Sort Results by:

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.

Downloads: 1

[mrp_rating_result no_rating_results_text="No ratings yet" before_count="(" after_count=" ratings)"]

Download Document >>

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

Downloads: 2

[mrp_rating_result no_rating_results_text="No ratings yet" before_count="(" after_count=" ratings)"]

Download Document >>

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,

Downloads: 1

[mrp_rating_result no_rating_results_text="No ratings yet" before_count="(" after_count=" ratings)"]

Download Document >>

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

Downloads: 1

[mrp_rating_result no_rating_results_text="No ratings yet" before_count="(" after_count=" ratings)"]

Download Document >>

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.

Downloads: 0

[mrp_rating_result no_rating_results_text="No ratings yet" before_count="(" after_count=" ratings)"]

Download Document >>

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.

Downloads: 1

[mrp_rating_result no_rating_results_text="No ratings yet" before_count="(" after_count=" ratings)"]

Download Document >>

Rangeley Lakes National Scenic Byway 2006 Visitor Survey Technical Report

Problem Addressed: Sense of place and tourism

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Gather information about visitors, their preferences, experiences, and place attachment/sense of place.

Downloads: 0

[mrp_rating_result no_rating_results_text="No ratings yet" before_count="(" after_count=" ratings)"]

Download Document >>

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.

Downloads: 0

[mrp_rating_result no_rating_results_text="No ratings yet" before_count="(" after_count=" ratings)"]

Download Document >>

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.

Downloads: 0

[mrp_rating_result no_rating_results_text="No ratings yet" before_count="(" after_count=" ratings)"]

Download Document >>

Growing a Sustainable Bioenergy Industry for the Northeast

Problem Addressed: The Northeast Woody/Warm-Season Biomass Consotium

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Design, implement, analyze and evaluate robust, scalable, and sustainable value chains for lignocellulosic biomass suitable for advanced transportation fuels for our region.

Key Findings: Sustainable bioenergy value claims can provide broad societal benefits, but must be implemented with full consideration of the biophysical, social, cultural and economic resources and values of the region.

Downloads: 0

[mrp_rating_result no_rating_results_text="No ratings yet" before_count="(" after_count=" ratings)"]

Download Document >>

Forest Management Documents

Welcome to NEFIS

Get updates sent to your inbox