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SOCIO-5: Local Economic Impacts of Forests

1 Key Findings

2 Introduction

2.1 Economic growth, diversity and dependency

2.2 Conceptual model

3 Methods

4 Data Sources

5 Results

5.1 The Southern economy

5.2 Forest-based sectors of the southern economy

5.3 Wood products sectors

5.4 Recreation/tourism sectors

5.5 Distributional consequences of forest based economic activity

5.6 Revenues and expenditures by State and Federal Governments for forest-based activities

6 Discussion and Conclusions

7 Needs for Additional Research

8 Acknowledgments

9 Literature Cited

10 Tables and Figures

Table 1--Direct employment, employee compensation, value added, gross regional product and total industry output for wood products related sectors, 1997

Table 2--Direct effects of aggregate wood products sectors compared to agriculture sectors, 1997

Table 3--Total impacts for 1997 wood products output levels

Table 4--Selected counties with high wood products concentration and high National Forest land ownership

Table 5--Development of NFS-L and NFS-P recreation impacts analysis, 1997

Table 6--Allocation of tourism from NFS methods to activities, 1997

Table 7--Direct and total impacts by activity from NFS-P recreation impacts analysis, 1997

Table 8--Direct and total impacts by activity from NFS-L recreation impacts analysis, 1997

Table 9--Allocation of tourism from TTSA methods to sectors, 1997

Table 10--Direct effects by sector from TTSA methods recreation impact analysis, 1997

Table 11--Total impacts by sector from TTSA methods recreation impact analysis, 1997

Table 12--Allocation of tourism from TIA methods to States, 1997

Table 13--Direct and total impacts from TIA methods of recreation impact analysis, 1997

Table 14--Comparison of NFS, TTSA and TIA recreation impacts, 1997

Table 15--National Forest visitation, acres and visits per acre for all regions, 2000

Table 16--Income, value added, total industry output and GRP per job for wood products and recreation sectors and southwide, 1997

Table 17--Revenue sources by State for forestry activities in 1998

Table 18--Expenditures by State for forestry activities in 1998

Table 19--Revenues and expenditures by State for state park management

Table 20--Acres managed by Federal agency by State, 1999

Table 21--Miles of wild, scenic, and recreational rivers by State, 1999

Figure 1--Percent of U.S. employment and wages in the South.

Figure 2--Average annual rate of growth in jobs in the South and the United States between 1969 and 1998.

Figure 3--Average annual rate of growth in jobs and wages by State between 1969 and 1998.

Figure 4--Poverty rates in the United States and the South, 1969 to 1999.

Figure 5--Poverty rate in the South by race and gender, 1995.

Figure 6--Unemployment rate in the South between 1978 and 1998.

Figure 7--Percentage of U.S. manufacturing and wood products jobs in the South, 1987 to 1997.

Figure 8--Percentage of all jobs in wood products sectors, 1969 to 1999.

Figure 9--Percentage of all wages in wood products sectors, 1969 to 1998.

Figure 10--Percentage of all jobs in recreation/tourism sectors, 1969 to 1999.

Figure 11--Percentage of all wages by State in recreation/tourism sectors, 1969 to 1998.