No sparks fly: Policy participants agree on thinning trees in the Lake Tahoe Basin

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-9

  Weible, Chris ^a   Sabatier, Paul ^a   Nechodom, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire risk; Forest management; Lake Tahoe Basin; Policy participants; Thinning trees

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FIRES; LAKES; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FIRE RISKS; LAKE TAHOE BASIN; PARTICIPANTS; STAKEHOLDERS;

FORESTRY;

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; THINNING;

BASINS; FIRES; FORESTRY; LAKES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREES;

LAKE TAHOE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14644409812     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Cohen, J., and P. Cohen. 1983. Applied multiple regression/correlation analysis for the behavioral sciences, 2nd Ed. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ. 545 p.
2. Converse, P.E. 1964. The nature of belief systems in mass publics. P. 206-261 in Ideology and discontent, Apter, D. (ed.). Free Press, New York, NY.
3. Eckersley, R. 1989. Green politics and the new class: Selfishness or virtue? Political Studies 37: 205-223.
4. Kauneckis, D., L. Koziol, AND M. Imperial. 2000. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency: The evolution of collaboration. NAPA, Washington, DC.
5. Key, V.O. Jr. (with Milton Cummings). 1966. The responsible electorate. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
6. Lightman, P. 1998. The politics of wildfire: Lessons from Yellowstone. J. For. 87(7):19-23.
7. Loomis, J.B., L.S. Blair, and A. Gonzalez-Caban. 2001. Prescribed fire and public support: Knowledge gained, attitudes changed in Florida. J. For. 99(11):18-22.
8. Manfredo, M.J., M. Fishbein, G.E. Haas, and A.E. Watson. 1990. Attitudes toward prescribed fire policies. J. For. 87(7):19-23.
9. Manley, P.N., J.A. Fites-Kaufman, M.G. Barbour, M.D. Schlesinger, AND D.M. Rizzo. 2000. Biological integrity. P. 403-600 in Lake Tahoe Basin watershed assessment, Vol. 1, Murphy, D.D., and C.M. Knopp (eds.). Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-175. USDA For. Serv., Pacific Southwest Res. Sta., Albany, CA.
10. Mazmanian, D., and P. Sabatier. 1980. A multivariate model of public policy making. Am. J. Political Sci. 24:439-68.
11. Nechodom, M., R. Rowntree, N. Dennis, H. Robison, and J. Goldstein. 2000. Social, economic, and institutional assessment. P. 601-687 in Lake Tahoe Basin watershed assessment, Vol. 1, Murphy, D.D., and C.M. Knopp (eds.). Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-175. USDA For. Serv., Pacific Southwest Res. Sta., Albany, CA.
12. Ostrom, E. 1990. Governing the commons: The evolution of institutions of collective action. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA.
13. Sabatier, P.A., and M. Zafonte. 1999. Are bureaucrats and scientists members of advocacy coalitions? Evidence from an intergovernmental water policy subsystem. Unpublished manuscript.
14. Sabatier, P.A., C. Weible, M. Hulsman, and M. Nechodom. 2003. Stakeholder belief change in the Lake Tahoe Basin: 1970-2001. University of California, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Davis. USDA For. Serv., Pacific Southwest Res. Sta., Berkeley, CA.
15. Shindler, B., and M. Reed. 1996. Forest management in the Blue Mountains: Public perspectives on prescribed fire and mechanical thinning. Oregon State University, Department of Forest Resources, Corvallis, OR. PNW 95-0702. 57 p.
16. Weible, C., P.A. Sabatier, and M Lubell. 2004. A comparison of a collaborative and top-down approach to the use of science in policy: Establishing marine protected areas in California. Policy Studies J. 32(2):187-207.
17. Winter, G., and J.S. Fried. 2000. Homeowner perspectives on fire hazard, responsibility, and management at the wildland-urban interface. Society and Natural Resourc. 13:33-49.
18. Winter, G., C. Vogt, and J.S. Fried. 2002a. Demographic and geographic approaches to predicting public acceptance of fuel management at the wildland-urban interface. Phase II project report. Final survey data report. University of California Berkeley, ESPM-RIPM, College of Natural Resources, Berkeley. USDA For. Serv., North Central Res. Sta., Chicago, IL
19. Winter, G., C. Vogt, and J.S. Fried. 2002b. Fuel treatment at the wildland-urban interface: Common concerns in diverse regions. J. For. 100(1):15-21.
20. Zaller, R.Z. 1992. The nature and origins of mass opinion. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 367 p.