Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Short-Term Outcomes: This project essentially is a policy-oriented regional project and the short-term outcomes are primarily decisions made by various government or policy groups related to public lands and their relationship to local communities and states. In many cases, the information and data provided as a result of this project are used as the primary source of data in the decision-making process. Outputs: There are a variety of outputs including gathered data, written fact sheets, research papers, and peer-reviewed journal publications. A complete list is provided as part of the annual meeting minutes. Activities: A description of the various activities engaged in by project participants is included in the annual meeting minutes. Milestones: An optimization model which includes farm-level linear programming profit maximizing component and a input-output model has been constructed for Nevada. New Mexico and Idaho have completed an analysis of ranch-level impacts of changes in public land use. Legal analyses of some of the numerous public and enviornmental laws have been completed by the Alaska participant.

Rangeland and Management Interactions: Relationships between Socio-Economic and Ecological Processes in Rangeland Landscapes. Rhonda Skaggs and Brandon Bestelmeyer, New Mexico State University. Small Feet, Big Tracks: The Potential Economic Effects of Critical Habitat Designation on the Economy of Southeastern Wyoming. Thomas Foulke, David T. Taylor, Roger H. Coupal. University of Wyoming. Applications of Regional Impacts of Alternative Public Land Grazing Policies: Initial Results from an Integrated Linear Programming Social Accounting Matrix Model. Jonathan Alevy, Elizabeth Fadali, Thomas R. Harris. University of Nevada, Reno. New Rangeland Residents in Wyoming: A Survey of Exurban Landowners. Rachel D. Mealor, University of Wyoming, Paul D. Meiman, Colorado State University, David T. Taylor, Jennifer S. Jones, Ann L. Hild, University of Wyoming. Martin, John, J.D. Wulfhorst and Neil Rimbey. 2007. Owyhee County Social and Economic Impact Assessment. In: Proceedings: 3rd National Conference on Grazing. December 10-13, 2006. St. Louis, MO. Rimbey, N.R., L.A. Torell and J.A. Tanaka. 2007. Why Grazing Permits Have Economic Value. J. Ag. and Res. Econ. 32(1):20-40. Tanaka, John A., Neil R. Rimbey, L. Allen Torell, David Taylor, Derek Bailey, Timothy DelCurto, Kenric Walburger, and Bob Welling. 2007. Grazing Distribution: The Quest for the Silver Bullet. Rangelands. 29(4)38-46. Wulfhorst, J.D. and Neil Rimbey. 2007. Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission: 2007 Membership Focus Groups Final Report and Data Summary. University of Idaho. Department of Ag. Econ. and Rural Soc. AEES # 07-03. Moscow, ID. Havstad, K.M., D.P.C. Peters, R. Skaggs, J. Brown, B. Bestelmeyer, E. Fredrickson, J. Herrick, and J. Wright. Ecological Services To and From Rangelands of the United States. Ecological Economics 64(2007):261-268. DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.08.005. Skaggs, R.K. and T. Crawford. National Animal Identification and the Elephant In the Room. Rangelands April 2007, Volume 29, Issue 2, Pages 60-64. DOI: 10.2111/1551-501X(2007)29[60:NAIATE]2.0.CO;2. Fadali, E., Harris, T. R. (2007). "Analysis of Impacts of Public Land Grazing on the Elko County and Mountain City Management Area: Executive Summary", UCED 2006/07-09, January 2007. Alevy, J. E., Fadali, E., Harris, T. R. (2007). "Analysis of Impacts of Public Land Grazing on the Elko County Economy: Part VII: Economic Impacts of Federal Grazing in Elko County, Jarbridge, and Mountain City Range Area Districts", UCED 2006/07-11, February 2007. Alevy, J., Fadali, E., Harris, T. R. , "Analysis of Regional Impacts of Rangeland Fires in Elko County", Selected Paper, North American Regional Science Association, Savannah, Georgia. November 2007. Foulke, Thomas, Roger H. Coupal, and David T. Taylor. The Economic Contribution of Off-road Vehicle Recreation to the Wyoming Economy. The Western Regional Science Association Forty-Sixth Annual Meetings, Newport Beach, California, February 22, 2007. Foulke, Thomas, David T. Taylor and Roger H. Coupal. Small Feet, Big Tracks: The Potential Economic Effects of Critical Habitat Designation on the Economy of Southeastern Wyoming. Trans-Atlantic Land Use Conference, Washington D.C. 23 September, 2007. Also accepted for publication in New Perspectives on Agri-Environmental Policies; a Multidisciplinary and Trans-Atlantic Approach. Tanaka, J.A., N.R. Rimbey, L.A. Torell, D.T. Taylor, D. Bailey, T. DelCurto, K. Walburger, and B. Welling. Grazing Distribution: The Quest for the Silver Bullet, Rangelands, August 2007. Foulke, Thomas, Roger H. Coupal and David T. Taylor. 2007 Payment in Lieu of Taxes to Wyoming Counties. University of Wyoming College of Agriculture. In review, November, 2006. Foulke, Thomas and David T. Taylor. Getting a Handle on ORVs. Reflections. University of Wyoming College of Agriculture. June, 2007.