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- Modeling forest protection values for the southern Appalachian spruce-fir forestJenkins, Dylan H. (Virginia Tech, 1996-05-05)Household economic value for southern Appalachian spruce-fir forest protection may be sensitive to changes in the forest's physical condition. Further, different recreation groups may hold significantly dissimilar values for forest protection. Household and recreation group willingness to pay for southern Appalachian spruce-fir forest protection was estimated using responses from a mail-out referendum style contingent valuation survey. To test the hypothesis that willingness to pay for forest protection is not sensitive to the condition of the forest's physical condition, 1,000 southeastern households were randomly assigned one of two different forest protection scenarios. Households in the first sample were asked to value a protection program for a forest showing no visible sign of impact from insect or atmospheric disturbance. Households in the second sample were asked to value a protection program for a forest already experiencing impact from insect infestation and air pollution. Logit analysis of the two samples revealed no statistically significant difference in willingness to pay between the two forest protection programs. These results suggest that, over the range of forest conditions tested, a household's value for forest protection may be insensitive to the forest's physical condition.
- Public Understandings of Environmental Quality: A Case Study of Private Forest Land Management in Southwest VirginiaRichert, David (Virginia Tech, 2001-04-12)Environmental quality is a construct that has currency at the interface between science and policy—it is used both to describe current conditions as well as prescribe desired future conditions. However, environmental quality has a multiplicity of definitions, owing to: a) the fact that there are a number of terms (or "sub constructs") taken to be synonymous with environmental quality (i.e. environmental health, sustainability, biodiversity, integrity, and the like), and b) the fact that each of these sub constructs, in turn, have multiple meanings. Many in the field of natural sciences have been working on this problem of ambiguity—attempting to develop precise and powerful definitions. Still others argue that environmental quality is a concept open to societal negotiation (in addition to scientific discovery). In this thesis, I argue that environmental quality can be understood and discussed by examining understandings of Nature and evaluations for Nature that seem to contribute to the ambiguity of meanings and outcomes for environmental quality. To reach these conclusions, I interviewed 24 stakeholders who represented a broad range of concerns about and interests in environmental quality on private forest land in Southwest Virginia. I reviewed nearly 300 pages of interview text, looking for emerging themes and structures from their hour-long (on average) discussions of environmental quality. I found that among these 24 stakeholders, there were indeed, many ways of defining environmental quality (i.e. health, biodiversity, site productivity, et cetera). Additionally, I found that these different definitions for environmental quality seem to correlate with different understandings of Nature (what is Nature like?) and different values for Nature (how should Nature be used?) I conclude by discussing these implications, using examples from forestry outreach and extension.
- Sustainable forestry : a guide for Virginia forest landownersJenkins, Dylan H.; Johnson, James E. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2003)
- Sustainable forestry : a guide for Virginia forest landownersJenkins, Dylan H.; Johnson, James E. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2002)
- Virginia Forest Landowner Update, Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1998(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 1998)A quarterly calendar listing events that promote Virginia forest stewardship through sustainable forestry, wildlife management, timber marketing, outdoor recreation, and soil and water conservation.
- Virginia Forest Landowner Update, Vol. 12, No. 3, Summer 1998(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 1998)A quarterly publication with a list of events, news, and information promoting the stewardship of Virginia's natural resources.
- Virginia Forest Landowner Update, Vol. 12, No. 4, Fall 1998(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 1998)A quarterly publication with a list of events, news, and information promoting the stewardship of Virginia's natural resources.
- Virginia Forest Landowner Update, Vol. 13, No. 1, Winter 1999(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 1999)A quarterly publication with a list of events, news, and information promoting the stewardship of Virginia's natural resources.
- Virginia Forest Landowner Update, Volume 13, Number 2, Spring 1999(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 1999)A quarterly publication with a list of events, news, and information promoting the stewardship of Virginia's natural resources.
- Virginia Forest Landowner Update, Volume 13, Number 3, Summer 1999(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 1999)A quarterly publication with a list of events, news, and information promoting the stewardship of Virginia's natural resources.
- Virginia Forest Landowner Update, Volume 13, Number 4, Fall 1999(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 1999)A quarterly publication with a list of events, news, and information promoting the stewardship of Virginia's natural resources.
- Virginia Forest Landowner Update, Volume 14, Number 1, Winter 2000(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2000)A quarterly publication with a list of events, news, and information promoting the stewardship of Virginia's natural resources.
- Virginia Forest Landowner Update, Volume 14, Number 2, Spring 2000(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2000)A quarterly publication with a list of events, news, and information promoting the stewardship of Virginia's natural resources.
- Virginia Forest Landowner Update, Volume 14, Number 3, Summer 2000(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2000)A quarterly publication with a list of events, news, and information promoting the stewardship of Virginia's natural resources.
- Virginia Forest Landowner Update, Volume 14, Number 4, Fall 2000(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2000)A quarterly publication with a list of events, news, and information promoting the stewardship of Virginia's natural resources.
- Virginia Forest Landowner Update, Volume 15, Number 1, Winter 2001(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2001)A quarterly publication with a list of events, news, and information promoting the stewardship of Virginia's natural resources.
- Virginia Forest Landowner Update, Volume 15, Number 2, Spring 2001(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2001)A quarterly publication with a list of events, news, and information promoting the stewardship of Virginia's natural resources.
- Virginia Forest Landowner Update, Volume 15, Number 3, Summer 2001(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2001)A quarterly publication with a list of events, news, and information promoting the stewardship of Virginia's natural resources.
- Virginia Forest Landowner Update, Volume 16, Number 1, Spring 2002(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2002)A quarterly publication with a list of events, news, and information promoting the stewardship of Virginia's natural resources.
- Virginia Forest Landowner Update, Volume 16, Number 2, Summer 2002(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2002)A quarterly publication with a list of events, news, and information promoting the stewardship of Virginia's natural resources.