Northern Forest Wealth Index
The Northern Forest Wealth Index [2000]
represents an effort to identify and assess the core assets and
values important to the Northern Forest’s overall wealth/well-being.
It builds on the region’s emerging identity by looking beyond
debates and exploring a deeper meaning of regional wealth—one
which considers the well-being of the Northern Forest’s communities,
its culture, economy, educational systems and environment.
The Wealth Index presents a snapshot
of the Northern Forest as a place defined by shared community,
cultural, economic, educational and environmental assets. Indicators,
which come from a wide variety of state and national sources,
are based on county level data related to 27 Northern Forest
counties which are either wholly or partially included in the
land area examined by the Congressionally sponsored Northern
Forest Lands Council. Most indicators provide comparisons between
the Northern Forest counties and other counties in each of the
four states.
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