“…The impact of having seen the turbines in person on WTP is positive and statistically significant for fishing and boating, with respondents willing to pay $20.91 more for a boating route and $9.47 for a fishing location with a view of the turbines than without one. This finding conflicts with the stated preference studies that find wind farms to be a visual disamenity in other contexts (Bishop & Miller, 2007;Firestone, et al, 2018;Fooks et al, 2017;Krueger et al, 2011b;Ladenburg, 2009;Ladenburg & Dubgaard, 2007;Landry et al, 2012a;Lilley et al, 2010a), but is consistent with evidence from Block Island in particular. Since turbine construction, ferries and charter boats have added trip options to see the turbines up close and the wind farm is a popular option for recreational fishing (Smythe et al, 2018;Tenbrink & Dalton, 2018).…”