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Title: Follow the Money: A Spatial History of In-Lieu Programs for Western Federal Lands

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/whq/why049

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Abstract: Follow the Money seeks to explore the historical underpinnings of in-lieu federal payments to western counties, diving into ten federal payment programs and the amount each western county received per year between 1906 and 2015. The research is presented through an interactive piece of digital history, deftly combining an interactive map and explanation to explore the transfer of federal payments to Far Western counties. The core of the project uses an interactive map to explore ten programs and the payments western counties received over time. Readers can interact with this map in multiple ways. The main interaction is to select a payment program (such as Forest Service Revenue Payments) and a year from the timeline, which then provides readers with a choropleth map shaded by the amount of money counties received. Below the map, a line chart displays the median values received under a payment program by all western counties; selecting a county on the map also displays that county’s payment history alongside these overall values....

Url: https://academic.oup.com/whq/article/49/3/344/4996483

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Authors: Taylor, Jay; Steiner, Erik; Fryauff, Krista; Allen, Celena; Sherman, Alex; Frank, Zephyr

Periodical (Full): Western Historical Quarterly

Issue: 3

Volume: 49

Pages: 344–345

Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Other

Countries: United States