Economic Research
Economic ResearchTopic - Natural Resources
More than just a pretty place?
Natural amenities offer some rural counties a leg up in attracting people, but economic prosperity does not necessarily follow
Ronald A. Wirtz
November 2002 - fedgazette
Ninth District Rural Counties: Natural Amenities and Population Change 1990-2000
Map
November 2002 - fedgazette
Pay dirt or fool's gold
Ninth District communities continue to argue over the wisdom of hosting hardrock mines. Do small towns strike it rich with metal mining or do they simply get the shaft?
Douglas Clement
November 2002 - fedgazette
The prices—right
The toughest problem in metal mining's future will be making prices reflect all the costs
Douglas Clement
November 2002 - fedgazette
What are your expectations for the fall hunting season?
District Voices
November 2002 - fedgazette
What lies beneath
The bills come due for hardrock mining's toxic past
Douglas Clement
November 2002 - fedgazette
Two Forest Natural Disasters
Table comparing: Superior National Forest Blowdown, July 1999 and the Bitterroot National Forest Fires, Summer 2002
Jane Brissett
July 2002 - fedgazette
After disaster: Salvage or savage logging?
Opposing views on the value of timber harvests after natural disasters
Jane Brissett
July 2002 - fedgazette
Digging in or digging out?
Despite new exploration, mining's future is in a deep hole
Jane Brissett
July 2002 - fedgazette
Will the softwood lumber tariffs affect your business? Have the steel tariffs affected your business?
District Voices
July 2002 - fedgazette
Theme song for softwood lumber: Oh, Canada
Are Canadian imports killing the U.S. softwood industry?
Jane Brissett
January 2002 - fedgazette
Dam it all
Dams and levees are the usual answer to flooding, but they're not always the right answer. So why do we keep building them?
Douglas Clement
September 2001 - fedgazette
Natural Resources play a minor, but important, role in the district economy
Toby Madden
September 2001 - fedgazette
Out of harm's way
The new wave in flood control is getting rid of the problem: Us.
Douglas Clement
September 2001 - fedgazette
Subsidizing sorrow
We call them acts of God, but the flood disasters of the past decade were caused, in part, by poor policy. Have we learned our lessons or are we making floods still worse?
Douglas Clement
September 2001 - fedgazette
