Western Oregon forest landowner beliefs about the outcomes of mandatory riparian buffer regulations

Kooistra, Chad; Moseley, Cassandra; Huber-Stearns, Heidi; Rosenberg, Stacy

doi:10.1080/10549811.2017.1406371

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“…The NIPF owners considering Finnish forests as well managed for either recreation purposes or biomass production favor short rotation management, while forest owners who are of opinion that Finnish forests are well managed from the perspective of timber production, biodiversity, or climate change mitigation, are more likely to favor traditional even-aged management instead of uneven-aged management (Juutinen et al 2020). Also, political orientation may be a significant determinant concerning willingness to adopt forest management practices: Kooistra et al (2018) found that conservative political attitudes are associated with the reluctance towards establishing wide riparian buffer zones, possibly due to lack of knowledge concerning the ecological outcomes of such management. Moreover, risk-averse NIPF owners are more favorable towards wide riparian buffers (Kang et al, 2019).…”

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Non-industrial private forest owners’ willingness to manage for climate change and biodiversity

Husa

Kosenius

2021

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

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In boreal commercial forests, carbon sequestration, climate change adaptation, and biodiversity conservation can be promoted through various measures. This study examines the factors affecting non-industrial private forest (NIPF) owners' preferences for such forest management practices. A systematic literature review serves as a reference for the empirical analysis of a survey data on the Finnish NIPF owners' stated willingness to adopt thirteen distinct forest management practices. Binary logit models reveal socio-demographic factors, site-specific characteristics, previous forest management, and motivations for forest ownership that are associated with the stated adoption of management practices. Especially, environmental and financial motivations play an important role in decisions concerning forest management practices. Statistically significant factors vary depending on the forest management practice, reflecting the NIPF owner heterogeneity. Younger and highly educated forest owners are more supportive for various management practices that promote biodiversity, while older forest owners are reluctant towards deadwood retention. The results underline the importance of accounting for heterogeneous preferences regarding forest management practices when designing and implementing policies and advisory services aiming at enhancing carbon sequestration, climate change adaptation, or biodiversity in boreal commercial forests.

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Non-industrial private forest owners’ willingness to manage for climate change and biodiversity

Husa

Kosenius

2021

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

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“…Other past research on private forestland policies has focused on the perceived effectiveness of state-level BMP programs (Henly et al 1988 ; Rose and Coate 2000 ; Cristan et al 2016 ; Kooistra et al 2018 ; Kreye et al 2019 ) or on the perceptions, attitudes, motivations, and behaviors of forest landowners toward policy programs (Creighton and Baumgartner 2005 ; Janota and Broussard 2008 ; Quartuch and Beckley 2014 ; Kooistra et al 2018 ; Kreye et al 2019 ; Goldstein et al 2023b ). However, little is understood about the influence of context on the private forestry policy tools used by states, in particular the relationship between state-level policy approaches and political, social, and ecological characteristics of the state.…”

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“… Cristan et al ( 2018 ) Updates the categorization of states into regulatory, quasi-regulatory, and voluntary categories based on BMP implementation to protect water quality and mitigate water quality issues arising from forest practices. Kooistra et al ( 2018 ) Riparian buffer regulations led to negative socioeconomic outcomes, and neutral or slightly positive ecological outcomes. Kelly and Crandall ( 2022 ) State forest policies were extended from the previous framework of regulatory, quasi-regulatory, and voluntary to introduce four distinct typologies based on the extent of state intervention.…”

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Regulatory Intensity on Private Forestland and its Relationship with State Characteristics in the United States

Poudel,

Crandall,

Kelly

2024

Environmental Management

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Though the federal government impacts private forest management across the United States through legislation such as the Clean Water Act, state-level regulations applied to private forest landowners vary remarkably. Despite this diversity of policies, little is known about how variations in regulatory intensity (defined here as number of forestry regulations) correlate with state-level political and socioeconomic characteristics. In this study, we use a quantitative approach to explore the intensity of regulation on forest practices impacting private landowners across all 50 states. We quantified intensity by tabulating the number of regulated forest practices, then used a quasi-Poisson regression to estimate the relationship between regulatory intensity and state-level characteristics, including forestland ownership types, the economic importance of the forest industry, and measures of state environmentalism. Results indicated a positive association between regulatory intensity and the percent of private corporate land, environmental voting records of elected officials, and direct democracy. Foresters and landowners may learn from these relationships, consider how to influence different policies, and build or achieve greater levels of public trust. This study starts to help us explain why state-level forestry policies differ, not just how they differ.

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Using the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change to Explore Forest Landowner Perspectives on Water Quality

Briccetti,

Doran,

Coleman

2024

Small-scale Forestry

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Family forest owners (FFOs) are critical stakeholders in ensuring many conservation outcomes, including improved water quality. In the highly forested Lake Champlain basin of Vermont, FFOs likely play a particularly important role in addressing water quality impairment. This study focused on FFOs’ thinking and decision-making around management practices on their land. Based on a dataset of 28 interviews collected using a semi-structured interview approach, the interviews were qualitatively coded and analyzed using the Transtheoretical Model of behavior change (TTM) framework. Our findings suggest that interviewed landowners were concerned about basin water quality but generally not aware of the connection between watershed health and actions taken on their particular forest parcel. We further describe how three TTM Processes of Change (helping relationships, consciousness raising, and environmental re-evaluation) may influence landowners’ decisions to manage their forests with water quality in mind. Our results suggest pathways for the design and targeting of behavioral change interventions based on the TTM that should inform landowner outreach as well as further research.

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Western Oregon forest landowner beliefs about the outcomes of mandatory riparian buffer regulations

Cited by 5 publications

References 43 publications

Non-industrial private forest owners’ willingness to manage for climate change and biodiversity

Non-industrial private forest owners’ willingness to manage for climate change and biodiversity

Regulatory Intensity on Private Forestland and its Relationship with State Characteristics in the United States

Using the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change to Explore Forest Landowner Perspectives on Water Quality

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