MountainKeepers
"Forces of Change"
We believe that providing access to meaningful
and understandable information is an important service the MountainKeepers can
offer. Land development and use in Watauga County is currently a topic that
has reached a level of high concern to a wide spectrum of Watauga County residents.
Non-biased and objective information about how land use and related issues such
as value and ownership are evolving throughout the county seems to be information
that could be of value. To that end, we have commissioned the"Forces of
Change" Project.
This Project seeks to answer two Questions:
-
How much did land cover change in Watauga
County between 1986 and 1999? (How much development occurred during that
period?)
- What forces drove that change? (and continue to influence
land cover change in Watauga County?)
This report was generated by a private company and was funded
by a grant from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Two versions of the report are available.
The first version is the Complete Report containing both the text and maps
in one file. This version is a very large file and will take a very long time
to download unless you have a broadband connection to the internet (DSL or cable).
The second version presents the information via a number of smaller files,
with the report text in one file and each map in a separate file.
Both are in Adobe PDF Format, therefore, you need Adobe Accrobat Reader
to download them. If you do not have Adobe Accrobat Reader you can download
it by clicking the "Get Adobe Reader" icon below.
The two versions of the report are found below: