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Home My WebLink AboutTalkeetna Household Survey Report 1984~_ALASKA POWER AUIHORITY_~. TALKE·ETNA HOUSEHOLD SURVEY REPORT SUSITNA HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION PROJECT No.7114 FRANK ORTH &ASSOCIATES,INC. UNDER CONTRACT TO [}{]~~~~~~[ID~~©@ SUSITNA JOINT VENTURE FINAL REPORT FEBRUARY 1984 DOCUMENT No.1109 c c [J c c c c o o o o g Q D C C C r: ~ R SUSITNA HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT TALKEETNA HOUSEHOLD SURVEY REPORT Report by Frank Orth &Associates,Inc. Under Contract to Harza-Ebasco Susitna Joint venture Prepared for Alaska Power Authority Final Report February 1984 Document No.1109 [ [ [ c c [ c o D- O B D G 6-..i.. C o [ c c NOTICE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING THIS REPORT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE ALASKA POWER AUTHORITY c c c c [ [ c o o E E.g.ld Ag E B C [ [ [ p 1- ~ TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION L 0 SUMMARY DISCUSSION OF MAJOR FINDINGS 2.0 APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY 2.1,OVERVIEW 2.2 OBJECTIVES 2.3 SAMPLING T~CHNIQUE 2.3.1 Sampling Frame 2.3.2 Sample Selection 2.3.3 The Questionaire 3.0 ANALYSIS OF RESULTS 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.2 SURVEY RESULTS 3.2.1 Demographic Charactistics 3.2.1.1 Age 3.2.1.2 Sex 3.2.1.3 Member of Native Corporation 3.2.1.4 Married Couples,Spouses Present 3.2.1.5 Household Size 3.2.1.6 School-Age Children 3.2.1.7 Population 3.2.2 Economic Characteristics 3.2.2.1 Employment 3.2.2.2 Hours Worked Per Week 3.2.2.3 Occupation and Industry 3.2.2.4 Location of Employment 3.2.2.5 Business Ownership 3.2.2.6 Seasonality of Employment 3.2.2.7 Estimate of Total Employment in the Community 3.2.2.8 Transportation and Travel Time PAGE 1 2 4 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 12 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 16 16 17 17 17 18 19 20 20 21 21 c c [ c [ [ C fl.'b B o B o o u [ [ fJ C C 3.2 SURVEY RESULTS (Continued) 3.2.3 Housing Characteristics 3.2.3.1 Type of Structure 3.2.3.2 Ownership Characteristics 3.2.3.3 Vacancy Rates 3.2.3.4 Characteristics of Housing Stock 3.2.4 Resident Attitudes About Public Facilities a~d Services 3.2.5 Residency and Settlement Patterns 3.2.5.1 Residency and Seasonality 3.2.5.2 Prior Location of Residence 3.2.5.3 Reasons For Moving 3.2.6 Fish and Wildlife Resource Use 3.2.6.1 Fishing Activity 3.2.6.2 Hunting Activity 3.2.6.3 Trapping Activity 3.2.7 Community Change APPENDIX A -TABULATION RESULTS APPENDIX B -SURVEY INSTRUMENT APPENDIX C -INSTRUCTIONS TO INTERVIEWERS ./ 23 23 23 23 24 24 26 26 29 29 31 31 33 35 37 Housing Type 23 Housing Characteristics 24 Levels of Satisfaction with.Selected Public Facilities 25 22 22 26 14 17 18 18 20 21 LIST OF TABLES Add~tional Reasons for Moving to Present Location 30 Households That Fish in Area 1 by Species Sought 32 Main Reason For Fishing 32 Fish As A Percent of Annual Protein Needs 33 Harvest Count For Sample Households in Area 1 by Species 34 Main Reason for Hunting 34 Game As A Percent of Annual Protein Needs 35 Main Reason for Trapping 36 Trapping As A Percent of Yearly Income 36 Age Distribution of Sample Residents Employment Status Hours Worked Per Week Primary Occupation Location of Principal Job Seasonality of Baseline Full-Time Employment Patterns in Talkeetna Average One-Way Daily Commute Time Number of Round Trips to Work Per Week and Services Levels of Satisfaction with Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems Seasonality of Adult Residents 27 Length of Residence 28 Prior Location of the Household 29 Reasons for Moving to Present Location 30 [ [ C Table 1: [Table 2: Table 3: [Table 4: Table 5: r-,Table 6: l Table 7 :n I:Table 8:u Table 9: D Table 10: Table 11: '1 it ~ u Table 12: r:J,.. l~--1 Table 13:""" q Table 14: d Table 15: Table 16: '::] ~Table 17: Table 18: ~., -Table 19: :J Table 20: .,Table 21: d Table 22: .,Table 23: d Table 24: Table 25: "=l =' , d -i -1 [ [ I' u r L.J n n d "'~ --.:;;u l ...J "l d ~ ==j ------:! d =j ~ ~ :-i , d , d ""'l ..J ..J -" INTRODUCTION Surveys of communities that are expected to be significantly affected by the construction and operation of the Susitna Hydroelectric Project were conducted as part of the Social Sciences Program to support the needs of the Alaska Power Authority.At present,the communities expected to be significantly affected by the construction and operation of the dam do not have much reported baseline economic and demographic information.In order to profile the communities and determine how they wo~ld respond to changes both before and during the construction and operation of the dam, a time-series data base on community trends is being developed to support the basis upon which impact projections are made.This household survey is designed to obtain information on demographic characteristics, employment,length of residency,housing characteristics,satisfaction with public services and facilities of residents living in Talkeetna,and use by residents of fish and wildlife resources. r-, "---" r-, -J ~ '1 "---" .-, -' ~ --.1 ~ ~ .., ~ ~ "'1 ;;;;1 d ~ ""l 1.0 SUMMARY DISCUSSION OF MAJOR FINDINGS Surveys of households in Talkeetna were conducted during the period Oc- tober 26,1983 to November 2,1983.An estimated 124 housing units ex- isted in the survey defined area of Talkeetna at that time.A total of 50 housing units were identified in the canvassed primary and secondary blocks of which 45 were successfully canvassed.Of the 45 housing units successfully canvassed,14 were determined to be vacant and interviews were conducted with the remaining 31 households.An estimated 35 percent of the 89 households in the survey defined area of Talkeetna were in- terviewed. o A summary of demographic characteristics for Talkeetna residents shows:1)an estimated population size of 281 people in the survey defined area;2)an estimated average age for adults of 37.1 years old;3)an estimated sex distribution for the adults in the sample of 50 percent male and 50 percent female;4)approximately five percent of the adults sampled belong to a Native organization;5)about 45 percent of the sample households contained married heads of household with the spouse present;6)an estimated average household size of 3.16;and 7)about 0.9 school-age children (5 to 17 years old)per household in the sample. ;j -, -, oJ : ~ " ..J ==0 -' oJ -i o A summary of economic characteristics for Talkeetna residents shows that:1)75 percent of all adults were in the labor force;2)ap- proximately 66 percent of all adults were·either employed or self- employed;3)the unemployment rate at the time of the survey was between 13 and 14 percent;4)the largest industry sectors in terms of employment were transportation,communication,and utilities (25 percent),construction (23 percent),and federal,state and local government (slightly higher than 18 percent);and 5)91 percent of presently employed and recently unemployed adults in the sample at the time of the survey worked in the Mat-Su Borough,between 2 and 3 percent of the sample worked in Anchorage,and 7 percent worked on the North Slope. Page 2 [ [ [ [ r L_.J [ R u '9 w o o A summary of housing characteristics for Talkeetna residents shows that:1)48 percent of the interviewed households lived in owner-occupied dwelling units;2)77 percent of all surveyed house- holds lived in single-family dwelling units,7 percent lived in mo- bile homes,and 16 percent lived in travel trailers;and 3)the over- all vacancy rate in the sample was 28 percent. Over half of all replies received from Talkeetna residents to ques- tions about attitudes toward available public facilities and services in the community were classified as very satisfied or satisfied.For individual services,residents were most satisfied with libraries (89 percent favorable),other transportation (68 percent favorable), ambulance (64 percent favorable),and solid waste or garbage disposal (64 percent favorable).Residents expressed the most dissatisfaction with the road system (50 percent unfavorable)and the lack of medical services in the community besides ambulance (43 percent unfavorable). 'J d ~ Ei , .J , d ..,; -.,. ---l 9 ..J J , J ~ ~ o Over 39 percent of the respondents lived outside Alaska prior to moving to Talkeetna.Former Anchorage households made up about 26 percent of the Talkeetna households in the sample.Frequently cited reasons for moving to Talkeetna were to obtain a job (about 43 per- cent),the quality of life (about 17 percent),and the availability of land (10 percent)• o Talkeetna residents rely upon fishing and hunting for recreation and food.Approximately 48 percent of the population fishes and 29 per- cent hunt.Of the 25 sample households that fished,no more than 28 percent fished for anyone species in the area that may be impacted by the Susitna Hydroelectric Project.Thirty-five percent of the total 402 person-days spent fishing by Talkeetna residents in the sample occurred in this area.Of the 18 sample households that hunt- ed,none spent any time in Area 2 during the last year.In Area 1, seven households hunted moose,2 households sought caribou and ptar- migan,and 2 households went after other species.About 41 percent of the 272 person-days spent hunting by Talkeetna residents in the sample occurred in Area 1.Four percent of Talkeetna residents trap.None of the 22 person-days spent trapping occurred in areas that may be impacted by the Susitna Hydroelectric Project. Page 3 c C nu D [ [ c B o o D R B r--, ,c L o 2.0 APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY 2.1 OVERVIEW A number of steps were taken to determine the approach and methodology for the household survey in Talkeetna.First,the major objectives and specific types of information needed to update the socioeconomic pro- jections were identified.Next,a review of the literature on surveys was conducted.Third,the definitions of the populations for each of the 1threecommunitiesweredetermined. 2Asamplingframeandsamplingmethodologywereselected.The ques- tions to be included in the interviews were then developed in conjunction with the formatting of the questionnair~.-Finally,an interviewer guide was developed which laid out general guidelines for the interviewers and instructions on specific questions. The questionnaire was extensively reviewed internally as well "as by the Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs,the Alaska De- partment of Fish and Game,the Mat-Su Borough Planning Department,and Charlotte Thomas,an independent consultant.The survey instrument went through several iterations to reflect those review comments. ~ n c.J '1 ...J - u ~ u u :j J 1 2 In statistical theory,the population refers to the total universe of "data elements'about which the researcher wishes to generalize.In this case,the population refers to the households located,at the time of the survey,within specific geographic boundaries • A sampling frame is the comprehensive listing,of the population, from which the sample was chosen. Page 4 , r-, _.j ~ 9 2.2 OBJECTIVES The survey program was developed with the general objective that the results would enhance the following socioeconomic program activities: ~ ~ ~ d .., :! ...J .., E -' ""l 1. 2. 3. 4. Updating the data and assumptions on local baseline conditions. Providing supplementary data that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requested after reviewing Exhibit E of the License Application for the Susitna project. Refining and expanding the socioeconomic impact mitigation pro- gram and plan. Comparing baseline data with information to be collected later as part of the socioeconomic impact monitoring program. d ~ d In addition,the project team adopted the following objectives relating to the design of the survey: , -:; ci d ---, d ~ 1. 2. 3. A methodologically sound approach that takes into account the rural nature of the area. A data collection listing which is consistent to and com- plementary with other efforts/data bases such as the annual survey of population and housing conducted by the Mat-Su Borough Planning Department. A survey instrument that can be used throughout project planning and construction. -J .... 4.A design that will facilitate tabulation. P~ge 5 1 -' 1 -) =, ..., -' '9 -' ~ r-<o o oL4 [J '1; u r; The project team reviewed literature pertaining to statistical theory, sampling methodologies,the advantages and disadvantages of alternative interview approaches,question formulation,questionnaire design,tabula- tion systems,and analytical techniques.In addition,the methodologies used in other surveys in Alaska were reviewed,including an Institute of Social and Economic Research survey used for the Tetrachemical Study in the Mat-Su Borough.Contacts were also made with individuals who have experience in conducting formal survey efforts in Alaska.Individuals contacted included Steve Langdon of the University of Alaska,Jack Kruse of the Institute of Social and Econom~c Research,and Don Dillman of Washington State University. 2.3 SAMPLING TECHNIQUE Some of the considerations taken into account during this analysis in- cluded: d ~ r 5o n~ g -~ LJ ~~ u n w 1. 2. 3. 4. The need for a relatively large sample because of the small size of the population. The significant percentage of residents in the northern part of the Mat-Su Borough that do not have phones. The low density of housing units in many areas,and the sig- nificant percentage of residents that live away from direct road access. The need for a high response rate,to avoid a skewed or un- successful survey. r=' U l c rl; 1- L., It was believed that a representative sample of the preliminary pop- ulation could best be obtained by using a face-to-face approach. Face-to-face approaches typically provide high response rates.In .Tal- keetna,the only disadvantage of using a face-to-face interview approa~h was that the population was dispersed.There were significant numbers of Page 6 c [ c [ L, [ D o I ~ tJ F1 .2 J r"1 , oJ '3--j d ., ---, residents living away from the roads and the core of the community.The target population in Talkeetna was,therefore,reduced to the townsite area only,allowing for a statistically valid sample to be drawn.Resi- dents living along the Talkeetna Spur road,south of the townsite,and near the Comsat roa~,to the east,were not interviewed. 2.3.1 Sampling Frame The Mat-Su Borough Assessor's records of housing units,reported in an array by township-range-section-parce1,were selected to be the sampling frame for the survey in Talkeetna.This sampling frame was consistent with the annual survey of population and housing conduc~ed by the Mat-Su Borough.It was considered to provide a representative sampling frame for the northern part of the Mat-Su Borough;other possible listings, such as the phone book and voters registration records,were less com- prehensive and would not provide a valid basis for the sampling.The Borough does not require building permits for housing units,so an up- to-date listing for housing units was not available. The use of assessment records has the following limitations: 1.Some housing units are vacant • d ~ ~ , d 3 ~ -" -, J .J ~ .... 2. 3. 4. Assessment records may be up to a year old,depending upon where the borough is in the cycle of field work at the time the computer run was conducted. Mobile homes are sometimes recorded as personal .property rather than real property and thus are not inc1udeq on the real property assessment records. Structures are classified by principal use;therefore, residences which are within or above commercial buildings are not identified on the computer record. Page 7 [ C l C [ [J D o o o n L. W n 4-)o ., .J =-~ .J ......~ J g ..J -, ;J oJ oJ To compensate for the two most important of these limitations (fI2 and #3),the sample was drawn in blocks.The interviewers were instructed to interview all housing units in the block,even if this unit did not ap- pear on the assessment records.In order to limi t the amount of time spent trying to locate residents in households that may not be occupied, the interviewers were instructed to attempt to contact a household up to three times,and then to list the·unit as vacant or not-at-home,as ap- propriate.To facilitate the call-back process,a card was used by the interviewer that specified the next time a call would occur.If the respondent would not be home at that time,he or she was asked to state on the call-back card when they would be available and to leave the card out upon the interviewer's second call-back. 2.3.2 Sample Selection A sample size of 30 percent of the housing units listed in the Assessor's was established.The sample selection process used was similar to the process used by the Mat-Su Borough in its annual population surveys.The communities were divided into blocks (census blocks,when these were delineated on the maps provided by the Mat-Su Borough),the blocks were each assigned a number,and a sample of blocks was chosen using a random sample technique,as described below.All housing units in the desig- nated blocks on the list were canvassed,in the block order listed. A target number of successfully canvassed housing units was developed for each community.The primary blocks selected for each community contained more than the required 30 percent of housing units,in order to allow for unsuccessful interviews.However,a procedure was developed for can- vassing secondary blocks,in case the required number of successful in- terviews was not obtained. If the interviewer was unable to meet the target number of households from within the primary block listings,for any of the reasons listed below,the interviewer was directed to canvass secondary blocks until the target was reached. Page 8 c [ c [ [ [ c o o o ~ o A housing unit was considered to be successfully canvassed if: 1.An interview occurred. 2.The unit was identified as vacant by a neighbor. 3.The interviewer attempted to calIon the housing unit three times,at different times of day,was not able to find anyone at home and there was no evidence that the unit was currently occupied. A housing unit was considered not successfully canvassed if: 1.The household declined to be interviewed. 2.The housing unit could not be located. 3.It was impossible to gain access to the housing unit. 4.It was clear that someone was living at the residence,even though 3 calls at the household were not sufficient to find a resident at home. A completely random sampling technique was deemed appropriate for sample selection in Talkeetna because there was no apparent geographic strati- 3 . fication of the population.The primary blocks were chosen using a random number table. r-'C CU c c ~ u r--: u 3 The 1983 Mat-Su Bor~ugh annual population survey in Talkeetna showed somewhat different estimates for vacancy rates,occupied housing units and population estimates than the results obtained from this survey.A number of factors contributed to this difference.First, the Mat-$u Borough survey was based upon a population frame of 140 housing units,whereas this survey had a population frame of 120. Second,the surveys were taken at different times of the year;the Mat-Su Borough survey occurred in August 1983,whereas this survey was conducted in late October and early November.Finally,with a random sampling procedure.,it is likely that the results of two sep- arate samples from a given population will differ to a certain degree. Page 9 [ c D c fl L L o o o o FJ~ 9 ~ .-" '-' ~ w "I bd ~ 6<i ...~ L...l c-~ u --~, -' The interviewer found three housing units which were clearly in use but where respondents could not be located,within three call-backs.Ac- cording to neighbors,several of these households belonged to individuals who work on the North Slope and commute back and forth to Talkeetna (the most common work schedule is two weeks working!two weeks off).Housing units in secondary blocks were canvassed in order to complete the re- quired number of successful canvasses.The substitution is expected to primarily affect the representativeness of the survey's results for Ques- tion #35,which asks the location of the respondents'place of work. For six months prior to the survey,Talkeetna was a staging area for construction of the Anchorage-Fairbanks Intertie transmission line.The managers of the project lived in a project-specific mobile home park. However,the majority of workers on the Intertie project lived in homes throughout the community,and thus were represented in the survey.Ap- proximately 24 percent of the adults in the sample were working or had worked on the Intertie. 2.3.3 The Questionnaire The survey instrument is ?O pages long.Four hand-out sheets were used to facilitate understanding of questions about employment status,in- dustry of the employed,occupation,and attitudes about public facilities and services,and two maps were used to assist respondents in answering questions dependent upon geographic areas (most notably,questions per- taining to hunting,fishing,and trapping).A copy of the survey in- strument is provided in Appendix B. The field work was conducted between October 26,1983 and November 2, 1983.The Talkeetna interviewer completed 31 interviews in that time. The interviewer was familiarized with the substantive aspects of this questionnaire and reviewed basic interviewing techniques.In addition, this interviewer was give?a written set of guidelines to follow should specific situations or questions arise.This information is contained in Appendix C. Page 10 [ [ D C [ [ c o o D ~ 0.1.•.~ o D c [ c c l The survey instrument was pre-tested in Cantwell on October 21-22,1983. It was tested for its clarity,consistency,and logic of question or- dering.It was also tested on Native and non-Native respondents and young and elderly residents to ensure comprehension by all of the re- spondents who were likely to be included in the sample.Modifications to the questionnaire were made as a result of the pre-test. Completed questionnaires were checked each night for data problems or inconsistencies by the community interviewer. Page 11 c [ D c [ [ c o B o Q c Q c [ D c [ c 3.0 ANALYSIS OF RESULTS 3.1 INTRODUCTION Several conventions are followed throughout the analysis section to allow the reader quick and easy reference to the tables in Appendix A.Tables in the appendix are ordered in a sequence that corresponds to the way in which the questions appear in the survey instrument.Some responses will not appear in the appendix.Those responses not appearing at tPis time were not included because either they were contingent or secondary ques- tions that received few responses or.they are already incorporated in the text.Tables that appear in the text were referenced to a question that appears in the survey instrument.The instrument is presented·as Ap- pendix B. Responses to the survey questions allow the researcher to derive sample statistics such as means or proportions.These statistics are used to generalize from the sample to the entire population.Sample statistics provide a point estimate of the true population parameter.However,due to sampling error,it would be an exceptional coincidence if the point estimate provided by the sample statistic were identical to the pop- ulation parameter.A major weakness of point estimates is that they do not permit any expression of uncertainty about the sample statistic's ability to estimate the population parameter of interest.Uncertainty about estimating ability requires a procedure that calculates an interval about which one has a degree of certainty that the true population par- ameter is contained within a specified.range. Construction of confidence intervals was the technique employed to pro- vide a degree of certainty about the sample statistic's ability to es- timate the population parameter.The intervals are created about the sample statistic and require information about the probability of error that one is willing to accept,the size of the sample,the sampling dis- tribution,and the sample statistic used as an estimator. Page 12 [ [ c [ [ [ [ o B rJu ~ ~ ~ J j -, "--' ~ -, .J ~ ...i :..-~ Smaller sample sizes,extreme values in the distribution of observations, and acceptable risks of error no larger than 10 percent led to several confidence intervals that were quite large for some of the sample sta- tistics. In calculating confidence intervals,the researcher determines the risk of error that "is acceptable for the purposes of the research.A five percent probability of error that intervals constructed will not contain the true population parameter value is typically selected.Confidence levels are defined as one minus the probability of error.In this case~ a 95 percent confidence interval procedure would be used.Construction of intervals using 95 percent confidence levels implies that in 95 out of 100 samples of the same size,the intervals constructed about the sample statistics would be expected to contain the population parameter value. In the other five intervals,the population parameter value would lie outside the interval constructed.In other words,by using this pro- cedure we would be assured that the probability of any interval con- taining the population parameter value is 95 percent. Page 13 [ ~ 3.2 SURVEY RESULTS 1 3.2.1 Demographic Characteristics --' '1 I-' ~ -' , J "1, 3 ~ ~ 9 =.J =l -i 1 ~ "1 d , d Demographic characteristics that profile the population consist of age, sex,race,relationship to head of household,marital status,household size,number of school-age children,and size of the population. 3.2.1.1 Age.According to Table 1,children in Talkeetna made up almost 41 percent of the persons in households while the elderly (65 or more years old)accounted for about 4 percent of the sample.The elderly proportion was similar to that estimated for the entire Mat-Su Borough during 1982.There were more children and fewer elderly as a proportion of the Talkeetna population as compared to the State.Recent St.ate estimates (1982)show these proportions to have been 30 to 35 percent and 3 percent,respectively.Mean age of.the sample was 25.8 years while the median was 27 years.A smaller mean implies that the distribution of ages for the sample is slightly skewed to the left.In 1982,average age in Alaska was 27.6 years~ Adult inhabitants ranged in age from 18 years old to 87 years old.The median age of adults was 33 years old,and the mean age was 37 years. Table 1 Age Distribution of Sample Residents --, J Age Frequency Distribution Number Percent ...1 --, J ~ d -' 0-4 5 -13 14 -17 18 -19 20 -29 30 -39 40 -49 50 -64 65 + Median =27.0 Mean =25.8 12 15 13 2 15 23 9 5 4---ga 12.2% 15.3% 13.3% 2.0% 15.3% 23.5% 9.2% 5.1% 4.1% 100.0% Source:(Q27),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. ....Page 14 [ [ c c c [ c o ~ o D B C cu [ c ru I' ~ ~o [- "" 3.2.1.2 Sex.Fifty percent of the adults in the sample were male,and 50 percent were female.The percentage of males in the 1982 State of Alaska population was between 52 and 53 percent. 3.2.1.3 Member of Native Corporation.About five percent of the adults were members of a Native organization. 3.2.1.4 Household Relationships and Marital Status.About 51 percent (30)of the 58 adults in the sample stated that they were the head of household,and 24 percent (14)were defined as spouses of the head of household.One other adult was classified as a family member,and the remaining 22.4 percent of the sample were classified"as roommates or friends.The latter category represents a relatively large proportion of non-related households as compared to the State proportion.The pro-. portion of non-related individuals in households in the entire state during 1980 was estimated at almost 5 percent of all persons in house- holds. The average age of heads of household was 38 years old.'The defined heads of household in Talkeetna were estimated to be over 64 percent male (18)and over 35 percent female (10).The other three households had no clearly defined head. The responses to questions about relationship to head of household in- dicated slightly more than 48 percent of the adults in the sample were married and living with their spouses.A 95 percent confidence interval about the sample proportion is between 35 percent and 62 percent.A 95% confidence interval implies that if 100 samples were drawn from the pop- ulation of the size 58,in 95 out of the 100 samples,we would expect the population proportion to fall into the interval specified. 3.2.1.5 Household Size.Talkeetna had an average household size of 3.16 persons per household compared to the statewide average household size in 1980 of 2.93.The number of adults per household in Talkeetna was es- timated at 1.89. Page 15 c c D c [ [ c o g o D ~ Q ~ d ~ d "l ed J d J c d 3.2.1.6 School-Age Children.There were approximately 1.27 children per household in the sample.In total,the sample population was composed of about 12 percent pre-school children,about 15 percent primary school-age children,and about 13 percent secondary school-age children.Primary school-age children represented 54 percent of total school-age children in the community. The proportions of children per household were extended to the total estimated number of households that exist in the survey-defined area of ,Talkeetna (89 households)to yield estimates of the total number of chil- dren in the community:34 pre-school children,43 primary school-age children,and 37 secondary school-age children.It was not possible to check these numbers against school enrollment figures since the survey- defined area of Talkeetna represents only a portion of the area that is included in the local s~hool district. 3.2.1.7 Population.There were 126 housing units in the survey-defined area of Talkeetna during 1982.Based on 1983 survey results,the total was adjusted to 124 housing units in 1983.A vacancy rate of 28 percent was determined from sample results.The October vacancy rate is higher than the summer rate because,by the end of October,many seasonal job holders and householders will have left the area.The July vacancy rate for Talkeetna was estimated at 16 to 17 percent by the Mat-Su Borough. Because the vacancy rate is likely to be higher in January than in Oc- tober,it was assumed that 28 percent provides a reasonable estimate of the annual average rate.Higher rates in January are due to the out- migration of all remaining seasonal jobholders and householders and veri- fied in survey results in Table 13.Therefore,an overall occupancy rate for the community of 72 percent is considered accurate. Multiplying the 124 housing units by the occupancy rate yields an es- t:imated 89 occupied households in the community.Multiplying the number of households by the estimated average household size of 3.16 yields an estimated population of 281.people in the survey-defined area of Tal- keetna.The Mat-Su Borough estimate of the Talkeetna population in 1983 was 325.The difference is due to the different time periods when the Page 16 [ c c c [ I' L n U g bd ~ 1 ---'u 1 d "":=l a ~ -, d -, surveys were conducted and the differences in the survey-defined areas used in each effort.The Borough's survey,which was conducted in July 1983,found lower vacancy rates and more housing units. 3.2.2 Economic Characteristics Economic characteristics that profile the population consist of em- ployment status,occupation status,industry of the employed,occupation of the unemployed,and the location of jobs.In addition,several char- acteristics can be combined from the househ~ld and business surveys to provide information on employment by place of work versus employment by place of residence,and commuting patterns. 3.2.2.1 EmplOyment.All the adults in the sample were asked to describe their current employment status.About 76 percent of adults in the sam- ple (44)out of the 58 respondents described themselves·as labor force participants,according to Table 2.Of the 44 adults,more than 86 per- cent were currently employed (or self-employed)and about 14 percent were unemployed but actively seeking work.Retired adults made up about 9 percent of the sample,homemakers made up close to 14 percent of the sample,and inactive unemployed accounted for about 2 percent of the respondents. Table 2 Employment Status => ~ d -] d ~ Cate~ory Employed or Se1f-Emp1oy.ed Retired Unemployed (Active) Unemployed (Inactive) Homemaker Frequency Number 38 5 6 1 8 58 Distribution Percent 65.5% 8.6% 10.3% 1.7% 13.8%--99.9% ..J J ~ --" Source:(Q30),Frank Orth·&Associates,Inc.,1984. 3.2.2.2 Hours Worked Per Week.Of the 45 respondents who were currently or recently employed,over 84 percent were considered to be employed full time.Full-time employment is defined a~working at least 35 hours per week.About 11 percent worked less than 20 hours per week.Adults Page 17 Source:(Q36),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. working between 20 and 29 hours accounted for 4 to 5 percent of the sam- ple.Results appear in Table 3. Median =35 or More Hours [ [ c c L [ c Cate~ory o -9 Hours 10 -19 Hours 20 -29 Hours 35 or More Hours Table 3 Hours Worked Per Week .Frequency Number 3 2 2 38 45 Distribution Percent 6.7% 4.4% 4.4% 84.4% 99.9% D. ~ o o 3.2.2.3 Occupation and Industry.The primary occupation of respondents in the labor force was placed into categories used by the Alaska De- partment of Labor.Results appear in the Table 4 below.The occupation that represented the largest number of residents was the professional, technical,and managerial category. Table 4 Primary Occupation 5 11.4% 5 11.4% 1 2.3% 5 11.4% 2 4.5% 2 4.5% 1 2.3% 44 100.1% D C r bi r ld IiI. U I' i.;d r~ Cat eg,o ry Professional,Technical,&Managers Clerical Workers and Sales Persons Service Workers Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry Machine Trades Structural Recreation-Based Occupations Motor Freight and Transportation Packaging and Materials Handling Mining Miscellaneous Frequency Number 10 5 5 3 Distribution Percent 22.7% 11.4% 11.4% 6.8% ~ ~--~ """ Source:(Q3l),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. Page 18 [ c c [ L [ c o g o D 6 ~ d -, =oi " '-' .---, d' c.3 ~ Secondary skills held by Talkeetna residents were weighted toward the service occupation groups (about 26 percent),the machine trades (about 13 percent),and the professional,technical,and managerial group (about 13 percent).Representing about 10 percent each of the 31 responses received to this question were the agriculture,fishery,and forestry occupations,structural trades,recreation-based occupations,and mining trades. Respondents were asked to identify the name of the establishment that they presently or most recently worked for.The establishments were subsequently classified into industry categories that are·used by the Alaska Department of Labor.The largest industry sector is Trans- portation,Communications and Utilities,accounting for 25 percent of the labor force.One reason for large number of jobs in this sector is re- lated to the Intertie project.The community also contains a number of air transport businesses which service the construction sector as well as the tourist sector. ~he construction sector was also an important component of the Talkeetna economy,accounting for about 23 percent of employment.Agriculture, Forestry,and Commercial Fisheries accounted for about 14 percent of the total employment in the sample.The effects of the Intertie project are also an important factor in explaining the importance of these two sec- tors to the local economy. Another important sector is government.It accounted for slightly over 18 percent of-all employment in the Talkeetna economy. 3.2.2.4 Location of Employment.According to Table 5,about 84 percent of the 44 currently employed residents and recently employed residents in the sample said that their job was located within 10 miles of their resi- dence.Close to 7 percent had jobs in other locations in the Mat-Su Borough.Over 9 percent had jobs that were located outside of the Mat-Su Borough. Page 19 c [ c Cate~ory Table 5 Location of Principal Job Frequency Number Distribution Percent Source:(Q35),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. 3.2.2.5 Business Ownership.Slightly more than 23 percent of all adults in Talkeetna owned a business.Many of these businesses were in the services sector and the transportation sector.They include hotels and inns and helicopter and aviation services.Additionally,retail trade business types consist of arts and crafts establishments,restaurants, and general merchandise businesses • 3.2.2.6 Seasonality of Employment.The number of full-time employed adults varied from about 40 percent of the total 58 adults in January and February to 69 percent in October during 1983,as shown in Table 6. Comparing the peak and valley months of full-time employment during 1983 with average employment of about 31 adults shows that seasonal variations have ranged from 129 percent of average to as low as 74 percent. [ [ C C o g.i ...:'i, D.· ·.·'· .~, D B C r- ld ~ I . U :-: o [-~ u Local (Within 10 Miles) Other Mat-Su Borough Anchorage North Slope 37 3 1 3 44 84.1% 6.8% 2.3% 6.8% 100.0% ="Page 20 Page 21 Table 6 Seasonality of Baseline Full-time Employment Patterns in Talkeetna (As a Percent of All Adults and As a Percent of Average Full-time Employment) N =58 3.2.2.8 Transportation And Travel.Information about travel behavior and preferences for commuting were obtained from respondents.Using the approximate mid-points of each classification in the frequency dis- .tribution tables,it was possible to develop an estimate of the amount of 3.2.2.7 Estimate of Total Employment in the Community.It was estimated that 1.23 adults per household are employed on average (38 employed resi- dents divided by 31 households).Multiplying this by the estimated 89 occupied households in the survey defined area yields a total of 109 employees by place of residence.Place of work estimates can be obtained by adding the responses to employment from surveys of businesses,the public sector,and the Intertie construction worker survey.Place of work estimates for Talkeetna are 177 jobs.Since over 84 percent of all residents work within 10 miles,92 of the 109 employees by place of resi- dence were estimated to work in Talkeetna.Seventeen commuted to jobs outside the area.Of the 177 jobs in Talkeetna,92 belonged to Talkeetna residents and 85 were estimated to belong to non-residents. Percent of Average* 129.0 93.9 77.7 74.4 74.4 87.4 93.9 100.3 110.0 116.5 116.5 126.2 Percent of Adults 69.0% 50.0% 41.4% 39.7% 39.7% 46.6% 50.0% 53.4% 59.6% 63.2% 63.2% 68.4% Number 40 29 24 23 23 27 29 31 34 36 36 39 Baseline Full-time EmploymentMonth *Average Monthly Full-time Employment =30.9. Source:(Q63 to Q74);Frank Orth &Associates,1984. October November December January February March April May June July August September [ [ D [ [ [ C G g o o 6 C C C C L [ l time respondents were spending traveling to work and the amount of time they were willing to spend traveling to work.The majority of re- spondents have been spending about 30 minutes per day traveling in their current or most recent job,according to Table 7. Source:(Q52),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. Frequency Distribution Number Percent Table 7 Average One-Way Daily Commute Time 87.8% 4.9% 7.3% 100.0% 36· 2 3 41 Less Than 30 Minutes 31 to 60 Minutes 5 Hours (And Some Minutes) Cate~ [ [ c c c [ [ f3d M.·.·.b 8 ~ B G C An average of 5.4 round trips to work were made each week by residents of Talkeetna,according to Table 8.The preferred mode of transportation to work was use of a personal motor vehicle.Two thirds of the 45 respondents use such transportation.to get to work,24 plus percent travel on foot or use a bicycle to get to their place of employment,and nine percent go to work by plane.The latter responses were divided equally between North Slope workers and Intertie workers. Table 8 Number of Round Trips to Work Per Week Frequency Distribution Cateaory Number Percent E C U E [ Les'sThan One 3 9.1% One.2 6.1% Four 1 3.0% Five 11 33.3% Six 6 18.2% Seven Or More 10 30.3% 33 100.0% Source:(g53),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. On.average,respondents were willing to travel up to 1 hour and 50 min- utes a day to get to and from work.In jobs that require only one round Page 22 [ [ [ c D [ c 6 A.·.•l=j o trip per week,respondents would be willing to travel about 4 hours and 50 minutes each way to their job. 3.2.3 Housing Characteristics Housing characteristics of interest in the survey include home ownership patterns,dwelling unit types,vacancy rates,and information on housing stock characteristics.A total of 31 responses were possible for ho~se hold characteristics. 3.2.3.1 Type of Structure.Housing unit types were tabulated for house- holds with which interviews were conducted.Results appear in-Table 9. Of the 31 responses to this question,over 77 percent (24)of the house- holds were living in single-family dwelling units,between 6 and 7 per- cent resided in mobile homes on single-family lots,and slightly more than 16 percent lived in travel trailers. Table 9 Housing Type ~ B C Categ,ory Single Family Mobile Home on S-F Lot Travel Trailer Frequency Number 24 2 5 31 Distribution Percent 77.4% 6.5% 16.1% 100.0% c c c c ~ l Source:(Q20),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. 3.2.3.2 Ownership Characteristics.Forty-eight percent of the 31 house- holds interviewed owned the dwelling unit that they lived in,while 42 percent of the adults in households were renters.The remaining three housing units,comprising ten percent of the sample,were owned by a business,which used them to house its employees. 3.2.3.3 Vacancy Rates.A vacancy rate was tabulated for all of the 50 housing units that were canvassed.Twenty-eight percent of the housing units were determined to be vacant in the sample blocks at the time the Page 23 Source:(Q22),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. 3.2.3.4 Housing Characteristics.Each household in the sample was asked whether five characteristics existed in the household.The percentage responding positively to each characteristic is shown below in Table 10. survey was taken.A ninety--five percent confidence about the sample proportion for vacancy rate implies that the true proportion would lie between 15.7 percent and 40.3 percent in 95 out of 100 samples of size 50 drawn from the population. Households were also asked about the type of fuel they use to heat their dwelling.Of the 31 responses received,5~percent (17)said they relied primarily on wood,32 percent (10)said they relied primarily on oil,-and 13 percent (4)said they relied on other fuel sources.Other fuel sour- ces included some form of electric heat. 83.8% 83.8% 80.6% 74.1% 93.5% Distribution Percent 26 26 25 23 29 Frequency Number Table 10 Housing Characteristics N =31 Cateaory Cold Running Water Hot Running Water Septic Tank Telephone Electricity c [ [ c G B W [ [ c R.-l=i o o c 3.2.4 Resident Attitudes About Public Facilities and Services c u [ Inhabitants of Talkeetna were asked to rank their level of satisfaction (which included five options)with available facilities and services. Respondents could also answer with no opinion.In addition,no response was considered as not applicable since many services were not immediately available to respondents.Twenty-eight responses were obtained for each of these questions.Results appear in Table 11. [J..~ ~ c Most of the .13 services included in the survey instrument were locally available to residents of Talkeetna.One exception was mental health Page 24 Page 25 Source:(Q23),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. *The percentages in this table all add up to 100 percent except for some minor differences due to rounding. Table 11 Levels of Satisfaction with Selected Public Facilities and Services* N =28 3.6% 25.0% 21.4% 7.1% 17.9% 21.4% 3.6% 10.7% 64.3% 64.3% 10.7% 10.7% 17.9%7.1% 3.6% 7.1% 10.7% 21.4% 17.9% 3.6% 3.6% 3.6% 0.0% 7.1% 3.6% 10.7% 7.1% 10.7% 7.1% 10.7% 25.0% 32.1% 10.7% 17.9% 14.3% 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 32.1% 7.1% 7.1% 3.6% 3.6% 0.0% 21.4% 7.1% 10.7% 7.1% 14.3% 10.7% 10.7% 17.9% Neither Satis-Dissat-Very Dis-No Opin- fied nor Dis isfied satisfied ion satisfied 28.6% 32.1% 57.1% 53.6% 28.6% 21.4% 35.7% 50.0% 10.7% 10.7% 57.1% 32.1% 35.7% 3.6% 25.0% 14.3% 10.7% 35.7% 3.6% 3.6% 17.9% 0.0% 3.6% 32.1% 0.0% 14.3% services.This service was obtained from outside the area.In addition, medical care and services besides ambulance and social services were only locally available in limited quantities.For example,a public health nurse from Palmer was available one day every two weeks in Talkeetna and a few people were able to obtain assistance with paperwork related to social services through their local political representatives. Facility or Service Ver~Satis-Satisfied ied The library received the highest percentage of positive responses (89 percent),followed by other transportation (68 percent),ambulance ser- vice (64 percent)and the school system (54 percent).Fifty percent of the respondents were dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the road system,and cited poor and infrequent maintenance or plowing as the rea- sons.Other medical care and services besides ambulance also received a high percentage of dissatisfied responses,mainly due to the lack of physician care and pharmacies near Talkeetna. State Trooper Pro- tection Schools Fire Protection Solid Waste or Garbage Disposal Ambulance Other Medical Care & Services Road System Other Transportation Mental Health Services Social Services Libraries Indoor Recreation Facilities Outdoor Recreation Facilities [ C D U C [ C o o o o o c c c C G C F;.•..U c [ D c D [ c o D Respondents were also asked to rank their levels of satisfaction with their water supply and wastewater systems.As shown in Table 12,most respondents were satisfied with their water quantity (96 percent)and somewhat less were satisfied with water quality (74 percent)and their septic tank system (73 percent).The source of the water for almost 93 percent of Talkeetna residents was from the ground.Only 7 percent re- ceived,their drinking water from surface sources. Table 12 Levels of Satisfaction with Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems ,~, Water Charac-Very Satis-Satisfied Neither Sat is-Dissat-Very Dis-No Total teristic fied fied nor Dis-isfied satisfied Opinion satisfied Water Quantity 22.2%74.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.7%100.0% Water Quality 29.6%44.4%0.0%11.1%11.1%3.7%100.0% Septic Tank 15.7%57.7%3.8%3.8%11.5%7.7%100.0%· [J Source:(924),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. o B c c [ c u [ E 3.2.5 Residency and Settlement Patterns Residency and settlement pattern characteristics include seasonality of residents,length of residency,and reasons for choosing to settle in Talkeetna. 3.2.5.1 Residency and Seasonality.It is important to differentiate between the population of a community at a certain point in time from the number of residents in the community bec;ause the State of Alaska dis- tributes certain types of grants to local governments on the basis of the number of people who qualify as residents.The State of Alaska defines a resident as one who lives in a community more than six months of the year or four or more days a week on an annual basis. Accordingly,questions similar to those in the Mat-Su Borough survey of population and housing were asked of respondents about the amount of time spent in Talkeetna.Four residents in the sample of 58 adults answered Page 26 The monthly difference in the number of adult inhabitants who live in Ta1kee'tna throughout the year was identified in the s-amp1e results and shown in Table 13.The number of adults living in Talkeetna in January and February 1983.was equal to only 54 percent of the number living in the community in September. that they usually work outside of Talkeetna in one-week work/one week home or two-week work/two-week home schedules,and thus would not qualify with the residency requirement of living in Talkeetna four days a week or more.About 7 percent of all adult inhabitants would not be classified as residents based on this criterion.However,as noted in the method- ology section,it is believed that people who work on the North Slope were underrepresented in the sample.People who work on the North Slope mayor may not be counted as residents depending on the actual amount of time that they spend in the Borough,~nc1uding vacations.Thus,it is likely:that the percentage ,of individuals in Talkeetna who do not meet the residency requirement is somewha~larger than the sample suggests. Table 13 Seasonality of Adult Residents N =58 c c c c c [ C D g o D a c c c '"o r -, u ,~ Category October November December January February March April May June July August September Monthly Averages Within Quarter First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Number 53 32 30 29 29 33 35 35 39 45 47 54 38.3 30.3 36.3 48.7 Percent 91.4% 55.2% 51.7% 50.0% 50.0% 56.9% 60.3% 60.3% 67.2% 77.6% 81.0% 93.1% u c-:== ~ Source~(g?J_~Frank Orth &AssocAates,Inc.,1984. Page 27 [ c [ D [ [ c Seasonal variations are important factors in explaining the number of year-round residents and in estimating the demand on public facilities and services in the community.The survey data suggest that only 50 percent of the population living in the community·in October 1983 were there year-round. It is important to note two aspects of the survey that may limit the usefulness of these statistics.First,three of the 14 homes that were identified as vacant appeared to be in good condition and to have been recently lived in.To the extent that these homes are used only in the summer months,the seasonal variations are probably greater than the survey data indicates. Source:(Q26)j Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. In addition,the trend noted above may reflect an influx of population related to the Intertie construction project,rather than usual seasonal fluctuations.The Intertie project began hiring employees in Talkeetna in the Spring of 1983.In the autumn,employment had begun to increase. The effect of the Intertie on the length of residency can be seen in Table 14;these figures show that about 48 percent of the adult in- habitants interviewed in Talkeetna have lived in the community for less than 2 years,with almost 33 percent having moved into the community in the six months prior to the survey.Of the 18 residents who arrived within the last six months,50 percent (9)were new residents who were working on the Intertie. Frequency Distribution Number Percent o Q o w. c ....'b B C C c E [ c Table 14 Length of Residence Category Less than 6 Months 6 Months to Less Than 2 Years 2 - 5 Years 6 - 9 Years 10+Years Median =2.5 years 18 10 12 10 8 58 31.0% 17.2% 20.7% 17.2% 13.8% 99.9% lJ Page 28 c [ c [ c [ c 3.2.5.2 Prior Location of Residence.Respondents were asked to state where they lived prior to moving to Talkeetna and why they chose to move to Talkeetna.About 39 percent of residents (12)lived out-of-state before moving to Talkeetna,according to Table 15.The next largest number of in-migrants came from Anchorage (26 percent).Other com- munities in the Mat-Su Borough accounted for about 19 percent of the in-migrants to Talkeetna.Other locations in Alaska excluding Anchorage and the Mat-Su Borough accounted for over 16 percent of the in-migrants in Talkeetna. Table 15 ·Prior Location of the Household Frequency Distribution Number Percento o o g Cate~ory Another Community in the Mat-Su Borough Anchorage Fairbanks Other Railbelt Other Alaska Out-Of-State 6 8 1 2 2 12n 19.4% 25.8% 3.2% 6.5% 6.5% 38.7% 100.0% B C C c c c u L Source:(Q17),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. 3.2.5.3 Reasons For Moving.As shown in Table 16,the most frequently cited reasons for moving to Talkeetna were related to obtaining a job (43 percent),the quality of life (17 percent)and the availability of land (10 percent).Other reasons which accounted for over 13 percent of the respondents'answers include aesthetic quality of environment,adventure, religious reasons,and negative attitudes toward urban living. Page 29 Additional reasons for moving,as shown in Table 17,were also weighted heavily toward the quality of life response (about 26 percent)and friends and relatives nearby (about 16 percent).Other reasons made up over 47 percent of the responses.Similar to the primary reason for moving to Talkeetna,aesthetic quality of environment and religious rea- sons were cited most frequently under this category.The weather and negative attitudes about prior places of residences were also cited as reasons for moving. Source:(Q18a and b),Frank Orth &Assoc_i.ates,Inc_~,1984. Page 30 Source:(Q17,Q18),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. 3.3% 6.7% 3.3% 16.7% 13.3% 99.9% 43.3% 3.3% 10.0% 5.3% 15.8% 5.3% 26.3% 47.4% 100.1% 1 2 1 5 4 30 13 1 3 1 3 1 5 9 19 Frequency Distribution Number Percent Frequency Distribution Number Percent Table 16 Reasons for Moving to Present Location Table 17 Additional Reasons for Moving to Present Location Categ,ory To Obtain a Job To Set Up a Business Availability of Land, Land Disposal,Homestead Opportunity Born or Raised Here Friends or Relatives Nearby Community Services Quality of Life Other Categ,ory Availability of Housing . Friend or Relatives Nearby School System Quality of Life Other c c c c c [ C flw R.-;,'Ej o E B C C C [ G U C [ [ [ c c [ [ o g o Q 6 C C [ c u c l 3.2.6 Fish and Wildlife Resource Use These questions were asked of households so that questions related to frequency distributions could contain a total of 31 responses.The per- centages and calculations in this section should be used with a great deal of caution,as it is highly speculative to base conclusions on fish and wildlife use on data collected for a twelve month period from one point in time. 3.2.6.1 Fishing Activity.The average number of people per household who fish was estimated at 1.51 persons per household.Based on an es- timated number of 89 occupied households,there are about 134 people in the survey-defined area of Talkeetna who fish.Over 80 percent of the households had at least one person who fishes. There were a total of 402 person-days spent by the 44 people in the sam- ple who fish,and 35 percent of the days (141)were spent in Area 1 (see Map 1 in Appendix B). Data on the species sought by people who fish in Area 1 were gathered from responses to questions about person-days spent fishing in Area 1 and what species were sought.In the sample,the people who fish in Tal- keetna were most likely to fish for salmon,(28 percent),especially silver and sockeye,and rainbow'trout (24 percent),as shown in Table 18.Percentages represent the number of households that fished in Area 1 for a species in the pas~twelve months,out of the total number of households in the sample who responded that they fish in Area 1. Page 31 [ [ [ c [ [ c o ~ o Table 18 Households That Fish in Area 1 by Species Sought N =25 Source:(Q61);Frank Orth &Associates,1984. As shown in Table 19,the majority,or 62.5 percent,of households that fish responded that their primary reason is sport and recreation.The remaining 37.5 percent indicated that obtaining food is their main rea- son.No respondents mentioned fishing for cultural reasons. Frequency Distribution Number Percent Table 19 Main Reason For Fishing R~ B C C Category Food Sports &Recreation 9 15 24 37.5% 62.5% 100.0% c c [ [ L Source:(Q58),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. Answers to the question about the percentage of protein supplied from fishing activities give an idea of the extent to which local residents rely on fishing for food.Of the fifteen households responding to the question,about 47 percent said that ~one of their protein needs were met Page 32 [ [ c c by fishing,about 47 percent of the households said that up to one quar- ter of their protein needs during the last year were met by fishing ac- tivities,and one respondent indicated that fish caught by household members accounted for between one-quarter and one-half of the household's protein needs during the past year.Results appear in Table 20. Frequency Distribution Number Percent None Less Than One Quarter One Quarter to One Half [ [ c· 8 Category Table 20 Fish as a Percent of Annual Protein Needs 7 7 1 15 46.7% 46.7% 6.7% 100.1% o c [J 8 C C b E [ c [j Source:(Q62),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. A final question about the importance of fishing in Area 1 for recreation was asked of the twenty households.Of the 11 households responding,27 percent (3)stated that Area 1 was important or very important to their recreational fishing activities.More than 36 percent of the households answered that Area 1 was not so important for recreation and the same percentage responded that Area 1 was unimportant. 3.2.6.2 Hunting Activity.Approximately 55 percent of the households contain people that hunt.The average number of people per household who hunt was estimated at 0.93 persons per household.Based on an estimated number of 89 occupied households,there are an estimated 83 people in the survey-defined area of Talkeetna who hunt. There were a total of 272 person-days spent by the 29 people in the sam- ple who hunt;41 percent of the days (112)were spent in Area 1 and none were spent in Area 2 (see Map 2 in Appendix B).Area 1 represents those areas within 10 miles of the Parks Highway and Denali Highway corridors. Area 2 represents the area that would be made more-accessible if an ac- cess road is built from the Denali Highway to the project site. Page 33 Source:(Q72a to 1,Q73a to 1),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. Table 21 Harvest Count For Sample Household For Area 1 by Species None of the 17 households in the sample that hunt in Area 1 did so for cultural reasons,according to Table 22.Over three-fourths hunted pri- marily for food and approximately one-fourth hunted primarily for sport. The distribution of species sought by people in Talkeetna who hunt in Area 1 was gathered from responses to questions about person-days spent hunting in Area 1 and Area 2 and what species were sought.In addition, the total harvest by species was also asked of households.Harvest in- fQrmation has been summarized in Table 21 for Area 1. 76.5% 23.5% 100.0% 1 1 o o o 40 25 20 1983 Harvest Count Distribution Percent 17 13 4 Frequency .Number Table 22 Main Reason For Hunting Species Moose Caribou Sheep B1ackbear Wolf Ptarmigan Ducks Spruce Hens Page 34 Categ,ory Source:(Q67),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. Food Sports &Recreation c [ [ [ [ [ g [ o o o D C C [ c u [ L [ [ c [ [ [ [ o o Answers to the question about the percentage of protein supplied from hunting activities revealed a somewhat substantial reliance upon hunting in the last year to support protein needs.According to Ta ble 23, slightly more than 8 percent (1)of the 12 responding households said that less than one-quarter of their protein needs during the last year were met by hunting activities,about 17 percent said that approximately one-half of their protein needs were met by hunting activities in the last year and another 17 percent answered that meat from hunting ac- counted for more than one-half of their protein needs.However,more than 58 percent (7)said that none of their protein needs were met by hunting during the last year.This means that several households which hunted primarily for food,according to Table 22,were unsuccessful in obtaining meat from hunting activities last year. Table 23 Game as a Percent of Annual Protein Needs o Categ,ory .Frequency Distribution Number Percent Page 35 3.2.6.3 Trapping Activities.Thirteen percent of the households in the sample contained people who trap.The average number of people per house- hold who trap was estimated at 0.12 persons per household.Based on an estimated number of 89 occupied households,there may be about °11 people A final question about the importance of hunting in Area 1 for recreation was answered by the four households that indicated they hunt for sport. One-half of these respondents (representing 6.5 percent of the overall sample of 31)stated that Areas 1 and 2 were very important or important to their recreational hunting activities.The other one-half of the re- spondents indicated that Areas 1 and 2 were unimportant to their recre- ational hunting activities. Source:(Q75),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. 58.3% 8.3% 16.7% 16.7% 100.0% 7 1 2 2 12 None Less Than One Quarter About One Half One Half to Three Quarters o B C r.~'u [ C [ {j [j [ [ c c [ [ [ o g who live in the survey-defined area of Talkeetna who trap.A ninety-five percent confidence about the sample mean for people per household who trap implies that the true mean would lie between 0 people and 1.03 people per household in 95 out ·of 100 samples of size 31 drawn from the population. There were a total of 22 person-days spent by the 4 people in the sample who trap.None of those days were spent in Area 1 or Area 2 (see Map 2 in Appendix B). Seventy-five percent of the four households (3)that responded to questions about the main reason for trapping stated that recreation was the primary reason for trapping.According to Table 24,the remaining respondent said that trapping for income was the primary reason. Table 24 Main Reason For Trapping B Q Cate~ory Sports/Recreation Money/Income Frequency Number 3 1 ""4 Distribution Percent 75.0% 25.0% 100.0% B C C Source:(Q80),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. Two respondents answered the question about the percentage of income gained from trapping activities,and both indicated that they had gained no income from trapping during the previous 12 months.Results appear in Table 25. Table 25 Trapping as a Percent of Yearly Incomec c [ t C / Frequency Cate~ory Number 2None~ Source:(Q87),Frank Orth &Associates,Inc.,1984. Page 36 Distribution Percent 100.0% 100.0% [ [ ~ [ [ [ C 6 o o C·····-:·-- ~ 6 C C t [J C L t A final question about the importance of trapping in Areas land 2 for recreation was asked of the 28 households.Of the 2 households responding, one stated that Areas land 2 were very important or important to their recreational trapping activities,although it is apparent that this was not the case for the last year since no households said that they used either area.The one household represented 3.2 percent of the total sample of households.The other household stated that these areas were unimportant for their recreation needs. 3.2.7 Community Change Households were asked if they had noticed any changes in their community since 1980.Eighty percent of the 30 respondent households answered in the affirmative and twenty percent noticed no changes at all.The most no- ticeable change in Talkeetna was the large increase in population.Related changes that were commonly mentioned include:1)increase in employment opportunities and business activity;2)increase in theft;3)increase in traffic,speeding and careless driving;4)increase in the number of tran- sients in the community;5)a change away from the small-town atmosphere that long-time residents had enjoyed;6)more businesses,more variety of goods ~vai1ab1e,and more professional service by the businesses;7)higher school enrollments;8)changing aesthetics,and increase in number of buildings,cutting down of trees;"and 9)criticism of the way in which the Intertie contractors treated members of the community. 0308h Page 37 Y IHD13cIcIY n J n d J J "U B D o ~ B J J ] U J J J MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION 0290h HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS [ [ c [J [ [ [ OJ, ~ R o 8 C C C C [ [ l 12/08/83 ADULTS PER HOUSEHOLD PRE-SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SECONDARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN HOUSEHOLD AVERAGE MEAN i.87 0.38 0.48 0.41 3.16 STAND DEV .8 .7 .8 .8 HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION REPORTS FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION NUMBER PERCENT 08 25.8% 23 74.2% [ C b o [ [ C D ~ o D B C C C C C r.-.~'.-..[; [j YES NO 01/26/84 HOUSEHOLDS WITH YEAR-ROUND RESIDENCE STAYING LESS THAN 4DAYS/WEEK 31 100.0% HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION REPORTS FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION NUMBER PERCENT 18 58.1% 13 41.9% [ [ B C l [ C o .D o LJ 6 C C C C L [ U 01/26/84 HSEHOLDS WITH RESIDENTS OUTSIDE COMM.DURING LAST 12 MOS. YES NO 31 100.0% HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION REPORTS FREQUENCY DlSTRIBUTION NUMBER PERCENT 15 48.4% 13 41.9% 03 9.7% c [ b C [ [ C o A..-jtj B ~. B C b C C C [ [ 01/26/84 HOME OWNERSHIP OWN/BUYING RENT OTHER 31 100.0% HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION REPORTS FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION NUMBER PERCENT 02 7.1% 26 92.9% c [ o c [ [ o o o B ~~ o c c c C E C C 01/26/84 WATER SOURCE SURFACE GROUND 28 100.0% HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION REPORTS FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION NUMBER PERCENT 17 54.8% 10 32.3% 04 12.9% [ [ [J c [ [ c o g B 8 6 C C E C [ C [ 01/26/84 PRIMARY HEAT SOURCE WOOD BURNING HEATER OIL HEATER OTHER 31 100.0% HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION REPORTS FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION NUMBER PERCENT 14 24.1% 01 1.7% 13 22.4% 30 51.7% [ [ B C L [ C ill o 8 B o C C E D U E E 01/26/84 RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD SPOUSE PARENT OR PARENT-IN-LAW ROOMMATE OR FRIEND HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD 58 99.9% [ [ b C [ [ C o o B ~ B C [J C C L C· C 1/26/84 18-19 YEARS 20-44 YEARS 45-64 YEARS 65+YEARS TOTAL 290h HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FRE"QUENC:Y DISTRIBUTION REPORTS AGE OF HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD NUMBER PERCENT 1 3.3% 22 73.3% 4 13.3% 3 10.0% 30 99.•9% LENGTH OF RESIDENCE (IN YEARS) [ [ c u [ [ c O·~-..,., o o ~I§ 6 C C C C L C p....'..•'.. L1 1/26/84 . AGE 0290h HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION MEAN STAND DEV 4.25 5.3 MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION MEAN STAND DEV 37.10 14.5 HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION REPORTS FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION NUMBER PERCENT 29 50.0% 29 50.0% [ [ p [ u [ [ G U o [J 6 b 6 C E L [ L ·01/26/84 SEX MALE FEMALE 58 100.0% HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION REPORTS FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION NUMBER PERCENT 03 5.2% 55 94.8% [ [' ~ ~ c [ [ c ~B 8 o o B [ (J b E C L U YES NO 01/26/84 MEMBER OF NATIVE CORPORATION 58 100.0% HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION REPORTS FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION NUMBER PERCENT 06 13.6% 03 6.8% 10 22.7% 11 25.0% 01 2.3% 04 9.1% 01 2.3% 04 9.1% 01 2.3% 03 6.8% [ [ c c [ [ C B o o ~-..".'.-~ ---.:i B C C b E [ [j l 01/26/84 INDUSTRY CATAGORIES AGRICULTURE,FORESTRY,&COMMERCIAL FISHERIES MINING CONSTRUCTION TRANSPORTATION,COMMUNICATION,&UTILITIES WHOLESALE TRADE RETAIL TRADE SERVICES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STATE GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT 44 100.0% HOU~EHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION REPORTS FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION NUMBER PERCENT 12 23.1% 40 76.9% [ [ c [ c [ C Q [J D Ia.•.•.•~~ B C [J C C L [ U 01/26/84 BUSINESS OWNERSHIP YES NO 52 100.0% HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION REPORTS FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION NUMBER PERCENT 03 10.3% 06 20.7% 11 37.9%, 07 24.2% 02 6.9% [ [ D C [ [ C G o o 8.~.Q B D C o E L U C 01/26/84 PREFERENCE FOR AVERAGE DAILY COMMUTING TIME LESS THAN 15 MINUTES 15 TO 29 MINUTES 30 TO 60 MINUTES 1 HOUR 2 HOURS 29 -100.0% HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION REPORTS FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION NUMBER PERCENT 06 26.1% 03 13.0% 05 21.7% 09 39.1% c [ D C [ C C o o f!tJ~ o 8 C C b LJ C C [j 01/26/84 PREFERENCE FOR AVERAGE WEEKLY COMMUTE TIME 2 HOURS (AND SOME MINUTES) 3 HOURS (AND SOME MINUTES) 5 HOURS (AND SOME MINUTES) 6 HOURS OR MORE 23 99.9% HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION REPORTS FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION NUMBER PERCENT 25 80.6% 06 19.4% .[ [ c c [ [ [ 8 o o o 8 C C b C [ [ l 01/26/84 DOES THE HOUSEHOLD CONTAIN PEOPLE THAT FISH? YES 00 31 100.0% HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION REPORTS FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION NUMBER PERCENT 06 20.7% 13 44.8% 02 6.9% 06 20.7% 01 3.4% 01 3.4% [ [ B n.iU [J [ C B o o [J B C C lJ C [j C lJ 01/26/84 HOUSEHOLDS WITH PEOPLE THAT FISH o 1 2 3 4 5 29 99.9% HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS c [ b C C [ C E o 8 C 6 C 6- C C [ [ E 1/26/84 HOUSEHOLDS WITH HOUSEHOLDS WITH HOUSEHOLDS WITH 0290h PEOPLE THAT FISH PEOPLE THAT HUNT PEOPLE THAT TRAP MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION MEAN STAND DEV 1.51 1.3 0.93 1.0 0.12 0.3 HOUSEHOLD SURVEY 1TALKEETNA CROSS TABS,INDICES &FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS c [ 8 D [ [ C B o o o E C C C L [ [ t 1/26/84 290h TOTAL PERSON DAYS/FISHING FREQUENCY OF USE OF AREA/FISHING 402.00 35.0 % HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION REPORTS FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION NUMBER PERCENT 01 9.1% 02 18.2% 04 36.4% 04 36.4% [ [ b C C [ C 6 o G C o C Q C C [ [ t 01/26/84 IMPORTANCE OF FISHING IN AREA 1-RECREATION VERY IMPORTANT IMPORTANT NOT SO IMPORTANT UNIMPORTANT 11 100.1% HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION REPORTS FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION NUMBER PERCENT 17 54.8% 14 45.2% [0 [ § c [ [ [ 6 o G C 6 C C b C [ L t 01/26/84 DOES THE HOUSEHOLD CONTAIN PEOPLE THAT HUNT? YES NO 31 100.0% HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION REPORTS FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION NUMBER PERCENT 13 41.9% 11 35.5% 03 9.7% 04 12.9% c [ c c [ [ C 6 o B D 6 C C C F U E L l 01/26/84 HOUSEHOLDS WITH PEOPLE THAT HUNT o 1 2 3 31 100.0% HOUSEHOLD SURVEY/TALKEETNA CROSS TABS,INDICES &FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS [ [ b [ [ [ [ 6 o o o 6 C C b [j [ L t 1/26/84 290h TOTAL PERSON DAYS/HUNTING %OF TOTAL PERSON DAYS HUNTING/AREA 1 %OF TOTAL PERSON.DAYS HUNTING/AREA 2 272.00 41.0 % 00.0 % a:nmmclcIV J ] J d 3 [] ~ D o a o o J ] J .J 8 ] ] [ [ b c Questionnaire I: SUSITNA HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT H:>USEHa..D SURVEY ConInunity: I nter vi ewer: D8te: c Location of Household: Block 1:_Housing Unit 1 (assigned.by interviewer):_ [First Contact Attempt: Contact Made: CComments: B o I.YES 2.NO 6Comments: fl Second Contact Attempt: lj Contact Made:I.YES f3 2.NObiComments: 8 [ CTh Ird Contact Attempt: Contact Made:I.YES 2.NO E L c b [ [ 1 Hello,my name Is and I am conducting a survey for the J AI aska Power Authority (SHOW UENTlFICATIONL We wou Id like you to participate In this survey.Your answers will be completely confidential and voluntary,and will be greatly appreciated. 6ThiS study Is part of the Susltna Hydroelectric Project.Its purpose Is to provide current I nfonnatlon on the area that can be usedCforprojectplanning. The questions are about housing,characteristics of the people In yourn...household,hunting and fishing that you do,and recent changes In your U commun I ty •I F THEY REQUEST MORE I NFORtJA T ION,SHOW SUS I TNA BROC HURE OR APA LEITER. [ I need to speak with someone 18 years or older that l.!.:!!.!.here.Would that be you? D O.The first set of questions will focus on the size of your household and ]the length of.time that you have lived here. Q-I [J o DQ - 2a B Are you the head of this household? I.YES 2.NO 3.NO HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD How many adults (age 18 or older)live In this household? IF THIS IS NOT CLEAR,SAY:I mean,121 I adults who consider-this their permanent residence,Including people that are not related to you. [FOR A CHILD THAT STAYS PART-TIME,RECORD AS A FRACTION IN QUESTIONS 2b-2d Q-2b How many children under 5 years of age live In this household? c [Q-2C CQ-2d L L l ~KE SURE TIiA T THE RESPONDENT I NCLUDED I NF ANTS. How many children ages 5 through I I live In this household? How many chi Idren ages 12 through 17 live In this household? [ [Q-3a q l::J c D [Q-4 Are there any household members that live here all year round,but usually stay here less than four days per week? IF I,ANSIER F<l..LOW I NG QUEST ION I.YES 2.NO Q-3b (I F I>How many? O~d you or other household members I Ive.outslde __ ~antwell,Trapper Creek,or Talkeetna)sometime In the last 12 months? [ o o o o B C c c [ [ L tJ IF YES,ANSIER QUESTIONS 5-16 I.YES 2.NO Q:5-16 In which months during the last twelve months did you ~live here? How about the other adults In your household? Which months during the last twelve months did they not I I ve here? : Respondent Adult 12 Adult 13 Adult 14 Adu Itl5 Adultl6 5a OClOBER 5b OClOBER 5c OCTOBER 5d OClOBER 58 OClOBER 5f OCTOBER------6a NOVEMEER 6b NOVEMEER 6c NOVEMEER 6d NOVEMBER 6e NOVEMBER 6f NOVEMBER------7a DECEMBER 7b DECEMBER 7e DECEMBER 7d DECEMBER 7e DECEMBER 7f DECEMBER------Sa JANUAAY 8b JANUARY 8e JANUARY 8d JANUARY Be JANUARY 8f JANUARY------9a FEBRUARY 9b FEBRUARY 9c FEBRUARY 9d FEBRUARY ge FEBRUARY 9f FEBRUARY------lOa MARCH lOb MARCH IOe MARCH IOd MARCH 10e MARCH 10f MARCH--- - --Ita ,APRIL lib ,APRI L lie APRIL lid APRIL lie APRIL II f APRIL------12a MAY 12b MAY 12c MAY 12d·MAY 12e MAY 12f MA.Y----JUNE - -13a JUNE 13b JUNE Ix JUNE 13d 138 JUNE 13f JUNE----- -14a JULY 14b JULY 14e JULY 14d JULY 14e JULY 14f JULY--- ---15a AUGUST 15b AUGUST 15c AUGUST 15d AUGUST 158 AUGUST 15f AUGUST------16a SEPTEMEER 16b SEPTEMBER 16e SEPTEMEER 16d SEPTEMEER 168 SEPTEMEER 16f SEPTEMBER c [Q-17 r', b [ F1 L-oi n L...-..-J Q-18 n u, ~ d [] 5, ~ ,., ~ '-' ~ d "l ~~ ~ Where w~s your household loc~ted before It came to ? (Cantwe I I,Tr~pper Creek,or Ta I keetn~) ~•TOWNIC ITY : b.STATE: c.COUNlRY: d.ENTER CODE: I.ANOTHER COtJMJ NI TY IN THE WIT-SU BOROUGH 2.At-Ct-DRAGE 3.FAIR~NKS 4.OTHER RA I LEEL T 5.OTHER ALASKA 6.OUT-oF-ST~TE What ~re .the two most Important reasons the household moved here? ~.:Reason II b.:Reason 12 I.TO OBrAIN A JOB 2.TO SET lP A BUSINESS 3.AVAILIBI LITY CF LAND/LAND DISPOSALlt-D~STEAD OPPORTUNITY 4.AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING 5.RECREAT 10N--HUNT I NGIF ISH lNG/OUTDOOR RECREATION 6.INEXPENSIVE TO LIVE 7.BORN OR RA ISED HERE 8.FRIENDS OR RELATIVES NEJRBY 9.QUALITY CF HOUSING 10.SHOPPING FACILITIES I I.COt+tJ NI TY SERV ICES 12.~t-DOL SYSTEM 13.PRO<lMITY TO WORK 14.QUALITY CF LIFE 15.OTHER The next set of questions deal with the type of housing you live In. ~ ~Q-19 O:>es the household own or rent this dwelling? .dl I.OItVBUY ING IT cd 2.RENT 3.OTHER u d ~ ..... n ~~ r, Lj Q-20 DO Nor ASK UNLESS I TIS NOT OBV 10US WhaT Type of home Is Th Is? Cj Where do you geT your waTer? I.SURFACE 2.GROUND a.Cold Running Water •••••I.YES 2.NO Does the home you I I ve In have: ""' -.-J r-,Q-21 e-J ""l :::j cd "]Q-22 j ~} I.SINGLE FAMILY 2.DlPLEX 3.MULTIFAMILY BUILDING (BUILDING FOR THREE OR MORE FAMILIES) 4.tel>BILE OOto£ON SINGLE FAMILY LOT 5.MOBILE HOte£IN MOBILE HOte£PARK "6.TRAVEL TRAILER 7.RCXW'ClBIN IN A LOOOE 8.TENT OR OTHER TENT-L IKE-S1RLCTURE 9.OTHER ~- w e.Electricity •••••••••••• (HOOKUP OR GENERA TOR) I.YES 2.NO IF I.ANSlo£R NEXT QUEST ION , ~ f.What is your main source of electriciTy? -, ~ ':::J ~ I.M\TANUSKA ELECTRI C ASSOCIAT ION 2.GENERATOR 3.BUY ELEC1R1 CI TY FROM NEIGI-BGWNEARBY BUSINESS 4.OTHER d g.How do you heat your home? WRITE DOWN MORE THAN ONE CODE.IF '&pPLICAB..E. I. 11.__- 111 •.__- '-' d -~, I.WO~URNING HEATER 2.01 L HEATER 3.GAS-FIRED HEATER 4.PRCPANE OR KEROSENE HEATERS 5.COAL BURN I NG STOVE 6.OTHER _ -' [ [ CQ-23 [' " t" I'd like to ask you to rank,on ~scale of I to 7,your satisfaction with the following public facilities and services (SHEET A).Of course,sane of these ~re provided by the shte and sane by the Met-Su Borough (IF IN CANTWELL,SAY other governmental .ntl~l.s)•NO FMCT IONAL SOORES. IF 4 OR 5,ASK Why? a.State Trooper protection l r-' LJ " I "l; b._ c.--- d.--- Schools Fire Protection Solid Waste or Gar- bage dIsposa I e.Ambulance ,....., J f.:..-__other Medical Care & Services d g.Road System g ===1 § , ----.7 h.--- I.--- Other transportation (Railroad,airports) Mental Health Services d ,--, J.Social Services' (G lYE EXNo1PLES) M3nta I Hea Ith,AI coho I Treatment k.Libraries -., ;;J I.Indoor Recreation j Facilities m.Outdoor Recreation Facilities c Q-24 How do you rate,on a scale of =~ a.Quantity of Wafer d b.Water Quality -" c.Septic Tank or Other --Sewage System- I to 7,your water ~nd waste water treatment system? [ r lJ This next section cont21lns questions 21bout employment. that livas In your household.You said there were 1'1 I be asking you questions 21bout each edult adults.Let's begin with yourself. n t F1I~First leme ~ Respondent Adult #2 In Hsehld Adult #3 In Hsehld Q-25 ~ L__ r-, r-" U Q-26 F1r b Wh 21t I s your relationship to the head of household? How long has (USE FIRST NAt.£)I hed In ? (INsERT COotMJN I TY NAME) a I.SPOUSE 2.PARENT OR PARENT IN-LAW 3.SON OR DAUGHTER 4.GRANDPARENT 5.ROOMMHE OR FR I END 6.OTHER _ a b I.SPOUSE 2.PARENT OR PARENT IN-LAW 3.SON OR DAUGHTER 4.GRANDPARENT 5.RQClMM6,TE OR FRI END 6.OTHER ---- b c I.SPOUSE 2.PARENT OR PARENT IN-LAW 3.SON OR DAUGHTER 4.GRANDPARENT 5.ROOMMATE OR FRIEND 6.OTHER _ c n~.Q-27 What I s your J age? a b c 9 Q-28 !~ l=> qg Q-29 h led Is that person male or female? Are you a member of a natlve,re- glona I,or vIII age Corporation? a I.Male 2.Female 21:..-__ I.YES 2.NO b I.Male 2.Female b I.YES 2.NO c I.Mele 2.Female c I.YES 2.NO Q-30 Wh I ch category best describes your present employment "status? (SHEET B)u L L. r~ I a b I.Employed or sa I f-em pI oyed 2.Retired 3.Unemp.(act I ve) 4.Unemp.(Inactive) 5.Homemaker 6.Student 7.Disabled I.Employed or sa I f-employed 2.Retired 3.Unemp.(act I vel 4.Unemp.(Inactive) 5.Homemaker 6.Student 7.Disabled c I.Employed or sa I f-employed 2.Retired 3.Unemp.(active) 4.Unemp.(Inactive) 5.Homemaker 6.Student 7.Disabled w i : G Q-31 Wh2lt do you do for 21 living (primary occupation)? I NTERV I EWER PUTS INTO CATEOORY (SHEET D) 21._ e.;...._ b._ b._ c._ c.--- ~ r-\ ---J Adult 14 In Hsehld Adult 15 In Hsehld Adult 16 In Hsehld "'First Name d _e _f _ I.SPOUSE 2.PARENT OR PARENT IN-LAW 3.SON OR DAUGHTER 4.GRANDPARENT 5.R()(Jo1W.TE OR FRI END 6.OTHER _ f-----.e._ I.SPOUSE 2.PARENT OR PARENT IN-LAW 3.SON OR DAUGHTER 4.GRANDPARENT 5.ROOMMATE OR FRIEND 6.OTHER ---- I.SPOUSE 2.PARENT OR PARENT IN-LAW 3.SON OR DAUGHTER 4.GRANIPARENT 5.R~TE OR FRIEND 6.OTHER ---- dWhatI s your relatIonshIp to the head of household? Q-25 ....." .-' -~ ~-.. -' '"' ..J Q-26 How long has (USE FIRST NAME)lived In ? (INSERT CQo1MJNITY NAME) d e f 1 Q-27 What I s your :::j age? =i d e._f._ .,Q-28 1 .3 Is that person male or female? d I.Male 2.Female e I.Male 2.Female f I.Male 2.Female .,Q-29 ---3 =i =:::; ~ Are you a member of a natIve,re- gional,or vii lage Corporation? d---I.YES 2.NO e I.YES 2.NO f I.YES 2.NO ;.J Q-30 ~ ----7, d ~ =' ~ -j Wh I ch category best describes your present employment status? (SiEET B) d I.Emp loyed or se I f-ernp loyed 2.Retired 3.Unemp.(act I vel 4.Unemp.(I~actlve) 5.I-bmemaker 6.Student 7.Disabled e I.Employed or se I f~p loyed 2.Retired 3.Unemp.(act I vel 4.Unemp.(Inactive) 5.Homemaker 6.Student 7.Disabled f I.Employed or or sel f~ployed 2.Retired 3.Unemp.(act I vel 4.Unemp.(Inactive) 5.Homemaker 6.Student 7.Disabled ~Q-31 ~ What do you do for a livIng (primary occupation)? d.o _e •._1.:..-_ -.J I NTERV I EWER PUTS INTO CATEOORY (SHEET D) d •._e.;..._f.--- ~~ ;:.,J [ r""lj ~ondent CQ-32 Is there anything a. else you do for a living (secondary I.YES occupation>?2.NOrIFYESTOQ-32,LJ Q-33 a. what else do you do ,-,for a I Ivl ng? l~ I NTERV I EWER PUTS a. r"INfo CATEOORY I (~EET D) L-l "Who do you workLJQ-34 a. for now or most recently? Adult 12 In Hsehld b._ I.YES 2.NO b._ b. b. Adult 13 In Hsehld c.,_ I.YES 2.NO c._ c. c. o n 1 _; --~ J 1NT~V I EWER PUTS INTO CATEOORY (SHEET C) a.b.c. o U Q-35 =~ ~ ~ IF THEY HAVE MOlt THAN ONE EMPLOYER,ANS~R FOR PRINCIPAL JOB. Where I s/was your a b c prl nclpa III ast I.Loca I<wi In 10m J)I.Loca I (wI I n 10m J)I.Local(w/ln 10 mJ) job located?2.other Melt-Su 2.other Mat-Su 2.other Mat-Su (Is It within 10 3.Anchorage 3.Anchorage 3.Anchorage miles of your 4.Fairbanks 4.Fairbanks 4.Fairbanks home?]5.North Slope 5.North Slope 5.North Slope 6.Elsewhere 6.Elsewhere 6.Elsewhere Q-36 " <= " bi ~ bJ Q-37 r---"'1! u " w l ,6bout how many hours per week do/d Id you work? If you are work- I ng part-tIme (34 hours or less per week),would you be Interested In working ful 1- time? a b c I.0-9 I.0-9 I.0-9 2.10-19 2.10-19 2.10-19 3.20-29 3.20-29 3.20-29 4.30-34 4.30-34 4.30-34 5.35 or more 5.35 or more 5.35 or more a b c--I.YES I.YES I.YES 2.NO 2.NO 2.NO 3.POSSIBLY 3.POSSIBLY 3.POSSIBLY r ~~ I' I Adult 14 In Hsehld L-' Q-32 Is there anything d. C else you do for a I I vi ng (secondary I.YES occupation)?2.NO ~I ! IF YES TO Q-32,LJ Q-33 d. what else do you do "for a Ilvl ng? I N'lERV I EWER PUTS d. n INTO CAlEOORY (SHEET D) ;Q"-34 Who do you work d. U for now or most recently? Adult 15 In Hsehld e •._ I.YES 2.NO e._ e. e. Ad u It 16 I n Hseh 1d f.,_ I.YES 2.NO 1._ 1._ f. o o ~-1 ...J I NTERVI EWER PUTS INTO CAlEOORY (SHEET C) d.e.f. IF THEY HAVE MORE THAN ONE EMPLOYER,ANSW::R FOR PRINCIPAL JOB Where I slwas your d e f prl nc Ipalll ast I.Local (w/l n 10 mI)I.Loca I<w/l n 10m I)I.Local (w/l n 10 mt> job located?2.other Mat-Su 2.other Mat-Su 2.other Mat-Su [Is It within 10 3.Anchorage 3.Anchorage 3.Anchorage miles of your 4.Fairbanks 4.Fairbanks 4.Fa Irbanks home?]5.North Slope 5.North SI ope 5.North Slope 6.Elsewhere 6.Elsewhere 6.Elsewhere Fl U LiQ-35 D Rg Q-36 C9 t:::j u r] U LJ Q-37 f u r~ L. r" ~ ~ b' About how ma ny hours per week do/did you work? If you are work- I ng part-time (34 hours or less per week),would you be Interested In working ful 1- time? d d e f I.0-9 I.0-9 I.0-9 2.10-19 2.10-19 2.10-19 3.20-29 3.20-29 3.20-29 4.30-34 4.30-34 4.30-34 5.35 or more 5.35 or more 5.35 or more e f I.YES I.YES I.YES 2.NO 2.NO 2.NO 3.POsslay 3.POsslay 3.POsslay r, ~ "_,WORKING OR UNEMPLOYED,ASK THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ,Respondent Ad u It 12 I n Hseh Id Adult 13 In Hsehld _J " e-J .-, '---l " ...J 38-49 Durl ng wh I ch of the past twelve calendar 38a months were you 39<1 emp I oyed or se I f-4Qa employed full-tIme?41a 42a 43a 44a 45a 46a 47a 48a 49<1 OCTOBER NOVEMI£R DECEMEER JANUARY FEBRUARY MAR::H APRIL M'.Y JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER 38b 39b 40b 41b 421> 4)1) 44b 45b 46b 47b 4& 49b OCTOEER NOVEMI£R DECEMI£R JANUARY FEBRUARY MAR:H APRIL M'.Y JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER 38c 39c 40c 41c 42c 43c 44c 45c 46c 47c 48c 49c OCTOI£R NOVEMBER DECEMEER JANUARY FEBRUARY MAR;H APRIL M4.Y JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER J Q-50 Have you a d owned your own business durIng ~the last 12 months? "e-5 q 1 C::i ~ J E1 ~ " ~ ~ w '=:3 I ~ ,-. G r~ u L '-' I.YES 2.NO b I.YES 2.NO c I.YES 2.NO [ [IF WORKING OR UNEMPLOYED,ANS'I£R THE FOLLOWING QUEST IONS F"l. n l~ l~ OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MAR:H APRIL t+\Y JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER 381 391 401 411 421 431 441 451 461 471 481 491 OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MAR:H APRIL t+\Y JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER 38e 3ge 40e 41e 428 438 448 45e 468 47e 48e 4ge 38-49 During which 01 the [past twelve calendar 38c1 _OCTOBER .months were you 39d _NOVEMBER emp loyed or se I 1-40c1 _DECEMBER employed?41d _JANUARY 42d FEBRUARY 43d MAR:H 44d APRI L 45d t+\Y 46d -JUNE 47d JULY 48c1 AUGUST 49d SEPTEMBER L r'\ U Q-50 o Have you owned your own business during the last 12 months? d I.YES 2.NO e I.YES 2.NO 1 I.YES 2.NO n [J J r'i I i L.J ~n d ""} , =I -, :::J "' L.J " w d --, d ~ n '1 _-,INSTRUCTIONS FOR INTERVIEWER:ASK QUESTIONS 51-53 FOR EACH ADULT WHO IS CURRENTLY OR RECENTLY Et-PLCJrED,AND FOR THE JOB THAT REQUIRES THE MOST TRAVEL TIME. -, Q-51 How do you travel to work now (or In the most recent Job that required trave I)? '":"1 -i , Respondent 81a2---- a3 ---- Ad uIt #2 I n Hseh Id bl _ b2 _ b3 _ Adult #3 In Hseh Id cl _ c2 _ c3 _ --, -l ." -1 I.PERSONAL MOTORIZED VEHICLE (CAR,TRUCK,VAN) 2.BUS 3.TRAIN 4.OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE 5.PLANE 6.ON FOOT/BICYCLE 7.NOT IflPL I CAB.E '1 Q-52 What Is the average time It takes/took to travel one way to work? = -, "=i, -l Fespondent a _ Adult #2 In Hsehld b _ Adu It 13 I n Hseh I d c _ ~ ~ ~ :i -= d , I.LESS THAN 30 MINUTES 2.31 TO 60 MI NUTES 3.I HOUR (AND SOtE MINUTES) 4.2 HOURS (AND Sot-E MINUTES) 5.3 HOURS (AND SOME MI NUTES ) 6.4 HOURS (AND SOt-E MINUTES) 7.5 HOURS (AND SOME MINUTES) 8.6 HOURS OR MORE 9.NOT IflPLI CAa.E Q-53 How many round-trips to work do/did you make In an average week? =' , ...J --::J d ...J J .:J d Fespondent a _ I.LESS THAN ONE 2.ONE 3.lWO 4.Tl-REE 5.FOUR 6.FIVE 7.SiX 8.SEVEN OR MORE 9.NOT IflPLI CAB.E Adult #2 In Hsehld b _ Adult 13 In Hsehld c _ "I ' " --.J INSTRUCTIONS FOR INTERVIEWER:ASK QUESTIONS 51-53 FOR EACH ,ADULT WHO IS CURRENTLY OR RECENTLY aPLOYED,AND FOR THE JOB THAT REQUIRES THE MOST TRAVEL T HoE. '""} Q-51 How do you travel to work now (or In the most recent Job that required trave I)? q -', Adult 14 In Hsehld dl _ d2 _ d3 _ Adult 15 In Hsehld ele2---- e3 ---- Ad u It 16 I n Hseh I d 11 12--- -13 _ -i , .........i I.PERSONAL MOTORIZED VEHICLE (CAR,TRUCK,VAN) 2.BUS 3.TRAIN 4.OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE 5.PLANE 6.ON FOOT/BICYCLE 7.NOT IPPLI CABLE ,Q-52 What I s the average time It takes/took to travel one way to work? d "1 1...J Adult 14 In Hsehldd _ Adult 15 In Hsehld e _ Adult 16 In Hsehldf_ 1 -l ~ :::i ~ .,i I.LESS THAN 30 MINUTES 2.31 TO 60 MINUTES 3.I K>UR (AND SOME MI NUTES ) 4.2 K>URS (AND SCM:MINUTES) 5.3 K>URS (AND SOME MI NUTES) 6.4 HOURS (AND SOME MINUTES) 7.5 K>URS (AND SOME MINUTES) 8.6 HOURS OR MORE 9.NOT IPPLICAB.E Q-53 How many round-trips to work dold Id you make In an average week? -, :J --; .d J ~ ~ Adult '4 In Hsehld d --- I.LESS THAN ONE 2.ONE 3.TWO 4.THREE 5.FOUR 6.FIVE 7.SIX 8.SEVEN OR MO~ 9.NOT IPPLICAB.E Adult '51n Hsehld e _ Adult 16 In Hsehld 1 --- '""'l , INSTRUCTIONS TO INTERV IEWER:ASK QUESTIONS 54-55 OF RESPONDENT At{)Atff OTHER ADUL T MEMBER OF Ii>USEHCLD THAT IS PRESENT l _J Q-54 Wh8t Is the 8ver8ge amount of time you would be willing to travel to work one way on a d811y basis? I.LESS THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES 2.*5 TO 29 MINUTES 3.:30 MINUTES -60 MINUTES 4~~1 Ii>URS 5.2 HOURS 6.3 HOURS 7.4 HOURS OR MORE 8.NOT IFPLICAELE ~ --.J , _.J ., , ~ Respondent 8 _ Adult 12 In Hsehld b _ Adult 13 In Hsehldc _ "l Q-55 What Is the average amount of time you would be willing to travel to work one -:way on a weekly basi s? =:J ~ j Respondent a _ Adult 12 In Hsehld b _ Adult 13 In Hsehld c _ 1 ...J "'? :i ~ d => , ...J ~ d -:i ..J ;;.:j d I.LESS THAN THIRTY MINUTES 2.31 TO 60 MINUTES 3.I HOUR (AND SOME MI NUTES) 4.2 Ii>URS (AND SOME MINUTES) 5.3 HOURS (AND SOME MINUTES) 6.4 HOURS (AND SOME MINUTES) 7.5 HOURS (AND SOME MI NUTES) 8.6 HOURS OR MORE [ nL INSTROCTIONS TO INTERVIEWER:ASK QUESTIONS 54-55 OF RESPONDENT AND ANY OTHER ADUL T MEMBER OF tOUSEHOLD THAT IS PRESENT nI .Q-54 What Is the awrage amount 01 time you wou Id be willi ng to trave I to work one way on a dally basls7 n Adult 14 In Hsehld d --- Adult 15 In Hsehld e --- Adult 16 In Hsehld 1 _ ,-, ~-1 " LJ " ~ I.LESS THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES 2.15 TO 29 MINUTES 3.30 MINUTES -60 MINUTES 4.I I-PURS 5.2 HOURS 6.3 HOURS 7.4 HOURS OR MORE 8.NOT If>PL I CABLE d r-1 Q-55 What I s the awrage amount 01 time you would be willing to trawl to work one way on a weekly basis? ""1 -i Ad u It 14 I n Hseh Id d --- Adult 15 In Hsehld e _ Adult 16 In Hsehld 1 _ , ---l ~ d --, ..J =' i :J c -' -3 =i =i I.LESS THAN THIRTY MINUTES 2.31 TO 60 MINUTES 3.I HOUR (AND SOME MINUTES) 4.2 tOURS (AND SOME MINUTES) 5.3 HOURS (AND SOME MINUTES) 6.4 I-PURS (AND SOtE MINUTES) 7.5 HOURS (AND SOME MINUTES) 8.6 I-PURS OR MORE [ ~This last set of questions concerns the hunting,fishing and/or trapping that you or members of this household may do.The purpose of these questions Is to get an rJ Idea of how construction of the dam could affect your hunting,fishing,andlJtrappingactivities. r Fishing U "L [ Q-56 Do you or other members of your household fish? a.CIFYES,HOWfoW((?)b._ I.YES 2.NO I F THE ANS\I£R TO QUEST ION 56 IS NO,SKI P TO QUEST ION 65. Q-57 "L; 0 n 0 0 ~ Q-58 g i:---= b Q-59 n - L1 ;;;;i What are the reasons you or other household members fish? IF ONLY ONE REASON IS GIVEN,ASK "k'e There Any other Reasons?" REASON II _ REASON 12 _ REASON 13 _ I.FOR FOOD 2.FOR SPORT/RECREATION 3.FOR (1ILTURAL REASONS 4.FOR MONEY/ltCO~ 5.OTHER Of these reasons,what Is the main reason? How many total days have you and other members of your household spent fishing In the last twelve months?(INTERVIEWER SH:>ULD PROVIDE AN EXAl-PLE SO THE RESPONDENT UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE CONCERNED WITH FINDING OUT THE TOTAL PERSON-DA YS FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE I-OUSEHOLD).IF TWO PECR.E ON A GIVEN DAY, WERE OUT FISH I NGroR ANY PART CF THE DAY,THAT WOULD BE COUNTED AS TWO PERSON-DA YS ~l Q-60 How many total days have you and members of your household spent fishing In the last 12 months In the area shown on the map? w '-' c-, d bl i..,j '-' [ [JQ-61 WhaT kinds of fish does your household catch In this area?(show m~> c c [ [ a.SAIJotON (I F THEY SAY SALMON,ASK THEM TO E£MORE SPECIFIC> b.RED OR SOO<EYE c.P INK OR HUt-PY d.SILVER OR COHO e.CHLM OR 000 f.KING OR CH I NOOK g.GRAYLING h.RA I !'SOW lROUT I.BURBOT J.OO-LY VARDEN k.OTI£R (specify> fl Q-62 Of the total Mlount of meat and fish eaten by your household during bj the last 12 months,what portion comes from this area? o o I.NONE 2.LESS THAN ONE QUAATER 3.ONE QJARrER TO ONE HALF 4.ABOUT ONE HALF 5.ONE HALF TO THREE ~ARrERS 6.MOOE THAN TI-REE QUAATERS D D ASK QUESTIONS 63 AND 64 ONLY IF CULTURAL AND RECREATION WERE GIVEN AS§REASONS IN QJESTION 57. -Q-63 Of all your cultural activities,how Important Is fishing In the area shown on the map? I.VERY IMPORTANT n 2.IMPORTANT~3.NOT SO I~ORTANTU 4.UNIMPORTANT '"UQ-64 E r i U ,-" ~ F''3 U '""'! ~ Of all your recreational activities,how Important Is flshJng In' the area shQwn on the map? I.VERY IMPORTANT 2.IMPORTANT 3 NOT SO IMPORTANT 4.UNIMPORTANT [ [Huntl n9 Q-65 [ [ 00 you or other members of your oouseho Id hunt? 8.<I F YES,HOW t-\6.NY?)b .0 _ I.YES 2.NO IF THE ANSWER TO QUESTION 65 IS NO,SKIP TO QUESTION 78. r'.Q-66 ltIat are the reasons you or other household members hunt? L IF ONLY ONE REASON IS GIVEN,ASK "Are There Any other Reasons?" [ c 8 oQ-67 oQ-68 o o c oQ-70 E [Q-71 [ c [ a.REASQN II b.RE~ON #2 c.REASON #3 I.FOR FOOD 2.FOR SPORT/RECREATION 3.FOR CULTURAL ACTIVITIES 4.FOR MONEY/I NOOME 5.OTHER Of those reasons,what Is the main reason? Do you or other househo I d members have a subsl stence perm It from the Department of Fish and Game? <I F YES,ANSWER THE NEXT QUEST ION) I.YES 2.NO Q-69 How many household members hold such perm Its? It>w many tota I days have you and other members of your househol d spent hunting In the last 12 months?(IF NECESSARY,MAKE IT CLEAR THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TOTAL PERSON-DAYS FOR ALL te18ERS OF YOUR HoUSEHOLD).COUNT EACH PERSON FOR HOI£VER LONG THEY SPENT I-IJNT I NG AS ONE PERSON-DA Y• How many total days have you and members of your household spent hunting In the last 12 months In the two areas shown on the map? a.Area #1 b.Area 12 c [J Q-72 What kinds of animals does your household hunt within each area? c MOOSE CARIBOU SHEEP B.AO<Wa.F BEAR WATER-PTARMI- FOw..GAN orHER [Area II Area 12 al a2 bl b2 cl c2 dl d2 el e2 fl f2 gl_hi g2__h2 II 12 JI__ J2__ CQ-73 I-bw many animals did you and other household members harvest In each area (by sPecies>? [ coQ-74 MOOSE CARIBOU SHEEP BLACK WOLF WATER-PTARMI-OTHER E£AR FOWL GAN Area II al bl cl dl el fl_gl_hl_11__JI__ Area 12 a2 b2 c2 d2 e2 12 g2__h2_12_J2__ How many animals did you and other household members obtain from road kills (by species)? o MOOSE CARIBOU SHEEP BLACK EEAR WOLF WATER-PTARMI- FOWL GAN OTHER Of the total amount of meat and fish eaten by your household during the last twelve months,what pa-t Ion comes from your:'harvests I n these areas (comb I ned)exc I ud I ng road kills? o Q-75 8 at bl cl dl el fl gl__hi II J 1__ o Q I.NONE 2.LESS THAN ONE QUARTER 3.ONE ~ARTER TO ONE HALF 4.ABOUT ONE HALF 5.ONE HALF TO TH~E QJARTERS 6.MaR::THAN T~EE QUARTERS GASK QUEST IONS 76 AND 77 ONLY IF CULTURAL AND RECREATION WERE GIVEN AS REASCt4S IN QUESTION 66. [Q-76 c c c c Of al I your cultural activities,how Important Is hunting within these areas? I.VERY IMPORTANT 2.IMPORTANT 3.NOT SO IMPORTANT 4.UNIMPORTANT [ [Q-77 Of all your rea-eatlonal activities,how Important Is hunting within these area s? [ [ I.VERY IMPORT"ANT 2.IfoflORTANT 3.NOT SO IMPORT"ANT 4.UN IMPORTANT CTRIPPING. [Q-78 ~If you or other members of your household trap? a.(IF YES,tfJW M'NY?)b •._ b I.YES 2.NO I.FOR FOOD 2.FOR SPORT/RECREAT ION 3.FOR CULTURAL ACTIVITIES 4.FOR MONEY/I NCOt-E 5.OTHER IF THE ANSWER TO QUESTION 78 IS NO,SKIP TO QUESTION 88. GQ-79 \lflat are the reasons you or other househol d members trap? IF ONLY ONE REASON IS GIVEN,ASK "Are there any other reasons?" a.~ASON II b.REASON 12 c.~ASON 13 o (J o oQ-80 Of those reasons,what Is the main reason? BQ-81 6 How many total days have you and other members of your household spent trapping In the last 12 months?(IF NECESSARY,M'KE IT CLEM THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TOTAL PERSON-DAYS FOR ALL MEMBERS OF YOUR tfJUSEHC1.D).COUNT EACH PERSON FOR HOWEVER LONG THEY SPENT IN THE AREA AS ONE-PERSON DAY. E C C Q-82 How many total days have you and members of your household spent trapping In the last 12 months In the two areas shown on the map? a.Area II b.Area 12 L c ~ [ ~:Q-83 What kinds of animals does your household trap within each area? BEAVER MARTEN LYNX gl_hi g2_h2 [ C Area II Area 12 al a2 bl b2 cl c2 MINK dl d2 />tJSK-OTTER RED RAT FOX el fl e2 f2 WOL- VERINE II 12 OTHER jl_kl j2_k2 How many animals did you and other household members harvest In each area (by species)? BEAVER MARTEN LYNX MINK MUSK-OTTER RED RAT FO< CQ-84 [ o Area II !rea #2 al a2 bl b2 cl c2 dl d2 el e2 fl f2 WOL- VERINE gl__hl_ g2__h2_ II II OTHER jl_kl. j2_k2 o o ASK QUEST IONS 85 AND 86 ONLY IF CULTURAL AND RECREATION WERE GIVEN AS ANS\I£RS TOB~EST ION 79. Q-85 Of all your cultural activities,how Important Is trapping within these areas? I.VERY I "FORT ANT 2.IMPORTANT 3.NOT SO IMPORTANT 4.UNIMPORTANT OQ-86 .Of all your recreational activities,how Important Is trapping within these area s? o B 6Q-87 E D [ [ [ I..VERY IMPORT ANT 2.IMPORTANT 3.NOT SO IMPORTANT 4.UN IMPORTANT What portion of your yearly Income Is from animals trapped In these areas shown on the map? I.NONE 2.LESS THAN ONE QUAATER 3.ONE ~ARTER TO ONE HALF 4.ABOUT ONE HALF 5.ONE HALF TO THREE QJARTERS 6.M<H:THAN TI-REE QUAATERS [ I.YES 2.NO Q-89 Please describe how your community has changed since 1980 (GIVE THEM 9-iEET E>.(probe until no more:Yes,can you thl nk of any others?) That Is It for the questions on hunting,fishing and trapping.Now can you tell me,Have you noticed any changes I n your community sl nce 1980? (i F I,ANSIt£R QU EST ION 89) [Q-88 [ c [ [ o o o CHANGE roDE lhank you for your cooperation and for sharing your thoughts.You have been overy helpful and It Is greatly appreciated.When we are putting this Olnformatlon together,It Is possible that sane problems may cane up,If for Inshnce a mistake was made In recording an answer.Would you be willing to B..._..¥glve me your phone number [or post office box number I,to use only In such a ~case? o G0132h B c c [ [ [ RESPONDENT'S FIRST NJME:_ Phone Number Box Number 03I~SI!VSSIO AH3A ·S 03I~SI!VSSla ·v ·03I~SI!VSSIO HON 03I~SI!VS H3H!I3N .£ 03HSI!VS ·Z a3I~SI!VS AH3A ·L V !33HS A3AHns 010H3snOH d J J J d n B D D ~..'.d D § [J J U J J J J [ [ C D [ [ C [3 D B D o B 6 E C C C [ HOUSEHOLD SURVEY SHEET B EMPLOYMENT STATUS 1.EMPLOYED OR SELF-EMPLOYED 2.•RETIRED 3.UNEMPLOYED AND ACTIVELY SEEKING WORK 4.UNE~WLOYED AND NOT ACTIVELY-SEEKING WORK (DURING THE PAST MONTH) 5.HOMEMAKER 6.STUDENT 7.DISABLED c [ c c c [ o B o D u.·...-..J~ o G B C o C L [ HOUSEHOLD SURVEY SHEET C INDUSTRY-EMPLOYER 1.Agriculture,Forestry and Commercial Fishing (loggers,farm implement &fertilizer sales,farmers and ago laborers,trappers) 2.Mining (metal mining,oil &gas extraction,nonmetallic minerals) 3.Construction (carpenters,bricklayers,electricians,plumbers) 4.Manufacturing (Forest and Wood Products,Seafood Processors, Chemical and"All fed Products,Paper and 'Paper Produc;ts) 5.Transportation,Communications,Utilities,excluding government utilities (telephone company,air transportation,electric,gas and sanitary services,and trucking and warehousing) 6.Wholesale Trade (establishments that sell goods to retail outlets and not directly to consumers such as distributors of furniture, alcoholic beverages,automotive parts,construction machinery) 7.Retail trade (establishments that sell goods directly to consumers such as clothing,hardware,and food stores,gasoline stations,eating and drinking establishments,automotive dealers) 8.Finance,insurance and real estate (banks,realty offices, insurance companies,credit agencies,and investment companies) 9.Services,other than wholesale and retail trade (hotels,legal services,auto repair shops~and business services) 10.Federal government 11.State government (including education) 12.local government (including education and utilities) [ c c [ [ [ C D·~~;, ~ i! o B G o 5 6 E [ [ [ [ HOUSEHOLD SURVEY SHEET D OCCUPATION 1.Professional.technical and managers (teachers.engineers, accountants,lawyers,medical &dental technicians,airplane pilots) 2.Clerical workers and sales persons "(bookkeepers,secretaries, shipping &receiving clerks,te1e.oper.,and clothing sales peop1 e) 3.Service Workers (Hospital,hotel,restaurant workers,private household workers,police officers,firefighters) 4.Agriculture.fishe~and forestry related workers (loggers, commercial fishers,trappers,farmers,and landscapers) 5.Processing (food,metal processing,ore refining) 6.Machine trades (Machinists,mechanics,printers,cabinetmakers) 7.Benchwork (Fabricators,Assemblers,&Repairers of metal, jewelrY,photo equip.&textiles,tailors,sewing machine operators) 8.Structural (welders,electrical workers,carpenters,painters) 9.Anned Forces 10.Recreation-based occupations (guiding,mountain-climbing) 11.Motor freight &transportation (truck drivers,air transportation,railroad,parking lot) 12.Packaging and Materials Handling (packagers,movers,stevedores) 13.Mining (borers,drillers,cutters,and blasting specialists) 14.Miscellaneous (e1ec.uti1.,water and water treatment,grpahic [ [ D C C [ C B 0'..~ D D D B 6 E o C [ C Ol36h HOUSEHOLD SURVEY SHEET E I.BIG CHANGE FOR WORSE 2.SMALL CHANGE FOR WORSE 3.BIG CHANGE FOR BETTER 4.SMALL CHANGE FOR BETTER 1,........- ,~~~s:~t~~~iia~~~~~~~~J~~~~. ••~••~&...a ~P"'-P-""I ~"'"........",••".....~,....,.... " SUSITNA RIVER AND MAJOR TRIBUTARIES FROM o 5 10 Miles ~o 5 10 ,'5 Kilometers l I 1 0 I j I -I xc ----_._~_..'.....·1·-U :>nmmclcIV n D o o o D J J J J J J J [ [ [ [ [ [ D n.=ltj SUSITNA HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT SURVEYS IN CANTWELL,TRAPPER CREEK AND TALKEETNA INFORMATION FOR INTERVIEWERS I.I NTRODUCT ION A.Types of Surveys There are three types of surveys that wll I be conducted In the communl- ties: aI.Household survey -30%of the community's ,households business surveys should be conducted when homeo2.Bus I ness survey ments;I n add It Ion, 100%of the bIdentifiable business establlsh- D businesses are Identified In the household survey. Construction Worker Survey (In Talkeetna and Cantwel I only> B 3. Th Is survey wII I be se I f-adm InI stered and will be distributed by D n u I"L U n b lJ the project managers. us. Completed questionnaires will be mailed to r~ L. [ ~ a As delineated In our maps of the community. b From telephone directories,1983 for Talkeetna,Trapper Creek, and Cantwel ,; [ [ [ [ [ [ c B u n i: ci F I "~..;,;o o !--~ "g <-Ji u .J .....J .... ~ B.Survey materials: I.The list of blocks of housing units that will be contacted and ad- ditional blocks that may be needed;the list Includes the number of housing units that are expected to be In each block and the total target number of househo I ds that you shou Id try to I nterv I ew In that community. 2.A preliminary listing of businesses. 3.Maps which show where the blocks are,In relation to roads and other Identifiable landmarks. 4.A set of questionnaires. 5.A set of answer lists and 2 fish and game maps which will be used to support the administration of the survey.(from Harza-Ebasco) 6.A log to record housing units contacted. 7.Waterproof (e.g.clear plastic with zlp-I~k)container for several surveys 8.Compass (hand-held) 9.Flashlight 10.10 card,from the Alaska Power Authority (from APA) I I.A set of George Gleason's business cards (from ~PA) 12.Fact sheet on the project (from APA) 13.A copy of the latest newsletter on the project (from APA) 14.Cal I back sheets,to be placed at households where no one Is home 15.Red pen s 16.Time and expense sheets [ [ [ [ [ [ D I I.HOUSEHOLD SURVEY A.Background on the methodology: Poss I b Ie househo I ds were I dent I fled from the Mat-Su Borough's assessor records of housing units.These were clustered Into areas called blocks.A random sampling method was used to choose the blocks that will be surveyed.Each household In a chosen block should be sur- veyed.This methodology was chosen In order to limit the amount of travel time needed to conduct the surveys. Because of the methodology used,a number of Issues may come up In ~rylng to locate households: I.Some units may be vacant. 2.We do not have the names of the residents we are trying to reach. 4.The assessor records may be outdated,and addltlona"'housing units may be found In some blocks. D o o b F"! d q B d ; =:> --' ..Jl '7.: 3.In some areas where roads are scarce,the map wll I as to where the housing unit Is.This wl~1 be of In the Trapper Creek survey. not be specific most consequence [ [B.OperatIonal procedures: 3.In areas desIgnated as parcel "AI6"or "B4",etc.,the locatIon of the "X"on the map Is not meant to IndIcate the location wIthin the parcel the housing unIt Is.It Is not possible to determine the locatIon with the data avaIlable to us. I.Attempt to survey the blocks In the order lIsted. [ [ [ 2.Conduct the I ntervlews between 9 a.m. that the tIme Is InconvenIent for the ment for a better tIme.Be on tIme for and 9 p.m.If respondent,set appoIntments. It appears an appol nt- [ n I ~ b R lJ n ~ F1 u 9 4.If there Is no one present at a possIble residence,try at least 2 callbacks.Callbacks should be done at different times of the day, In order to maxImIze the possIbIlIty of fIndIng the resIdents at home.If you are able to IntervIew a neighbor of a housing unit that has no one at home,ask the neighbor about the unIt (Is It occup led;I f so,what Is a good time to catch the res I dents at home)~ 5.Do not spend more than 30 minutes tryIng to locate a housing unit. 6.Some areas of the Mat-Su Borou gh have a hIgh Incidence of no-trespass signs at driveways and private roads.If you run across one,try to go on In to see someone.However,If you run Into any signs of hostility,I eave Immediately. 7.A housing unit wIll be consIdered successfully canvassed If: '---' q , w I • 2. 3. An Interview occurs. The unit Is IdentIfIed as vacant by The IntervIewer has attempted to three times,at dIfferent times of to find someone at home. a neIghbor. ca I I on the day,and has housIng unit not been able ~ d A housIng unit wll I be consIdered not successful IX canvassed If: J I • 2. 3. The household refused to respond. The housIng unit can not be located. It Is Impossible to gaIn access,due to barriers,dogs,etc. a --' ~ 8.The listing of blocks contains Information on the target number of housIng units to be canvassed.If you are unable to meet the tar- get number of households,either because of households that refuse to respond or because the housing unit can not be located,there Is a secondary lIsting of blocks that should be used.As always,In- tervl ew every househo I din each secondary block that I tis neces- sary to canvass. 9.If more housing Is found In a block than was expected,go ahead and Interview those additional unIts.This Is especially Ilkel"y to happen In Cantwell.Do not count such households as part of the listing of successfully canvassed housing units.These households wll I be In addition to the original target survey households. [ [ lO.Try to p~rk your c~r ~s close to the housing unit ~s possible. I I.The questlonn~lres h~ve been designed to ~llow open-ended questions to be precoded,~s the Interviewer Is t~klng down the response. Also,there ~re Instructions on sever~1 p~ges for the Interviewer. [ [ [ In order to help the Interviewer distinguish th~t should be spoken.aloud ~nd Instructions for the Interviewer's purposes,a convention questionnaire has been used: quickly between text which ~re only there In the typing of the 12.I n the course of do I ng ~of the surveys,the I nterv I ewer may become aware that ~member of the househol d_owns ~bus I ness (ques- t Ion Q-50). c· c o I • 2. All questions and sent,ences which should be said to the res- pondent are typed In lower-case letters. All words which are.not to be spoken ~Ioud <Instructions and precoded ~nswers)~re typed In upper-case letters. o o If th I sis the case,you shouJ d exp I a I n to the respondent that we are dol ng two types of surveys,and that you wou I d II ke to ask a few more questions after the household survey Is complete.Upon completion of the household survey,take out ~copy of the business questlonn~lre and run through It., 14.Some of the questions ask for pretty detailed InformatIon ~nd may be construed as an I nvas I on of pr I vacy by some respondents.I f a respondent seems reluctant to answer a question,reiterate that the questionnaires will be kept completely confidential,and th~t only the aggreg~ted results will be made public.If the respondent refuses to answer the question,Indicate this with an R In the answer slot,and go on to the next quest I on.We do not want to encourage people to skip questions,but It Is more Important to complete the IntervIew than to press for the ~nswer to ~ny particu- lar question. ~6 o c c c [ 13.Read the questions exactly ~s written on the questionnaIre. respondent does not understand the question,repeat It.l! mltted to elaborate on the meaning of the question,If that to be necessary (th I sis because we are a sma I I group,and have gone over the purpose of each question In det~1 I). Keep a record of any questIons that ~ppear to be unc I ear respondent. If the Is per- appears we will to the c [ r' After the respondent h~s answered the I~st question,ask him If he wi I r answer the un~nswered questlon(s). 16.In the case of conflIctIng answ~rs that you IdentIfy later,make a note of the orIgInal responses and then correct the coded 'portlon of the questionnaire as appropriate. [ [ c c c [ o B o o gld o G B E c c [ [ 15.There are a couple of questIons that·should be coded by the vIewer,after leavIng the house (IncludIng Q-31,Q-33, Check over the questIonnaIres each evenIng for accuracy, blllty,clarIty of the wordIng on the free-answer questIons, IdentIfy/elImInate any conflictIng answers. Inter- Q-34). legl- and to [ c c.Filling In the Questlonn81re I.If there 8re 8 list of choices on the questlonn8lre,choose the one th8t best fits the respondent's 8nswer 8nd write the number of the question In the answer slot.If the answer does not fit Into one of the c8tegorles,code the 8nswer as Other,and write down the eX8ct answer. [ c L 2.If the question to put 8 number swers "a couple 8sks for 8 number of ye8rs,peop Ie, I n the 8nswer slot.Thus,I f the of ye8rs",confirm th8t he means 2. etc.,be sure respondent a n- [ [J 3.There are 8 few questions that are answered by putting check marks In the answer slots (Q:5-16,Q:38-49,61,72,and 83). 4.For any other questions,write down exactl y wh8t the respondent S8YS,and add Interviewer notes to clarify,where necessary. o o o n b nn ~ ~ d ~ ~ --, =:;j ~ ~ .J .J c-~ 5.If a respondent refuses to answer a question,write an R In the answer slot. [ [,.-~ [ [ c [ u 6 o o ~ 8 1 d 9 d -, -' ~ -, "" J -, J --" -.i -" D.Guidelines to Questions th~t Respondents M~y Ask I.How wll I this Inform~tlon be used? For project pl~nnlng This Is en opportunity for you end other residents to provide Input to ~he plennlng process. Try and move b~ck to the survey questions. 2.How long have you lived In Alaska? Stress that you've worked In Alaska a lot/e long tlme/m~ny times. Trained to work on the surveys 3.Why do you keep studying this? It Is a big and expensive project,Importa.nt,deserves e lot of consideration. 6.How often wi II you be doing this survey? Once e yee r. If concern Is shown:This Is to provide continual Input to pro- j ect p I ann I ng • We are only surveying about one-third of the households,using a random samp Ie.Your househo Id mayor may not be part of the sample next year. 7.Skepticism about the APA running roughshod over communities. The purpose of the surveys and the socioeconomic program Is to make sure the communities closest to the project are taken Into account. [ [.E.Guidelines on selected survey questions c [ [ [' c B nL; o o n I ntro Q-I Q-2a Olspl~y your Alask~Power Authority 10 c~rd ~t e~ch household. Present the full expl~n~tlon of the survey to e~ch respondent (c I lent's request).There may be ~-number of respondents th~t are heslt~nt ~bout p~rtlclp~tlng,or that Just refuse.Be as persu~slve ~s possible,focusing speclflc~lly on the useful- ness of the data to project pl~nnlng (~nd the mitigation of Impacts to the community). If the respondent asks for more Inform~tlon on the project, explain ~little and give him/her ~fact sheet. If the respondent asks to rece I ve ~copy of the resu Its,ex- pl~ln that the APA h~s not determined distribution pol Icy,and take down his/her name ~nd address. If the respondent ~sks questions about the project that are outside our scope of work,give him/her George Gleason's card, and exp I a I n that he wI I I best be ~bl e to answer the I'r ques- t I on s. If an adult that lives there Is not ~val lable,try to deter- mine,from the child or nQn-resldent you 'are speaking with,a likely time to reschedule the Interview. Head of household =primary wage earner.If more than one person makes the s~me amount of money,they are both heads of household. The answer should Include people that ~re away at the hospital or on ~tr I p. "'" , ....; j -, "'" Q-2b-2d Many people forget to Identify new-born Infants ~s members of the household because they ~ren't used to thinking of them ~s Individuals yet.That Is why there,Is ~n Indication to the Interviewer that this should be checked. Age Is determined by the person's last birthday.So,If some- one Is going to be 5 ye~rs old tomorrow,they should be listed as under 5 years. Children who live In the resident on ~part-time basis should be Included ~s ~fraction. ....; ......i Q:5-16 Q-17 Q-20 Be sure to conf I rm th~t the respondent understands the ques- tion w~s asked In the neg~tlve.Place check marks next to the months they mention Write down the respondent's exact ~nswer,~nd then fl II In the coded answer. Trailer =unit on wheels;Mobile home =unit on blocks [ If the respondent answers that he/she cons I ders the fac Illty and service In question poor or very poor.ask what his/her reasons are. c· c c Q:23-24 Review the listing of In the community.or sub-questions that are facl I Itles/servlces that for the community.and not relevant. are available eliminate any Write down the respondent's exact answer.and then f III In the coded answer. Write down the respondent's exact answer.and then fl I I In the coded answer. Write down the respondent's exact answer.and then fill In the coded answer. If you are unsure If the community the respondent mentions Is within 10 miles of their home.ask him/her. activity for which the res- at their own business Is house Is not considered The answer Is 2.Unemployed and actively seeking work.If the person has sou~ht work during the past month. Employment Is considered to be an pondent gains Income.Working employment.Building one's own em~loyment. Q-33 Q-35 Q-34 Q-30 Q-31 c [ o 0' c [J If the answer Is YES (I).make a note to do a business survey after the household survey Is completed. If the respondent has not lived In the community since 1980. ask him/her to talk about any changes since moving there. A cultural activity Is an activity you traditionally do with family or friends.that you do on a regular basis.and that Is related to your way of life. ~ o ~ c [ Q-50 Q-65. Q-78. Q-87 Q-90 Q-91 As the respondent mentions changes.note the type the I eft-hand co I umn.Then.ask the·respondent magnitude of the change and place the code In co I um n. of change In to rate the the second [ c [ [ c c· c [ I II.BUSINESS SURVEY A.Methodology All businesses In ellch community should be Interviewed.Elich Inter- viewer will stllrt out with 1I listing of known businesses In the com- munity.During the first couple of dllys,you should lIsk members of the community to identify any other businesses that there are. [In addition there will the household surveys. be some businesses that will be Identified from These businesses should also be surveyed. I.Conduct the Interviews between 9 a.m.and 9 p.m. 2.Ask to speak-with the owner or manager.If that person Is not there,determine a better time to reach him or her. 3.Some respondents may operate more than one bus I ness.If th I sis the case,a questionnaire should be fll led out on each business. [ c o o B.Procedures If the respondent is the manager and cannot answer al I obtain the owner's phone number.We will contact the later time. questions, owner at a 4.The questionnaires have been designed to allow open-ended questions to be precoded,as the Interviewer Is taking down the response. Also,there are Instructions on several pages for the Interviewer. E 8 o In order to he Ip the that should be spoken for the Interviewer's questionnaire has been Interviewer distinguish aloud and Instructions purposes,a convention used: quickly between text which are on Iy there If!the typing of the G 5 I • 2. All questions lind sentences which should be said to the res- pondent are typed In lower-case letters. All words which are not to be spoken aloud (Instructions and precoded answers)are typed In upper-case letters. E c u [ [ 5.Read the questions exactly as written on the questionnaire. respondent does not understand the question,repeat It.!! mltted to elaborate on the meaning of the question,If thllt to be necessary (this Is because we are a smal I group,and have gone over the purpose of each question In detail). Keep a record of lIny quest Ions that appear to be unc I ellr respondent. If the Is per- appears we wII I to the c [. [ [ c [ c o c 6.Some of the questions llsk for pretty detlliled Informlltlon llnd mllY be construed llS lln Invllslon of prlvllcy by some respondents.If II respondent seems reluctllnt to llnswer II question,relterllte thllt the questlonnllires will be kept completely confidentllll,llnd thllt only the llggregllted resu Its wI I I be mllde pUb I I c.If the respondent re- fuses to llnswer the question,Indlcllte this with lln R In the llnswer slot,llnd go on to the next question.We do not wllnt to encourllge people to skip questions,but It Is more Important to complete the Interview thlln to press for the llnswer to any pllrticulllr question. After the respondent hlls answered the Illst question,llsk him If he wi I I llnswer the unllnswered questlon(s). 7.Check over the questionnaires each evening for accuracy,legi- bility,clarity of the wording on the free-answer questions,and to Identify/eliminate any conflicting llnswers. C.Filling In the Questionnaire I.If there are a I I st of cho I ces on the quest lonna I re,choose the one that best fits the respondent's answer and write the number of the question In the llnswer slot.If the answer does not fit Into one of the categor I es,code the llnswer as Other,and wr I te down the eXllct answer. c 2.If the question asks to put II number In answers"II couple of for a number of yellrs,people,etc.,be sure the answer slot.Thus,I f the respondent years",confirm "that he means 2. B c ~ 3.There are II few questions thllt llre answered by putting check marks In the answer slots (Q-22,Q-25,Q-28). 4.For any other questions,write down eXllctly what the respondent says,and add Inter~lewer notes to clarify,where necessary. 5.If a respondent refuses to llnswer II question,write lln R In the Zlnswer slot. O.Guidelines on selected questionso [ c c c [ Q-I Q-8a Q-9ll 0145"h Be sure thllt the respondent Is llnswerlng the question for only that one business. Met your needs =been llble to provide you with the amount of goods llnd services that you need. Expansion of Zln existing business and the stllrt of a new busi- ness mllY not llppeZlr to be distinct Zlctlons to the respondent, when this first question Is llsked.If the respondent begins to tllik Zlbout stllrtlng II new business,record this answer under Q-IO.Then,clllrify the distinction llnd llsk If the res- pondent pillns on expZlndlng his/her present business llS wei I. [ c· c c [ [ c o o c 6 D B E [ [ u [ [ T2Ilkeetn21 T2Ilkeetn21 Is 2In unlncorpor2lted communIty In the Mat-Su Borough. Incorpor2lted st2ltus W2lS'voted down In 1982. I.Closest st2lte Trooper post Is In Tr2lpper Creek. 2.Schoo I I s new 2Ind we I I-equ I pped.H2Ind I es grades K-6. 3.Has 21 fIre statIon 2Ind new equ.lpment.St2lffed by volunteers. 4.Ne2lrby l2Indfll I operated by the borough. 5.Ambulance and actIve EMT organIzatIon 6.No medIcal c2lre 2Iv2Ill2Ible In the community;.Use hospitals In Anchor2lge,F2Ilrbanks,P2Ilmer.Doctors In W2Isll la 2IS wei I. 7.Road System -m2l1 nten2lnce of state roads by the state,borou gh roads by the borough. 8.Railroad passes through.AIrfield.Residents use float planes on nearby l2Ikes. 9.Socl2l1 Services - a counsellIng center aV2Illable In Palmer; extensIon servIces were rejected by the Talkeetna community. II.There Is a lIbrary. 12.Indoor Recre2ltlon -none 13.Outdoor RecreatIon FacilitIes -nearby Denali State P2Irk,McKI nley National Park.Talkeetna Is hlstorlc2l1ly the take-off poInt for expedItIons to Mt.McKInley,and flshl.ng/huntlng partIes. 14.No water system 15.No sewage treatment system c c· c c c [ c o o c E p.~..lJ u c [ [ c [ c Trapper Creek Trapper Creek Is an unincorporated community In the Mat-Su Borough. I.State Trooper post 2.School Is new and well-equipped.Handles grades K-6. 3.No fire protection.Old building and equipment that Is not used or maintained. 4.Nearby landfill operated by the borough. 5.Ambulance and active EMT organization 6.No medical care available In the community;a nurse that lives In the communJty helps out when she can.Use hospitals In Anchorage, Fairbanks,Palmer.Doctors In Wasilla as wei I. 7.Road System -maintenance of state roads by the state,borough roads by the borough. 8.No other transportation facilities;residents use float planes on nearby lakes. 9.Social Services - a counselling center available In Palmer;there Is an extension service In Trapper Creek periodically. II.Library -was a hot political Issue.1 believe It was voted down •• 12.Indoor Recreation -none 13.Outdoor Recreation Facilities -nearby Denali State Park,McKinley National Park. 14.No water system 15.No sewage treatment system [ [. [ c [ [ u o o c 6 fl.•li ~ c [ [ c L [ Cantwe I I Cantwell Is an unIncorporated community In an unorganIzed borough. I.State Trooper post 2.School Is new and well-equIpped.Handles grades K-12. 3.Fire hal I under planning/construction 4.Garbage dump Is on land that Is technically private (Native-owned). ObtainIng a better landfll I Is a hIgh-prIority need. 5.Ambulance would be associated with fire hall 6.No medical care available In the community.Use hospItals In Anchorage,Fairbanks, Palmer.There Is a small clinIc In Healy,doctors In Wasilla as well. 7.Road System -maintenance of state roads by the state. B.There Is a private air strip.The Railroad passes through,and a couple of resIdents use float planes on nearby lakes. 9.Social ServIces -only those provIded by the state In Anchorage, FaIrbanks. II.Library -there Is a lIbrary at the school. 12.Indoor Recreation -the NatIve community built a community building. 13.Outdoor RecreatIon FacilItIes -nearby McKinley National Park. 14.No water system 15.No sewage treatment system