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Socioeconomic Monitoring and Assessment: The Sierra Institute engages
in primary, applied, and participatory research to identify important lessons
about community wellbeing and natural resource-related jobs and use.
Since 1993, the Sierra Institute has been a leader in developing indicators and methods to measure, monitor, and assess rural community wellbeing and ecosystem health. We have applied these measures and methods in both local- and regional-scale projects that are close to the ground, as well as helping federal and state agencies assess the effectiveness and lessons from major initiatives.
Sierra Institute has completed a diversity of monitoring projects, assessments, and participatory research projects. Some examples include:
- Outcomes of community-agency collaboration supported by the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act, Public Law 106-393
- Proyecto Salud: a participatory assessment of Latino healthcare access in Plumas County, CA
- Socioeconomic characteristics of the natural resources restoration system in Humboldt County, CA
- Evaluation of the Clinton Administration’s $1.2 billion Northwest Economic Adjustment Initiative, designed to help timber-dependent communities transition to new economies
- Assessments of community capacity and socioeconomic health in major science initiatives such as the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project (SNEP) and the President’s Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment Team (FEMAT)
- Evaluation of socioeconomic health and community capacity in the Klamath region
- Effects of displacement and outsourcing on woods workers and their families.
- Refinement of the Montreal Process indicators of community and socioeconomic health for the U.S. government
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