Applying the transtheoretical model of change to legacy planning decisions
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Applying the transtheoretical model of change to legacy planning decisions
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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.
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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
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Language
English
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Small-scale Forestry
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Citation
Quartuch, Michael R. et al., “Applying the transtheoretical model of change to legacy planning decisions,” CPW Digital Collections, accessed December 22, 2024, https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/items/show/244.