Characteristics, motivations, and management actions of landowners engaged in private land conservation in Larimer County Colorado

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-120

  Ernst, Tawnya ^a   Wallace, George N ^b  

^a Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust ^*  (United States)

^b Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clustered housing developments; Conservation easements; Management practices; Motivations; Private land conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CONSERVATION; HOUSING MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; OPEN SPACE; PRIVATE LAND;

COLORADO; LARIMER COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049136854     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2008)28[109:CMAMAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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