Building Economic and Infrastructure Resilience and Connected Gateway Communities of Yellowstone National Park

Abstract

The primary purpose of the interviews was to explore whether long-term data model scenarios and interactive visualizations could serve as effective planning tools for community engagement and to inform decision-making processes. Insights from these conversations will guide scenario development. Interviews covered the following themes: community issues, planning data/tools used/desired, planning scope and timelines, desired scenarios/visualization. The results presented here were summarized by Microsoft Co-Pilot, which analyzed de-identified transcripts (no names, organizations, and communities). Dr. Church reviewed the results for validity. A systematic qualitative analysis is forthcoming. We conducted 13 interviews in 4 jurisdictions, with 1 non-governmental organization, and 1 university.