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Linking Attitudes, Policy, and Forest Cover Change in Buffer Zone Communities of Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Problem Addressed: Deforestation in Nepal
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Examine the effectiveness of the MPFS to offer insight into the complex coupled human and natural system in Nepal.
Key Findings: Since the MPFS was enacted, there was first a continued decrease in forest cover, followed by a significant increase overall.
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Public Access to Private Land: Research Summary

Problem Addressed: Private land usage
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Determine issues and realize solutions
Key Findings: People are concerned about issues relating to public recreation access to private land
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Wildfire Risk as a Socioecological Pathology

Problem Addressed: Wildfire risk
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Characterize the primary social and ecological dimensions of the wildfire risk pathology
Key Findings: A fire-adapted governance system that engages a wide array fo human actors in social networks and planning processes that promote complex thinking about the future offers the best chance of mitigating the wildfire risk pathology,
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A Qualitative Study of Maine Volunteer Lake Monitors’ Environmental Values and Motivations

Problem Addressed: Volunteer motivation
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Explore the meaning of helping the environment as a motivator for Maine Volunteer Lake Monitors (VM)
Key Findings: Four broad, inter-related motivations are pragmatic, impassioned, recreational, and heritage
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Sense of Place Along a Scenic Byway in Maine

Problem Addressed: Sense of place and tourist effects
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Identify sense of place in the midst of tourism-related growth and development
Key Findings: Data supports the idea that tourism-related growth and development is causing a lot of concern among people who live in or visit the Rangeley Lakes area.
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The Ozark National Scenic Riverways: An Examination of Trust Between Natural Resource Agencies and Local Communities

Problem Addressed: Agency-community relationships
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Capture a range of perspectives on the agency-community relationship between residents living in nearby communities and NPS personnel.
Key Findings: Themes associated with participants' perceptions of trust, expectations and evaluations of management and the factors that inhibit and promote trust.
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Effects of the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program on Backcountry Users in Grand Canyon and Everglades National Park

Problem Addressed: Backcountry users at national parks and increased recreation fees
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Determine opinions and attitudes, potential displacement, and visitation responses to increased recreation user fees
Key Findings: For those that were planning on visiting the backcountry of the National Park, the proposed increase in recreation user fees, ratings of fees as a barrier, and frequency of participation influenced the reduction in number of visits.
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The Hiawatha National Forest: An Examination of Trust Between Natural Resource Agencies and Local Communities

Problem Addressed: Community relationships
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Capture a range of perspectives on the agency-community relationship between USFS personnel working at HNF and residents living nearby.
Key Findings: Many study participants explained how important it is that the community trusts the agency because of their dependence upon the HNF.
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