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Harvard Forest REU Symposium Abstract 2016

• Title: Vermont Landowners, Climate Change, and the Green Mountain National Forest
• Author: Karina L Agbisit (University of Portland)
• Abstract:

  Over the phone and in person, fourteen southern Vermont landowners were interviewed about their views on climate change, their own land, and the nearby Green Mountain National Forest. Each interviewee brought to the table her or his own views on the subjects; however, twelve major themes emerged from the interviews. Additionally, analysis of the interviews involved categorizing interviewees into the Six Americas (2015. Climate Change in the American Mind. Leiserowitz, Maibach, and Light). The Six Americas categorization looks at the behaviors and beliefs of Americans in relation to climate change, placing Americans in easy to understand groupings. Lastly, the interviews serve to answer the research question “how do perceptions of past and current noticed effects of climate change influence private woodland owner attitudes toward climate change?”

• Research Category: Conservation and Management


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