Table of Contents
The Sustainable Community Interdisciplinary Project
Long term community sustainability is contingent on an inhabitable ecosystem
Community Sustainability Through Ecosystem Management and Planning: The Sustainable Community Interdisciplinary Project
Conceptual Framework
PPT Slide
Project Overview and Setting
Case Study of A Small Rural Community in Montana: Three Forks
Project Setting Three Forks, MT
Community Characterization
Data gathering
The Profile Methodology
Community Characterization
Educational Attainment
Age Distribution
Community Characterization
Occupations in Montana, Gallatin Co. and Three Forks
Migration into Gallatin Co.
Employment and the New West Economy
New Jobs: Gallatin Co.
Wages: Where is the Growth?
Service Sector Wages
Housing Trends
Community Survey
Community Survey Land Use
Community Survey Land Use
Community Survey Land Use
Community Survey Land Use
Landowner Interviews
landowner map
Ecological Characterization
Land use classifications
1965 Land Use
1979 Land Use
1984 Land Use
1990 Land Use
1994 Land Use
1996 Land Use
Land Use Prediction System
Definition
Ecosystem Variables
Sampling Grid
Upland Ecosystem Integrity
Ecosystem Integrity 1965
Ecosystem Integrity 1984
Ecosystem Integrity 1990
Ecosystem Integrity 1994
Ecosystem Integrity 1995
Ecosystem Integrity 1996
Interpreting Ecosystem Integrity
Houses, Wheat, and EI
Conclusions
Making Connections
What do we know after this exercise?
What don’t we know
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