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Original Documents & Datasets:

General Summary:
One-Sheet Impact Summary.  
(Winter 2007)  A two page primer on key impacts and challenges being faced by Sublette County due to Natural
Gas Development.  Lots of key statistics and a great introduction.

Surveys:
Child Care, After-School, and Summer-Time Youth Programming Needs Assessment Survey
(Fall 2007) Survey distributed to parents of all parents of elementary and middle-school students in Sublette
County. Describes need among respondents for Child Care, After-School, and Summer-time programming in
the county and among school districts.

Big Piney-Marbleton Recreation Center Community Interest Survey
(Spring 2007) Survey mailed to every resident in Big Piney/Marbleton/La Barge. Describes level of interest
among respondents for the proposed recreation center in Marbleton, anticipated amount of usage, and
demographic data.

Sublette County Vocational Education Interest Survey
(Fall of 2006) Survey completed by majority of high school students in Sublette County. Describes levels of
interest among students for additional vocational and technical training related to careers in energy industry.

Housing:
Housing and Real Estate Trends in Sublette County 2000-2015
(Winter 2007) Document details housing constructions, population trends, housing affordability, real estate sales,
likely future population impacts, income trends and more. Many full color graphs.

Sublette County Housing Report
(Winter, 2006) Includes rental and sales prices, building permits, population changes, housing survey results,
second homes, non-traditional housing census, and much more.

Data Sets:
Housing Prices and Income Data
Mortgage Qualification Calculator

Employment:
Sublette County Wage Study July 2006.
Includes wage data from 60 Sublette County Employers, minimum wage data for service, construction,
government, and gas field. Historical data on cost of living, unemployment and income is also included, and
much more

Economy & Revenue:
Sales and Use Tax Report 2001-2006.
Details sales and use tax revenues for Sublette County fiscal years 2001-2006, including monthly fluctuations,
state-wide comparisons, taxes paid by industry, and more.

Data Set:
Sublette County Sales and Use Tax 2001-2006  Monthly and Yearly Figures, by municipality and industry.

Drilling Data:
A Brief History of Drilling in Sublette County Wyoming 1995-2005.
(Winter, 2006) Includes monthly drilling activity by area, completions, gas production, gas prices, and seasonal
fluctuations. Also includes discussion on workforce requirements, satellite photos, history, and much more.   

Data Sets:
Drilling Rig Counts
Completions
Gas Prices  (01/95-10/07)
Gas Production

Crime:
Sublette County Arrests and Index Crimes 1995-2004
(Fall 2005) Includes data, analysis and correlations with population/rig counts  and general forecasting.

The Data Set
Includes arrest and reported crime data for Sublette & Sweetwater Counties, and Wyoming for
1995-2005

Population:
Data Sets:
U.S. Census Population Estimates for Sublette County, Sweetwater County, and Wyoming,
Marbleton, Big Piney, Pinedale, and Rural County. From 1990 to 2007.
Historical Documents:

A collection of hard -to-find documents that analyze
previous energy related boomtown environments and
attempts to mitigate them.  Wyoming-related documents
are listed directly below, documents related to other
areas are further below.

Please check back as more will be added. If you have
relevant documents to add to this list, please contact us.
(Last Updated 06/28/07)

Wyoming


Corporate Involvement In Transformation in
Politics In Energy-Impacted Communities
(Evanston 1983 -- Universities of Wyoming and Colorado)
A discussion of the Overthrust Industrial Association and
the effects of the involvement of large energy
corporations in a small community politics.

Impact Mitigation in Western Boomtowns
(Wyoming 1984 -- Growth and Change) Paper discusses
the typical boomtown scenario and the limitations of
mitigation due to uncertainty and a growing reliance on
computer modeling.

Men on the Move: Occupational Communities in
Western Boom Towns
(Wyoming 1976 -- University of Wyoming -Sociology)
Paper that examines worker migrant communities in
Wyoming during mid-1970's boom times. Gillette,
Douglas, Rock Springs, are represented. Examines the
reasons for worker migration and American historical
examples.   

Resource Development, Rural Communities, and
Rapid Growth: Managing Social Change in the
Modern Boomtown
(Gillette, WY 1981  -- Environmental Geochemistry and
Health) Cooperation among industry, government, and
community, as well as well planned and coordinated
human services and programs  can reduce or prevent many
of the negative impacts of boomtown social disruption, and
reduce costs of overbuilding.

Economic Development and Community Social
Change
(Gillette, Rock Springs, WY, 1984 -- Annotated Review of
Sociology)  This essay extracts and reviews what has been
learned from studies of communities coping with rural
industrialization and natural resource development,
especially large-scale projects. The findings reveal an
underlying tension between the free movement of capital,  
and community stability and worker welfare.

Migration of boom-town construction workers:
the development of an analytic framework
(Rock Springs, WY -- 1984 -- Minerals and the Environment)
The findings suggest that  wanderlust is not a significant
variable for predicting boomtown worker turnover. Instead,
the five strongest predictor variables were: time in the
community , job security, age, housing integration, and
dissatisfaction with facilities and services.

The Density of Acquaintanceship: An Overlooked
Variable in Community Research?
(Wyoming, The West, 1986 -- American Journal of
Sociology) Drawing from boomtown studies, the author
suggests that the proportion of people that know one
another effects levels of deviance, community services, and
other factors.

Effects of Environmental and Land Use Regulation
in the Oil and Gas Industry Using the Wyoming
Checkerboard as an Experimental Design.
(Wyoming, 2002 -- The American Economic Review)
This paper estimates the extra costs of drilling for oil and
gas on federal land as compared to private land in the
Wyoming Checkerboard.

Boomtowns May Hinder Energy Resource
Development
(Pistol Shot, USA 1976 -- Science) Appearing in the journal
Science, John S. Gilmore's fictional "Pistol Shot, USA"
outlines the "typical boomtown scenario" and outlines the
"problem triangle" regarding boomtown workforce problems.


Gillette Syndrome: Myth or Reality?
(Gillette, WY 1979 -- Wyoming Issues) Jim Thompson's
re-analysis of data used by Kohr's in his  "Gillette
Syndrome" hypothesis (See Kohr's Social Consequences of
Boom Growth in Wyoming, below).


Energy Development and Community Collapse in
Wyoming
(Gillette, WY 1980 -- Urban Life) Paper discusses social
disruption in a booming late 1970's Gillette, including
newcomer isolation and cultural shifts.


Socioeconomic Assessment Guidelines for Oil
and Gas Activities
(Wyoming, 1979 -- USDA Forest Service) A technical draft
of socioeconomic indicators, monitoring, and mitigation.
Prepared for the USDA FS Minerals Impact Evaluation
Group.


Using IMPLAN to Properly Model Oil and Gas
Operations in the Rocky Mountain Region
(SW Wyoming 2002-- National IMPLAN User's Conference)
Paper discusses the use and limitations of Advanced
economic modeling in the context of rural communities
dependent on oil and gas development.


Socioeconomic Impact Models for Boomtown
Planning and Policy Evaluation
(Gillette, WY/ Across USA 1978 -- California University)
A paper that outlines in depth the typical  boomtown model
and describes ways  to model the social and economic
effects under such a framework.


Personal Well-Being in Rapid Growth and Stable
Communities
(Evanston, WY 1984 -- Rural Sociology)  Discusses prior
research on the "social disruption" view of boomtowns, and
compares this view with interview findings in a booming
Evanston.


Community Planning In Boomtowns
(Wyoming, 1980 -- University of Wyoming).
Subtitled "What's not working well and how to do it more
effectively", paper outlines general principals to boomtown
mitigation. Part of UW Dept. of Social Work's 1980 book  
The Boom town : problems and promises in the energy
vortex (Davenport and Davenport, Eds.).

Grits and Other Preventative Measures For Boom
Town Bifurcation
(Gillette, WY 1980 -- University of Wyoming)
Discusses issue of newcomers in a boomtown
community, and ways to incorporate them more
effectively. Part of the Part of UW Dept. of Social Work's
1980 book  The Boom town : problems and promises in
the energy vortex (Davenport and Davenport, Eds.).


Social Consequences of Boom Growth in
Wyoming.
(Gillette, WY 1974 -- ElDean Kohrs, Ph.D)  The
controversial  paper that coined the term "Gillette
Syndrome'' and outlined negative effects of boom growth
in Gillette.  See "Social Disruption" and  ''Boom dreams''  
below for a critique.


The Sociological Analysis of Boomtowns
(Rock Springs, WY  1979 --- University of Wyoming).
Taken from ''Boomtowns & Human Services'' book
published by UW. Paper by Cortese and Jones discusses
the particular problems associated with analyzing
boomtown growth in rural areas.

The Overthrust Industrial Association: History
and case study  
(Evanston, WY 1988 -- Chevron USA, Inc.) "An Overview
analysis of an unique experiment in public/private
partnerships"


Longitudinal Socioeconomic Monitoring Study --
Final Report
(Wheatland, WY 1979 -- The Old West Regional
Commission) "Compares actual socioeconomic changes
that accompany the construction of coal-fired electric
power plants with those projected in impact statements"


A Growth Management Case Study --
Sweetwater County, Wyoming
(Rock Springs, WY 1974 -- The Denver Research Institute)
A case study of boom-town growth and the "Sweetwater
County Priorities Board, an innovative means for
coordinating programs and avoiding fragmentary efforts."


Economic and Population Forecasts: City of Rock
Springs, 1974-1995
(Rock Springs, WY 1974 -- City of Rock Springs) In a first
step to revising the city's comprehensive plan, it
examines the economic base of the community and looks
at what the community can expect in terms of economics
and population growth.


A Construction Worker Profile
(Rock Springs, WY 1975 -- The Old West Regional
Commission). Analysis of the future residency plans of
temporary construction workers via survey efforts in
order to study the socioeconomic consequences of
construction of large energy-related facilities.


Controlling Boomtown Development: Sweetwater
and Uinta Counties, Wyoming
(Rock Springs, WY 1976 -- Federal Energy Administration)
To familiarize those living in areas having potential
energy development with efforts by those currently
experiencing development.


Local Social Disruption and Western Energy
Development: A Critical Review
(Gillette, WY 1982 -- The Pacific Sociological
Association). A critical review of claims made regarding
socioeconomic impacts of energy boomtowns (especially
Gillette) using questionable methodology. Includes
additional commentary, and responses by the authors.


Boom Dreams
(Gillette, WY 1983 -- Playboy). An author's personal
experience of traveling to Gillette for work during boom
times. (Text Only)


Home on the Range No More: The Boom and Bust
of a Wyoming Uranium Mining Town, 1957-1988.
(Jeffrey City, WY 1995 -- Western Historical Quarterly).
A historical case study of Jeffrey City, Wy. Details the
historical trends and socioeconomic impacts of Jeffrey
City.

Other Areas:

Class Rent and the State: Uneven Development in
Western Boomtowns
(1977 - University of Colorado)
Paper discusses the economic implications of uneven
development in rural communities due to energy
extraction.


Resource Extraction and Fluctuations in Poverty:
A case study.
(Lafayette Parish, LA 1997 - Society & Natural Resources)
A case study that shows how poverty itself and  causal
factors changed during a well documented resource
developmental cycle and the problems of a
over-dependent economy.

Non-metropolitan Industrialization and Patterns of
Dominance: Is non-metropolitan America a
Colony?
(1980 - Purdue University)
A broad discussion of the effects of urban
industrialization on rural areas of the untied states in
relation to energy resources.

Digging Deeper: Mining Dependent Regions in
Historical Perspective
(Wisconsin 1994 -- Rural Sociological Society)
Paper discusses historical analysis of mining related
growth in relation to southwestern Wisconsin
Communities.

Reactions of Townspeople to Growth in a Study
Area
(Montana, 1974 -- University of Montana)
A "discussion draft" of a paper analyzing community
reaction to growth and newcomers due to coal mining in
Rosebud County, Montana.

Newcomers and Old Timers: Growth and Change
in a Mountain Town
(Colorado, 1974 -- Rural Sociology)
Paper discusses amenity-led migration in Georgetown,
Co. and the impacts to existing residents.

Boomtown Youth
(Colorado, 1984 -- American Sociological Review)
Development may not actually slow the rate of exodus
among rural youth, and younger persons having a greater
degree of negative feelings towards growth than adults.

Booming Sector and De-Industrialisation in a
Small Open Economy
(International, 1982 -- The Economic Journal)
Technical Paper that discusses the impacts of a energy
boom on non-energy related sectors.

Energy Development and Local Employment
(South East Utah, 1980 -- University of Wyoming)
Paper that discusses problems with an industrial
workforce developing in a rural economy. Part of the Part
of UW Dept. of Social Work's 1980 book  The Boom town :
problems and promises in the energy vortex (Davenport
and Davenport, Eds.).


Energy Impact Assistance Legislation Issue Brief
(Rocky Mtn. West, 1980 -- Library of Congress)
An Issue brief discussing energy-related impacts across
the U.S. and the proposals for federal impact assistance.


Boomtown Women
(Farmington, NM, 1980 -- Environmental Action)
Article that details the lives of Women in a booming
4-corners region, due to both oil extraction and power
plant construction.


Community Satisfaction and Social Integration in
a Boomtown
(Delta, UT 1989 -- Rural Sociology) Paper that details prior
research into boomtown social disruption, and then uses
interview methods to gauge community opinions on
boomtown development.


Tax Lead Time Study: The Colorado Oil Shale
Region
(Rifle, CO. 1974 -- Colorado Committee on Oil Shale
Environmental Problems)  Fiscal Alternatives for Rapidly
Growing Communities in Colorado and potential
techniques for handling revenue timing and distribution
problems associated with rapid population  growth.

Workshop on Socioeconomic Research Issues
for the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
(Gulf Cost 2004 -- U.S. Dept of Interior)
Discusses proceedings and findings on 2004 Workshop
that discusses research potentials due to industry and
economic trends due to off-shore oil and gas
development.


Boomtowns and Off-shore Energy Impacts:
Towards a comprehensive model
(Saint Mary Parish, LA 1986-- Pacific Sociological
Association). Discusses the "Boom Town Model" outlined
in Western States and it's applicability to off-shore energy
development. Includes additional commentary, and
responses by the authors.


The Boom-Bust-Recovery Cycle: Dynamics of
Change in Community Satisfaction and Social
Integration in Delta, Utah
(Delta, UT 2005 -- The Rural Sociological Society).
Examines the impact of a Utah energy boom and methods
of motoring the impacts 24 years after the bust.


Documenting the Physical and Social
Characteristics of Mining and Resource Based
Communities.
(Duluth, MN 1979 -- APT). Examines the boom-town
impacts of iron ore mining activities in Northern
Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota.
Other Sublette County Documents:

UW Dept. Agricultural & Applied Economics - Sublette Co. Socioeconomic Profile for the BTNF
(February 2008)

UW Dept. Agricultural & Applied Economics - Economic Profile of the Bridger-Teton National Forest
(February 2008)

Ecosystem Research Group - Sublette County Socioeconomic Impact Study (FINAL - January 2008)

Sublette County Commissioners - State of the County Report (December 2007)

Ecosystem Research Group - Sublette County Impact Study (Draft - November 2007)

Pinedale Anticine Working Group -- Socioeconomic Task Group Final Report 2006 (Draft --Spring, 2006)

Pinedale Anticine Working Group -- Socioeconomic Task Group Final Report 2005 (Final --Spring, 2005)

University of Utah - Sublette County Industry Impact Study: Alternative Employment Scenarios (REMI) (August, 2005)

Sonoran Institute Population and Housing Trends for Sublette County 2004-2014

UW Dept. of Sociology - Social and Economic Impact Assessment Of Oil and Gas Development In Sublette and
Sweetwater Counties (2005)


Gas Field Documents:

Fractured Reservoir Characterization using AVAZ on the Pinedale Anticline, Wyoming  

Tight Gas Reservoirs – An Unconventional Energy Source for the Future

Petrophysics of the Lance Sandstone Reservoirs in Jonah Field, Sublette County, Wyoming

Lance Reservoirs: Variation and Compartmentalization


Government Documents On The Social Impact Assessment:

U.S. Bureau of Land Management.  Land Use Planning Handbook Appendix D: Social Issues in Land Use Planning

U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Instruction Memorandum on the Social and Economic Analysis for Land Use
Planning

U.S. Department of Transportation.  Community Impact Assessment—A Quick Reference for Transportation
(September)

U.S. Forest Service Handbook: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS HANDBOOK

U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries
Service: Guide to the Social Impact Assessment
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