Land-use change, economics, and rural well-being in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States
Fact Sheet
2013-3046
Prepared in cooperation with the Plains & Prairie Potholes Landscape Conservation Cooperative
By: William R. Gascoigne, Dana L.K. Hoag, Rex R. Johnson, Lynne M. Koontz, and Catherine Cullinane Thomas
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Abstract
This fact sheet highlights findings included in a comprehensive new report (see USGS Professional Paper 1800) which investigated land-use change, economic characteristics, and rural community well-being in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States. Once one of the largest grassland-wetlands ecosystems on earth, the North American prairie has experienced extensive conversion to cultivated agriculture, with farming becoming the dominant land use in the region over the last century. Both perennial habitat lands and agricultural croplands retain importance economically, socially, and culturally. Greatly increased oil and gas development in recent years brought rises in employment and income but also stressed infrastructure, cost of living, and crime rates. Research described in these reports focuses on land-use dynamics and illuminates how economic variables and rural development in the Prairie Pothole Region might be influenced as land uses change.
Suggested Citation
Gascoigne, W.R., Hoag, D.L., Johnson, R.R., Koontz, L.M., Thomas, C.C., 2013, Land-use change, economics, and rural well-being in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2013-3046, 6 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20133046.
ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Land-use change, economics, and rural well-being in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States |
| Series title | Fact Sheet |
| Series number | 2013-3046 |
| DOI | 10.3133/fs20133046 |
| Year Published | 2013 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Fort Collins Science Center |
| Description | 6 p. |
| Country | Canada;United States |
| State | Iowa;Nebraska;Minnesota;Montana;North Dakota;South Dakota;Wyoming |
| Other Geospatial | Prairie Pothole Region |