Economic Valuation of Kent County, Michigan

Relative Value Estimate for Green Infrastructure and its Associated Ecosystem Services in Kent County, Michigan is ~$111.1 million per year*

* This amount represents an estimated value only and should not be interpreted as an actual value.

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Red: > $10,000*
Orange:$2,001- $10,000*
Green: $201 - $2,000*
Blue: $0 - $200*
Grey: Developed Area/Not Valued

*All values are per acre per year.

Preliminary Value Estimates for Ecosystem Services in Kent County, Michigan

(Per Acre Per Year)

Select a value or descriptor for additional information.

	Cropland	Orchards & Specialty Crops	Grass, Shrub & Prairie	Forest	Water	Wetlands	Great Lakes Sand Dunes & Beach	Other Bare Lands
Food Production	$72	$434	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Raw Materials	n/a	n/a	n/a	$48	INS	INS	n/a	$369
Aesthetic/Amenity	$62	$62	$62	Private: $58 Public: $3,311	NEI	$19 - $30	n/a	n/a
Recreation	$19	$19	$19	Private: $58 Public: $3,311	$864	$13 - $76	n/a	n/a
Fish/Wildlife Habitat	INS	INS	$14	$3	$864	$147 -$1,513	n/a	n/a
Pollination	NEI	NEI	INS	NEI	n/a	NEI	n/a	n/a
Nutrition Cycling	NEI	INS	NEI	NEI	NEI	$1,067 -$2,040	n/a	n/a
Waste Assimilation	n/a	n/a	NEI	NEI	NEI	$1,067 -$2,040	n/a	n/a
Erosion Control	NEI	NEI	NEI	$21	n/a	$86 - $485	n/a	n/a
Water Regulation	INS	INS	NEI	NEI	NEI	NEI	n/a	n/a
Water Supply	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	$59	$59	n/a	NEI

NEI: Not enough information INS: Value presumed to be insignificant n/a: not applicable

This pie chart and associated table show the break down of land use and the lower bound value estimates for Kent County, Michigan.

Land Use and Cover	Acres	Estimated Annual Value
Cropland	190,810	$29,193,899
Orchards & Specialty Crops	12,650	$6,514,518
Grasses, Shrubs & Prairie Lands	88,545	8,411,779
Forest Lands	144,661	$29,264,105
Water	10,736	$9,909,799
Wetlands	8,150	$11,337,373
Great Lakes Sand Dunes & Beaches	0	$0
Other Bare Lands	3,011	$1,110,893
Developed Lands	99,001	Not valued
Total	557,564	$95,742,367

In addition to the data listed above in the value matrix, the Project Team estimated values for ecosystem services associated with rails-to-trails. There are 51.26 miles of rails-to-trails in Kent County. The Ecosystem Services associated with this land use include Aesthetics/Amenity and Recreation, but there was enough information to determine an ecosystem services value only for Recreation. The estimated value for the rails-to-trails in Kent County is $299,401 per mile per year, or ~ $15.3 million (Betz et al. 2003; Siderelis and Moore 1995; Siderelis et al. 2000).

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