Community Toolbox

CONTENTS

• Introduction: What is the Community Toolbox?
• University of Wyoming Faculty Expertise Available to Communities
• University of Wyoming Research Facilities
• Community Resources: organizations available to provide assistance to communities
   
• Ways to Conserve Wyoming's Wonderful Open Lands
• Economic Development Related Affiliations for the State of Wyoming
• Selected References on Collaborative Decision Making
• Wyoming Open Spaces Research and Information
• Facilitators and mediators certified through the Wyoming Agriculture and Natural Resource Mediation Program

INTRODUCTION: What is the COMMUNITY TOOLBOX?

The impacts of population growth in the Rocky Mountain West pose complex challenges to the quality of life for the people of Wyoming and its communities. One focus of the William D. Ruckelshaus Institute of Environmental and Natural Resources is to look into the issues centering upon the consequences of growth and development in our region. Of particular interest are private property rights, cultural and historic preservation, social consequences of growth, community health, taxation, economic development, tourism, water quality and availability, zoning and local planning, conservation of natural resources, community collaboration and public policy issues. This TOOLBOX was constructed to provide communities with a body of knowledge and a resource to support the development of strategic plans for the management of sustainable growth and development.