Rates and drivers of rural residential development in the Greater Yellowstone
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Many natural and semi-natural ecosystems are undergoing dramatic conversions resulting from rapid growth in rural home construction. Yet, rates and drivers of rural residential expansion into previously agricultural and natural landscapes have not been widely analyzed. Immigration and rural development have been exceptionally rapid in the private lands surrounding Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, known as the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem (GYE). Because the GYE has unique ecological value, is still largely undeveloped, and is currently characterized by unrestrictive land use policies, there are prime opportunities for improving regional growth management via the incorporation of scientific knowledge into local land use planning decisions. We quantified rates of growth in rural home construction in the GYE and considered the extent to which biophysical and socioe u F e r a b t t l T t e ©
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