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2017 Conference

June 21–24, 2017

Tuscon, AZ

AESS 2017 Draft Conference Session Schedule

Adoption of natural resource conservation practices/proenvironmental behavior on private lands in rural and urban landscapes

Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 10:30 AM–12:00 PM MDT
ENR2 S 210
Abstract

Private lands constitute roughly 72 percent of 2.27 billion acres of lands in the United States, and provide critical ecosystem services. Understanding private landowners’ decision making about the use and management of private lands and their related natural resources is critically important for maximizing their ecosystem services. This panel will discuss a broad range of the social and psychological factors that influence individuals’ conservation behaviors/practices on private lands in both rural and urban landscapes. In agricultural settings, for example, concerns about water use efficiency, nutrient management, and long-term productivity in soils are not only significant for farmers to maintain a healthy productive land-base, but have significant implications for regional water quality/quantity and climate change. Similarly, in urban settings, issues such as non-point source pollution, stormwater runoff, wetlands conservation, degraded shorelines and riparian areas, invasive/endangered species, and the decline of greenspace connectivity for biodiversity conservation, are closely related to private landowners’ routine behaviors and their chosen practices. This session explores the social-psychological factors that influence individuals’ various behaviors and management practices that have both local and regional natural resources impacts. The discussion aims to facilitate interdisciplinary communication among various researchers and practitioners on a broad range of conservation adoption and decision making topics for the purpose of bridging science-policy gaps and increasing the impact of outreach and messaging strategies aimed at private landowners.   

Primary Contact

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Francis Eanes, Francis Eanes

Presenters

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Yuling Gao, Purdue University
Title of paper

Understanding the adoption, maintenance and diffusion of urban stormwater best management practices

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Francis Eanes, Purdue University
Title of paper

Leveraging Crop Advisers to deliver agricultural conservation advice and increase the adoption of conservation practices

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Ajay S. Singh, Purdue University
Title of paper

Framing Conservation Communication: The influence of framing information on recommendations to adopt climate change adaptation measures

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Dr. Casey L. Taylor, PhD, Idaho State University
Title of paper

Social-Ecological Analysis of a Hydrologic System in Southeast Idaho

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Hilary Byerly, University of Vermont
Title of paper

Adoption of Conservation Behaviors in New England’s Privately Managed Forests

Co-Authors

Chair, Facilitator, Or Moderators

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Francis Eanes, Purdue University
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Yuling Gao, Purdue University

Discussants

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Ajay S. Singh, Purdue University

Workshop Leaders

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