Montana Results (27)
Bozeman Daily Chronicle: “Oh, if James Watt could see Greater Yellowstone now”
In the news:
…These accomplishments bode well for our region’s future, too. A comprehensive study by Bozeman’s Headwaters Economics suggests that prosperity in the West will increasingly hinge on immediate proximity to public lands with strong protections.…
Restoring the Clark Fork River
Headwaters Economics worked with the Clark Fork Coalition, U.S. Forest Service, and others to create an interactive tool that describes many of the stories behind the ongoing recovery of the Clark Fork River.
Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front
This report analyzes the Front’s land, people, and economy, how the region has changed in important ways during the past several decades, and the potential impact of the proposed Rocky Mountain Heritage Act on the Front.
Unconventional Oil and North Dakota Communities: State Fiscal Policy Unprepared for Impacts of Energy Development
This report analyzes the growing infrastructure and services needs of the Bakken boom and meeting the demands of unconventional energy development.
Clean Energy Transmission
Headwaters Economics is working new transmission infrastructure issues from the perspective of regional economic development, and issues most relevant to local and state decision makers.
County Level Drilling Activity, 2001-2011
This report focuses on county-level details of drilling rig activity for the period 2001 to 2011 in the six Rocky Mountain oil and gas states of Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
Montana’s Economy and the Role of Federal Protected Lands
This study reviews Montana’s economy and how protected lands play a positive role in attracting people, investment, and businesses to local communities.
Preparing Missoula County for a Changing Climate
Report on socioeconomic conditions of Missoula County as part of public process of developing a climate change adaptation plan.
Montana Standard: “MSTI: Complex Lines Merit Review”
In the news: By Dan Happel and Leonard Wortman, Madison and Jefferson County Commissioners — Most everyone agrees that our wide open spaces, working farms and ranches, small towns, and abundant fish and wildlife all contribute immeasurably to a quality of life that is the envy of the nation.
It’s not surprising then, that when a development project is proposed that could affect all of these important assets, citizens are deeply concerned. The Mountain States Transmission Intertie, or “MSTI” transmission line, is a high profile case in point… The desire to base decisions on objective, independent information, collected and analyzed in a transparent way, was the reason that the MSTI Review Project was created…
Missoulian: “Extending County Payments Critical to Rural Jobs, Forest Health”
In the news: By Mark Haggerty, Headwaters Economics— Two years into a slow economic recovery, many Montana rural communities are still struggling to create jobs. The unemployment rate in rural counties is just under 8 percent compared to 6 percent for Montana’s metropolitan counties.
In hard economic times, Montana has relied on its forests for jobs and income. Today, logging cannot lift the state alone, but logging combined with forest and watershed restoration work can be the basis for job growth in Montana’s rural counties.…
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