Northern Forest Wealth Index
The Northern Forest Wealth Index, published
by the Center in 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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