Land Use in the Pacific Northwest

1. Land Use in the Pacific Northwest Source: Table 6-5 Atlas of the Pacific Northwest, 9th Edition

2. Agricultural Lands –Calculated from Table 6-5 & Table 9-2 2007 Census of Agriculture 42,848,819 2012 Census of Agriculture 42,809,794

3. Relatively Little Agricultural Land is Prime Quality Soil

4. 2012 1.5% 2.2% 2.9% 4.3%

5. Agricultural Employment 1969-2013

6. Agricultural Employment, Crops, 2012 Source: Washington State Employment Security Department

7. Agricultural and Food Products Employment Washington 2012

8. Annual Earnings 2012 Source - Washington State Employment Security Department

9. Farm Income 2013($ per worker) Calculated from U.S. BEA REIS database

11. Location Quotients

13. Benefit-Cost Analysis for Water Resource Projects B:C ratio Budget Competing projects ranked by B:C ratio projects Benefit categories: (1) Hydropower (2) Irrigation (3) Navigation (4) Flood Control (5) Recreation Costs: Physical Construction; land acquisition; environmental mitigation

14. Benefit-Cost Analysis for Water Projects: Issues & NEPA Valuation issues: direct & indirect tangible versus intangible unanticipated consequences discount rates, interest rates NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) as an alternative decision system: Environmental Assessments; EIS process

15. Wheat Harvests