Community, Environment, and Climate Change
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| Do You Trust Scientists About the Environment? In this brief, author Lawrence Hamilton examines the results of a Granite State Poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center in late January–early February 2014. The poll asked about public trust in scientists, along with other questions on science… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change, New Hampshire | Climate Change, Environment, New Hampshire, Politics and Elections, Public Opinion, Trust |
| Forest Management and Wildfire Risk in Inland Northwest This brief reports the results of a mail survey of forest landowners in northeastern Oregon conducted in the fall of 2012 by the Communities and Forests in Oregon (CAFOR) Project at the University of Colorado and the University of New Hampshire in cooperation with… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Environment, Forests |
| Granite Staters Weigh in on Renewable Energy Versus Drilling: Environmental Quality of Life Ranks High Across Party Lines Since the fall of 2001, the University of New Hampshire’s Survey Center has been conducting the Granite State Poll—a statewide, scientific survey of public opinion and behavior concerning policy issues—via telephone interviews with random samples of New Hampshire… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change, New Hampshire | Environment, New Hampshire, Politics and Elections, Public Opinion |
| Rural Natives’ Perceptions of Strengths and Challenges in Their Communities This brief uses two sources of data to explore how Native Americans view the current socioeconomic and environmental state of their communities and their future within them—the Community and Environment in Rural America (CERA) surveys and focus groups with Native… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Public Opinion |
| Urban-Rural Differences in Concern about the Environment and Jobs in the Puget Sound Region Using data from a phone survey of 1,980 Puget Sound residents conducted in 2012, this fact sheet examines the severity of different environmental problems and compares the strength of concern about the lack of jobs and beliefs about the environment. Too few jobs and… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Community, Employment, Environment, Public Opinion |
| Public Perceptions of Environmental Management in the Puget Sound Region Using data from a phone survey of 1,980 Puget Sound residents conducted in 2012, this fact sheet describes public perceptions of different environmental interventions. Puget Sound residents widely support a range of proposed interventions designed to protect and… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Community, Environment, Public Opinion |
| Beliefs about Development Versus Environmental Tradeoffs in the Puget Sound Region Using data from a phone survey of 1,980 Puget Sound residents conducted in 2012, this fact sheet outlines residents’ views about the importance of environmental protection as well as their opinions about energy development, protection of wild salmon, and land use… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Community Development, Economic Development, Environment, Public Opinion |
| Forest Views: Northeast Oregon Survey Looks at Community and Environment This brief reports on a survey conducted in fall 2011 as one component of the ongoing Communities and Forests in Oregon (CAFOR) project. The CAFOR project focuses on the people and landscapes of three counties in northeast Oregon (Baker, Union, and Wallowa), where… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Community, Environment, Forests |
| Demographic Change in the Northern Forest This brief examines the population redistribution in the Northern Forest, which includes thirty-four counties scattered across northern and central Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont.
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Community, Environment, and Climate Change, Demography | Demography, New England |
| The Local Agricultural Community Exchange: Outcomes and Lessons Learned from a Public-Private Initiative to Revitalize a Downtown Community This brief describes a revitalization project in Barre, Vermont, led by a public-private partnership involving the Agricultural Community Exchange, the Central Vermont Community Action Council, and the private businesses that operated out of the storefront.
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Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Community, Economic Development, New England |
