land use summit - overview
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Land Use Summit - Overview. Background The need and how the Summit came to be. What Happened The program and attendee survey. Results Rural values and long and short–term priorities. Idaho Land Use Summit - Background. 19 million acres of private land 11 million acres of farmland - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Land Use Summit - Overview
Background
The need and how the Summit came to be.
What Happened
The program and attendee survey.
Results
Rural values and long and short–term priorities.
Idaho Land Use Summit - Background
19 million acres of private land
11 million acres of farmland
25,000 farms
2 million acres of privateforest lands
Idaho Land Use Summit - Background
10 big game species
20+ furbearer and upland game species
salmon and steelhead
229 species of greatest conservation need
Land Use Summit - Background
300 miles of new local roads built every year
6200 acres/year of cropland converted to urban land (1982-1997)
2500 acres/year of forested land converted to urban land (1982 – 1997)
Trends are increasing as land values increase
Land Use Summit - Background
Idaho Chapter of the Wildlife Society
Steering Committee
Idaho Chapter of the Wildlife SocietyGovernor’s Office of Species ConservationIdaho Department of AgricultureIdaho Rural PartnershipIdaho Department of Fish and GameThe Nature ConservancyIdaho Rangeland Resources CommissionIdaho Association of CountiesRocky Mountain Elk FoundationUniversity of Idaho School of Natural ResourcesBoise State University
Land Use Summit - Background
Idaho Association of CountiesNatural Resources Conservation ServiceU.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceBoise State UniversityU. S. Forest ServiceBureau of Land ManagementIdaho Conservation LeagueE.R.O. ResourcesThe Idaho Planning AssociationThe Nature ConservancyForest Capital, LLCIdaho Rangeland Resources Commission
Idaho Office of Species ConservationIdaho Parks and RecreationUniv. ID, College of Natural ResourcesLandowner Conservation Incentives ProjectIdaho Department of LandsIdaho Department of Fish and GameRocky Mountain Elk FoundationWestern Pacific Timber, LLCPotlatch CorporationIdaho Chapter of the Wildlife Society
Sponsors
Land Use Summit – What Happened
ProgramSurvey of Attendees
Land Use Summit – What Happened
Survey Results
• 128 respondents of approx. 200
• 42% from communities of > 50,000
• 18% from communities of <10000
• residents from 30 Idaho counties (35% from Ada)
• 78% characterize growth as too fast or much too fast in their community
• 17% say growth is about right
• 85% say growth in Idaho is too fast or much too fast
Land Use Summit – What Happened
Survey Results
Schools, hospitals, and emergency services were viewed as the biggest beneficiaries of growth.
Quality of life and better rural jobs and incomes were viewed as the least benefitting from growth.
From most to least level of involvement, attendees felt county, then state, then non-profit, then
business should help direct how and where growth occur.
83% felt that half of the information or very little of the information necessary to make land use
decisions is being used in Idaho.
Land Use Summit – What Happened
Survey Results
County P&Z, federal, and state funding were viewed as effective or very effective by most in helping to protect and maintain rural lifestyles.
But 50% believed state funds or tax incentives were used hardly or not at all.
63% believed the rights of all Idaho’s citizens to have abundant wildlife, clean water, and clean air should have slightly or more protection than the rights of an individual landowner.
Land Use Summit - Overview
Rural Values
Short and Long Term Priorities
Land Use Summit - Results
•Stewardship philosophy and natural resource dependent lifestyles.
•Working farms, ranches, and forests.
•Clean and healthy air and water quality.
•Ability to readily access public lands.
•Abundant and healthy wildlife and fish populations and habitat.
•Open space, visual landscapes, scenic vistas, natural areas.
•Outdoor recreation such as hunting, fishing, wildlife viewing, camping.
•Low traffic congestion.
•Clear night sky.
•Quiet and solitude.
•A sense of place/community.
Idaho Rural Values
Land Use Summit - Results
Immediate Priority Strategies
Defeat Proposition 2
Develop and nurture an Landowners Incentives Work Group
Collaborate with each other – vision, strategies, problems, priorities
Keep the ball rolling!
Land Use Summit - Results
Long-Term Priority Strategies
Capacity BuildingFunding – impact and recreation
fees, mitigation, otherP&Z support – ordinances, comp.
planningIncentives for land conservation –
tax, fish and wildlife, water quality values and services
Leadership
EducationDevelopment impactsConnections to land, Benefits of working lands and
stewardshipInvolve urban populations in rural
issues
Land Use Summit - Results
Long-Term Priority Strategies
Clearinghouse information exchange and learningworkshops, web site, networking
Promote SustainabilityBuy Idaho!Alternative and renewable energyConserve and recycle