User group attitudes toward forest management treatments on the Shawnee National Forest: application of a photo-evaluation technique

Jonathan M. Cohen; Jean C. Mangun; Mae A. Davenport; Andrew D. Carver

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User group attitudes toward forest management treatments on the Shawnee National Forest: application of a photo-evaluation technique

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Authors:

Jonathan M. Cohen, Jean C. Mangun, Mae A. Davenport, Andrew D. Carver

Year:

2008

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Jacobs, Douglass F.; Michler, Charles H., eds. 2008. Proceedings, 16th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 2008 April 8-9; West Lafayette, IN. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-24. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 241-248.

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Abstract

Diverse public opinions, competing management goals, and polarized interest groups combine with problems of scale to create a complex management arena for managers in the Central Hardwood Forest region. A mixed-methods approach that incorporated quantitative analysis of data from a photo evaluation-attitude scale survey instrument was used to assess attitudes toward forest management practices in southern Illinois. Stakeholder groups that use the Shawnee National Forest (SNF) rated color photographs of forest management treatments.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, 16th central hardwood forest conference

Citation

Cohen, Jonathan M.; Mangun, Jean C.; Davenport, Mae A.; Carver, Andrew D. 2008. User group attitudes toward forest management treatments on the Shawnee National Forest: application of a photo-evaluation technique. In: Jacobs, Douglass F.; Michler, Charles H., eds. 2008. Proceedings, 16th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 2008 April 8-9; West Lafayette, IN. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-24. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 241-248.