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Relative Value Estimate for Green Infrastructure and its Associated Ecosystem Services in West Michigan is
*All values are per acre per year.

Preliminary Value Estimates for Ecosystem Services in West Michigan

(Per Acre Per Year)
NEI: Not enough information
INS: Value presumed to be insignificant
n/a: not applicable
Select a value or descriptor for additional information.
* This amount represents an estimated value only and should not be interpreted as an actual value.
Newaygo
Allegan

 

~$1.8 billion per year*
Ottawa
Ionia

 

 

 

 

 

 

Muskegon
Kent
Barry
For county-level data select a county name.

 

Cropland

Orchards & Specialty Crops

Grass,Shrub & Prairie
Forest
Water
Wetlands
Great Lakes Sand Dunes & Beach
Other Bare Lands
Food Production
$58
$337
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Raw Materials
n/a
n/a
n/a
$48
INS
INS
$369
$369
Aesthetic/Amenity
$23
$23
$23

Private: $38

Public: $3,311

NEI
$19 - $30

Private: $19,437

Public: $62,171

n/a
Recreation
$19
$19
$19
$864
$13 - $76
n/a
Fish/Wildlife Habitat
INS
INS
$14
$3
$147 - $1,513
NEI
n/a
Pollination
NEI
NEI
INS
NEI
n/a
NEI
INS
n/a
Nutrient Cycling
NEI
INS
NEI
NEI
NEI
$1,067 - $2,040
NEI
n/a
Waste Assimilation
n/a
n/a
NEI
NEI
NEI
NEI
n/a
Erosion Control
NEI
NEI
NEI
$21
n/a
$86 - $485
NEI
n/a
Water Regulation
INS
INS
NEI
NEI
NEI
NEI
INS
n/a
Water Supply
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$59
$59
n/a
NEI

 

 

This pie chart and associated table show the break down of land use and the lower bound value estimates for the West Michigan policy region.

Land Use and Cover
Acres
Estimated Annual Value
Cropland
1,192,127
$119,212,726
Orchards & Specialty Crops
39,519
$14,977,686
Grasses, Shrubs & Prairie Lands
456,829
$25,582,424
Forest Lands
995,517
1,216,285,741
Water
67,540
$62,339,152
Wetlands
58,579
$81,483,097
Great Lakes Sand Dunes & Beaches
4,808
$141,716,400
Other Bare Lands
10,265
$3,787,718
Developed Lands
268,387
Not valued
Total
3,092,571
$1,665,384,944

In addition to the data listed above in the value matrix, the Project Team estimated values for ecosystem services associated with rails-to-trails. The West Michigan policy region also has 123.16 miles of rails-to-trails. 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 the West Michigan policy region is $299,401 per mile per year, or ~ $36.9 million (Betz et al 2003; Siderelis and Moore 1995; Siderelis et al 2000).