ABSTRACT
River study (Cheney, 1974; New England Division of the Corps of Engineers, 1993, 1982). In 1993, a report by the Corps noted that the assumptions in the Charles River case were made as a result of ‘extreme developmental pressures’ at that time, and that ‘[s]imilar assumptions would be difficult to justify today’ (New England Division of the Corps of Engineers, 1993, p. iii). This assumption of increasing damages in the Charles resulted in larger benefits being found for NVS protection.
