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Policy Analysis |
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Policy Analysis |
| An assessment of existing education and public awareness materials and programs related to the Florida manatee was conducted for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Manatee Recovery Implementation Team Education Working Group. The assessment was designed to identify any overlaps among the various education and outreach efforts; the full range of manatee issues that may need to be addressed through education and outreach but are not currently being adequately addressed; the target audiences that should be served by the Education Working Group, including those not currently being adequately served; and the best strategies and technologies to educate and inform the target audiences, including a prioritization of the groups who most need specific additional information and how to get the information to them. The study entailed a multimodal survey designed to assess the specific needs for manatee education and outreach efforts. | ||
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| This study identified the issues of concern regarding green infrastructure among agency employees and Delaware residents, assessed the agency's capability to improve the public's awareness of green infrastructure so as to garner public support and involvement, inventoried current education programs, identified and prioritized issues affecting public support for the protection and management of green infrastructure, and developed strategies and recommendations for implementing effective green infrastructure education and outreach efforts. The study entailed a survey of agency employees, an inventory of green infrastructure education programs, and a telephone survey of Delaware residents. | ||
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| This report contains a comparison of both a market inventory and needs assessment regarding coastal training programs in Delaware and recommendations for the future direction of Delaware's coastal training programs based on this comparison. | ||
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| This report is Phase 8, the final report for a programmatic evaluation of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act in the U.S. and Canada. The purpose of this evaluation was twofold: 1) to identify accomplishments and challenges of the Act and its implementation, and 2) to provide recommendations to help NAWCA build upon its success and become an even greater positive force in wetlands conservation. | ||
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| This report is Phase 5 of a programmatic evaluation of NAWCA in the U.S. and Canada during its first ten years of implementation. This report summarizes the findings of several on the ground case studies that were conducted as part of this evaluation. The purpose of the case studies was to gain first hand knowledge about the types of projects that have been implemented on the landscape. | ||
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| This study was conducted to better understand hunting access to federal public lands in Colorado. The study entailed a telephone survey of Colorado hunting license holders, both resident and nonresident hunters. | ||
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| This study was conducted to obtain information regarding Arizona residents' knowledge of and attitudes toward off-highway vehicle use in Arizona. The primary objectives of this study were to determine residents' knowledge and perceptions of off-highway vehicle use in Arizona and to measure participant satisfaction with off-highway vehicle activities and regulations. | ||
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| This study was conducted to obtain direct public, stakeholder, and employee input regarding the future of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GA DNR), its strategic goals and desired long-term outcomes and objectives, and the challenges that the GA DNR will face in attempting to achieve its strategic goals. The study also assessed the level of support among the general population, stakeholders, and employees for the strategic direction of the GA DNR. The study entailed a multi-modal survey of the general population of Georgia, GA DNR stakeholders, and GA DNR employees. | ||
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| The purpose of this study was to provide the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) a comprehensive overview of the wildlife values and priorities of WRD employees, stakeholders, and Georgia residents for WRD programmatic efforts. | ||
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| This paper was presented by Michael Manfredo, Daniel Decker, and Mark Damian Duda at the Sixty-Third North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference held in Orlando, Florida, and is included in the Transactions of the Sixty-Third North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference. The purpose of this paper was to provide an overview of why and how the area of human dimensions has developed over the past 25 years. Questions related to the current situation and the future expectations and challenges for human dimensions research are addressed. | ||
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