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ANNUAL REPORT 2015

Human Dimensions Research Unit

Department of Natural Resources

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Cornell University

Purpose

This 2015 annual report provides an overview of recent

research, teaching, and outreach activities of the Human

Dimensions Research Unit (HDRU). The report is

designed to reflect the work, interests, and capabilities of

the HDRU. Publications listed in this report are on the

HDRU website: https://hdru.dnr.cornell.edu/or may be

requested by emailing [email protected]

Mission

The HDRU strives to expand the understanding of

academicians, students, natural resources agency staff,

non-governmental organizations and policy makers about

the human dimensions of natural resource management

and policy. We do this by studying human attitudes,

values, and behaviors associated with natural resource

management and applying theory and empirical findings

to real-world, contemporary problems. Our research

outcomes, which include empirical data, conceptual

frameworks, and theoretical insights, are reported at

conferences and in peer-reviewed journals, books, policy

briefs, outreach publications, and reports of various types.

HDRU research is used by a wide array of decision

makers and natural resource practitioners, especially

those in state and federal agencies, to develop, implement,

and evaluate natural resource policies and management

approaches.

HDRU faculty and staff also contribute to the teaching

and outreach functions of the College of Agriculture and

Life Sciences and the Department of Natural Resources.

We advise both undergraduate and graduate students,

and teach courses concerning various aspects of natural

resources including sociology, policy, and management.

While all HDRU faculty and academic staff engage in

outreach, three of our faculty also have Extension

appointments from which we serve citizens of New York

State and beyond. In 2009, an HDRU Outreach

publication series was developed to facilitate sharing of

research findings in non-technical form.

Description

The core HDRU and cooperators are comprised of dozens

of faculty, staff, graduate assistants, and undergraduate

student technicians. Research and outreach programs are

supported by grants and contracts from federal and state

agencies, nongovernmental organizations, foundations,

Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the Cornell

University Agricultural Experiment Station. For 2015,

grants and contracts for the 5 primary HDRU faculty

totaled more than $4 million.

HDRU graduate faculty have membership in the graduate

fields of Natural Resources, Development Sociology,

Public Affairs, and Water Resources. In 2015, graduate

faculty committee members for HDRU graduate students

came from a variety of departments: Communication,

Design and Environmental Analysis, Development

Sociology, City and Regional Planning, Horticulture,

Natural Resources and others.

The HDRU has earned an international reputation in the

human dimensions specialization of natural resource

management. The oldest unit of its kind, the HDRU’s

history dates from the early 1970s. The success of the

HDRU has been greatly enhanced by a partnership of

approximately 40 years with the NYS Department of

Environmental Conservation’s division of Fish, Wildlife,

and Marine Resources and a number of federal and state

partners.

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Figure 1: HDRU total funding from sponsored projects that were active in 2015 (grants and contracts totaled $4,247,385).

The funding for HDRU research comes from multiple sources

including competitive grants and contracts. In 2015, the following

funders contributed to our work:

Albany Pine Bush Commission, Cornell Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell

Cooperative Extension, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell Lab of

Ornithology, Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, New York

State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Madrazo Family, National

Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), National Park Service, University of

Massachusetts Amherst, University of Florida, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA

Agricultural Research Service (ARS), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, United States

Geological Survey (USGS), The Wildlife Society, Wildlife Conservation Society

39%

8%

38%

15%

% OF OVERALL HDRU FUNDING

Federal Federal Formula Funds State Private

Figure 2: HDRU collaborates with a wide variety of organizations, universities, and

governments (recent examples listed above). Without the assistance of these and other collaborators, much of the work would not be possible.

HDRU at a Glance

In 2015 HDRU had:

18 Peer Reviewed Publications (see pages 5-6 for complete list)

10 HDRU Publication Series (see page 7 for complete list)

5 Core Faculty

6 Associated Faculty

7 Staff

3 Postdoctoral Researchers

16 Graduate Students

1 M.S. Degree completed

10 Undergraduate Researchers

4 Course Offerings

8 Extension Workshops and Trainings

2015 HDRU Journal Articles, Book Chapters and Dissertations

Allred, S.B., & Somchanhmavong, A.K. 2015. Global

Citizenship and Cross-Cultural

Communication: Examining Student Learning

Outcomes from the Global Citizenship and

Sustainability Program. Journal of Development

Communication 25(1): 68-83.

Chan, J., DuBois, B., & Tidball, K.G. (2015). Refuges of

Local Resilience: New York City Community

Gardens Post-Sandy. Urban Forestry & Urban

Greening, 14, 625-635

Clarke, C.E., Hart P.S., Schuldt J.P., Evensen D.T.N.,

Boudet H.S., Jacquet J.B., and Stedman R.C. 2015.

Public opinion on energy development: The

interplay of issue framing, top-of-mind

associations, and political ideology. Energy Policy

8:131-140.

Cooper, C., Larson L., Dayer A., Stedman R.C., and Decker

D.J. 2015. Are wildlife recreationists

conservationists? Linking hunting, birdwatching,

and pro-environmental behavior. Journal of

Wildlife Management 79(3):446-454.

Dayer, A., Stedman R.C., Allred, S.B., Rosenberg, K., and

Fuller A. 2015. Understanding Landowner

Intensions to Create Early Successional Forest

Habitat in the Northeastern United States. Wildlife

Society Bulletin, DOI: 10.1002/wsb.613.

Decker, D., Smith, C., Forstchen, A., Hare, D.,

Pomeranz, E., E. Doyle-Capitman, C., Schuler, K.,

& Organ, J. 2015. Governance Principles for

Wildlife Conservation in the 21st Century.

Conservation Letters DOI: 10.1111/conl.12211

Decker, D. J., Stedman, R. C., Larson, L. & Siemer, W. F.

2015. Hunting for wildlife management in

America. The Wildlife Professional, 9(1), 26-29.

Hart, P.S., Stedman R.C., and McComas K.A. 2015 How

the physical proximity of climate mitigation

projects influences the relationship between affect

and public support. Journal of Environmental

Psychology 43:196-202.

Heck, N., Stedman R.C., and Gaden M. 2015. The

integration of social science information into Great

Lakes fishery management: Opportunities and

challenges. Fisheries Research 167:30-37.

Krasny, M.E., Kalbacker L., Stedman R.C., and

Kudryavtsev A. 2015. Measuring social capital

among youth: Rationale and development of an

instrument for environmental education and

youth development. Environmental Education

Research 21(1):1-23.

Larson, L., Stedman R.C., Cooper C.B., and Decker D.J.

2015. Understanding Dimensions of pro-

environmental behavior. Journal of

Environmental Psychology 43: 112-124.

Moskell, C., Bassuk, N., Allred, S., & McRae, P. In

Press. Engaging Residents in Street Tree

Stewardship: Results of A Tree Watering Outreach

Intervention. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry.

Niederdeppe, J., Connelly, N.A., Lauber, T.B., & Knuth,

B.A. (2015). Using theory to identify beliefs

associated with intentions to follow fish

consumption advisories among anglers living in

the Great Lakes region. Risk Analysis: An

International Journal, 35, 1996-2008.

Journal Articles (cont.)

Parkins, J., Sherren K., Hemphill C., Beckley T., and

Stedman R.C. 2015. Identifying energy

discourses in Canada with W method: Moving

beyond the environment versus economy

debates. Environmental Sociology 1(4): 304-314

Rickard, L., and Stedman R.C. 2015. From ranger talks

to radio stations: The role of communication in

sense of place. Journal of Leisure Research

47(1):15-33.

Russ, A., Peters S.J., Krasny M.E., and Stedman

R.C. 2015. Development of ecological place

meaning in New York City. Journal of

Environmental Education 46(2):73-93.

Weckel, M., Bogan, D., Burke, R. L., Nagy, C.,

Siemer, W. F., Green, T. M., & Mitchell, N. (2015).

Coyotes go “Bridge and Tunnel”: A narrow

opportunity to study the socio-ecological

impacts of coyote range expansion on Long

Island, NY pre- and post-arrival. Cities and the

Environment (CATE), 8(1), Article 5. Website:

http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cate/vol8/iss1/5

Wellstead, A., and Stedman R.C. 2015

Mainstreaming and beyond: Policy capacity

and climate change decision making. Michigan

Journal of Sustainability 3 (Spring): 47-63.

http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cate/vol8/iss1/5

2015 HDRU Publication Series

Allred, S.B., Stedman R.C., Tse C., and Mullen M. 2015.

Building Local Capacity for Conservation and Land-

Use Planning in the Hudson Valley: Evaluation of the

Hudson River Estuary Program’s Biodiversity

Outreach Program. Human Dimensions

Research Unit Publ. Series 15-08. Dept. of Nat.

Resour., College of Ag. and Life Sci., Cornell Univ.,

Ithaca, NY. 223 pp.

Connelly, N.A., Lauber T.B., and Stedman R.C. 2015

New York Residents’ Awareness of Invasive Species.

Human Dimensions Research Unit Publ. Series 15-02.

Dept. of Nat. Resour., College of Ag. and Life Sci.,

Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. 32 pp.

Gary, G.L., Allred, S.B. 2015

Needs Assessment of Hudson River Estuary

Streamside Landowners: Flooding and stream

management behaviors, motivations, and education

preferences. Human Dimensions Research Unit Publ.

Series 15-01. Dept. of Nat. Resour., College of Ag. and

Life Sci., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. 55 pp.

Lauber, T.B., Connelly, N.A., and Stedman R.C. 2015.

New York Residents’ Perspectives on Invasive

Species. Human Dimensions Research Unit Publ.

Series 15-06. Dept. of Nat. Resour., College of Ag. and

Life Sci., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. 38 pp.


Assessing capacity for aquatic invasive species

outreach in recreational communities.





Perspectives of New York Farmers, Aquarium Owners,

and Water Gardeners on Ivasive Species. Human

Dimensions Research Unit Publ. Series 15-09. Dept. of

Nat. Resour., College of Ag. and Life Sci., Cornell

Univ., Ithaca, NY. 23 pp.

Siemer, W.F., Lu, H., Baumer, M.S., and Decker, D.J. 2015

Communication about Conflict Species in Florida:

Insights from Message-Testing Research about

Coyote, Black Bear, and Lionfish. Human Dimensions

Research Needs for Great Lakes Fishery Management.




Siemer, W.F., Decker, D.J., Gary, G., Pomeranz, E., and

Stedman, R.C. 2015. Hunter, landowner, and local

resident viewpoints of the Central Tompkins County

Deer Management Focus area (DMFA). Human

Dimensions Research Unit Publ. Series 15-04. Dept. of

Nat. Resour., College of Ag. and Life Sci., Cornell

Univ., Ithaca, NY. 67 pp.

Siemer, W.F., Decker D.J., and Stedman R.C. 2015

Hunter satisfactions with deer harvest opportunities in

New York State. Human Dimensions Research Unit

Publ. Series 15-05. Dept. of Nat. Resour., College of

Ag. and Life Sci., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. 38 pp. Siemer, W.F., Pomeranz, E., Decker, D.J., and Stedman,

R.C. 2015 Residents’ attitudes about deer and deer

management in the Central Fingerlakes Management

Unit *aggressive version* Human Dimensions

Research Unit Publ. Series 15-10. Dept. of Nat.

Resour., College of Ag. and Life Sci., Cornell Univ.,

Ithaca, NY. 38 pp.

Faculty and Staff

Core Faculty:

Richard C. Stedman, Professor and Unit Director

Specializations: Sense of place; community resilience;

impacts of social and environmental change on

wildlife recreation and community; risk and policy;

environmental attitudes and behaviors; community-

based resource management; landowner attitudes

and behaviors; coupled human/ecological systems.

Shorna B. Allred, Associate Professor, Director of

Graduate Studies and Unit Associate Director

Specializations: Human dimensions of natural resource

management; natural resource policy;

environmental attitudes and behavior with

emphasis on forest and water resources.

Daniel J. Decker, Professor, Department Chair and

Unit Associate Director

Specializations: Integration of human dimensions

insights into wildlife management decision making,

policy, planning, and practice; stakeholder

involvement in wildlife management; community-

based natural resources management; risk

perception and communication related to wildlife

management.

Barbara A. Knuth, Senior Vice Provost and Dean of

the Graduate School, Professor

Specializations: Great Lakes and marine fisheries

resource policy and management; risk

communication and risk management related to

chemical contaminants in fish; human dimensions

of ecosystem-based approaches to fisheries

management.

T. Bruce Lauber, Senior Research Associate

Specializations: Conflict and collaboration in natural

resource management; citizen participation in decision

making; risk management and communication related

to fisheries management; invasive species management;

Great Lakes.

Associated Faculty:

Allison Chatrchyan, Sr. Research Associate, Depts of

Development Sociology, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

Specializations: Integration of social science research into

environmental, agricultural and food systems work;

climate change and water resource policies and institutions;

assessment of stakeholder attitudes and behaviors;

frameworks and tools for climate change adaption and

mitigation practices and sustainable agriculture;

community decision-making and resiliency; international

environmental politics and policy.

Paul D. Curtis, Associate Professor and Extension

Wildlife Specialist, Dept. Natural Resources

Specializations: Resolving conflicts between people and

wildlife; citizen participation in decision making;

outreach and policy education.

Heidi Kretser, Adj unct Assistant Professor,

Livelihoods & Conservation Coordinator for the N.

America Program Wildlife Conservation Society

Specializations: Land-use development and patterns;

how human activities in rural landscapes influence

wildlife and human-wildlife conflicts; how

communities, groups of actors in a conservation

issue, or a single organization move from process

and discussion of an issue to on-the-ground

conservation impacts.

Katherine A. McComas, Professor and Chair,

Department of Communication

Specializations: Risk, science, and environmental

communication; community involvement and

public participation; trust and credibility related to

science communication.

Gregory L. Poe, Professor, Dyson School of Applied

Economics and Management

Specializations: Environmental economics non-market

valuation and the economics of water policies.

Amanda D. Rodewald, Professor, Department of

Natural Resources and Director of Conservation

Science, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Specializations: Wildlife population and community

ecology; conservation biology; landscape ecology;

socioecological interactions in tropical working

landscapes; forest management; urban ecology.

Unit Staff:

Meghan S. Baumer, Administrative/Research

Assistant

Specializations: Environmental psychology;

environmental education; volunteer management;

website maintenance.

Nancy A. Connelly, Research Specialist

Specializations: Incorporating human dimensions

perspectives in natural resources management; risk

perception and communication related to fisheries

management; survey research methods.

Ashley Dayer, Research Associate at Lab of

Ornithology

Specializations: Conservation behavior of private

landowners and wildlife recreationalists; conservation

organizational effectiveness; research-action gap; wildlife

values; human-wildlife conflict; bird conservation; strategic

communications; survey methodology.

Gretchen Gary, Extension Associate

Specializations: Interdisciplinary research; invasive

species; climate change; natural resource

management; outreach and education.

Shannon Hovencamp, Administrative Assistant

Specializations: Unit office management; website

maintenance; administrative assistance. William F. Siemer, Research Associate

Specializations: Motivations and satisfactions associated

with wildlife-dependent recreation; educational

program evaluation; risk perceptions associated

with human-wildlife conflicts; mass media effects on

wildlife-related perceptions.

Karlene K. Smith, Research Aide

Specializations: Survey implementation; interviewing;

database management; content analysis.

Postdoctoral Researchers:

Joana Chan, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Specializations: Urban environmental stewardship;

sustainable agriculture and food systems; climate change

attitudes and beliefs; social-ecological resilience;

environmental justice.

Jennie Miller, Postdoctoral Fellow

Specializations: Wildlife conservation with a focus on

large carnivores in Africa and Asia; human-carnivore

coexistence and conflict; spatial ecology; sustainable

trophy hunting; livestock depredation; science

writing and strategic communication; innovating

science-based stakeholders tools.

Michael Quartuch, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Specializations: Natural resource management;

environmental attitudes, norms, and behaviors;

human dimensions of wildlife; forest landowner

decision making; sustainability science; stakeholder

engagement; and place attachment.

.

Graduate Students:

Anne Armstrong

Specializations: Climate change education, civic

ecology practices in areas threatened by sea level

rise, online learning.

Lilly Briggs

Specializations: The impacts of environmental

education and sense of place on environmentally-

responsible behaviors among Q’eqchi’ Maya women

of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.

Dylan Bugden, Cornell Fellow

Specializations: Public perceptions and behaviors toward

energy development; social psychology and pro-

environmental behavior; application and

development of "sense of place" theory.

Catherine Doyle-Capitman

Specializations: Examining the process of collaborative

conservation at varying spatial levels, and the

mechanism by which local communities can be

integrated into the process of collaborative

conservation.

Jennifer Fownes

Specializations: Impacts and perceptions of climate

change; political communication and public opinion

around climate change.

Darragh Hare

Specializations: Natural resource policy and governance;

public trust doctrine; environmental ethics;

interdisciplinary.

Abigail Hart

Specializations: Social-ecological resilience; natural

resource based conflict and collaboration.

Micah Ingalls

Specializations: Community-based natural resource

management and social-ecological resilience.

Ted Lawrence

Specializations: International development and natural

resource conservation in Latin America, specifically

Yucatan, Mexico; Coupled human and natural

systems; Common-pool resource regimes; Landscape

ecology and eco-agriculture.

Yoke Lee Lee

Specializations: Social-ecological systems focusing on

ecosystem-approach to fisheries management,

artisanal/small-scale fisheries, and poverty in

Southeast Asia, particularly Malaysia; destructive

fishing practices related to live reef fish trade (LRFT)

and artisanal fisher behavior.

Yue Li

Specializations: Environmental education; evaluation of

online courses for environmental educators.

Christine Moskell

Specializations: Community engagement in urban

environmental stewardship; environmental

volunteerism.

Sarah Naiman

Specializations: The application of sense of

place and theory to predict pro-

environmental behaviors; social psychology.

Nirav Patel

Specializations: Role of community perception, specifically

the attitudes of educators and students towards

Renewable Energy Systems and its impact on assessing

Renewable Energy Literacy.

Emily Pomeranz, Land G rant Fellow

Specializations: Stakeholder engagement and

collaboration in tourism and wildlife management.

Santi Saypanya

Specializations: Conservation education and outreach

program development and evaluation.

Table of Contents

Summary of Research Activities Wildlife Resources Management and Policy ………………………………. 13

Fisheries Resources Management and Policy …………………………….. 21

Forest Resources Management Policy ……………………………………… 24

Understanding and Managing Social-Ecological Systems ………………... 25

Natural Resource and Environmental Education and Communication …. 26

Sense of Place

Theory and Method Development …………………………………….. 27

Climate Change ………………………………………………………………… 29

Summary of Extension and Outreach Activities ……………………………. 32

Teaching Activities …………………………………………………………….. 35

Summary of Consultations, Honors, Awards

and other Scholarly Activities………………………………………………… 36

Summary of Research Activities

Wildlife Resources Management and Policy

Communities across the country have increasingly called

for wildlife management solutions tailored to their

particular situations, especially with respect to human-

wildlife conflicts. In addition to seeking involvement in

defining problems, goals, objectives, and methods, some

communities have expressed willingness to share

responsibility for implementing management. For

community-based management to be effective,

community capacity often needs to be adequate. Recent

studies have made substantial progress in defining the

relevant elements of community capacity and exploring

social learning hat occurs as communities work with state

agencies on local wildlife problems. Other research is

examining stakeholder interests and how various groups

attempt to use the political process to achieve these

wildlife management goals.

Recruiting and Retaining Hunters and Trappers

Funded by: New York State Department of

Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)

Investigators: Daniel Decker, Michael Quartuch, William

Siemer, and Richard Stedman

Collaborators: B. Swift, D. Rosenblatt, K. Hamilton, K.

Stang, M. Neely, M. Schiavone, M. Wasilco, K. Baginski

(NYSDEC)

HDRU Contact: Michael Quartuch [email protected]

Publications:

Decker, D. J., Stedman, R. C., Larson, L. & Siemer, W. F.

(2015). Hunting for wildlife management in

America. The Wildlife Professional, 9(1), 26-29.

Revealing Opportunities for Local-Level

Stakeholder Engagement and Social Science

Inquiry in Landscape Conservation Design

Funded by: Human Dimensions Branch, US Fish and

Wildlife Service

Investigators: Daniel J. Decker and Catherine E. Doyle-

Capitman

Collaborator: Natalie Sexton, Chief of the Humans

Dimensions Branch of the US Fish and Wildlife Service

HDRU contact: Daniel Decker [email protected]

Presentations:

Larson L., Stayton B., Tidball K., Tidball M., Curtis

P., Stedman, R.C, Decker, D.J., Quartuch M.,

Siemer, W., & Baumer, M. (2015). The “locavore”

hunter: myth or reality? Southeastern Association of

Fish and Wildlife Agencies Annual Conference.

Asheville, NC: November 1-4.

Decker, D. J., Stedman, R. C., Larson, L. R., Siemer, W. F.,

& Quartuch, M. R. (2015). Hunting for Wildlife

Management – Can the wildlife management

institution foster a community-centric hunter

orientation? The Wildlife Society 22nd Annual

Conference. October 17-21, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Cont. on next page…



Quartuch M., Stedman R.C., Decker D., Larson L., Siemer

W., & Baumer M. (2015). Non-traditional path

hunters in New York: Insights, interests, and

social support. 21st International Social Science in

Natural Resource, Management Conference, June

13-18, 2015, Charleston, SC.

Developing knowledge to manage economic,

health, and safety risks of wildlife for individuals

and communities in New York


Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and Cornell

University Agricultural Experiment Station

Investigators: Daniel Decker and William Siemer

Tompkins County Deer Management Focus Area

(DMFA) evaluation



Investigators: Daniel Decker, William Siemer, Emily

Pomeranz

Collaborators: Jeremy Hurst, Steve Joule, Bryan Swift, Gordon

Batcheller (NYSDEC)

Larson L. R., Tidball K. G., Tidball M. M., Stedman R.

C., & Curtis P. D. (2015). The “Locavore”

angler/hunter: Myth or reality? International

Symposium on Society and Resource Management.

Charleston, SC: June 14-18, 2015.

Collaborators Michael Schavone, New York State

Department of Environmental Conservation

HDRU Contact: William Siemer [email protected]

Presentations:

Siemer, W. F., &Decker, D, J. (2015). Communicating

effectively about disease threats and other

wildlife-related risks. New York State Chapter, The

Wildlife Society, Annual Meeting. February 26-27,

Brewerton, NY.


Publications:

Siemer, W. F., Decker, D. J. Gary, G., Pomeranz, E., &

Stedman, R. C. (2015). Hunter, landowner, and

local resident viewpoints on the Central

Tompkins County Deer Management Focus area

(DMFA). Human Dimensions Research Unit

Publication Series 15-04, Department of Natural

Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.



Structured Decision Making for Yearling Buck

Management

Funded by: New York State Department of Environmental

Conservation (NYSDEC)

Investigators: D.J. Decker, R.C. Stedman, W.F.

Siemer

Collaborators: Jeremy Hurst, Bryan Swift, Ed Kautz, Art

Kirsch, Jim Farquar (NYSDEC)

Conservation Recreation

Funded by: Cornell University Agricultural Experiment

Station/USDA National Institute of Food and

Agriculture

Investigators: Daniel Decker, Richard Stedman,

William Siemer, Lincoln Larson

HDRU Contact: Daniel Decker

Publications:

Cooper, C., L. Larson, A. Dayer, R. Stedman, and D.

Decker. 2015. Are wildlife recreationists

conservationists? Linking hunting, birdwatching,

and pro-environmental behavior. Journal of

Wildlife Management 79(3):446-454.

Turkey Hunting in New York: Participation,

attitudes about hunting regulations, and influences

on fall hunting satisfaction

Funded by: New York State Department of Environmental

Conservation (NYSDEC)

Investigators: Daniel Decker and Bill Siemer


Publications:

Siemer, W. F., D. J. Decker, and R. C. Stedman. 2015.

Hunter satisfactions with deer harvest

opportunities in New York State. Human

Dimensions Research Unit Publication Series 15–

05, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell

University, Ithaca, New York.

Larson, L., R.C. Stedman, C.B. Cooper, and D.J. Decker.

2015. Understanding the dimensions of

pro-environmental behavior. Journal of

Environmental Psychology 43:112-124

Collaborators: M. Schavone, L. Clark, J. Eller,

P. Vissering, E. Rende, S.Y. Chan (NYSDEC)




Revealing the Potential of National Wildlife

Refuges to Foster Conservation Recreation and

Resilience in Local Communities

Funded By: Hatch Multistate Project NE 1962 (USDA)/

Cornell University Agriculture Experiment Station

Investigators: Daniel J. Decker, Richard C. Stedman,

William F. Siemer, and Catherine Doyle-Capitman

Collaborators: Natalie Sexton, Chief of the Humans

Dimensions Branch of the US Fish and Wildlife

Service; Michael Schiavone, Division of Fish, Wildlife

and Marine Resources, New York State Department of

Environmental Conservation; Lisa Chase, Natural

Resources Specialist and Director, Vermont Tourism

Data Center, University of Vermont; Erin Seekamp,

Assistant Professor, Department of Parks, Recreation

and Tourism Management, North Carolina State

University


Limiting bird damage to fruit crops: Integrating

economic, biological, & consumer information to

determine testable management strategies for the

future

Funded by: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National

Institute of Food and Agriculture, Specialty Crop

Research Initiative (SCRI) grant

Investigators: Catherine Lindell (PD/PI), Philip Howard

(Co-PI), Chi-Ok Oh (Co-PI) Michigan State University;

Stephanie Shwiff (C0-PI), USDA-APHIS, National

Wildlife Research Center; Paul Curtis (Co-PI) and Jay

Boulanger (Co-PI), Cornell DNR; Juliet Carroll (Co-PI),

Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University;

Karen Steensma (Co-PI), Trinity Western University;

George Linz (Co-PI), USDA-APHIS and North Dakota

State University; Erin Lizotte (Co-PI) and Nikki

Rothwell (Co-PI), Michigan State University Extension;

Colleen Burrows (Co-PI), Washington State University

Extension

Collaborators: Catherine Lindell, Michigan State

University; Stephanie Shwiff, USDA-APHIS, National

Wildlife Research Center; Paul Curtis and Jay Boulanger

(Cornell DNR)

HDRU Contact: William Siemer ([email protected])

Presentations:

Siemer, W., Curtis, P., Henrichs, H., Carroll, J., Lindell,

C., & Shwiff, S. (2015). Grower Perceptions of

Bird Damage to New York Fruit Crops in 2011.

Limiting Bird Damage in Fruit: State-of-the-Art Pest

Management Tactics, A Vertebrate Damage

Management Workshop. August 19, Ballston Spa,

NY.


Communications in Wildlife Conflict

Management in Florida

Funded by: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation

Commission (FWC)

Investigators: Daniel Decker, William Siemer,

Meghan Baumer, and Hang Lu

Collaborators: Krysten Summers, Ann Forstchen,

Thomas Eason, Alexander Gulde, and Meg Parker


Publications:

Siemer, W.F., Lu, H., M.S. Baumer and D.J. Decker. 2015.

Communication about conflict species in

Florida: Insights from Message-Testing

Research about Coyote, Black Bear, and Lion

Fish. Human Dimensions Research Unit

Publication Series 15–03. Department of

Natural Resources, Cornell University,

Ithaca, NY.

Recruitment and retention of Sportsman

Education instructors



Investigators: Daniel Decker, Richard Stedman,

Michael Quartuch, William Siemer, and Meghan

Baumer

Collaborators: Department of Environmental

Conservation: Michael Schiavone, Ken Baginski, Chuck

Dente, Kelly Hamilton, Melissa Neeley, and Mike

Wasilco

HDRU Contact: Michael Quartuch [email protected]

Public Perspectives on deer, parks and

greenspaces on Staten Island



Investigators: Daniel Decker, Richard Stedman, and

Michael Quartuch


Conservation: Jeremey Hurst and Michael Schiavone

HDRU Contact: Michael Quartuch

[email protected]




Recruitment and retention of non-traditional

path hunters



Investigators: Richard Stedman, Daniel Decker,

Michael Quartuch, William Siemer, Lincoln Larson, and

Meghan Baumer


Conservation: Michael Schiavone, Ken Baginski, Gordon

Batcheller, Chuck Dente, Melissa Neely, and Mike

Wasilco

HDRU contact: Michael Quartuch [email protected]

Presentations:

Larson, L., B. Stayton, K. Tidball, M. Tidball, P. Curtis,

R. Stedman, R., D. Decker, M. Quartuch, W.

Siemer, M. Baumer, M. 2015. The “locavore”

hunter: myth or reality? Southeastern Association

of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Annual Conference.

Asheville, NC: November 1-4.

Decker, D. J., R. C. Stedman, L. R. Larson, W. F. Siemer,

and M. R. Quartuch. 2015. Hunting for Wildlife

Management – Can the wildlife management

institution foster a community-centric hunter orientation? The Wildlife Society 22nd Annual

Conference. October 17-21, Winnipeg,

Manitoba.

Quartuch, M., R. Stedman, D. J. Decker, L. Larson, W. F.

Siemer, and M. Baumer. 2015. Non-traditional

path hunters in New York: Insights, interests,

and social support. 21st International Social

Science in Natural Resource Management

Conference, June 13 - 18, 2015, Charleston, SC.

Invasive Species Public Attitude Survey



Investigators: Bruce Lauber, Nancy Connelly, and

Richard Stedman

Collaborator: Chuck O’Neill (New York Sea

Grant)

HDRU contact: Bruce Lauber [email protected]

Publications:

Connelly, N.A., Lauber T.B., and R.C. Stedman. 2015

New York Residents’ Awareness of Invasive

Species. Human Dimensions Research Unit

Publ. Series 15-02. Dept. of Nat. Resour.,

College of Ag. and Life Sci., Cornell Univ.,

Ithaca, NY. 32 pp.

Lauber, T.B., Connelly, N.A., and R.C. Stedman. 2015.

New York Residents’ Perspectives on Invasive


Publ. Series 15-06. Dept. of Nat. Resour., College

of Ag. and Life Sci., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY.

38 pp.

Lauber, T.B., Connelly, N.A., and R.C. Stedman. 2015.

Perspectives of New York Farmers, Aquarium

Owners, and Water Gardeners on Invasive


Publ. Series 15-09. Dept. of Nat. Resour.,

College of Ag. and Life Sci., Cornell Univ.,

Ithaca, NY. 23 pp.



Improving Governance of Public Wildlife

Resources in the US

Funded by: Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Investigators: Daniel Decker, Chris Smith (Wildlife

Management Institute), Ann Forstchen (FL Fish and

Wildlife Conservation Commission), Mike Schivoane

(NYS DEC), Pat Lederle (MI DNR)


Collaborators: William Siemer, Darragh Hare, Emily

Pomeranz, Catherine Doyle-Capitman, Krysten

Schuler, and Meghan Baumer (Cornell), Shawn Riley

(MSU), John Organ (USGS)

Publications:

Decker, D., Smith, C., Forstchen, A., Hare, D.,

Pomeranz, E., E. Doyle-Capitman, C., Schuler,

K., & Organ, J. (2015) Governance Principles for

Wildlife Conservation in the 21st Century.

Conservation Letters

Workshops:

Wildlife Governance Principles Workshop with leaders

in the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation

Commission. January 7-9, 2015. Tallahassee, FL.

Wildlife Governance Principles Writing Workshops

with state wildlife and non-government organizational

experts. June 2-5, 2015 and September 22-24, 2015.

Ithaca, NY.

Transitioning Citizen Task Forces (CTFs) for

Deer Management (Reevaluating Stakeholder

Input for Deer Management)



Investigators: Daniel Decker, William Siemer, Richard

Stedman, and Emily Pomeranz

Collaborators: Jeremy Hurst (NYSDEC), Jim Farquhar

(NYSDEC), Arthur Kirsch (NYSDEC), Courtney

LaMere (NYSDEC), Kristi Sullivan, Paul Curtis

HDRU Contact: Daniel Decker [email protected]

Publications:

Siemer, W. F., Pomeranz, E. F., Decker, D.

J., & Stedman, R. C. (2015) Residents’ attitudes

about deer and deer management in the

Central Finger Lakes Management Unit.

Human Dimensions Research Unit Publications

Series 15-10. Department of Natural Resources,

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 38 pp.



Increasing Capacity of NY Communities to

Engage Effectively in Management of White-

tailed Deer

Funded by: Cornell University Agricultural Experiment

Station/USDA National Institute of Food and

Agriculture

Investigators: Daniel Decker and Richard Stedman

Collaborators: Deb Grantham (CCE), Jeremy Hurst

(NYSDEC), Jim Farquhar (NYSDEC), and Arthur

Kirsch (NYSDEC), Paul Curtis


Other Publication on Wildlife Resources Management

and Policy:

Weckel, M., Bogan, D., Burke, R.L., Nagy, C., Siemer,

W.F., Green, T.M., and Mitchell, N. 2015.

Coyotes go “Bridge and Tunnel”: A narrow

opportunity to study the socioecological

impacts of coyote range expansion on Long

Island, NY pre- and post-arrival. Cities and the

Environment (CATE), 8(1), Article 5.

Other Presentations on Wildlife Resources

Management and Policy:

Lu, H., Siemer, W.F., Baumer, M.S., and Decker, D.J.

2015. Communicating Human black bear

conflicts: message framing, point of reference

and risk perception. Society for Risk Analysis

Annual Meeting. December; Arlington, VA.

Decker, D.J., and Siemer, W.F. 2015. Orientation to

Integrating Human Dimensions into Wildlife

Management. Guest Lectured, NTRES

4280/6280 Principles and Practices of Applied

Wildlife Science (Instructor: Paul Curtis).

February 5 and 10. Department of Natural

Resources


Fisheries Resources Management and Policy

Many stakeholders with diverse interests are affected by

fisheries management decisions and activities.

Understanding the attitudes and values of the

stakeholders toward management is base for predicting

not only the acceptability of various management

strategies, but also the likely impacts that will be

produced through the management programs. This

information is useful to fisheries agencies, and also to

communities and marine trades groups who wish to

improve marketing of the fisheries resources of their

localities and regions.

Building capacity for outreach to recreational

users on aquatic invasive species

Funded by: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great

Lakes Restoration Initiative

Investigators: Bruce Lauber, Richard Stedman, and Nancy

Connelly

Collaborators: David MacNeill (New York Sea Grant),

Chuck O’Neill (New York Sea Grant), Donald Zelazny

(New York State Department of Environmental

Conservation)

HDRU Contact: Bruce Lauber [email protected]

Publications:

Lauber, T.B., Connelly, N.A., & Stedman, R.C. (2015).

Assessing capacity for aquatic invasive species

outreach in recreational communities (HDRU Publ.

No. 15-7). Ithaca, New York: Human

Dimensions Research Unit, Department of

Natural Resources, Cornell University.

Heck, N., R.C. Stedman, and M. Gaden. 2015. The

integration of social science information into

Great Lakes fishery management: Opportunities

and challenges. Fisheries Research 167:30-37.

Urban Anglers


Great Lakes Health Collaboration to Reduce

Toxics Exposure

Funded by: Minnesota Department of Health and U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes

Restoration Initiative

Investigators: Bruce Lauber, Jeff Niederdeppe, Barbara

Knuth, and Nancy Connelly

Collaborators: Great Lakes Consortium for Fish

Consumption Advisories

Reducing Exposure to Toxics in Urban Anglers

Funded by: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Investigators: Bruce Lauber, Jeff Niederdeppe, Barbara

Knuth, and Nancy Connelly

Biological and Social Impacts of Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes: Development of Scenarios through Expert Judgement and Assessment of Impacts on Recreational Angling Funded by: Great Lakes Fishery Commission

Investigators: Bruce Lauber, Richard Stedman, Nancy

Connelly, and Gregory Poe

Evaluation of New York State Anglers

Funded by: New York Department of Environmental

Conservation (NYSDEC), Bureau of Fisheries

Investigators: Barb Knuth and Nancy Connelly


Publication:

Niederdeppe, J., Connelly, N.A., Lauber, T.B., & Knuth,

B.A. (2015). Using theory to identify beliefs

associated with intentions to follow fish

consumption advisories among anglers living

in the Great Lakes region. Risk Analysis: An

International Journal, 35, 1996-2008.

Collaborators: Great Lakes Consortium for Fish

Consumption Advisories


Collaborators: Richard Ready and Lars Rudstam


Presentation:

Ready, R.C., G.L. Poe, T.B. Lauber, N.A. Connelly, R.

Stedman and S. Creamer. 2015. A Combine

Revealed/Stated Preference Model for Projecting the

Impact of Aquatic Nuisance Species on Recreational

Angling in the Great Lakes, Upper Mississippi, and Ohio

River Basins. Presentation at Society if Benefit-Cost

Analysis Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C., Mar.19.

Collaborators: Shaun Keeler and Jeff Loukmas

(NYSDEC)

HDRU Contact: Nancy Connelly [email protected]





Spatial dimensions of conflict in Peninsular Malaysian Coastal fisheries and options for institutional response. Funded by: Department of Natural Resources

Investigators: Lee, Yoke Lee and Professor Barbara

Knuth (Dept. of Natural Resources)

Other Presentation on Fisheries Resources Management

and Policy:

Connelly, N.A., T.B. Lauber, R.C. Stedman, and B.A.

Knuth 2015. Great Lakes Anglers’ and Bait Dealers’

Influence on the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species and

Fish Pathogens. Paper presented at the 145th annual

meeting the American Fisheries Society, Portland, OR,

Aug. 16-21.

Collaborators: Professor Patrick Sullivan (Dept. of

Natural Resources), Professor Lindy Williams

(Development Sociology), and Professor David Rossiter

(Crop Soil Sciences)

HDRU contact: Lee, Yoke Lee [email protected]

Survey Team


Forest Resources Management Policy

An Examination of Factors that Influence

Residents’ Urban Forest Stewardship Behavior

Funded by: The Toward Sustainability Foundation,

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Investigators: Dr. Shorna Allred and Christine Moskell

(Department of Natural Resources), Dr. Nina Bassuk

(Department of Horticulture)

Collaborators: Jeanne Grace (Forestry Technician, Parks

and Forestry Division, Department of Public Works, City

of Ithaca)

HDRU Contact: Christine Moskell [email protected]

Publications:

Moskell, C., Bassuk, N., Allred, S., &

McRae, P. In Press. Engaging Residents in Street

Tree Stewardship: Results of A Tree Watering

Outreach Intervention. Arboriculture & Urban

Forestry.

The Participants in Community Cloud Forest Conservation’s 25-day environmental education and youth

development program


Understanding and Managing Social-Ecological Systems

Volunteer Management and Organizational

Resilience in Urban Environmental Non-Profit

Organizations

Funded by: Cornell Institute for Social Sciences,

Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve

Results (EPA STAR) Graduate Research Fellowship

How shifting land tenure drive ecological and

livelihood change in rural communities of

Yucatan, Mexico

Funded by: Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Investigators: Ted Lawrence, Stephen Morreale, and

Richard Stedman

Understanding Resilience of Forested Ecosystems

and Protected Areas in Laos, PDR

Funded by: Center for International Forestry Research

(CIFOR), U.S National Science Foundation

Publications:

Ingalls, M.L. and R.C. Stedman 2016. The Power

problematic: Exploring the uncertain terrains of political

ecology and the resilience framework. Ecology and Society

21(1):16.


Investigators: Dr. Shorna Allred and Christine Moskell

(Department of Natural Resources)

Collaborators: Dr. Sarah Taylor, Wichita State

University

HDRU Contact: Ted Lawrence [email protected]

Map drawings on a research site in Xe Pian National Protected

Area on the Laos-Cambodian border



Natural Resource and Environmental Education and Communication

Narratives of Community Engagement in Urban

Environmental Stewardship

Funded by: Environmental Protection Agency Science to

Achieve Results (EPA STAR) Graduate Research

Fellowship


Development of Networks to Foster Practice

Innovation in Environmental Education

Investigators: Christine Moskell, Dr. Shorna Allred

(Dept. of Natural Resources), Dr. Scott Peters (Dept. of

Development Sociology)

Funded by: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Investigators: Shorna Allred and Yue Li

Collaborators: Marianne Krasny, Judy Braus, Anne

Ferguson Matthew Brashears, Justin Dillon

HDRU Contact: Shorna Allred [email protected]

Presentations:

Krasny M., Li Y., Ferguson A., and Marcos-Iga P.

(2015). Mapping networks and diverse

experiences for practice innovation.

Workshop, the World Environmental Education

Congress. June 29-July 2, 2015, Gothenburg,

Sweden.

Krasny, M.E., L. Kalbacker, R.C. Stedman, and A.

Kudryavtsev. 2015. Measuring social capital

among youth: Rationale and development of and

instrument for environmental education and

youth development. Environmental; Education

Research 21(1):1-23.

Li Y. (2015). Trans-boundary collaboration in

environmental education in North America:

research and practice. Presentation at the China

Nature Education Forum, November 2015,

Hangzhou, China

Li Y., Krasny M., and Russ A. (2015). Collaborative book

writing to advance environmental education

practice. Presentation at the North American

Association for Environmental Education

Research Symposium, October 2015, San Diego,

California.

Li Y., Krasny M., Braus J., Ferguson A., Marcos-Iga P.,

Gupta R., Stern S., Fraser J. (2015). Development

of innovative practice in environmental education

through a community climate change fellowship

program. Roundtable presentation at the World

Environmental Education Congress. June 29-July

2, 2015, Gothenburg, Sweden.



Sense of Place

Theory and Method Development

Sense of Place, or the meanings and attachments that

individuals and/or groups hold for a spatial setting, has

become an important construct in resource management.

Sense of place is based on experience with a setting that

is based on a certain level of ecological quality of the

setting, as well as direct provision of experimental

opportunities by resource managers. The goal of this

research is to understand the ecological and community-

based factors associated with the local meanings of

landscape, understand how these meanings are tied to

local attachment, how the attachment potentially predicts

human behavior, and how these relationships are similar

or different across a wide range of socioecological

settings. A mix of qualitative and quantitative methods

have been utilized for discrete studies under this subject.

Place, Identity, and the Reasoned Action

Approach: Promoting place-protective behavior

in the Albany Pine Bush

Funded by: Albany Pine Bush

Investigators: Sarah Naiman and Shorna Allred

Collaborators: Erine Kinal and Neil Gifford (Albany

Pine Bush), Richard Stedman

HDRU contact: Sarah Naiman [email protected]

Publications:

Russ, A., S.J. Peters, M.E. Krasny, and R.C. Stedman

2015. Development of Ecological Place Meaning

in New York City. Journal of Environmental

Education 46(2):73-93.

Presentations:

Stedman, R.C. 2015. Sense of Place, Agency, and the

Analysis of Systems in Transition. Invited

speaker, the University of A Coruna, Galicia,

Spain. September 9.

Remote Village in Xe Sap Laos


Sense of Place and Environmental Stewardship

Among the Q’eqchi’ Maya of Alta Verapaz,

Guatemala

Funded by: Madrazo Family and the Cornell Lab of

Ornithology

Investigators: Lilly Briggs and Richard Stedman

Collaborators: Marianne Krasny (Dept. Natural

Resources) Rob and Tara Cahill, Community Cloud

Forest Conservation (CCFC); Nancy Trautmann,

Amanda Rodewald, and Lee Humphreys (committee

members)

HDRU contact: Lilly Briggs [email protected]

Presentations: 2015 DNR GSA Symposium, Ithaca, NY;

World Environmental Education Congress oral

presentation and poster presentation, Gothenburg,

Sweden, 2015

Lilly Briggs and the participants in Community Cloud Forest

Conservation’s 25-day environmental education and youth

development program, geared towards young Q’eqchi’ Maya

women in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.


Climate Change

Climate Change affects both the ecological and

social systems as well as how they interact. HDRU

research is focused on understanding climate

change policy, climate vulnerabilities at the

community level, climate attitudes and behavior,

and the interactions between ecological and social

systems in the context of a changing climate.

Climate Science Centers: Assessing the Science,

Partner Engagement and Utility for Natural

Resources Conservation.

Funded by: U.S. Geological Survey

Investigators: Bruce Lauber, Richard Stedman, and

Ashley Dayer

Collaborator: Doug Austen (American Fisheries

Society)

HDRU contact: Bruce Lauber [email protected]

Publications:

Wellstead, A., and R.C. Stedman. 2015. Mainstreaming and beyond: Policy capacity and climate change

decision-making. Michigan Journal of

Sustainability 3 (Spring):47-63.

Hart, P.S., R.C. Stedman, and K.A. McComas. 2015.

How the physical proximity of climate

mitigation projects influences the relationship

between affect and public support. Journal of

Environmental Psychology 43:196-202.

Spin Ghar

Mountains


Understanding Agricultural Stakeholders Views

of Climate Change

Funded by: USDA Agricultural Research Service

Investigators: Allison Chatrchyan, Shorna

Allred, Joana Chan, Michael Hoffman

Collaborators: Pennsylvania State University:

Rama Radhakrishna, Daniel Tobin, and Kaila

Thorn

HDRU Contact: Joana Chan [email protected]

Publications:

Tobin, D., Radhakrishna, R. Chatrchyan, A. Chan, J.,

& Allred, S. (2015). Climate Change Capacity

Discovery: Current Activities and Future

Priorities at Land-grant Universities in the

Northeast. USDA Northeast Climate Hub

Chatrchyan, A., Chaopricha, N., Erlebacher, R., Chan, J.,

Tobin, D. & Allred, S. (2015). United States

Agricultural Stakeholder Views and Actions on

Climate Change. USDA Northeast Climate Hub

Presentations:

Chatrchyan, A., Chaopricha, N., Erlebacher, R., Chan, J.,

Tobin, D. & Allred, S. (2015, August). United

States Agricultural Stakeholder Views and Actions

on Climate Change [Webinar]. USDA Northeast

Climate Hub University Partners Monthly

Meeting.

Tobin, D., Radhakrishna, R., Chatrchyan, A., Chan, J., &

Allred, S. (2015, July). Capacity discovery

survey: Preliminary results [Webinar]. USDA

Northeast Climate Hun University Partners

Monthly Meeting.

Chatrchyan, A., Hoffmann, M., Tobin, D., Chaopricha,

N., Chan, J., Radhakrishna, R., & Allred, S.

(2015, March). Farmer-Driven Climate Smart

Decision-Making for the Northeastern United

States. Climate Smart Agriculture Global

Science Conference, Montpellier, France.


Assessing the Relationship Between Elected

Officials’ Communication About Climate Change,

Constituents’ Climate Change Opinions, and

Local Environmental Impacts

Investigators: Shorna Allred, Jennifer Fownes (Cornell

Dept. of Natural Resources) Drew Margolin, and Vincent

Yu (Cornell Dept. of Communication)

HDRU Contact: Shorna Allred

Energy Systems

Energy Production, transportation, and consumption

have the potential to fundamentally transform the social,

ecological, and economic dimensions of well-being at

multiple scales and in multiple types of landscapes.

Multiple projects are underway that address these

impacts.

Graduate student Jennifer Fownes at the GSA Symposium

Summary of Extension and Outreach Activities

Developing a Climate Smart Farming Program

Funded by: USDA NIFA Federal Capacity Funds (Hatch

and Smith-Lever), and New World Foundation

Investigators: Allison Chatrchyan, Michael Hoffman,

Joana Chan

Collaborators: Cornell Cooperative Extension: Deb

Grantham, CCE Administration Climate Change

Programming, Luke Haggerty, Lake Erie Regional Grape

Program, Laura McDermott, Eastern NY Commercial

Horticulture Team, Kim Morrill, Northern NY Regional

Dairy and Field Crops Team, Kitty O’Neil, Northern NY

Regional Dairy and Field Crops Team, Darcy Telenko,

Cornell Vegetable Program, Bob Weybright, Eastern NY

Commercial Horticulture Team, Cornell EAS Dept.: Toby

Ault, Art DeGaetano, Cornell Horticulture Dept.: David

Wolfe

HDRU Contact: Allison Chatrchyan [email protected]

Summary Statement: CICCA recently developed and

launched a new, voluntary climate smart program to

help farmers in the Northeastern US to 1) increase

agricultural productivity and farming incomes

sustainably, 2) reduce greenhouse gas emissions from

agricultural production through adoption of best

management practices, and increased energy efficiency

and use of renewable energy, and 3) increase farm

resiliency to extreme weather and climate variability

through adoption of best management practices for

climate change adaptation.

Project Website: climatesmartfarming.org

CICCA has also established the first Climate Smart

Farming Extension Team in the nation, to provide New

York farmers access to extension specialists with the

particular expertise to help manage the risks posed by

increasing extreme weather, climate variability and long-

term change. Working in partnership with Cornell

Cooperative Extension and climate change and

agriculture specialists at Cornell, the team draws on the

latest science to answer growers’ questions about

changes they can make to their management practices

that will help increase resiliency and farm sustainability.

Educators are located throughout New York’s counties

and cover viticulture, small fruits, dairy, field crops,

soils, vegetables and agricultural marketing and

development.

Trainings/Workshops:

Hoffmann, M., & Chatrchyan, A. (2015, November).

Climate Smart Farming. Cornell Cooperative Extension

In-Service Training, Ithaca, NY. (10 participants,

Extension educators)

Presentations:

Chan, J. (2015, October). The Future of Food in Our

Changing Climate. Syracuse Food Justice Symposium.

Syracuse, NY, October.

Chatrchyan, A. (2015, September). Climate Change and

Agriculture: New Tools for Farmers and Communities.

Eastern NY Cornell Cooperative Extension Agricultural

Educators Meeting. Saratoga County, NY.

Chatrchyan, A., Chan, J., & Hoffmann, M. (2015,

August). Climate Smart Farming (Display and

Discussion). Seneca Falls, NY.

Chatrchyan, A. (2015, July). How to communicate if your

audience isn’t listening: The Cornell Climate Smart Farming

Program, Dairy Environmental Systems and Climate

Adaptation Conference. Ithaca, NY.

Hoffmann, M., Chatrchyan, A., Ault, T., & Wolfe, D.

(2015, May). From droughts in the South West to floods in

New York: Challenges and opportunities for the farm

community in the face of extreme weather. NYS Assembly

Public Education Forum. Albany, NY.


http://climatesmartfarming.org/

http://climatesmartfarming.org/

http://climateinstitute.cals.cornell.edu/climate-smart-farming/climate-smart-farming-extension-team/

http://climateinstitute.cals.cornell.edu/climate-smart-farming/climate-smart-farming-extension-team/

http://mediarelations.cornell.edu/2015/05/29/leading-experts-on-climate-change-and-agriculture-offer-new-resource-to-new-york-farmers-through-climate-smart-farming-extension-team/

BirdSleuth-International: Connecting Kids through Birds Funded by: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Program Leaders and Staff: Lilly Briggs and Jennifer Fee

Collaborators: Community Cloud Forest Conservation

(CCFC) Guatemala; Tikal National Park Guatemala;

Ya’axché Conservation Trust Belize; Belize Audubon

Society; Belize Zoo/Tropical Education Center; Red de

Reservas Silvestres Privadas Nicaragua, CONAPAC

(Conservación de la Naturaleza Amazónica del Perú);

San Vito Bird Club Costa Rica; Centro de Educación

Ambiental Ojo de Agua Colombia;

Gestión de Sistemas Naturales Fundación Grupo HTM

Columbia

Summary Statement: Our workshops aim to provide

formal and non-formal educators an opportunity to learn

about local birds; practice leading activities from the

BirdSleuth-International curriculum; contribute data to

eBird; and connect with other educators.

Trainings/Workshops: 1) May workshop in Nicaragua in

collaboration with the Red de Reservas Silvestres

Privadas Nicaragua; 2) July workshops in Peru, one at

the Amazon Library and another at the Alternativa

Llachapa, in collaboration with CONAPAC, for teachers

working in villages along the Amazon River; 3)

September workshop in Guatemala at Tikal National

Park in collaboration with CCFC, for teachers, bird

guides, representatives from non-profit organizations,

the Ministry of Environment, and the Ministry of

Education; and 4) October workshops in Belize in

collaboration with the Belize Audubon Society and the

Belize Zoo/Tropical Education Centre.

Lilly Briggs sharing the BirdSleuth activities with the Peruvian

students and teachers at the library.

Legacy Planning for Landowners

Program Leaders and Staff: Shorna Allred


Summary Statement: Shorna Allred leads an extension

program designed to reduce the risk associated with the

intergenerational transfer of family forestlands. Multiple

legacy planning workshops and educational activities for

New York woodland owners, their families, and those

that work with woodland owners, were held in 2015. The

workshops focused on motivating families to begin

communicating about the future of the family’s land,

including discussions about the lands sentimental and

Strategies for Effectively Communicating about

the Management of Young Forests

Funded by: Wildlife Management Institute, Ruffed

Grouse Society

Program Leaders and Staff: Judy Stokes (Wildlife

Management Institute), Jim Oehler (New Hampshire),

Neil Gifford (Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission),

Shorna Allred (Cornell University, Human Dimensions

Research Unit), Chuck Fergus (Wildlife Management

Institute), Terri Edwards (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service),

Megan Racey (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Collaborators: Andy Weik (Ruffed Grouse Society),

Marclo Del Puerto (NYS DEC Bureau of Wildlife), Mike

Pruss (PA Game Commission), Kelly Boland (Rachel

Carson National Refuge), Jay Jeffries (VA Department of

Game and Inland Fisheries), Paul Hamelin (VT Fish and

Wildlife Dept.), Joan Kennedy (NYS DEC), Ken

Desmarais (NH Division of Forests and Lands)

financial value, defining goals and challenges for the

land and family, how to plan a family meeting, and how

to groom successors. The workshops also focus on estate

planning and the legal and financial tools needed to

transfer the land to successors, heirs, or other caretakers

of the land. We have also developed a social networking

and legacy planning website for woodland landowners

and other stakeholders.

Website: http://SuccessionPlanning.Ning.com


Summary Statement: With changing land use practices

and suppression of natural disturbance, early

successional forest habitat and related species are in

decline across the Northeast. Young forests support

Golden-winged Warbler, American Woodcock, and at

least 90 different birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects

that depend on this type of habitat. Historically, this

habitat was prevalent in the region, but now, its quality

and maintenance for wildlife depends upon

management. Outreach is designed to help natural

resource professionals communicate effectively with

various public audiences, landowners, decision makers

and the media about the benefits of wildlife habitat

management, especially managing for young forest

habitat.

Website: www.YoungForests.org


http://successionplanning.ning.com/


http://www.youngforests.org/

Teaching Activities

Richard Stedman taught 3 courses in 2015:

His large undergraduate course Society and Natural

Resources (NTRES 2201) enrolls between 125-150

students, and provides an introduction to multiple

perspectives on environmental social science. It is the

required introductory social science class for the

Environmental and Sustainability Science major at

Cornell.

His upper level undergraduate class Human Dimensions

of Complex Systems (NTRES 4320) is taught seminar style

to 12-20 upper level undergraduates and graduate

students, who engage the coupled human and natural

systems perspective.

His graduate seminar, Community, Place, and

Environmental (NTRES 6200) was co-taught with David

Brown of Development Sociology and emphasized theory

and method in community sociology and sense of place.

Bruce Lauber teaches Natural Resource Planning and

Management (NTRES 3300), a 3-credit course in the

Environmental and Sustainability Sciences curriculum.

The course focuses on the principles of planning as

applied to environmental issues. The 22 students enrolled

in the course in 2015 worked together in case study

groups throughout the semester to develop management

plans for current controversial environmental issues. Each

student played the role of a stakeholder involved in an

issue, researched the interests of the stakeholder, and

advocated that those interests be reflected in the final plan

developed.

HDRU Associate Professor Shorna Allred taught NTRES

6000, Introduction to Graduate Study in Natural

Resources, in 2015 (11 students). This class is designed to

prepare incoming students for their graduate program in

the Field of Natural Resources and to gain the appropriate

skills needed to meet challenges and evolving needs of

professionals charged with understanding, researching,

and managing sustainable natural and human systems.

The course includes discussions of the role science in

conservation, with a particular focus on how scientists

pursue career paths toward effective participation in this

realm. Discussions focus on the practices of scientists and

institutions that provide a framework for scientific

endeavors.

Professor Allred also taught a class titled Global

Citizenship and Sustainability in 2015. A 9 student class

that focuses on community cultural resilience to climate

change in indigenous communities of Malaysian Borneo.

The course objective is to help undergraduate and

graduate students learn about global environmental

problems in a local context from combination of

classroom instruction, cross-cultural learning

experiences, and a completion of an action research

project in Thailand in collaboration with community

partners.

Summary of Consultations, Honors, Awards and other

Scholarly Activities

HDRU Faculty and Staff are active in a wide variety of professional and leadership activities. Examples of

activities for 2015 are summarized below.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (ACSF)

HDRU Associate Director Barbara Knuth serves on the

Faculty Advisory Committee for the Cornell Atkinson

Center for a Sustainable Future and is a Faculty Fellow.

Richard Stedman, Dan Decker, and Shorna Allred are

also ACSF Faculty Fellows.

Service on Boards and Committees

HDRU Associate Barbara Knuth served in 2015 as the

Chair of the board of Directors of the Council of

Graduate Schools (CGS); in December 2015, she became

Post-Chair and will serve for one year in that role.

Dan Decker continued service on the NY Sea Grant

Institute Governing Board (Cornell Appointee and Chair

2006-2008, Reappointed 2012-2016 and Vice Chair 2012-

2014); NYSGI Executive Committee.

Dan Decker serves as the college-designated faculty

advisor for the NY State Fish and Wildlife Management

Board (2009-Present).

Barbara Knuth was a member of the Advisory

Committee of the Council of Graduate Schools for a

research project on Understanding Ph.D. Career Pathways

for Program Improvement, and the Steering Committee for

the council of Graduate Schools Ninth Annual Strategic

Leaders Global Summit on Graduate Education.

Richard Stedman serves on the Great Lakes Fisheries

Commission, Board of Technical Experts.

Richard Stedman serves as an Associate Editor for the

Journal Rural Sociology.

This year, Dan Decker continued his service as a Cornell

University Technical Representative (2008-Present) with

the Great Lakes/Northern Forest Cooperative

Ecosystems Study Unit. He also served on the Cornell

Biological Field Station Advisory Committee (2013-

Present), was a member of the CALS Awards

Committee, and a NY Cooperative Fish and Wildlife

Research Unit Coordinating Committee Member (2013-

Present).

At the close of 2015, Shorna Allred completed her service

on the Board of Trustees of the American Forest

Foundation, as the Secretary of the Board.

Catherine Doyle-Capitman serves as a representative for

the Department of Natural Resources on the Graduate

and Professional Student Assembly. This is an elected

position in the graduate student government, which

works directly with Cornell University’s administration.

Awards

Richard Stedman received the 2015 Cornell University

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Rising Star

Alumni Award.

Dr. Allred was recognized with the New England

Cottontail Conservation Award by the Dept. of Interior,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for her contributions to

New England Cottontail conservation through her work

with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service partner state agencies

in applying human dimensions research to early

successional wildlife habitat planning and management.


Awards (Cont.)

Dr. Allred was awarded the Early Career Leadership

Award by the Association of Natural Resource Extension

Professionals (ANREP). This award recognizes

achievements of an ANREP member who exhibits

outstanding leadership and excellence in planning,

designing, delivering, and evaluating Extension natural

resources programs.

Dr. Allred was part of the leadership team of the Legacy

Planning for Forest Landowners Outreach Program,

which was awarded a Silver Award for educational

materials by the Association of Natural Resource

Extension Professionals (ANREP). This award

recognizes outstanding Extension natural resources

educational materials and is judged on characteristics

such as innovativeness, usefulness, and impact.

Fellowships

Emily Pomeranz was awarded the Cornell University

CALS Land Grant Fellowship for fall 2014—spring 2015.

Nirav Patel was awarded Scholarship of Teaching and

Learning Practitioner Fellowship from The Center for

Teaching excellence, Cornell Graduate School, Spring

2015.

Leadership Roles

Barbara Knuth, HDRU Associate Director, also served as

Senior Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School at

Cornell.

Barbara Knuth serves on the Leadership Team for the

national CIRTL (Center for the Integration of Research,

Teaching, and Learning) Network, a partnership with

over 40 other institutions nationwide.

Dan Decker serves as Chair of the Department of Natural

Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,

Cornell University.

Richard Stedman is the Director of the Human

Dimensions Research Unit.

Collaboration- Improving Governance of Public

Wildlife Resources in the US

Dan Decker collaborated with wildlife professionals

from NGOs, state and federal agencies and academia to

facilitate transformation of the wildlife conservation and

management in the US; currently focusing on

development and application of Wildlife Governance

Principles. 2015 activities included: several writing

activities that resulted in a journal article and a

workshop with state wildlife program managers to

review governance ideas.

Consulting

Barbara Knuth serves as Project Advisor for an online

training course produced by Epigeum on advising

doctoral students.

International Service & Work

Richard Stedman continues to collaborate on projects

with colleagues at Stockholm University (Sweden) and

served on the FORMAS (Swedish Research Council)

review panel; he also collaborates with faculty/staff at

DRIFT (Dutch Research Institute for Transitions) at

Erasmus University (Netherlands) and A Caruna

University (Spain).

He gave one invited presentation on this work in 2015:

Stedman, R.C. 2015. Sense of Place, Agency, and the

Analysis of Systems in Transition. Invited

speaker, the University of A Caruna, Galicia,

Spain. September 9.

Shorna Allred leads the Global Citizenship and

Sustainability (CGS): Community Based Research

program in Southeast Asia, along with Amy Kuo

Somchanhmavong of the Public Service Center at

Cornell. GCS is an exchange program that fosters

engaged research, global learning, student leadership

and social responsibility.


International Service & Work (cont.)

Cornell students in the program travel to Southeast Asia

to conduct a community-based research project with

community partners and Mahidol University (Bangkok)

undergraduate students or University of Malaysia

(Kuching) undergraduate students. These teams of

students conduct community-based research with the

intention of gaining a broader understanding of the

complexities of environmental issues such as water

resource management, flooding, and broader issues of

sustainability and climate change facing our world.

Students work with village leaders and farmers to

conduct qualitative research to better understand

experiences with flooding and climate change and how

to build long-term resilience and adaptation.

Shorna Allred is working with colleagues at the Institute

of Social Informatics and Technological Innovation at

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Roger Harris, Alvin Yeo

and Tariq Zaman) to bring together leaders from the

Heart of Borneo to collaboratively investigate and

address the adverse effects of climate change and protect

Malaysian Borneo’s natural environment while building

the resilience of the local communities. The community-

based research collaboration provides opportunities for

engaged learning for students at both universities

whereby they work with communities in Malaysian

Borneo to investigate local problems relating to climate

change and propose solutions that foster community

resilience and sustainable development while

recognizing the aspirations and priorities of the

community members.

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