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Number Habitat
Compiled by Pat Murphy
Tons of waste recycled in Blaine County between October 2007 and September 2008:
2,453Percentage increase from the previous year: 19
Pounds of plastic bottles, cans and glass recycled by the Environmental Resource Center at community events in 2008:
16,300Gallons of water saved in the city of Hailey since the installation of water meters in September 2007:
152,000,000Average number of vehicles making roundtrips each weekday on Highway 75 between Hailey and Ketchum:
22,000Average number of weekday roundtrips on U.S. Highway 20, between Fairfield and the Timmerman Hill intersection: 1,600
Approximate number of members in Idaho’s Bounty, the two-year-old nonprofit cooperative that delivers locally produced foods throughout southern Idaho:
650Total in dollars collected from 10-cent donations made by Atkinsons’ Markets to the Environmental Resource Center for each reusable grocery bag carried by its customers in 2008:
6,700Number of Blaine County children living in poverty:
450Pounds of food distributed by the Blaine County Hunger Coalition to needy families in the last two years: 24,000
Total land acres in Blaine County:
1,692,736Percentage of Blaine County acres owned by the federal, state and local governments, respectively: 77.7 & 3.6 & 0.3
Percentage of acres that are privately owned: 18.5
Number of homes and small structures donated to the Building Materials Thrift Store since 2001:
32Acres of land permanently protected by the Wood River Land Trust using proceeds from the Building Materials Thrift Store: 10,000
Number of Blaine County acres owned by The Nature Conservancy:
978Number of Blaine County acres managed by The Nature Conservancy through easements on ranchland: 9,000
Acres of farmland in Blaine County:
191,949Percentage of farmland in Blaine County devoted to crops and pasture, respectively: 28.2 & 68.5
Number of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified (LEED) residential structures in Blaine County:
3Number of LEED-certified commercial structures: 1
Number of small dog waste bags distributed in 2008 by the Environmental Resource Center and its partners on Blaine County trails:
24,000
