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Richard C. Stedman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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developing tools to encourage private forest Landowners to participate in early successional forest habitat management
Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 2014Co-Authors: Ashley A. Dayer, Shorna B Allred, Richard C. StedmanAbstract:Wildlife organizations often engage Landowners in habitat management. Landowner typology research can provide suggestions for how to work with diverse types of Landowners. We explored how typologies can inform selection of tools to engage Landowners in early successional habitat (ESH) management. Using a survey, effectiveness of three kinds of tools were assessed: (a) basic needs, (b) learning, and (c) social. Across all types and typologies, learning tools were most likely to influence landowner behavior, whereas social tools (e.g., recognition) were least likely. Continuing adopters were the only type of Landowners that reported basic needs tools would influence them at the same level as learning tools. In each typology, landowner types with higher behavioral intention were more likely to be influenced by all of the tools. Thus, tools may reinforce behaviors, rather than engage the unengaged. We suggest learning tools be initially prioritized to encourage ESH management.
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Developing Tools to Encourage Private Forest Landowners to Participate in Early Successional Forest Habitat Management
Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 2014Co-Authors: Ashley A. Dayer, Shorna B Allred, Richard C. StedmanAbstract:Wildlife organizations often engage Landowners in habitat management. Landowner typology research can provide suggestions for how to work with diverse types of Landowners. We explored how typologies can inform selection of tools to engage Landowners in early successional habitat (ESH) management. Using a survey, effectiveness of three kinds of tools were assessed: (a) basic needs, (b) learning, and (c) social. Across all types and typologies, learning tools were most likely to influence landowner behavior, whereas social tools (e.g., recognition) were least likely. Continuing adopters were the only type of Landowners that reported basic needs tools would influence them at the same level as learning tools. In each typology, landowner types with higher behavioral intention were more likely to be influenced by all of the tools. Thus, tools may reinforce behaviors, rather than engage the unengaged. We suggest learning tools be initially prioritized to encourage ESH management.
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what s a stream without water disproportionality in headwater regions impacting water quality
Environmental Management, 2012Co-Authors: Andrea Armstrong, Richard C. Stedman, Joseph A Bishop, Patrick J SullivanAbstract:Headwater streams are critical components of the stream network, yet landowner perceptions, attitudes, and property management behaviors surrounding these intermittent and ephemeral streams are not well understood. Our research uses the concept of watershed disproportionality, where coupled social-biophysical conditions bear a disproportionate responsibility for harmful water quality outcomes, to analyze the potential influence of riparian landowner perceptions and attitudes on water quality in headwater regions. We combine social science survey data, aerial imagery, and an analysis of spatial point processes to assess the relationship between riparian landowner perceptions and attitudes in relation to stream flow regularity. Stream flow regularity directly and positively shapes Landowners’ water quality concerns, and also positively influences Landowners’ attitudes of stream importance—a key determinant of water quality concern as identified in a path analysis. Similarly, riparian Landowners who do not notice or perceive a stream on their property are likely located in headwater regions. Our findings indicate that Landowners of headwater streams, which are critical areas for watershed-scale water quality, are less likely to manage for water quality than Landowners with perennial streams in an obvious, natural channel. We discuss the relationships between streamflow and how Landowners develop understandings of their stream, and relate this to the broader water quality implications of headwater stream mismanagement.
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Why Landowners in Pennsylvania Post Their Property against Hunting
Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 2006Co-Authors: Coren P. Jagnow, James C. Finley, A. E. Luloff, Richard C. Stedman, Gary J. San Julian, Jennifer SteeleAbstract:Recent reductions in access to private property have resulted in declining availability of private land for recreational purposes, including hunting. In Pennsylvania, access to such land for deer hunting is critical to effectively manage the Commonwealth’s deer herd. Posting is among the most commonly used means a private landowner has available to limit access to property. This study examined Landowners’ motivations to post their land against hunting and other recreational uses. Nearly 70% of all Landowners in a mail survey posted their property. Variables that increased landowner likelihood of posting included past problems with recreational users, location, number of acres owned, and concerns about property rights, illegal hunting activities, safety, and potential liability issues. Variables that decreased the likelihood of posting included length of ownership, ownership primarily for agricultural purposes, and concern about deer-related damages. Implications of these findings are advanced.
Ashley A. Dayer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Effects of biological monitoring and results outreach on private landowner conservation management.
PloS one, 2018Co-Authors: Seth H. Lutter, Ashley A. Dayer, Emily Heggenstaller, Jeffery L. LarkinAbstract:Sustained management efforts by private Landowners are crucial for the long-term success of private land natural resource conservation and related environmental benefits. Landowner outreach is a primary means of recruiting private Landowners into voluntary conservation incentive programs, and could also help sustain conservation behaviors through time. However, evaluation of outreach targeting Landowners during or after participation in natural resource conservation incentive programs is lacking. We assessed two methods of landowner outreach associated with a Natural Resources Conservation Service incentive program targeting effective management of early successional forest habitat on private land in the Appalachians and Upper Great Lakes regions of the United States. While early successional forest habitat benefits many wildlife species, the program target species were the Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) and American Woodcock (Scolopax minor). After habitat management through the program occurred, biological technicians monitored wildlife and vegetation on enrolled properties and results were communicated to Landowners in mailed packets. Our research focused on whether landowner interactions with technicians or receipt of result mailings could influence landowner post-program management intentions and management-related cognitions (e.g., agency trust, perceptions of outcomes). We conducted a telephone survey with Landowners from January to May 2017, and analyzed survey data using quantitative group comparisons and qualitative coding methods. Landowners that accompanied biological technicians on monitoring site visits had higher agency trust and more positive perceptions of program outcomes. Result mailings did not improve landowner perceptions of program outcomes or agency trust, but did provide benefits such as increased landowner knowledge about birds. Neither outreach method was associated with more positive landowner post-program management intentions. Our findings underline the importance and potential of direct interactions between conservation biologists and Landowners. These two forms of non-traditional outreach administered by biologists could be a worthwhile component of future conservation program evaluations on private lands.
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private landowner conservation behavior following participation in voluntary incentive programs recommendations to facilitate behavioral persistence
Conservation Letters, 2018Co-Authors: Ashley A. Dayer, Seth H. Lutter, Kristin A Sesser, Catherine M Hickey, Thomas GardaliAbstract:Voluntary incentive programs are a keystone policy tool for increasing private landowner conservation behavior. Although landowner participation in conservation incentive programs is well studied, limited empirical research has focused on whether and why Landowners continue to conduct conservation practices on their land after payments end, which we term persistence. The assumption is that a landowner who participates in an incentive program will likely continue the conservation practice after the payments end. This assumption fits with conservation policies that limit the number of years or times a landowner can receive payments for a given practice. If persistence occurs, it would provide cost-effective outcomes from conservation funding investments. However, there is little published information to support persistence. Based on the narrow body of research on persistence of landowner conservation behavior, as well as persistence research in other fields, we identified five pathways that may support persistence outcomes and insights for when persistence could be expected. We then provide recommendations for policy, practice, and research. With billions of dollars invested annually in programs to incentivize Landowners to take conservation action, an empirical examination of landowner conservation behavior persistence is sorely needed for shaping more effective incentive programs and policies.
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developing tools to encourage private forest Landowners to participate in early successional forest habitat management
Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 2014Co-Authors: Ashley A. Dayer, Shorna B Allred, Richard C. StedmanAbstract:Wildlife organizations often engage Landowners in habitat management. Landowner typology research can provide suggestions for how to work with diverse types of Landowners. We explored how typologies can inform selection of tools to engage Landowners in early successional habitat (ESH) management. Using a survey, effectiveness of three kinds of tools were assessed: (a) basic needs, (b) learning, and (c) social. Across all types and typologies, learning tools were most likely to influence landowner behavior, whereas social tools (e.g., recognition) were least likely. Continuing adopters were the only type of Landowners that reported basic needs tools would influence them at the same level as learning tools. In each typology, landowner types with higher behavioral intention were more likely to be influenced by all of the tools. Thus, tools may reinforce behaviors, rather than engage the unengaged. We suggest learning tools be initially prioritized to encourage ESH management.
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Developing Tools to Encourage Private Forest Landowners to Participate in Early Successional Forest Habitat Management
Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 2014Co-Authors: Ashley A. Dayer, Shorna B Allred, Richard C. StedmanAbstract:Wildlife organizations often engage Landowners in habitat management. Landowner typology research can provide suggestions for how to work with diverse types of Landowners. We explored how typologies can inform selection of tools to engage Landowners in early successional habitat (ESH) management. Using a survey, effectiveness of three kinds of tools were assessed: (a) basic needs, (b) learning, and (c) social. Across all types and typologies, learning tools were most likely to influence landowner behavior, whereas social tools (e.g., recognition) were least likely. Continuing adopters were the only type of Landowners that reported basic needs tools would influence them at the same level as learning tools. In each typology, landowner types with higher behavioral intention were more likely to be influenced by all of the tools. Thus, tools may reinforce behaviors, rather than engage the unengaged. We suggest learning tools be initially prioritized to encourage ESH management.
Urs P. Kreuter - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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landowner perceptions of legal liability for using prescribed fire in the southern plains united states
Rangeland Ecology & Management, 2019Co-Authors: Urs P. Kreuter, Dianne A. Stroman, Carissa L Wonkka, John R Weir, Alexandra A Abney, James K HoffmanAbstract:Abstract Suppression of fire in the Southern Plains has led to proliferation of woody plants and fuel load accumulation that spurs wildfires. These effects have led to calls for widespread application of prescribed fire to reduce fuel loads, but there is substantial landowner resistance to the use of this land management tool. Here we explore factors that affect perceptions of Landowners in the Southern Plains about prescribed fire liability and their willingness to apply this land management tool. This region was selected for the study because of the preponderance of private landholdings and widespread woody plant encroachment. The study used a mail survey of 1 853 Landowners in 16 counties in Texas and Oklahoma, resulting in a data set from 680 respondents (37% useable response rate). Logistic regression models were developed to test three hypotheses relating to the likelihood that a landowner will apply prescribed fire. The study corroborated that Landowners who perceived higher levels of fire-related legal liability were less likely to apply prescribed fire on their land or assist with its application on other properties. In addition, burn bans were found to inhibit landowner willingness to apply fire during periods that result in higher woody plant mortality. Oklahoma respondents, Landowners who believed prescribed fire to be an affordable woody plant management tool, and members of prescribed burning associations (PBAs) were more likely to use prescribed fire. These results have important implications for policies aimed at overcoming resistance to the use of prescribed fire to curb woody plant encroachment and reduce fuel load accumulation. Specifically, language in state statutes pertaining to prescribed fire should be modified to reduce landowner concerns over legal liability; PBAs should be established more widely; and public cost-sharing funds for woody plant management should prioritize prescribed fire.
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Landowner Satisfaction with the Wetland Reserve Program in Texas: A Mixed-Methods Analysis
Environmental management, 2015Co-Authors: Dianne A. Stroman, Urs P. KreuterAbstract:Using mail survey data and telephone interviews, we report on landowner satisfaction with permanent easements held by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) throughout Texas. This study found that Landowners were dissatisfied with the NRCS Wetland Reserve Program (WRP), conflicting with results of previous studies. The objective of this study was to explore specific reasons for frustration expressed by Landowners with the program. We found three predominant themes underpinning program dissatisfaction: (1) upfront restoration failures, (2) overly restrictive easement constraints, and (3) bureaucratic hurdles limiting Landowners' ability to conduct adaptive management on their easement property. The implications of this study suggest that attitudes of Landowners participating in the WRP may limit the long-term effectiveness of this program. Suggestions for improving the program include implementing timely, ecologically sound restoration procedures and streamlining and simplifying the approval process for management activity requests. In addition, the NRCS should consider revising WRP restriction guidelines in order to provide more balance between protection goals and landowner autonomy.
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factors influencing land management practices on conservation easement protected landscapes
Society & Natural Resources, 2015Co-Authors: Dianne A. Stroman, Urs P. KreuterAbstract:The goal of this article is to investigate factors influencing conservation-oriented land management practices on land holdings with conservation easements. We report the results of a mail survey that produced responses from 251 out of a total of 518 Landowners with a permanent conservation easement on their property. We predicted that landowner satisfaction with their easement and good relationships between Landowners and easement holders would be positively correlated with the amount of conservation-oriented land management practices. However, we found Landownership motivations to be a stronger predictor of active land management. We also found significant management differences between Landowners with different easement holders. The results of this study suggest the need for increased easement holder capacity supporting targeted outreach with Landowners; increased monitoring of ecological targets on easement properties; promotion of landowner participation in peer-to-peer management networks; and incre...
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perpetual conservation easements and Landowners evaluating easement knowledge satisfaction and partner organization relationships
Journal of Environmental Management, 2014Co-Authors: Dianne A. Stroman, Urs P. KreuterAbstract:Conservation easements are being more widely used to facilitate permanent land conservation. While Landowners who initially place a conservation easement on their land are generally highly motivated to protect the conservation values of their land, changes in Landownership may hinder long-term active landowner support for these easements. Maintaining such support is critical for ensuring their effectiveness as a conservation tool. Our research reports on results from a mail survey sent to Landowners in Texas who own property encumbered with perpetual conservation easements. They were asked about their level of satisfaction concerning their conservation easement and the relationship with their easement holder. Additionally, Landowners were asked how well they remembered and understood the terms of their conservation easement. We also examined institutional aspects of easement holding organizations and variables associated with Landownership that affected these attitudes. Among institutional factors, frequency of contact between Landowners and easement holders and the category of agency (federal, state and local or non-governmental agency) were significant in determining level of satisfaction with the easement and perceived relationship with the easement holder. Landowner factors affecting these same issues included easement grantor or successive generation landowner, gender and motivations driving Landownership. We did not find any significant variables related to Landowners' knowledge about their easement. Management implications from this study suggest that easement holders should increase staff capacity capable of providing targeted landowner technical assistance and outreach beyond compliance monitoring. Additionally, Landownership motivations should be considered by easement holders when deciding whether to accept an easement. Finally, expressed dissatisfaction with federal governmental easement holding institutions should be explored further.
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Property Rights Orientations and Rangeland Management Objectives: Texas, Utah, and Colorado
Rangeland Ecology & Management, 2006Co-Authors: Urs P. Kreuter, Malini Nair, Douglas Jackson-smith, J. Richard Conner, Janis E. JohnstonAbstract:In response to substantial economic and social dislocations in the United States, many rangeland owners are changing land use and management practices. Changes in land use can significantly affect the services rangeland ecosystems provide. Decisions associated with such changes are likely mediated by landowner views regarding individual rights, social responsibilities, and the future security of property rights. In this paper, we examine the extent to which Landowners are likely to adopt, without public compensation, socially desirable land management objectives that enhance ecosystem services from rangelands. The study consisted of a mail survey of Landowners with at least 40 ha: 500 in Texas, 500 in Utah, and 694 in Colorado. Adjusted response rates were 62% in Texas, 46% in Utah, and 51% in Colorado. Regression analyses showed that willingness to adopt socially desirable rangeland management objectives was positively correlated with the social responsibility dimension of respondents' property rights orientations but negatively correlated with the rights erosion dimension. Our results also suggested that Landowners in private land states, such as Texas, might be less willing than Landowners in states with more public land to manage their land for the maintenance of ecosystem services without being compensated. Although the scope of our study was limited, the results suggest that agencies tasked with maintaining ecosystem services on private rangelands might more successfully achieve their mission by promoting social responsibility among Landowners. Including community leaders with a highly developed sense of social responsibility in programs aimed at improving land stewardship and including peer-pressure incentives in such programs might enhance social responsibility perspectives among Landowners. Such programs should also be adaptable at the state-level to account for differences in property-rights orientations relative to landowner dependence on private and public land.
Robert K. Grala - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Landowner Concern about Wildfires and Implementation of Fuel Reduction Treatments
Journal of Forestry, 2021Co-Authors: Anusha Shrestha, Stephen C. Grado, Robert K. Grala, Scott D. Roberts, Jason S GordonAbstract:Abstract Fuel reduction treatments implemented by nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) Landowners affect wildfire hazard potential on both their tracts and surrounding lands. However, it is not clear how concerned they are about wildfire damages and what actions they are willing to take to lower wildfire hazard. This study determined the landowner concern level about wildfire damages and identified factors affecting their concern and fuel treatment implementation using seemingly unrelated and binary probit models, respectively. Approximately, 68% of Landowners were concerned about property damage due to wildfires, and 45% implemented some fuel reduction treatments. The most common and least costly fuel treatment was prescribed burning ($18/acre) followed by chemical ($59/acre) and mechanical ($127/acre) treatments. Raising awareness about potential monetary losses due to wildfires, assisting Landowners in preparing written forest management plans, and prioritizing areas with predominant pine cover will encourage landowner participation in hazardous fuel reduction programs and facilitate more effective wildfire mitigation. Study Implications Nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) Landowners were concerned about monetary damages due to wildfires, which influenced their implementation of fuel reduction treatments. Estimates of fuel treatment cost and implementation frequency provide baseline information necessary to determine cost-effectiveness of various fuel treatments for their subsequent prioritization. Programs and policies that increase awareness among Landowners about potential monetary losses due to wildfires, facilitate preparation of forest management plans with wildfire hazard mitigation prescriptions, and prioritize areas with high wildfire hazard potential are needed to increase implementation of hazardous fuel reduction treatments by NIPF Landowners to reduce wildfire intensity and severity.
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a practice oriented approach to foster private landowner participation in ecosystem service conservation and restoration at a landscape scale
Ecosystem services, 2020Co-Authors: Sara Mason, Robert K. Grala, Lydia P Olander, Christopher S Galik, Jason S GordonAbstract:Abstract Large landscape conservation planning often requires managers to coordinate with private Landowners, especially in regions like the southern and western U.S. where private Landownership dominates. It is often difficult to design conservation programs that incorporate varying landowner perceptions, values, and ownership objectives. Simple and transferable methods are needed to inform the design of landscape-scale conservation and restoration programs, and we propose that this can be done by targeting ecosystem services (ES) of interest to private Landowners. Targeting multiple ecosystem benefits can identify areas that provide cost-effective conservation investments. The approach described here consists of three complementary steps: mapping potential ES provision, assessing landowner interest in these ES, and determining which institutions are most effective for engaging Landowners. We integrate these three streams of information to identify areas where landowner and conservation priorities align with ES benefits, and where interaction with familiar organizations is likely increase landowner engagement in conservation practices. Though we applied the approach to a landscape in the U.S., the methods are designed to be transferable to other regions. Creating transferable and replicable methods can help accelerate deployment by conservation and restoration organizations interested in ES and landowner engagement.
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a stochastic programming model with endogenous uncertainty for incentivizing fuel reduction treatment under uncertain landowner behavior
European Journal of Operational Research, 2019Co-Authors: Tanveer Hossain Bhuiyan, Maxwell C Moseley, Hugh R Medal, Eghbal Rashidi, Robert K. GralaAbstract:Abstract Reducing the potential damage caused by a wildfire is a problem of significant importance to land and fire managers. Fuel reduction treatment is a well-known method of reducing the risk of fire occurrence and spread on landscapes. However, officials seeking fuel reduction treatments on privately owned lands can only encourage it through incentive programs such as cost-share programs. This research developed a methodology that provides the basis for a decision-making tool to help managers allocate limited cost-share resources among a set of Landowners to maximize wildfire risk reduction by implementing a hazardous fuel reduction treatment. A key feature of the methodology is that it incorporates uncertainty in the Landowners’ decision of whether or not to implement treatment on their lands. The methodology is based on a stochastic programming model with endogenous uncertainty where the probability that a landowner accepts a cost-share offer to implement a fuel reduction treatment on their land depends on the offer amount. To estimate the probability that a landowner accepts a given cost-share offer amount, we used a predictive modeling technique to analyze landowner survey data. The results provide insight about the effects of different cost-share allocation strategies on the expected damage. Numerical experiments show that the risk-based allocation provides up to 37.3% more reduction in damage compared to other strategies that allocate equal cost-share amounts among Landowners. Additionally, the results show that the solution quality is substantially sensitive to changes in the number of resource allocation levels.
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evaluating non industrial private forest landowner willingness to manage for forest carbon sequestration in the southern united states
Forest Policy and Economics, 2017Co-Authors: Puskar N Khanal, Donald L. Grebner, Stephen C. Grado, Robert K. Grala, Ian A. Munn, James E. HendersonAbstract:Forest carbon sequestration is considered one of the most efficient strategies for climate change mitigation, and forests provide significant carbon storage in the United States. Non-industrial private forest (NIPF) ownership is the dominant ownership group in the southern US, but little is understood about Landowners' willingness to manage forests for carbon sequestration. This study examines NIPF landowner willingness to delay final timber harvest for additional carbon sequestration despite unknowns about positive or negative impacts to profitability that result from carbon price fluctuations. Survey data from 735 Landowners in the southern United States were used to estimate a probit model analyzing their participation behavior. Landowner willingness to participate in carbon sequestration practices was 55%, 25%, and 16% when such practices were more profitable, revenue neutral or less profitable than timber management only, respectively. Although many Landowners would require a significant monetary incentive to participate in carbon sequestration, others would participate with little or no incentive. Those having recreational goals for their property were the most likely group to participate in carbon sequestration. Management changes (i.e., management plan and verification requirements) and carbon revenue were the two most important determinants of their probability of participation. In summary, this study provides a better understanding of the relationship between landowner participation and socioeconomic details, sequestration program attributes, attitudes, and behaviors. Designing education, incentive, and assistance programs that align with Landowners' recreational goals would result in a low-cost carbon sequestration policy.
Ian A. Munn - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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evaluating non industrial private forest landowner willingness to manage for forest carbon sequestration in the southern united states
Forest Policy and Economics, 2017Co-Authors: Puskar N Khanal, Donald L. Grebner, Stephen C. Grado, Robert K. Grala, Ian A. Munn, James E. HendersonAbstract:Forest carbon sequestration is considered one of the most efficient strategies for climate change mitigation, and forests provide significant carbon storage in the United States. Non-industrial private forest (NIPF) ownership is the dominant ownership group in the southern US, but little is understood about Landowners' willingness to manage forests for carbon sequestration. This study examines NIPF landowner willingness to delay final timber harvest for additional carbon sequestration despite unknowns about positive or negative impacts to profitability that result from carbon price fluctuations. Survey data from 735 Landowners in the southern United States were used to estimate a probit model analyzing their participation behavior. Landowner willingness to participate in carbon sequestration practices was 55%, 25%, and 16% when such practices were more profitable, revenue neutral or less profitable than timber management only, respectively. Although many Landowners would require a significant monetary incentive to participate in carbon sequestration, others would participate with little or no incentive. Those having recreational goals for their property were the most likely group to participate in carbon sequestration. Management changes (i.e., management plan and verification requirements) and carbon revenue were the two most important determinants of their probability of participation. In summary, this study provides a better understanding of the relationship between landowner participation and socioeconomic details, sequestration program attributes, attitudes, and behaviors. Designing education, incentive, and assistance programs that align with Landowners' recreational goals would result in a low-cost carbon sequestration policy.
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Eyes on Landowner Concerns: How Do Landowner Concerns About Fee Hunting Impact Their Willingness to Lease?
Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 2015Co-Authors: Yiling Deng, Ian A. MunnAbstract:Although leasing hunting rights increases landowner income and provides incentives to improve wildlife habitat, few Landowners lease their lands. In this article, landowner attitudes about potential problems associated with fee hunting leases were explored based on a mail survey of nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) Landowners. Responses to questions eliciting landowner levels of concern with 17 potential issues associated with hunting leases were aggregated into four categories: concerns about property damage and liability, customer relations, impacts on personal use, and impacts on habitat, wildlife and safety. Landowners were grouped into five subgroups based on their attitudes to these four categories. These groups were significant predictors of landowner willingness to allow hunting access in conjunction with public land hunting lease rate, property characteristics, and landowner demographics. These results provided insights into problems facing hunters and land managers attempting to improve access...
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hedonic analysis of hunting lease revenue and landowner willingness to provide fee access hunting
Forest Science, 2007Co-Authors: Anwar Hussain, Stephen C. Grado, Ian A. Munn, Ben C. West, Daryl W Jones, Jeanne C JonesAbstract:Selling hunting access may supplement household income, yet only a small proportion of nonindus- trial private (NIP) Landowners in United States lease the right to hunt their land. Based on a survey of Mississippi Landowners, the decision to lease hunting rights and factors influencing lease revenue per leased hectare were analyzed. The two issues were jointly modeled consistent with Heckman's sample selection model, and the lease revenue was specified in accordance with hedonic pricing theory. Empirical results showed that landowner concerns about loss of privacy, accident liability, and conflicts with personal use of land reduced the likelihood of leasing; total Landownership and specific landowner characteristics increased it. With regards to factors explaining differences in lease revenue per leased hectare, bottomland hardwoods commanded a greater premium than many other land uses. In addition, lease revenue per hectare was distinctly higher where a landowner had expertise in managing a hunting lease enterprise. These findings have implications for landown- ers interested in managing wildlife-associated enterprises and public agencies engaged in the provision of natural resource-based recreation. FOR .S CI. 53(4):493-506.
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Analyzing Landowner Demand for Wildlife and Forest Management Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2007Co-Authors: Ian A. Munn, Stephen C. Grado, Anwar Hussain, Ben C. West, W. Daryl JonesAbstract:Determining appropriate topics and target audiences is essential to design effective educational outreach programs. Based on landowner responses to a mail survey, we determined both the importance and the availability of wildlife and forest management information topics to Mississippi Landowners. Combining this information clearly identified the appropriate subject matter for outreach programs—topics important to Landowners and for which information was relatively unavailable. The importance of wildlife and forest management information relative to its availability depended on the region, land use patterns, and landowner characteristics, thus demonstrating which segments of the population should be targeted to maximize program impact.
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evaluating forest management intensity a comparison among major forest landowner types
Forest Policy and Economics, 2006Co-Authors: Kathryn G. Arano, Ian A. MunnAbstract:Abstract As the global demand for timber expands and timber inventory in the western United States continuously declines, southern U.S. forests are becoming an increasingly important source of timber. Timberlands in the U.S. South are owned by a diverse group of Landowners with varying objectives: industrial, timber investment management organizations (TIMOs), nonindustrial, and state forest Landowners. Forest management intensity of these landowner groups was evaluated by looking at the forest management activities and expenditures of Mississippi forestland owners. Industrial Landowners and TIMOs had similar management characteristics and managed their lands more intensively than the state and NIPF Landowners. Industrial Landowners and TIMOs invested more in intensive forestry activities and treated a significantly greater proportion of their timberlands. In contrast, the majority of NIPF expenditures consisted of fixed costs like property taxes. State ownerships reported minimal investment in intensive forestry activities. Intensive forest management was influenced by ownership size, ownership type, and proportion of timberland area in pine.
