Like many rural areas, communities within Lincoln County have developed unique social fabrics. Construction and operation of nuclear waste management facilities by DOE in Lincoln County may serve to alter the social environment characterizing area communities. Such changes may occur as existing residents elect to out-migrate from the County. New residents may bring new perspectives on issues such as education, community service standards, community appearance, morality, and ethics, among others. As demographic transition occurs, certain characteristics of area communities may be deemed desirable and worthy of preservation. The availability of ethnographic information is intended to afford insight into the establishment of community character. To allow the County and City to understand the factors contributing to current social conditions, several oral histories were developed. The availability of this ethnographic information can enable County and City leaders to understand those attributes of community evolution which must be preserved if changes to local conditions are to be minimized.   

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