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Creator:: Gordon, Ryan, Brunson, Mark W., and Shindler, Bruce
Abstract:: In surveys of residents in three urban and three rural locations in the Great Basin we examined the social acceptability of six management practices showing promise for restoring sagebrush-dominated rangelands. Unlike most studies of range management perceptions that have relied on single measurements, we used longitudinal data from a questionnaire...
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Creator:: Spies, Thomas A., White, Eric M., Kline, Jeffrey D., Fischer, A. Paige, Ager, Alan, Bailey, John, Bolte, John, Koch, Jennifer, Platt, Emily, Olsen, Christine S., Jacobs, Derric, Shindler, Bruce, Steen-Adams, Michelle M., and Hammer, Roger
Abstract:: Fire-prone landscapes are not well studied as coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) and present many challenges for understanding and promoting adaptive behaviors and institutions. Here, we explore how heterogeneity, feedbacks, and external drivers in this type of natural hazard system can lead to complexity and can limit the development...
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Creator:: Stidham, Melanie, Olsen, Christine, Toman, Eric, Frederick, Stacey, McCaffrey, Sarah, and Shindler, Bruce
Abstract:: The majority of social science research is cross-sectional in nature, with data collected at a single point in time. However, social systems are dynamic and many of the variables of interest to social scientists may change over time. Longitudinal research methods enable data collection at two or more points in...
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Creator:: Toman, Eric, Shindler, Bruce, McCaffrey, Sarah, and Bennett, James
Abstract:: Wildland fire affects both public and private resources throughout the United States. A century of fire suppression has contributed to changing ecological conditions and accumulated fuel loads. Managers have used a variety of approaches to address these conditions and reduce the likelihood of wildland fires that may result in adverse...
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Creator:: Stidham, Melanie, McCaffrey, Sarah, Toman, Eric, and Shindler, Bruce
Abstract:: Within the wildland-urban interface (WUI), wildfire risk contains both individual and collective components. The likelihood that a particular home will be threatened by wildfire in any given year is low, but at a broader scale the likelihood that a home somewhere in the WUI will be threatened is substantially higher....
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Creator:: Shindler, Bruce, Olsen, Christine, McCaffrey, Sarah, McFarlane, Bonita, Christianson, Amy, McGee, Tara, Curtis, Allan, and Sharp, Emily
Abstract:: This planning guide is the outcome of an international collaboration of researchers and practitioners/field managers working in communities at risk of wildfire in three countries. Initially, the team of social scientists from Australia, Canada, and the United States utilized the collective research literature to examine factors that influence stakeholder trust....
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: McCaffrey, Sarah, Toman, Eric, Stidham, Melanie, and Shindler, Bruce
Abstract:: As with other aspects of natural-resource management, the approach to managing wildland fires has evolved over time as scientific understanding has advanced and the broader context surrounding management decisions has changed. Prior to 2000 the primary focus of most fire research was on the physical and ecological aspects of fire;...
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Creator:: Toman, Eric, Stidham, Melanie, McCaffrey, Sarah, and Shindler, Bruce
Abstract:: As part of a larger project funded by the Joint Fire Science Program, this annotated bibliography and accompanying subject area guide were created to support development of a compendium of social science research findings from 2000 – 2010 related to fire-adapted communities. In total, 242 articles were selected for analysis.
Resource Type:: Other and Technical Report

Creator:: Shindler, Bruce, Gordon, Ryan, McCaffrey, Sarah, and Toman, Eric
Abstract:: There are many reasons for building an alliance among agencies and citizens in forest and rangeland communities. In the big picture, the purpose is primarily to reach decisions that are objectively better. Essentially, the quality of decisions is improved by a multi-agency effort that includes a role for citizens and...
Resource Type:: Video and Technical Report

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