Socioeconomic Dimensions of Transboundary Conservation Planning and Management: Project Results

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Socioeconomic Dimensions of Transboundary
Conservation Planning and Management Project
Results

• Shannon Christie
• Ph.D. Candidate
• Department of Geography and Planning
• University of Saskatchewan

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Dissertation Structure

• Introduction
• Manuscript 1
• An Historical and Contemporary Portrait of the
  Border and the Borderlands
• Manuscript 2
• The Reality of Incongruent Political and
  Managerial Regimes on Either Side of the
  International Border
• Manuscript 3
• The Implications of Grasslands Conservation and
  Management Initiatives for Local Agricultural
  Livelihoods
• Synthesis and Conclusion

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Dissertation Research Methods

• Field Work
• Site Visits
• Participant Observation
• Attendance at Public Meetings
• Interviews
• Semi-Structured Key Informant Interviews
• Document Analysis
• Ecoregional Planning Documents
• Historical and Contemporary Map Analysis
• Regional Literature

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Report Structure

• Introduction
• Transboundary Population Characteristics Over
  Time
• Transboundary Agricultural Characteristics Over
  Time
• Conclusions

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Report Research Methods

• Data Acquisition and Collection
• Census of Population
• Census of Agriculture
• Graphs
• Microsoft Excel
• Mapping
• ArcGIS 9

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Introduction
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Saskatchewan, Canada
Montana, U.S.A.
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Transboundary Population Characteristics Over Time
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• 2007 Population Projection Based on 2000 Census
• Pre 1920 Different County Boundaries
• 1912-1915 Phillips County Part of Blaine County
• Pre 1912 Phillips County Blaine County part of
  Choteau County

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• Significant (up to 34.9) Population Loss in
  10-Year Period
• 1 Rural Municipality (Arlington) shows an
  increase in population

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• Family Size
• U.S. National Average (2000) 3.14
• Canadian National Average (2001) 3.0
• Average (2000-2001) for all RMs and Counties 3.0

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• If currency exchange considered, RMs and Counties
  are more equal, with RMs remaining slightly higher

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• Most Canadian residents resided at the same
  address 5 years ago
• More movement/mobility in the Montana population
• Regionally, the population is stable and is not
  very mobile

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Transboundary Agricultural Characteristics Over
Time
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• Significant decreases in the number of farms in
  Saskatchewan
• Small increases in the number of farms in Montana

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Synthesis

• Older farm operators in Montana with fewer young
  farmers replacing them
• More land inputs in Canada
• Commercial Fertilizers, Herbicides, Insecticides,
  Manure
• Irrigation more widely used in Montana
• More data on soil conservation practices in Canada

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Report Dissertation Linkages

• Evidence of aging populations supports claims
  that communities are disappearing and the rancher
  is an endangered species
• Proof of low regional mobility corroborates
  claims of Ive lived here all my life and
  multi-generational families
• International differences in data collection and
  availability confirm assumptions of fragmentation
  across the border and supports evidence of
  ignorance across the border

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Acknowledgments

• Pat Fargey, Grasslands National Park and Parks
  Canada
• The Social Sciences and Humanities Research
  Council of Canada
• Drs. Maureen Reed, Geoff Cunfer, Bram Noble,
  Xulin Guo and Martin Phillipson
• Rebecca Zagozewski
• Dr. Geoff Cunfer, Andrew Dunlop, Valery
  Companiytsev and Dr. Theresa Garvin
• The Crossing the Medicine Line Network