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Smart Density: A More Accurate Method Of Measuring Rural Residential Density For Health-Related Research, Peter M. Owens, Linda Titus-Ernstoff, Lucinda Gibson, Michael L. Beach, Sandy Beauregard, Madeline A. Dalton

Dartmouth Scholarship

Studies involving the built environment have typically relied on US Census data to measure residential density. However, census geographic units are often unsuited to health-related research, especially in rural areas where development is clustered and discontinuous. We evaluated the accuracy of both standard census methods and alternative GIS-based methods to measure rural density.

Slides: Next Evolutionary Steps In State Instream Flow Programs, Lawrence J. Macdonnell

Western Water Law, Policy and Management: Ripples, Currents, and New Channels for Inquiry (Martz Summer Conference, June 3-5)

Presenter: Lawrence J. MacDonnell, attorney and consultant, Boulder, CO

27 slides

The State Of New England: Economic Slowdown And Recovery After The Dotcom Bust, Arindam Bandopadhyaya, College Of Management, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Financial Services Forum Publications

What follows is an analysis of the key macroeconomic trends in the six New England states. Using data publicly available in 2007, we examine trends in GDP growth, population, personal income and unemployment rate in each state. We provide a breakdown of each state by GDP category and provide an overall weighting by super sectors.

Community Forests: A Perspective, Robert Mccullough

Community-Owned Forests: Possibilities, Experiences, and Lessons Learned (June 16-19)

22 pages.

"Robert McCullough teaches in the University of Vermont Graduate Program in Historic Preservation. He wrote The Landscape of Community: Communal Forests in New England."

Franco American Resources Inventory Of New England, Franco-American Programs, Orono, Me

General Monograph Collection

The Farine book was the product of a 1979/1980 student led and FAROG Sponsored (Franco-American Resource Opportunity Group) cultural and ethnic investigation throughout New England, including Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts's, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island . During this expedition the group members documented their excursions through photographs and interviews with various Franco American individuals or institutions . This Catalog of their actions is a resource for exploring Franco American culture through industry, family. music, religion and community

Records Of The State Of Maine Department Of Sea And Shore Fisheries, Lobsters, 1880-1962, Maine Department Of Sea And Shore Fisheries

History of Maine Fisheries

List of Maine wholesale lobster dealers, 1952-1954; lobster fishery totals, including licenses issued and catch by number, pounds, dollar value, number of egg lobsters, number of pots set, and number of lobsters liberated, 1941-1946; totals of imports of fresh lobsters by pound and dollar value for Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Canada, 1934-1495; comparative statistics of the lobster fishery in New England by pounds and number of pots, 1880-1938; poll of licensed lobster fishermen and wholesale lobster dealers concerning adjustments to the minimum legal size of Lobsters, 1953; total Maine lobster landings by month, including pounds and dollar value, …