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Publication Details

Title:
Data from 2014 Wilderness Management Survey: Science needs, training needs, and demographics of managers
Author(s):
Ghimire, Ramesh; Watson, Alan E.; Green, Gary T.; Cordell, Ken H.
Publication Year:
2017
How to Cite:
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Ghimire, Ramesh; Watson, Alan E.; Green, Gary T.; Cordell, Ken H. 2017. Data from 2014 Wilderness Management Survey: Science needs, training needs, and demographics of managers. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0055
Abstract:
Stewards and managers of wilderness areas within the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS) were selected for surveying in 2014 in order to provide input for the development of the 2014 Inter-agency Strategic Plan for the NWPS. Research focused on major challenges in stewardship and planning, and where managers saw rising needs for specific training or research. Additionally, managers provided optional, follow-up data regarding the previous NWPS Strategic Plan, from 1995, and the degree to which its goals and values were enacted.

Keywords:
management; management planning; wilderness values; resources; boundaries; economy; environment; planningCadastre; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Environment and People; Social values, ethics; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Natural Resource Management & Use; Wilderness; United States; North America; wilderness areas
Related publications:
  • Ghimire, Ramesh; Cordell, Ken; Watson, Alan E.; Dawson, Chad; Green, Gary T. 2015. Results from the 2014 National Wilderness Manager Survey. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-336. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 96 p. Leopold Publication Number 845. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/49224 https://doi.org/10.2737/rmrs-gtr-336
  • Dawson, Chad P.; Cordell, Ken; Watson, Alan E.; Ghimire, Ramesh; Green, Gary T. 2016. The US Wilderness Managers Survey: Charting a path for the future. Journal of Forestry. 114(3): 298-304. https://doi.org/10.5849/jof.15-007
  • Cordell, H.K.; Ghimire, R.; Dawson, C.P. 2015. Comparing wilderness values between wilderness managers and the public in the United States. International Journal of Wilderness. 21(3): 22-26.
  • Ghimire, R.; Green, G.T.; Cordell, H.K.; Watson, Alan E.; Dawson, C.P. 2015. Wilderness stewardship: a survey of National Wilderness Preservation System managers. International Journal of Wilderness. 21(1):23-28.
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