Title:

Gila National Forest Plan Revision: 2016 Q-methodology data on public and manager perspectives of ecosystem services and drivers of change

Author(s):

Armatas, Christopher A.; Borrie, William T.; Watson, Alan E.

Publication Year:

2020

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Armatas, Christopher A.; Borrie, William T.; Watson, Alan E. 2020. Gila National Forest Plan Revision: 2016 Q-methodology data on public and manager perspectives of ecosystem services and drivers of change. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2020-0071

Abstract:

In June of 2016, data were collected from both the interested public (122 people over the course of five public meetings) and public land managers (50 managers from the forest and district level) on the Gila National Forest, southwestern New Mexico. The data includes a ‘Q-sort’ of ecosystem services, whereby 30 benefits (e.g., timber production, water quality, motorized recreation) provided by the Gila National Forest were sorted on a scale of less important to more important. Following this sorting exercise, participants completed a ‘drivers of change’ exercise, where they selected up to three things they felt would influence the ecosystem services most important to them. Also included are demographic characteristics provided by participants (e.g., self-description, age, length of connection with Gila National Forest, county of residence).

Keywords:

boundaries; location; planningCadastre; Environment and People; Recreation; Quality of life; Social values, ethics; nature-based recreation; social vulnerability assessment; ecosystem services; plan revision; National Forest Planning; New Mexico; Gila National Forest

Related publications:

• Armatas, Christopher A.; Borrie, William T.; Watson, Alan E. 2017. Gila National Forest Public Planning Meetings: Results of the Ecosystem Services Station. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. (also included in data publication download). https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd565609.pdf
• USDA Forest Service. 201703. Final Assessment Report of Ecological/Social/Economic Sustainability Conditions and Trends: Gila National Forest, New Mexico. Silver City, NM: Gila National Forest. https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd544951.pdf

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