Applying the transtheoretical model of change to legacy planning decisions

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Title

Applying the transtheoretical model of change to legacy planning decisions

Description

Approximately 1.2 million family forest landowners (FFOs) manage nearly 37 million acres of forestland in five New England states. This means that efforts to sustain and conserve forests in the region are contingent upon short- and long-term management decisions of these owners. We applied the transtheoretical model of behavior change to understand which activities and behaviors FFOs have pursued in relation to forest legacy planning. We conducted a regional mail survey of 2500 FFOs across Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York. Findings indicate that the majority of FFOs are preparing for or are currently engaging in beginning-level legacy planning decisions while few are thinking about nor planning for more advanced-level decisions. Findings from three stepwise multiple regression models also provide support for predicting a substantive amount of variance in FFOs’ decisions to engage in beginning-level and conservation-oriented planning decisions.

Creator

Quartuch, Michael R.
Broussard Allred, Shorna
Markowitz, Ezra
Catanzaro, Paul
Markowski-Lindsay, Marla

Subject

Decision-making
Forest landowners
Behavior change model
Landowner behavior

Date Created

2021-03-06

Type

Article

Format

application/pdf

Language

English

Is Part Of

Small-scale Forestry

Collection

Citation

Quartuch, Michael R. et al., “Applying the transtheoretical model of change to legacy planning decisions,” CPW Digital Collections, accessed March 29, 2024, https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/items/show/244.