Lemberg, B.Mjelde, J.Conner, J.Griffin, R.Rosenthal, W.Stuth, Jerry2016-04-192016-04-192002Journal of American Water Resources Association 38(2): 409-422 AWRA Paper Number 010791093-474Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65282Metadata only recordThis paper develops an integrated model to assess the viability of increasing water yields in the Frio River basin of Texas through brush control. The presented method accounts for the effect of brush control on forage productivity and water supply by incorporating ecological, hydrologic, and economic models. The simulation of water yields suggests that brush control would increase water yields on 35% of the land area, but the costs usually would exceed the financial benefits. The authors conclude that subsidizing brush control in the Frio basin is not a cost-effective policy at this time.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightEconomic analysesEconomic policyRange managementGovernment policyRanchingWaterModelingRangelandsEconomic modeling and analysisCost sharingEconomic impactsWater useLivestockMunicipal water supplyInterbasin transfersWoody plantsBrush controlWater yieldsValue of waterCase studiesWater costsEconomic benefitsSWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool)Phytomass growth simulator (phygrow)Range site economic modelTexasNueces riverFrio riverLake texanaCorpus christiAtascosa riverChoke canyon reservoirLake corpus christi reservoirFarm/Enterprise Scale Governance WatershedAbstractCopyright American Water Resources Association