Do Private Land Owners Support Species Conservation? Results of a Local Survey (Oregon)

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 10-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. N. Kaye ◽  
R. Schwindt ◽  
C. Menke
Keyword(s):  
Species Conservation ◽  
Private Land ◽  
Land Owners

scholarly journals Intensive Forestry on the West Coast

1978 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 140-146
Author(s):  
J. Harry G. Smith
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Private Land ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Multiple Use ◽  
The West ◽  
Land Owners ◽  
Intensive Forest Management ◽  
Intensive Forestry ◽  
Forest Lands ◽  
Forest District

Intensive forestry on Canada's West Coast has some impressive accomplishments but re-investments of timber capital must increase many times to meet future needs. Intensive forest management requires greatly increased inputs of labour, capital, and knowledge in order to enhance the amount and value of yields from an ultimately limited land base. Attractive incentives must be developed for private land owners and users of public forest lands to sustain current yields of wild stands, to avoid a falldown in harvest as surplus old growth values are liquidated, and to make up for withdrawals from the land base and complications of timber management.Since 1912-13 direct B.C. government forest revenues have exceeded expenditures to 1976 by $847 million. British Columbians and many other Canadians are therefore deeply in debt to the forests of British Columbia, and soon should re-invest past surpluses to help build a base for even greater returns in future.Past trends, the current situation, relation to other areas, costs, responses, sources of funds, multiple use implications, alternatives, research needs, and incentives, are discussed with special reference to the Vancouver Forest District.

Private Land Conservation and Public Policy: Land Trusts, Land Owners, and Conservation Easements

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 337-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic P. Parker ◽  
Walter N. Thurman
Keyword(s):  
Private Land ◽  
Conservation Easements ◽  
Land Trusts ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Organizational Economics ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Land Owners ◽  
Private Land Conservation ◽  
Policy Arrangements ◽  
Public And Private Stakeholders

We highlight the extraordinary growth in private conservation via land trusts and conservation easements and describe the problems arising from the interplay of public finance and private decisions. We offer a framework for understanding the popularity of easements and land trusts and for evaluating policy reforms aimed at improving their performance. The framework, grounded in institutional and organizational economics in the tradition of Ronald Coase, Oliver Williamson, and Yoram Barzel, focuses on the measurement and monitoring costs faced by public and private stakeholders under current and prospective policy arrangements. We illustrate how the framework can be applied to contemporary debates about the appropriate tax treatment of donated easements, requirements that they be held in perpetuity, and the extent to which government should regulate private land trusts.

scholarly journals Short-term vegetation change on rehabilitated peatland on Rietvlei Nature Reserve

Koedoe ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C.E. Venter ◽  
G.J. Bredenkamp ◽  
P-L. Grundlingh
Keyword(s):  
Vegetation Change ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
City Council ◽  
Private Land ◽  
Vegetation Survey ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Water Project ◽  
Land Owners ◽  
Pioneer Vegetation

Natural peatlands occur on the Rietvlei Nature Reserve. Before the Pretoria City Council acquired the land, these peatlands were mined by private land-owners. Ditches were constructed to drain the area for mining and the peatlands became desicrated. Later the area was proclaimed as a nature reserve and has since then been managed as such. Rehabilitation of the drained peatland on Rietvlei Nature Reserve first started in 2000 as a Working for Water project. The aim of the rehabilitation was to close the ditches and rewet the peatland, to enable possible revival of the peatland. A baseline vegetation survey was undertaken during the summer (March to April) of 2001 to determine the nature of the pioneer communities that established on the rehabilitated area. This survey was repeated during the summer (March to April) of 2002 to detect changes in the vegetation. The same sample plots were used on both occasions. The initial pioneer vegetation was mostly composed of weedy annuals.

Cotton and Cattle in the Pacific Lowlands of Central America

1965 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Central America ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Central American ◽  
Private Land ◽  
Remarkable Change ◽  
Land Owners ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Volcanic Chain ◽  
Gulf Of Nicoya

The well-drained, fluvio-volcanic outwash plain of the Pacific coast of Central America, stretching from the Mexican border to the Gulf of Nicoya, has undergone remarkable change in recent years. Malarial control, highway and port construction, and the initiative of governments and private land-owners, have made this the most active zone of agricultural development in Central America. Large-scale mechanized cotton farms and livestock ranches have been eating rapidly into the dry tropical forest that until recently covered most of this coastal apron at the foot of the 700-mile long Central American volcanic chain, producing important new sources of employment and foreign exchange earnings. Acreage in sugar cane and essential oil grasses (citronella and lemon grass) also has been expanding, and the booming shrimp export trade has added yet another fillup to the economies of these pocket-sized countries so long plagued with coffee or banana monoculture.

Oh deer, what can the matter be? Landholder attitudes to deer management in Queensland

2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 211 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Finch ◽  
G. S. Baxter
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategy ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Private Land ◽  
Management Options ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
Deer Management ◽  
Land Owners ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Wild Deer

Deer are not native to Australia but have been present in the country for more than 150 years. For most of that time they have not been regarded as either an agricultural or environmental pest, but in the last few years there have been calls for their numbers to be reduced. Four species of deer can be found in well established populations in Queensland, mostly occurring on private land. Hence the effectiveness of any management of deer as pests will be heavily influenced by the actions of the land owners. This paper reports on a survey of the attitudes of landholders towards deer on their properties. A total of 2621 surveys was mailed to landowners and managers in regions known to support wild deer in Queensland. Of the 28.3% of surveys returned, over 75% of respondents conducted some form of primary production on their land and 65% of these had deer on their properties at least some of the time. Responses to questions were mostly uniform throughout the state, with over 50% of respondents wanting the deer population to stay at current levels or increase. Only 5% of respondents supported poisoning as a management strategy, with 17% supporting trapping. Recreational hunting and game-meat harvesting were favoured management options, with 42% and 51% support respectively. Only 25% of respondents thought wild deer caused environmental damage and 30% thought wild deer caused agricultural damage, with most associating wild deer as a less significant pest than those species already declared under state legislation. Of those surveyed, 56% agreed with the statement ‘It is important to maintain wild deer populations for future generations to enjoy’. The spread of deer in Australia is of increasing concern to ecologists, and there have been calls for action to reduce their numbers on private and public land. The results of this survey imply that a significant proportion of Queensland landholders would resist legislation aimed at managing deer as a pest in areas with long-established wild deer populations.

The Federal On-Scene Coordinator's Role in the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill1

1991 ◽  
Vol 1991 (1) ◽  
pp. 325-331
Author(s):  
R. Adm. D. E. Ciancaglini
Keyword(s):  
Due Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Private Land ◽  
Exxon Valdez ◽  
Land Owners ◽  
Federal Authority ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
National Significance

ABSTRACT On March 24, 1989, the role of the federal on-scene coordinator took on its greatest challenge when the tank vessel Exxon Valdez grounded on Bligh Reef. The vessel discharged 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound. The oil eventually spread over a 600-mile area, fouling the shorelines and waters of some of the most pristine and unforgiving coastal areas of the United States. The Exxon Valdez spill quickly developed into a spill of national significance. Its overwhelming size required the mobilization of hundreds of vessels, aircraft, and a large variety of oil spill response equipment operated, managed, and monitored by more than 12,000 industry and agency personnel. The duration of the response (which is still proceeding) required the federal on-scene coordinator (FOSC) to develop an organization to address the operational challenges; the concerns of federal agencies, the state, native Alakans, communities, and private land owners; and the challenges created by the intense political and media interest. The OSC organization which evolved over the course of the response was based on federal authority and incorporated a decision-making process that ensured that “environmental due process” was provided.

The Transformation of Sherwood Forest in the Twentieth Century: The Role of Private Estate Forestry

Rural History ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
DUNCAN KOTTLER ◽  
CHARLES WATKINS ◽  
CHRIS LAVERS
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Private Land ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Land Owners ◽  
Forestry Commission ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Changing Role

Despite the demise of many landed estates in the twentieth century, the creation of the Forestry Commission and consequent massive afforestation, over two-thirds of British woodland remained in the hands of private land owners at the end of the century. Little research has been carried out into the changing role of landed estates in forming and maintaining woodland landscapes in this period. This paper examines forestry on the Thoresby estate, Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire using a wide range of sources. It demonstrates the dynamic nature of this landscape during the twentieth century. Rather than being a slowly changing woodland landscape, it has been transformed through interventions by land agents and landowners in response to changing social, economic and government policy pressures.

scholarly journals Using Recyclable Water Containment Areas (RWCAs) to Treat Agricultural Stormwater Runoff For Watersheds: A Concept Paper

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2005 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward A. Hanlon
Keyword(s):  
Stormwater Runoff ◽  
Cooperative Extension Service ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Private Land ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Land Owners ◽  
Soil Quality Improvement ◽  
Urban Stormwater Runoff ◽  
Soil And Water

Retain water within the basin or watershed for the betterment of society, agriculture, and the environment. Develop a means by which private land owners/growers can benefit from assisting with the management of water at the watershed level for control of non-urban stormwater runoff, nutrient sequestering, and soil quality improvement. This document is SL227, a fact sheet of the Soil and Water Science Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date July 2005. 

scholarly journals Assessing public commitment to endangered species protection: A Canadian case study

FACETS ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.L. McCune ◽  
Anja M. Carlsson ◽  
Sheila Colla ◽  
Christina Davy ◽  
Brett Favaro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Private Property ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Species Conservation ◽  
Private Land ◽  
Private Property Rights

Preventing the extinction of species will require limiting human activities in key areas, but it is unclear to what extent the public is committed to these limits and the associated costs. We commissioned an online survey of 1000 Canadians and asked them if it is important to prevent the extinction of wild species in Canada. We used specific scenarios illustrating the need for limits to personal activities, private property rights, and industrial development to further test their support. The respondents were strongly committed to species conservation in principle (89% agree), including the need to limit industrial development (80% agree). There was less support for limiting private property rights (63% agree), and more uncertainty when scenarios suggested potential loss of property rights and industry-based jobs. This highlights the high level of public concern regarding the economic impacts of preventing extinctions, and the need for more programs to encourage voluntary stewardship of endangered species on private land. Opinion polls that measure public support for conservation without acknowledging the concessions required may result in overly optimistic estimates of the level of support. Most Canadians in our sample supported endangered species conservation even when the necessity of limiting human activities was explicitly stated.

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