two hydrology scenarios to determine direct economic impacts and
resulting aquifer levels through time.
Task 8. Scale direct impacts up to the subarea by accounting for the number of farms of each
type within the LCCA (or within Laramie County, if subarea statistics are unavailable).
Objective 3: Community impacts of groundwater management strategies.
Task 9. Use the software program IMPLAN to conduct an input/output analysis of the scaled-up
economic impacts for each combination of groundwater management strategy and hydrology
scenario. This analysis will estimate the level of income and employment generated by each
combination. These indirect economic impacts will be reported in conjunction with direct
economic impacts and aquifer outcomes, which the Steering Committee can then consider in
future discussions of their preferred groundwater management strategies.
Equipment, Facilities, and Resources. The basic equipment required to perform this research
consists of a standard desktop computer and software packages already available to the PIs, with
the exception of GAMS. (GAMS licenses are requested in the budget.) The PIs also have at their
disposal the knowledge and expertise of the Steering Committee and Laramie County
Commissioners. The following members of the Steering Committee have also agreed to serve as
an advisory committee to this project: J. Lerwick and G. Gross (Irrigators), J. Hastings and S.
Zimmerman (Landowners), J. Patterson (SEWBA), J. Johnstone (Burns), and L. Mead
(SCCDA). Mr. Hinckley will also serve as an advisor to the project.
Outputs. We anticipate one UW Extension or Ruckelshaus Institute bulletin and one peerreviewed journal article that will report our economic results to stakeholder and academic
audiences, respectively. We anticipate an additional peer-reviewed journal article on the topic of
groundwater management under hydrologic uncertainty. Our modeling framework will continue
to aid groundwater management efforts in Laramie County after the conclusion of the grant
period. It will be flexible enough to incorporate new scientific information about groundwater
hydrology as it becomes available. It could also be adapted to other areas of Wyoming
experiencing similar groundwater management challenges.
Related research
Economists and hydrologists have been collaborating for decades to model the economic impacts
of alternative groundwater management strategies. Early examples of hydro-economic modeling
include Gisser and Mercado (1973; theoretical), Gisser and Sanchez (1980; theoretical), and
Feinerman and Knapp (1983; Kern County, California). More recent examples include Norvell
and Kluge (2005; Texas), Amosson et al. (2009; southern Ogallala aquifer) and Golden and
Johnson (2013; southwest Kansas). Modeling techniques in this multidisciplinary field have
shifted from theory to practice and become increasingly sophisticated – more capable of
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accounting for spatial heterogeneity, temporal dynamics, and feedback loops between hydrology
and economic decision-making. Our proposed research most closely resembles Golden and
Johnson (2013), who used hydro-economic modeling to estimate the direct and indirect impacts
of three groundwater management policies in southwest Kansas. To the extent that each study
area and set of relevant groundwater management strategies are unique, so too is each modeling
effort (as discussed in Sophocleous 2010). Our case-study application differs from Golden and
Johnson (2013) in the heterogeneity of farm types (e.g., crop farms in the LCCA vs. livestock
operations upstream), the laws that govern groundwater extraction in Wyoming, and the LCCA’s
unique hydrologic uncertainty regarding connectivity. Results from our study will provide sitespecific management insights for Laramie County, as opposed to a multi-county or state analysis.
References
Amosson, S., L. Almas, B. Golden, B. Guerrero, J. Johnson, R. Taylor & E. Wheeler-Cook.
2009. Economic impacts of selected water conservation policies in the Ogallala aquifer. Staff
Paper No. 09-04, Kansas State University Ag Experiment Station & Cooperative Ext Service.
Feinerman, E. & K.C. Knapp. 1983. Benefits from groundwater management: magnitude,
sensitivity, and distribution. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 65:703-710.
Gisser, M. & A. Mercado. 1973. Economic aspects of ground water resources and replacement
flows in semiarid agricultural areas. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 55:461-466.
Gisser, M. & D.A. Sanchez. 1980. Competition versus optimal control in groundwater pumping.
Water Resources Research 16:638-642.
Golden, B. & J. Johnson. 2013. Potential economic impacts of water use changes in Southwest
Kansas. Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research 5:129-145.
Norvell, S. & K. Kluge. 2005. Socioeconomic impacts of unmet water needs in the Panhandle
Water Planning Area. Texas Water Development Board. http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/home/
index.asp.
Sophocleous, M. 2010. Groundwater Management Practices, Challenges, and Innovations in the
High Plains Aquifer, USA. Hydrogeology Journal 18:559-575.
Training potential
This research project will support training (two years of funding) for one M.S. student in the
field of Agricultural & Applied Economics, who will gain practical experience using farm
enterprise budgets and whole-farm hydro-economic optimization models; and partial funding
(one year) for one additional M.S. student (to assist with data acquisition and management
primarily associated with Task 2), who will gain experience working on a stakeholder-driven
water policy project.
Investigator qualifications
Dr. Hansen is a natural resource economist with expertise in environmental markets and hydroeconomic modeling. Her involvement in developing a “Payment for Ecosystem Services” market
(the Wyoming Conservation Exchange) has given her on-the-ground experience with practical
challenges for establishing an environmental market. Dr. Peck is an agricultural economist who
specializes in farm-level decision-making under uncertainty. She has studied the impact of water
shortages on irrigated cropping systems, including crop rotations, irrigation technology, and
applied water. Many of her graduate students have used enterprise budgets and decision analysis
tools to analyze the profitability of alternative crop and livestock systems throughout Wyoming.
Dr. Miller is a hydrologist with extensive experience and publications in water resources
modeling. He specializes in advanced hydrologic analysis, and spatial modeling using GIS.
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Dr. Kristiana Hansen
Assistant Professor and Extension Water Resource Economist
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics • University of Wyoming
(307) 766-3598 • kristi.hansen@uwyo.edu
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2008
Ph.D. Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis
2003
M.S. Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis
1996
B.A. Economics, Reed College, Portland, OR
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009–present Assistant Professor and Extension Water Resource Economist, Department of
Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
2008-2009
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
2006-2007
Bureau of Reclamation Student Economist, Bureau of Reclamation Lower
Colorado Region, Boulder City, NV.
2001-2006
Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics,
University of California, Davis.
1996-2000
Assistant Economist, Public Power Council, Portland, OR. Economic analysis and
expert witness testimony on regional wholesale power issues.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Agricultural and Appled Economics Association Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award (2008)
Gordon A. King Award for Outstanding Dissertation, Ag/Resource Econ. Dept, UC Davis (2008)
SPECIFIC AREAS OF INTEREST
Water resource economics, “payment for ecosystem services” markets, hydro-economic
modeling and policy simulations, environmental and natural resource economics, farm
modeling and policy simulations, experimental economics
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Hansen, K., C. Nicholson and G. Paige. 2015 (In press). “Wyoming’s Water: Resources and
Management.” Update to UW Extension Bulletin #B-969R (August 2000). Laramie, WY:
University of Wyoming Extension.
Hansen, K., R. Howitt, and J. Williams. 2015. “An Econometric Test of Water Market
Institutions.” Natural Resources Journal 55(1): 127-152.
Hansen, K. 2015. “Water Markets from Theory to Practice.” In Handbook of Water Economics,
eds. A. Dinar and K. Schwabe. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 355-371.
Hansen, K., M. Purcell, G. Paige, and R. Coupal. 2015. “Development of a Conservation
Exchange in the Upper Green River Basin of Southwestern Wyoming.” UW Extension
Bulletin B-1267. Laramie, WY: University of Wyoming Extension.
Hansen, K., J. Kaplan, and S. Kroll. 2014. Valuing options in water markets: a laboratory
investigation. Environmental and Resource Economics 57(1):59-80.
Hodges, A., K. Hansen and D. McLeod. 2014. “The Economics of Bulk Water Transport in
Southern California.” Resources 3(4):703-720.
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Hansen, K., A. Jakle, and M. Hogarty. 2013. Market-based wildlife mitigation in Wyoming: a
primer. Laramie, Wyoming: University of Wyoming Ruckelshaus Institute.
Hansen, K., R. Howitt, and J. Williams. 2013. Water trades in the Western United States: risk,
speculation, and property rights. In Water Trading and Global Water Scarcity:
International Perspectives, ed. J. Maestu. New York: RFF Press Water Policy Series, pp.
55-67.
Hansen, K., R. Howitt, and J. Williams. 2008. Valuing risk: options in California water markets.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 90(5):1336-1342.
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
Extension Water Resource Economist, University of Wyoming Extension, University of
Wyoming (2009 – present). I work with extension educators to ensure that my research is
grounded in issues of importance to Wyoming and that research undertaken by others and by
me is disseminated throughout the state.
Development of a Conservation Exchange in Wyoming (2011-present). I have been working
steadily for five years on the development of a “Payment for Ecosystem Services” project in
southwestern Wyoming, designed to improve wildlife habitat and water resources. This is a
collaborative effort, with partners from Sublette County Conservation District, area landowners,
The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense Fund, and Wyoming Stock Growers
Association.
SELECTED GRANTS RECEIVED
USDA—NRCS Competitive Innovation Grants (Wyoming). 2014. Implementing a Market-Based
Conservation Exchange in Wyoming. PI: K. Hansen; coPIs: R. Coupal, G. Paige, A. MacKinnon
(UW), J. Lamb, G. McGaffin (TNC Lander), M. Purcell, E. Peterson (Sublette County Conservation
District), S. Brodnax, T. Toombs (EDF), S. Brause, E. Anderson (Environmental Incentives), E.
Duke (Colorado State University). (2014-2016) $150,000.
USDA—AFRI Western Conference on Water Management Strategies for Addressing Long-Tern
Drought and Climate Uncertainty. 2014. PI: N. Mesner (USU). Co-PIs: A. Benson (Texas Tech), K.
Hansen (UWY), G. Paige (UWY), K. Schoengold (UN Lincoln), B. Stringam (NMSU). (2014-2015)
$49,534.
Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources. 2014. Quantifying the NonAgricultural Value of Flood Irrigation. PIs: K.M. Hansen and G. Paige (2014-2015) $27,000.
Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Competitive Grants Program. 2012. Landowner
Survey for a “Payments for Ecosystem Services” Program in the Green River Basin. PIs: K.M.
Hansen, G. Paige, E. Duke, and T. Willson. (2012-2013) $51,392.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Quantitative Methods (UW AGEC 5320), graduate required course (2012, 2013,2014, 2015)
Small Enterprise Management (UW AGEC 3000), undergraduate elective (2010, 2011)
Econometrics (UC Davis ARE 106), undergraduate required course (2009)
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Dr. Dannele Peck
Associate Professor and Extension Agricultural Economist
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics • University of Wyoming
(307) 766-6412 • dpeck@uwyo.edu
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2007
Ph.D. Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University
2002
M.S. Agricultural Economics, University of Wyoming
1996
B.S. Wildlife Biology, University of Wyoming
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012–present Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics,
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
2006-2012
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics,
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
HONORS AND AWARDS
Recipient, Undergraduate Teaching Award, Western Agricultural Economics Association (2014)
Recipient, Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Water Resources Research (2011)
Recipient, Best AJARE Article, Australian Agricultural & Resource Economics Society (2010)
SPECIFIC AREAS OF INTEREST
Agricultural economics, farm-level crop and livestock budgets, whole-farm modeling, decisionmaking under uncertainty, risk simulation, water resources, animal diseases
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Ruff, S., D.E. Peck, C.T. Bastian, W.E. Cook. 2014. Enterprise budgets for a cow-calf-yearling
operation and stocker operation, northwestern Wyoming. Publications MP-120.1 and
MP-120.2. University of Wyoming Extension.
Peck, D. and J. Peterson (Guest Editors). 2013. Introduction to the special issue on ‘Climate
Variability and Water-Dependent Sectors: Impacts and Potential Adaptations. Journal of
Natural Resources Policy Research 5(2-3):73-77.
Griffin, R.C., D.E. Peck and J. Maestu. 2013. Introduction: myths, principles and issues in water
trading. In J. Maestu (Ed.) Water Trading and Global Water Scarcity: International
Experiences. New York, NY: RFF Press.
Roberts, T.W., D.E. Peck and J.P. Ritten. 2012. Cattle producers’ economic incentives for
preventing bovine brucellosis under uncertainty. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 107(34):187-203.
Peck, D.E. and R.M. Adams. 2012. Farm-level impacts of climate change: alternative approaches
for modeling uncertainty. In A. Dinar and R. Mendelsohn (eds.) Handbook on Climate
Change and Agriculture. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Peck, D.E. and R.M. Adams. 2011. A reply to ‘Multiyear vs. single-year drought: a comment on
Peck and Adams.’ Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 55:454-457.
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Peck, D.E. and R.M. Adams. 2010. Farm-level impacts of prolonged drought: is a multiyear
event more than the sum of its parts? Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource
Economics 54:43-60.
Strauch, B.A., D.E. Peck, and L.J. Held. 2010. A case study of fall versus spring calving for the
Rocky Mountain West. Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural
Appraisers 73(1):74-84.
Adams, R.M. and D.E. Peck. 2008. Climate change and water resources: potential impacts and
implications. In A. Garrido and A. Dinar (Eds.) Managing Water Resources in a Time of
Global Change: Contributions from the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy.
Oxford: Routledge Publishing.
Adams, R.M. and D.E. Peck. 2008. Effects of climate change on water resources. Choices
23(1):12-14.
Peck, D.E., D.M. McLeod, J.P. Hewlett, and J.R. Lovvorn. 2004. Irrigation-dependent wetlands
versus instream flow enhancement: economics of water transfers from agriculture to
wildlife uses. Environmental Management 34(6):842-855.
Adams, R.M. and D.E. Peck. 2002. Drought and climate change: implications for the West.
Western Economics Forum 1(2):14-19.
Peck, D.E. and J.R. Lovvorn. 2001. The importance of flood irrigation in water supply to
wetlands in the Laramie Basin, Wyoming. Wetlands 21(3):370-378.
SELECTED GRANTS RECEIVED
Office of the Tribal Water Engineer. 2015. Wind River Indian Reservation Agricultural Resource
Management Plan. PI: W. Gribb; coPIs: G. Paige, P. Hodza, D. Peck. (2015-2018.) $114,822.
SDA-CSREES, Multistate Research Office. 2014. W3190: Management and Policy Challenges in
a Water-Scarce World. PIs: D. Peck, A. Benson, N. Brozovic, G. Cardon, A. Dinar, M. Eiswerth, K.
Hansen, R. Huffaker, L. McCann, K. Schoengold, J. Suter, G. Taylor, F. Ward, J. Yoder. (20142019). $75,000 (travel allowances for 20+ participants to attend the multistate research group’s
annual meetings).
Wyoming Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Producer Research Grant Program;
University of Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station. 2014. Farm-level costs of bluetongue
in domestic sheep, and the economic viability of BTV vaccine use in Wyoming. PIs: D. Peck, M.
Miller. (2014-2016). $40,000.
USDA—NRI Agricultural Prosperity for Small and Medium-Sized Farms Program. 2009.
Economic and environmental sustainability of conventional, reduced-input, and organic
approaches on western crop-range-livestock farms. PI: J. Norton; coPIs: E. Arnould, G. Franc, B.
Hess, J. Hewlett, T. Kelleners, A. Kniss, J. Krall, A. Latchininsky, D. Mount, G. Paige, S. Paisley, D.
Peck, M. Press, B. Rashford, M. Smith, P. Stahl, N. Ward, D. Wilson. (2009-2013). $500,000.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Theory of the Firm/Production Economics (UW AGEC 5310), required grad course (2007-2014)
Economics of Rangeland Resources (UW AGEC 4700), elective undergrad course (2007-2015)
Risk Analysis (UW ENR 4500/5500), required undergrad & elective grad course (2010-2015)
Public (Mis)Perceptions of Agriculture (UW AGEC 1101), required First-Year Seminar (2015)
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Scott Nicholas Miller, PhD
Professor & Department Head; Spatial Processes Hydrologist, University of Wyoming
Mailing Address:
Telephone:
E-Mail:
Department 3354; Ecosystem Science & Management
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82072
+1 (307) 766 4274
snmiller@uwyo.edu
A. Professional Preparation
Univ. of Arizona
Univ. of Arizona
Brown Univ.
Watershed Management/Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis
PhD, 2002
Watershed Management MS, 1995
Geosciences ScB, 1991
B. Academic Appointments
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Senior Research Specialist
University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
University of Arizona
2014 - Present
2008-2014
2002-2008
1999-2002
C. Recent Relevant Publications
(i)
Recent Publications most relevant to this submittal
1. Holbrook, W.S., S.N. Miller, and M. Provart, 201*. Estimating snow water equivalent
over long mountain transects using snowmobile-mounted GPR. Accepted by
Geophysics.
2. Geiger, S.T., J.M. Daniels, S.N. Miller, and J.W. Nicholas, 2014. Influence of rock
glaciers on stream hydrology in the La Sal Mountains, Utah. Arctic, Antarctic, and
Alpine Research 46(3): 645-658. DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-46.3.645.
3. C.B. Buchanan, J.L. Beck, T.E. Bills, and S.N. Miller, 2014. Seasonal resource
selection and distributional response by elk to development of a natural gas field.
Rangeland Ecology and Management 67:369-379. DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-13-00136.
4. Hayes, M., S.N. Miller, and M. Murphy, 2014. High-resolution landcover classification
using random forests. Remote Sensing Letters 5(2): 112-121. DOI:
10.1080/2150704X.2014.882526
5. Baker, T.J., and S.N. Miller, 2013. Using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool
(SWAT) to assess land use impact on water resources in an East African watershed.
Journal of Hydrology. 486: 100-111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.01.041.
6. Konrad, S.K., l. Zou and S.N. Miller, 2012. A geographical information system-based
web model of arbovirus transmission risk in the continental United States of America.
Geospatial Health 7(1), 2012, pp. 157-159.
7. Konrad SK, and S.N. Miller, 2012. Application of a degree-day model of West Nile
virus transmission risk to the East Coast of the United States. Geospatial Health 7,
15-20.
8. Konrad SK, and S.N. Miller, 2012. A temperature-limited assessment of the risk of
Rift Valley fever transmission and establishment in the continental United States.
Geospatial Health 6, 161-170.
9. Goodrich, D.C., D.P. Guertin, I.S. Burns, M.A. Nearing, J.J. Stone, H. Wei, P.
Heilman, M. Hernandez, K. Spaeth, F. Pierson, G. B. Paige, S.N.Miller, W.G. Kepner,
G.Ruyle, M.P. McClaran, M. Weltz, and L. Jolley, 2011. AGWA: The Automated
Geospatial Watershed Assessment Tool to Inform Rangeland Management.
Rangelands, 33(4):41-47. 2011.
10. Jessup, B.S., Hahm, W.J., Miller, S.N., Kirchner, J.W., and Riebe, C.S. (2011)
Landscape response to tipping points in granite weathering: The case of stepped
topography in the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory: Applied Geochemistry,
v. 26, no. Supplement 1, p. S48-S50. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.0
11. Konrad, S.K., S.N. Miller, and W.K. Reeves, 2010. A spatially explicit degree-day
model of Rift Valley fever transmission risk in the continental United States.
Geojournal: Online First: DOI 10.1007/s10708-010-9338-x
12. Griscom, H.R., S.N. Miller, T. Gyedu-Ababio, and R. Sivanpillai, 2010. Mapping
Land Cover Change for Hydrological Modelling of the Luvuvhu Catchment, South
Africa. Geojournal 75:163–173.
13. Miller, S.N., D.P. Guertin, and D.C. Goodrich, 2007. Hydrologic modeling
uncertainty resulting from land cover misclassification. Journal of the American
Water Resources Association 43(4):1065-1075. DOI: 10.1111 ⁄ j.17521688.2007.00088.x
14. Miller, S.N., D.J. Semmens, D.C. Goodrich, M. Hernandez, R.C. Miller, W.G.
Kepner, and D.P. Guertin, 2007. The Automated Geospatial Watershed
Assessment tool. Environmental Modelling & Software 22(3):365-377.
15. Shivoga, W.A., M. Muchiri, S. Kibichii, J. Odanga, S.N. Miller, T.J. Baldyga, E.M.
Enanga, and M.C. Gichaba, 2007. Influences of land use/cover on water quality in
the upper and middle reaches of River Njoro, Kenya. Lakes & Reservoirs: Research
and Management 12: 97–105. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2007.00325.x
D. Synergistic Activities



Chair of the MS and PhD programs in hydrology and water resources, Univ. of
Wyoming (2009-present)
Developed and delivered training to USDA, BLM, USGS, academic staff on the
use of geospatial modeling tools in land cover change assessment (2003 – 2011)
Co-developer of the Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment Tool
(AGWA), USDA and US-EPA research initiative (1998 – present), which received
the USDA-ARS Technology Transfer Award for GIS-based hydrologic modeling
(2008)
14
YEAR 1 BUDGET (FY16)
Start Date of FY16: 3/1/16
End Date of FY16: 2/28/17
Project Title:
Economic Assessment of Alternative Groundwater Management Strategies in Laramie County
Principal Investigators (names only -- i.e., no addresses etc.):
K. Hansen, D. Peck, S. Miller
Request
37,062
8880
28182
UW
11,880
11880
Total
48,942
20760
28182
0
0
0
4,415
5,530
9,946
4134
5530
9664
282
0
282
Undergraduate or Grad Student(s) employed hourly, 9%
0
0
0
Others, full-time benefited, 46.55%
0
0
0
Others, part-time non-benefited, 20%
0
0
0
17,616
0
17,616
Cost Category
1. Salaries and Wages - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals
Principal Investigator(s)
Graduate Student(s) on assistantships (i.e., stipends)
Undergraduate or Grad Student(s) employed hourly
Others, full-time benefited
Others, part-time non-benefited
2. Fringe Benefits - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals
Principal Investigator(s), 46.55%
Graduate Student(s) on assistantships, 1%
3. Graduate Student Tuition, Fees, Health Insurance- - - - - Totals
Tuition and Fees
14104
14104
Health Insurance
3512
3512
4. Supplies - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1,000
1,000
0
5. Equipment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals
0
0
Individual items costing $5,000 or less
0
Individual items in excess of $5,000
0
6. Services or Consultants - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7. Travel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5,520
5,520
518
518
0
8. Other Direct Costs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9. Total Direct Costs* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
66,131
17,410
83,542
10. Total Indirect Costs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
XXXXXXX
29,007
29,007
Indirect costs on federal share
xxxxxxxx
21347
21347
Indirect costs on non-federal share
xxxxxxxx
7660
7660
46,417
112,549
(0.44 direct, except grad tuition/fees/health ins & equip>$5000)
11. Total Cost - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
66,131
15
YEAR 2 BUDGET (FY17)
Start Date of FY16: 3/1/17
End Date of FY16: 2/28/18
Project Title:
Economic Assessment of Alternative Groundwater Management Strategies in Laramie County
Principal Investigators (names only -- i.e., no addresses etc.):
K. Hansen, D. Peck, S. Miller
Request
25,733
9146
16587
UW
7,663
7663
Total
33,396
16809
16587
0
0
0
4,423
3,567
7,990
4257
3567
7825
166
0
166
Undergraduate or Grad Student(s) employed hourly, 9%
0
0
0
Others, full-time benefited, 46.55%
0
0
0
Others, part-time non-benefited, 20%
0
0
0
9,239
0
9,239
Cost Category
1. Salaries and Wages - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals
Principal Investigator(s)
Graduate Student(s) on assistantships (i.e., stipends)
Undergraduate or Grad Student(s) employed hourly
Others, full-time benefited
Others, part-time non-benefited
2. Fringe Benefits - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals
Principal Investigator(s), 46.55%
Graduate Student(s) on assistantships, 1%
3. Graduate Student Tuition, Fees, Health Insurance- - - - - Totals
Tuition and Fees
7430
7430
Health Insurance
1809
1809
0
4. Supplies - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0
5. Equipment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals
0
0
Individual items costing $5,000 or less
0
Individual items in excess of $5,000
0
6. Services or Consultants - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7. Travel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5,520
5,520
518
518
0
8. Other Direct Costs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9. Total Direct Costs* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45,433
11,230
56,663
10. Total Indirect Costs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
XXXXXXX
20,867
20,867
Indirect costs on federal share
xxxxxxxx
15926
15926
Indirect costs on non-federal share
xxxxxxxx
4941
4941
32,097
77,530
(0.44 direct, except grad tuition/fees/health ins & equip>$5000)
11. Total Cost - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45,433
16
YEAR 3 BUDGET (FY18)
Start Date of FY16: 3/1/18
End Date of FY16: 2/28/19
Project Title:
Economic Assessment of Alternative Groundwater Management Strategies in Laramie County
Principal Investigators (names only -- i.e., no addresses etc.):
K. Hansen, D. Peck, S. Miller
UW
4,710
4710
Total
8,981
4710
4271
0
0
0
43
2,193
2,235
0
2193
2193
43
0
43
Undergraduate or Grad Student(s) employed hourly, 9%
0
0
0
Others, full-time benefited, 46.55%
0
0
0
Others, part-time non-benefited, 20%
0
0
0
344
0
344
Cost Category
1. Salaries and Wages - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals
Request
4,271
Principal Investigator(s)
Graduate Student(s) on assistantships (i.e., stipends)
4271
Undergraduate or Grad Student(s) employed hourly
Others, full-time benefited
Others, part-time non-benefited
2. Fringe Benefits - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals
Principal Investigator(s), 46.55%
Graduate Student(s) on assistantships, 1%
3. Graduate Student Tuition, Fees, Health Insurance- - - - - Totals
Tuition and Fees
344
344
Health Insurance
4. Supplies - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
0
3,000
3,000
0
5. Equipment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals
0
0
Individual items costing $5,000 or less
0
Individual items in excess of $5,000
0
6. Services or Consultants - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7. Travel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6,000
6,000
1,173
1,173
8. Other Direct Costs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2,000
2,000
9. Total Direct Costs* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
16,831
6,903
23,733
10. Total Indirect Costs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
XXXXXXX
10,291
10,291
Indirect costs on federal share
xxxxxxxx
7254
7254
Indirect costs on non-federal share
xxxxxxxx
3037
3037
17,194
34,024
(0.44 direct, except grad tuition/fees/health ins & equip>$5000)
11. Total Cost - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
16,831
17
TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET (Covering All Years)
Project Start Date: 3/1/16
Project End Date:
2/28/19
Project Title:
Economic Assessment of Alternative Groundwater Management Strategies in Laramie County
Principal Investigators (names only -- i.e., no addresses etc.):
K. Hansen, D. Peck, S. Miller
Cost Category
1. Salaries and Wages - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals
Principal Investigator(s)
Graduate Student(s) on assistantships (i.e., stipends)
Undergraduate or Grad Student(s) employed hourly
Others, full-time benefited
Others, part-time non-benefited
2. Fringe Benefits - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals
Principal Investigator(s), 46.55%
Graduate Student(s) on assistantships, 1%
Undergraduate or Grad Student(s) employed hourly, 9%
Others, full-time benefited, 46.55%
Others, part-time non-benefited, 20%
Request
67,066
18026
49040
0
0
0
UW
24,253
24253
0
0
0
0
Total
91,319
42279
49040
0
0
0
8,882
11,290
20,171
8391
490
0
0
0
11290
0
0
0
0
19681
490
0
0
0
27,199
0
27,199
21878
5321
4,000
0
0
-
21878
0
0
0
0
0
17,040
0
0
-
0
-
2,209
8. Other Direct Costs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2,209
2,000
9. Total Direct Costs* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
128,396
35,543
163,938
10. Total Indirect Costs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3. Graduate Student Tuition, Fees, Health Insurance- - - - - Totals
Graduate Student(s), Tuition and Fees
Graduate Student(s), Health Insurance
4. Supplies - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5. Equipment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals
Individual items costing $5,000 or less
Individual items in excess of $5,000
6. Services or Consultants - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7. Travel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5321
4,000
0
17,040
2,000
XXXXXXX
60,165
60,165
Indirect costs on federal share
xxxxxxxx
44526
Indirect costs on non-federal share
xxxxxxxx
44526
15639
95,708
224,104
15639
(0.44 direct, except grad tuition/fees/health ins & equip>$5000)
11. Total Cost - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
128,396
18
SUMMARY OF AMOUNTS REQUESTED
Project Start Date: 3/1/16
Project End Date:
2/28/19
Project Title:
Economic Assessment of Alternative Groundwater Management Strategies in Laramie County
Principal Investigators (names only -- i.e., no addresses etc.):
K. Hansen, D. Peck, S. Miller
Yr 1 ($)
37,062
8880
28182
0
0
0
4,415
4134
282
0
0
0
17,616
14104
3512
1,000
Yr 2 ($)
25,733
9146
16587
0
0
0
4,423
4257
166
0
0
0
9,239
7430
1809
0
Yr 3 ($)
4,271
0
4271
0
0
0
43
0
43
0
0
0
344
344
0
3,000
Project
($)
67,066
18026
49040
0
0
0
8,882
8391
490
0
0
0
27,199
21878
5321
4,000
0
0
0
5,520
0
0
0
5,520
0
0
0
6,000
0
0
0
17,040
9. Total Direct Costs* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
518
0
66,131
518
0
45,433
1,173
2,000
16,831
2,209
2,000
128,396
10. Total Indirect Costs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
XXXXXXX
XXXXXXX
XXXXXXX
XXXXXXX
Indirect costs on federal share
xxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxx
Indirect costs on non-federal share
xxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxx
Cost Category
1. Salaries and Wages - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals
Principal Investigator(s)
Graduate Student(s) on assistantships (stipends)
Undergrad or Grad Student(s) employed hourly
Others, full-time benefited
Others, part-time non-benefited
2. Fringe Benefits - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals
Principal Investigator(s)
Graduate Student(s) on assistantships
Undergrad or Grad Student(s) employed hourly
Others, full-time benefited
Others, part-time non-benefited
3. Tuition, Fees, Health Insurance - - - - - - - - - - - Totals
Graduate Student(s), Tuition and Fees
Graduate Student(s), Health Insurance
4. Supplies - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5. Equipment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals
Individual items costing $5,000 or less
Individual items in excess of $5,000
6. Services or Consultants - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7. Travel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8. Other Direct Costs
-------------------------
11. Total Cost- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
66,131
45,433
16,831
128,396
19
BUDGET JUSTIFICATION - Year 1
Project Title: Economic Assessment of Alternative Groundwater Management Strategies in Laramie County
Salaries and Wages for PIs. Provide personnel, title/position, and compensation proposed for each individual.
Summer salary are requested for Drs. Hansen and Peck for Year 1: each $4,440.
Drs. Hansen and Peck will each contribute an equivalent amount for cost-share purposes.
Dr. Miller is contributing $3,000 for cost-share purposes.
UW cost share from salary for Year 1: $11,880.
Salaries and Wages for Graduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and the rate of compensation
proposed for each individual. (Other forms of compensation paid as or in lieu of wages to students performing necessary work
are allowable provided that the other payments are reasonable compensation for the work performed and are conditioned
explicitly upon the performance of necessary work. Also, note that tuition and health insurance, if provided, have their own
category below.
Funds are requested for one full-time M.S. graduate student in the Department of Agricultural &
Applied Economics, to begin work on the project in Fall 2016. The graduate student will conduct their
thesis research on the topic of groundwater management in Laramie County under the direction of the
PIs. Stipends for Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 semesters are requested for Year 1: $12,078.
Funds are also requested for one full-time M.S. graduate student (departmental home to be determined)
to begin work on the project in Summer 2016. This student will have GIS skills and will assist us with
assembling and managing hydrologic, economic, and agricultural data from existing sources. Stipend for
Summer and Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 semesters is requested for Year 1: $16,104.
The stipend for both students is the standard rate for the University of Wyoming as directed by the
Research Office (www.uwyo.edu/research) and is set based on the expectation that graduate students
will commit 20 hours per week to research. (All stipends, tuition and fees, and health insurance numbers
in the budget are from this website.)
Fringe Benefits for PIs. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category of employee proposed
in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
Fringe benefits at the University of Wyoming are set at 46.55% of salary for faculty: $4,134. UW cost
share from fringe for Year 1: $5,530.
Fringe Benefits for Graduate Students. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category of
employee proposed in the project.
Benefits at the University of Wyoming are set at 1% for graduate students: $282.
Tuition, Fees, and Health Insurance for Graduate Students. Specify tuition, fees, and health insurance (each, if
provided) separately.
Tuition and fees for the first M.S. student (Fall 2016 and Spring 2017) are requested for Year 1: $6,890.
Tuition and fees for the second M.S. student (Summer and Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 semesters) are
requested for Year 1: $7,214. Health insurance for the first M.S. student (Fall 2016 and Spring 2017) are
requested for Year 1: $1,756. Health insurance for the second M.S. student (Fall 2016 and Spring 2017
semesters; none needed for summer) are requested for Year 1: $1,756.
Supplies. Indicate separately the amounts proposed for office, laboratory, computing, and field supplies. Provide a
breakdown of the supplies in each category
Software license purchase/updates (for GAMS: General Algebraic Modeling System) are anticipated for
the first M.S. student and Drs. Hansen and Peck: $1000.
Services or Consultants. Identify the specific tasks for which these services, consultants, or subcontracts would be used.
Provide a detailed breakdown of the services or consultants to include personnel, time, salary, supplies, travel, etc.
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Mr. Bern Hinckley of Hinckley Consulting has agreed to serve as an advisor to the project, specifically
working with us on Tasks 4 and 5 (incorporating AMEC Study hydrology and alternative hydrology into
the farm-level optimization models). Mr. Hinckley will work on the project for 40 hours in Year 1, at
$138/hour. This hourly rate includes all salary costs, overhead, profit, office equipment, computers, inhouse copying, routine office supplies and expenses, and routine field equipment. Funds requested for
Mr. Hinckley in Year 1: $5,520.
Travel. Provide purpose and estimated costs for all travel. A breakdown should be provided to include location, number of
personnel, number of days, per diem rate, lodging rate, mileage and mileage rate, airfare (whatever is applicable).
The PIs and students working on the project will make 6 day trips to Laramie County to meet with
stakeholders and for data collection. Average travel distance is 150 miles round trip from Laramie to
points in Laramie County (Albin, Carpenter, Cheyenne, Pine Bluffs). The 2015 IRS mileage
reimbursement rate is 57.5 cents/mile. Thus travel funds requested for Year 1: $518.
Other Direct Costs. Itemize costs not included elsewhere, including publication costs. Costs for services and consultants
should be included and justified under “Services or Consultants (above). Please provide a breakdown for costs listed under this
category.
Not applicable.
Indirect Costs. Provide negotiated indirect (“Facilities and Administration”) cost rate.
Indirect costs for UW research budget are estimated at 44.0% of modified total direct costs (as per UW
federally negotiated rate for organized, on-campus research, as published by UW research office).
Modified total direct costs are the basis for indirect cost assessment; tuition and fees, and health
insurance costs for graduate students are not assessed indirect costs.
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BUDGET JUSTIFICATION – Year 2
Project Title:
Salaries and Wages for PIs. Provide personnel, title/position, and compensation proposed for each individual.
Summer salary is requested for Drs. Hansen and Peck for Year 2: each $4,573.
Drs. Hansen and Peck will each contribute $2,286 salary match for cost-share purposes.
Dr. Miller is contributing $3,091 salary match for cost-share purposes.
UW cost share from salary for Year 2: $7,663.
Salaries and Wages for Graduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and the rate of compensation
proposed for each individual. (Other forms of compensation paid as or in lieu of wages to students performing necessary work
are allowable provided that the other payments are reasonable compensation for the work performed and are conditioned
explicitly upon the performance of necessary work. Also, note that tuition and health insurance, if provided, have their own
category below.
Funds are requested for the M.S. graduate student in the Department of Agricultural & Applied
Economics for a full calendar-year of funding. As recommended by the UW Research Office, rate is
adjusted for inflation by 3%. Funds requested for Year 2: $16,587.
Fringe Benefits for PIs. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category of employee proposed
in the project. . Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
Benefits at the University of Wyoming are set at 46.55% of salary for faculty: $4,257. UW cost share
from fringe for Year 2: $3,567.
Fringe Benefits for Graduate Students. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category of
employee proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
Benefits at the University of Wyoming are set at 1% for graduate students: $166. As recommended by
the UW Research Office, rate is adjusted for inflation by 3%.
Tuition, Fees, and Health Insurance for Graduate Students. Specify tuition, fees, and health insurance (each, if
provided) separately.
Tuition and fees for a full year for the first M.S. student are requested for Year 2: $7,430. Health
insurance for a full year for the first M.S. student are requested for Year 2: $1,809. As recommended by
the UW Research Office, rates are adjusted for inflation by 3%.
Supplies. Indicate separately the amounts proposed for office, laboratory, computing, and field supplies. Provide a
breakdown of the supplies in each category
Not applicable.
Services or Consultants. Identify the specific tasks for which these services, consultants, or subcontracts would be used.
Provide a detailed breakdown of the services or consultants to include personnel, time, salary, supplies, travel, etc.
Bern Hinckley of Hinckley Consulting has agreed to work with us on Tasks 4 and 5 (incorporating
AMEC Study hydrology and alternative hydrology into the farm-level optimization models, and to serve
as an overall advisor to the project. Mr. Hinckley will work on the project for 40 hours in Year 2, at
$138/hour. This hourly rate includes all salary costs, overhead, profit, office equipment, computers, inhouse copying, routine office supplies and expenses, and routine field equipment. Funds requested for
Mr. Hinckley in Year 2: $5,520.
Travel. Provide purpose and estimated costs for all travel. A breakdown should be provided to include location, number of
personnel, number of days, per diem rate, lodging rate, mileage and mileage rate, airfare (whatever is applicable).
The PIs and students working on the project will make 6 day trips to Laramie County to meet with
stakeholders and for data collection. Average travel distance is 150 miles round trip from Laramie to
points in Laramie County (Albin, Carpenter, Cheyenne, Pine Bluffs). The 2015 IRS mileage
reimbursement rate is 57.5 cents/mile. Thus travel funds requested for Year 2: $518.
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Other Direct Costs. Itemize costs not included elsewhere, including publication costs. Costs for services and consultants
should be included and justified under “Services or Consultants (above). Please provide a breakdown for costs listed under this
category.
Not applicable.
Indirect Costs. Provide negotiated indirect (“Facilities and Administration”) cost rate.
Indirect costs for UW research budget are estimated at 44.0% of modified total direct costs (as per UW
federally negotiated rate for organized, on-campus research, as published by UW research office).
Modified total direct costs are the basis for indirect cost assessment; tuition and fees, and health
insurance costs for graduate students are not assessed indirect costs.
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BUDGET JUSTIFICATION – Year 3
Project Title:
Salaries and Wages for PIs. Provide personnel, title/position, and compensation proposed for each individual.
No salary is requested for the PIs in Year 3.
The PIs will contribute $4,710 salary match for cost-share purposes.
Salaries and Wages for Graduate Students. Provide personnel, title/position, estimated hours and the rate of compensation
proposed for each individual. (Other forms of compensation paid as or in lieu of wages to students performing necessary work
are allowable provided that the other payments are reasonable compensation for the work performed and are conditioned
explicitly upon the performance of necessary work. Also, note that tuition and health insurance, if provided, have their own
category below.
Funds are requested for the M.S. graduate student in the Department of Agricultural & Applied
Economics for one summer (2017) of funding. As recommended by the UW Research Office, stipend
rate is adjusted for inflation by 3%. Funds requested for Year 3: $4,271.
Fringe Benefits for PIs. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category of employee proposed
in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
Benefits at the University of Wyoming are set at 46.55% of salary for faculty. UW cost share
contributed from fringe for Year 3: $2,193.
Fringe Benefits for Graduate Students. Provide the overall fringe benefit rate applicable to each category of
employee proposed in the project. Note: include health insurance here, if applicable.
Benefits at the University of Wyoming are set at 1% for graduate students. Graduate student fringe for
Year 3: $43.
Tuition, Fees, and Health Insurance for Graduate Students. Specify tuition, fees, and health insurance (each, if
provided) separately.
Tuition and fees for one summer for the first M.S. student are requested for Year 3: $344. (Summer
health insurance is already purchased in the previous semester.) As recommended by the UW Research
Office, tuition and fees rate is adjusted for inflation by 3%.
Supplies. Indicate separately the amounts proposed for office, laboratory, computing, and field supplies. Provide a
breakdown of the supplies in each category
Data purchase of county-level inputs for the software program IMPLAN (for evaluating the community
impacts for each combination of groundwater management strategy and hydrology scenario (Task 9):
$3,000.
Services or Consultants. Identify the specific tasks for which these services, consultants, or subcontracts would be used.
Provide a detailed breakdown of the services or consultants to include personnel, time, salary, supplies, travel, etc.
We will hire a consultant (likely a PhD in agricultural economics with a specialization in Community
Development Economics) to assist us with the regional impact analysis (Task 9). This consultant will
work on the project for 60 hours in Year 3, at $100/hour. Funds requested for this agricultural economist
in Year 3: $6,000.
Travel. Provide purpose and estimated costs for all travel. A breakdown should be provided to include location, number of
personnel, number of days, per diem rate, lodging rate, mileage and mileage rate, airfare (whatever is applicable).
The PIs and students working on the project will make 2 day trips to Laramie County to ground-truth
results and present results to stakeholders. Average travel distance is 150 miles round trip from Laramie
to points in Laramie County (Albin, Carpenter, Cheyenne, Pine Bluffs). The 2015 IRS mileage
reimbursement rate is 57.5 cents/mile. Thus within-state travel funds requested for Year 3: $173.
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Travel funds are also requested for the M.S. student in agricultural economics to attend a professional
meeting (domestic travel) to present research results. Travel requested for this trip is $1,000.
Other Direct Costs. Itemize costs not included elsewhere, including publication costs. Costs for services and consultants
should be included and justified under “Services or Consultants (above). Please provide a breakdown for costs listed under this
category.
$2,000 is requested in Year 3 for printing costs associated with distributing extension bulletins to
stakeholders and policymakers in the state of Wyoming; and page charges for articles to be published in
peer-reviewed journals.
Indirect Costs. Provide negotiated indirect (“Facilities and Administration”) cost rate.
Indirect costs for UW research budget are estimated at 44.0% of modified total direct costs (as per UW
federally negotiated rate for organized, on-campus research, as published by UW research office).
Modified total direct costs are the basis for indirect cost assessment; tuition and fees, and health
insurance costs for graduate students are not assessed indirect costs.
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