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Year: 2018

  • Newsletter: December 2018

    Headwaters Economics

    Our latest research, Newsletter: December 2018, contains research on building wildfire-resistant homes, a trails toolkit, helping communities reduce wildfire risk through land use planning, and Montana’s outdoor recreation economy. Subscribe to our newsletter. Read more

  • Trails Toolkit: Helping Communities Invest Wisely

    Trails Toolkit: Helping Communities Invest Wisely

    Kelly Pohl

    Communities and local leaders can utilize this trails toolkit to better understand whether and how trails can accomplish local goals, along with the cost and benefits of proposed projects. Read more

  • Communities utilize land use planning to reduce wildfire risks and costs

    Communities utilize land use planning to reduce wildfire risks and costs

    Kimiko Barrett, Ph.D.

    Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire (CPAW) is helping communities reduce wildfire risks and costs. Four new communities join 26 others this coming year. Read more

  • Bureau of Land Management Socioeconomic Profiles

    Bureau of Land Management Socioeconomic Profiles

    Patricia Hernandez

    Download socioeconomic reports for states and counties near Bureau of Land Management units. Read more

  • Neighborhoods at Risk

    Neighborhoods at Risk

    Patricia Hernandez

    Integrate socioeconomic and climate data to map neighborhoods at risk in selected cities. Read more

  • Building a Wildfire-Resistant Home: Codes and Costs

    Building a Wildfire-Resistant Home: Codes and Costs

    Kelly Pohl

    A new home built to wildfire-resistant codes can be constructed for roughly the same cost as a typical home. Read more

  • Open data for municipal planning (video)

    Open data for municipal planning (video)

    Patricia Hernandez

    Video: Prioritizing climate resilience using Headwaters Economics tools. Read more

  • Montana’s Outdoor Recreation Economy

    Montana’s Outdoor Recreation Economy

    Ray Rasker, Ph.D.

    A new report highlights the role of Montana’s outdoor recreation economy in spending, jobs, and economic diversification. Read more

  • Newsletter: October 2018

    Headwaters Economics

    Our latest research, Newsletter: October 2018, contains research on Austin wildfires and vulnerable populations, watershed and recreation best practices, San Luis Valley and wildfire, and diversifying Bonner County, Idaho’s economy. Read more

  • San Luis Valley Wildfire Risk

    San Luis Valley Wildfire Risk

    Kelly Pohl

    Explore interactive maps of watersheds, wildfire, and the wildland-urban interface in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Read more

  • Wildfire, Watersheds, and the Wildland-Urban Interface in the San Luis Valley

    Wildfire, Watersheds, and the Wildland-Urban Interface in the San Luis Valley

    Kelly Pohl

    Partners in Colorado’s San Luis Valley are working to better understand the impacts of wildfire to communities, watersheds, and quality of life. Read more

  • Austin Wildfire and Vulnerable Populations Tool

    Austin Wildfire and Vulnerable Populations Tool

    Kelly Pohl

    Identify neighborhoods where overlapping wildfire threats and socioeconomic vulnerabilities may make people disproportionately susceptible to wildfire. Read more

  • City Trails: Improving Equitable Access

    City Trails: Improving Equitable Access

    Chris Mehl

    Urban trail efforts increasingly are focusing on providing equitable access to trails. Trails and parks can create substantial benefits for public health, property values, and quality of life. Read more

  • Economic Diversification and Outdoor Recreation in Bonner County

    Economic Diversification and Outdoor Recreation in Bonner County

    Megan Lawson, Ph.D.

    Improving economic diversification and outdoor recreation in Bonner County will bring new spending and jobs to the community. Read more

  • Populations at Risk

    Populations at Risk

    Ray Rasker, Ph.D.

    Populations at Risk quickly and easily generates and downloads reports about populations more likely to experience adverse social, health, or economic outcomes. Read more

  • Best Practices for Watersheds and Recreation

    Best Practices for Watersheds and Recreation

    Kelly Pohl

    Best practices for balancing the needs for clean drinking water, recreation, and economic development in municipal watersheds. Read more

  • New Montana Homes Increase Wildfire Risks

    New Montana Homes Increase Wildfire Risks

    Kelly Pohl

    The number of western Montana homes in areas with high wildfire hazard has doubled, outpacing development rates in areas with low wildfire hazard. Read more

  • Newsletter: June 2018

    Headwaters Economics

    Our latest research on the economic impact of National Parks, homes in high-risk wildfire areas in Montana, updated socioeconomic reports by sector, and downloadable economic profiles for communities near National Forests. Read more

  • Newsletter: May 2018

    Headwaters Economics

    Our latest research on the full local cost of wildfires, National Monuments redesignated as National Parks, transition plans for coal communities, Gallatin County’s economy and open space, and measuring the economic impact of proposed trails. Read more

  • Coal Communities Lack Strong Transition Plans

    Coal Communities Lack Strong Transition Plans

    Mark Haggerty

    A recent review published in the Resources Policy journal with researchers at Montana State University shows that coal communities lack strong transition plans and largely are unprepared for coming changes. Read more

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