Title:

Private landowner perceptions of prescribed fire near the Dakota Prairie Grasslands

Author(s):

McGranahan, Devan Allen; Geaumont, Benjamin; Wonkka, Carissa L.; Ott, Jacqueline P.; Kreuter, Urs P.

Publication Year:

2025

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McGranahan, Devan Allen; Geaumont, Benjamin; Wonkka, Carissa L.; Ott, Jacqueline P.; Kreuter, Urs P. 2025. Private landowner perceptions of prescribed fire near the Dakota Prairie Grasslands. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2025-0008

Abstract:

A survey examining perceptions of prescribed fire use was distributed to landowners in 18 counties (13 in North Dakota and 5 in South Dakota) that include or are adjacent to management units of the USDA Forest Service, Dakota Prairies National Grasslands. Surveys, mailed in 2021, consisted principally of a five-point Likert scale format in which respondents were asked to indicate the degree to which they agreed or disagreed with a series of statements. Questions were asked about agency relationships, management decision-making, attitudes towards public grazing lands, and attitudes towards prescribed fire. This data publication includes the summary data (mid-point and upper and lower 95% confidence interval points) for the 199 surveys that were returned.

Keywords:

environment; health; Fire; Prescribed fire; behavioral change theory; rangeland fire management; socio-ecological systems; public grazingland management; North Dakota; South Dakota; Dakota Prairie Grasslands

Related publications:

• Boland, Kaylee; McGranahan, Devan Allen; Geaumont, Benjamin; Wonkka, Carissa L.; Ott, Jacqueline P.; Kreuter, Urs P. 2025. Perceptions of prescribed fire among ranchers near northern US National Grasslands. Fire. 8(3): 102. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire8030102

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