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Social and Economic Sustainability Report United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southwestern Region Coronado National Forest November 2008 Social and Economic Sustainability Report Coronado NF Social and Economic Sustainability Report Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................1 Historical Context........................................................................................................................................4 Demographic and Economic Conditions ...................................................................................................6 Demographic Patterns and Trends.............................................................................................................6 Total Persons.........................................................................................................................................7 Population Age......................................................................................................................................7 Racial / Ethnic Composition..................................................................................................................8 Educational Attainment.......................................................................................................................10 Housing ...............................................................................................................................................12 Urban and Rural Residence Trends.....................................................................................................13 Relationship of Demographic Patterns and Trends to the Coronado NF ............................................13 Economic Characteristics and Vitality ....................................................................................................13 Employment ........................................................................................................................................14 Occupational Structure........................................................................................................................16 Income.................................................................................................................................................18 Poverty ................................................................................................................................................18 Payments to States...............................................................................................................................19 Relationship of Economic Characteristics and Vitality to the Coronado NF......................................22 Natural and Cultural Resource Dependent Economic Activity...............................................................22 Coronado NF Economic Contribution ................................................................................................23 Sustainability Discussion: Demographic and Economic.........................................................................29 Land Use, Users, Access and Special Areas ............................................................................................31 Land Ownership and Land Use ...............................................................................................................31 Land Ownership Patterns ....................................................................................................................32 Land Adjustments and Boundary Management ..................................................................................32 Long Range Land Use Plans and Local Policy Environment .............................................................33 Land Use and Land Ownership Trends...............................................................................................33 Access and Travel Patterns......................................................................................................................34 Modes of Travel and Seasonal Flows..................................................................................................34 Planned Improvements........................................................................................................................34 Barriers to Access................................................................................................................................34 Forest Users and Uses .............................................................................................................................35 Traditional Uses ..................................................................................................................................36 Production Uses...................................................................................................................................36 Recreational Uses................................................................................................................................36 Illegal Uses..........................................................................................................................................37 Designated Areas and Special Places ......................................................................................................38 Officially Designated Areas ................................................................................................................38 Natural, Cultural, Recreational, and Interpretive Resources...............................................................38 Sustainability Discussion: Land Ownership, Uses, Access, and Special Areas......................................38 Community Relationships.........................................................................................................................40 Community Involvement with Natural and Cultural Resources..............................................................40 International Border.................................................................................................................................40 Communities of Interest and Historically Underserved Communities....................................................40 Tribal Relations .......................................................................................................................................40 i Coronado NF Social and Economic Sustainability Report Sustainability Discussion: Community Relationships.............................................................................41 References ..................................................................................................................................................42 Appendix A: Economic Descriptions by County ....................................................................................44 Appendix B: Designated Areas on the Coronado NF.............................................................................50 Appendix C: Recreation and Grazing Economic Contribution Process Paper...................................61 ii Coronado NF Social and Economic Sustainability Report Introduction1 The purpose of this report is to profile the social and economic environment of the Coronado National Forest (NF) and the surrounding area. This information will serve as a baseline to evaluate the existing Land and Resource Management Plan for the Coronado National Forest, 1986 as amended (hereinafter referred to as the forest plan) to determine if parts of the Forest Plan need to change. It will do so by facilitating a better understanding of the relationship between National Forest System lands administered by the Coronado NF lands and lands in other ownerships (public and private) in surrounding communities, aiding in the identification of specific Forest Plan elements capable of responding to socioeconomic trends. Specifically, this report discusses the historical context, and demographic and economic conditions and trends, including particular issues affecting the interaction of communities with the Coronado NF. These issues include access and travel patterns, land use, types of users, and community-Forest relationships. The discussion highlights key points in the broader social, economic, and cultural context of the Coronado NF. The boundaries of the Coronado NF abut the State of Sonora, Mexico, and extend into five State of Arizona Counties and State of New Mexico County. The area of assessment includes Pima, Graham, Pinal, Cochise, and Santa Cruz counties in Arizona, and Hidalgo County in New Mexico, as well as parts of Sonora, Mexico. The international border is an important social and cultural feature, as it influences a range of National Forest System land resources and uses, management issues, and interactions with other land management and law enforcement agencies. The following two figures display a map of Coronado NF boundaries and counties in the area of assessment (Figure 1), and the proximity of municipalities within a 100-mile radius (Figure 2). 1 This report is largely based on the University of Arizona School of Natural Resources (2005) Socio-Economic Assessment of the Coronado National Forest, prepared for the Southwest Region, USDA Forest Service. Text from that report is included here without further citation. 1 Coronado NF Social and Economic Sustainability Report Figure 1: Map of Coronado NF Boundary and
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