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Year: 2008

  • Reports Help Community Leaders Better Understand Costs and Benefits of Fossil Fuel Development

    Reports Help Community Leaders Better Understand Costs and Benefits of Fossil Fuel Development

    Ben Alexander

    Our newsletter on reports to help community leaders better understand energy’s west-wide impacts: Energy and the West. Read more

  • Ranchland Ownership in Okanogan County, WA

    Ranchland Ownership in Okanogan County, WA

    Julia Haggerty

    This report on land ownership and the ranching economy in the Okanogan Valley and Eastern Okanogan County focuses on fragmentation and turnover in large, agricultural properties and the effects of these trends. Read more

  • Impacts of Energy Development in Colorado, with a Case Study of Mesa and Garfield Counties

    Ben Alexander

    This report explores the significance of fossil fuel energy development for Colorado with a case study of the implications for the West Slope economy. Read more

  • Sequoia National Forest Workshops

    Sequoia National Forest Workshops

    Ben Alexander

    Headwaters Economics held a public workshop for the Sequoia National Forest and the public. Read more

  • Land Use Effects of Paving Rural Roads

    Land Use Effects of Paving Rural Roads

    Chris Mehl

    This report, a first step toward understanding how paving rural roads impacts land use, reviewed eight projects in western Montana Read more

  • The Changing Economy of Southeast Alaska

    The Changing Economy of Southeast Alaska

    Ben Alexander

    Headwaters Economics is working with the Tongass Futures Roundtable to better understand Southeast Alaska’s economy. Read more

  • High Divide GIS Data

    High Divide GIS Data

    Patricia Hernandez

    Headwaters Economics developed historical and forecasted housing data for the High Divide based on county tax assessor records. Download GIS data showing 2013 home counts per Public Land Survey Section. Read more

  • Montana Wildfire Cost Study- Technical Report

    Montana Wildfire Cost Study- Technical Report

    Chris Mehl

    This report examines how residential development adds to the costs of fighting wildfires, using Montana as a case study. Read more

  • The Economy of the Gila Region

    The Economy of the Gila Region

    Ray Rasker, Ph.D.

    This report explores the question of whether and how rural, isolated communities can benefit from being gateways to large expanses of public lands. Read more

  • New Ways of Seeing Southeast Alaska’s Forests and Economy

    New Ways of Seeing Southeast Alaska’s Forests and Economy

    Ben Alexander

    Newsletter on working with the Tongass Futures Roundtable in Southeast Alaska to analyze the economic challenges and opportunities facing Southeast Alaska. Read more

  • Home Development on Fire-Prone Lands

    Home Development on Fire-Prone Lands

    Chris Mehl

    Our newsletter on how more and more people are building homes in the western “wildland urban interface,” the forested areas where housing borders undeveloped public lands. Read more

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