One of the ways that social scientists determine how much benefit people receive from something is to find out how much they would be willing to pay for it. In this study, the scientists wanted to know how much money people would be willing to spend to receive recreation use benefits from wilderness. They also wanted to know how much money people would be willing to spend to receive passive use benefits from wilderness. Topics: Recreation, Social Science, Wilderness, Economics, Net Economic Value, Passive Use Benefit, Survey, Values.