Title: Forest fuels treatments for wildlife management: do local recreation users agree?

Author: Kwon, Jeamok; Vogt, Christine; Winter, Greg; McCaffrey, Sarah

Year: 2008

Publication: In: LeBlanc, Cherie; Vogt, Christine, comps. Proceedings of the 2007 northeastern recreation research symposium; 2007 April 15-17; Bolton Landing, NY. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-23. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 132-137.

Abstract: In recent years, managers, policy makers and researchers, particularly in the social sciences, have worked to better understand the perspectives of homeowners, residents, tourists, and recreationists on wildfire and fuels management and how resource agencies can better involve these stakeholders in planning and implementation (Vogt et al., 2006). This research examined how one group of stakeholders, homeowners who participate in local outdoor recreation, viewed the relationships between fuel treatment approaches and improved wildlife conditions. Specifically, we studied hunters, anglers, and wildlife viewers who were also wildland interface homeowners in a three-county area of Huron-Manistee National Forest (HMNF).