The maine vernal pool mapping and assessment program: Engaging municipal officials and private landowners in community-based citizen science

Environmental Management

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1369-1385

  Jansujwicz, Jessica S ^a,b   Calhoun, Aram J K ^a   Lilieholm, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Conservation planning; Landowners; Municipal official; Private land; Stakeholder; Vernal pools

Indexed keywords

CITIZEN SCIENCE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; LANDOWNERS; MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL; PRIVATE LAND; STAKEHOLDER; VERNAL POOLS;

COMMUNICATION; CONSERVATION; LAND USE;

LAKES;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EPHEMERAL POOL; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LANDOWNER; PRIVATE LAND; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WETLAND; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROCEDURES;

UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOCUS GROUPS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MAINE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84889774782     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0168-8     Document Type: Article

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