Status of Economic Criteria and Indicators for the Sustainable Rangeland Roundtable John A. Tanaka and L. Allen Torell

Core Group Marty Beutler, South Dakota State University Dan McCollum, U.S. Forest Service Charles Curtin, Malapai Borderlands Group, Arid Lands Project Mark Brunson, Utah State University Lou Swanson, Colorado State University Aaron Harp, Policy Analysis Center for Western Public Lands, University of Idaho Mike Manfredo, Colorado State University

Role of Economic C&Is What happens to economic system as other systems change Find ways to measure those effects

Process Adapt Montreal Process Criterion 6 Adapt Montreal Process Criterion 6 Adapt Roundtable on Sustainable Forests Adapt Roundtable on Sustainable Forests New issues from SRR meetings New issues from SRR meetings Identify and evaluate indicators for understanding economic sustainability Identify and evaluate indicators for understanding economic sustainability

Framework for Analysis County level County level Sampling protocol Sampling protocol Developed indices to adjust for size and development of individual counties Developed indices to adjust for size and development of individual counties Study to understand social, economic indicator relationships to ecological changes Study to understand social, economic indicator relationships to ecological changes

Indicators Commodity – $ of AUMs Commodity – $ of AUMs Recreation – fees and values Recreation – fees and values Investments – improvements, facilities Investments – improvements, facilities Research, development, education – $ Research, development, education – $ Employment Employment Conservation easements Conservation easements Trade flows Trade flows

Challenges and Opportunities Definitional Relationships Scale

Definitional Questions What is being measured How is it being measured

Relationships

Scale Individual Community County Region National

Conclusion and Future Work No nationally accepted framework No nationally accepted framework Continue work on existing indicators Continue work on existing indicators Develop framework Develop framework