Landowner motivations for watershed restoration: Lessons from five watersheds

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 477-496

  Rosenberg, Stacy ^a   Margerum, Richard D ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based collaboratives; Landowner behavior; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNER; NATURE CONSERVATION; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47649099975     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640560802116962     Document Type: Article

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