Stewardship Planning on Conservation Easements in the Forest Legacy Program
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Date
2008-09
Authors
Breiner, Amber Leigh, 1980-
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University of Oregon
Abstract
Stewardship plans have great potential to preserve and strengthen the values
which conservation easements seek to protect. Plans allow easement holders and land
managers to adapt to changing conditions and priorities. Yet little is understood about
how land managers experience the process of stewardship planning and whether creating
a stewardship plan affects forest management practices. Based on qualitative interviews
with land managers affiliated with 19 Forest Legacy Program-funded conservation
easements in New Hampshire, this study explores land owner/manager experiences with
planning and seeks to determine the degree of influence such plans bear on forest
management practices. A number of challenges were experienced by respondents in
creating plans" particularly surrounding natural resource inventory data and public access.
Plans and related activities were found to be more likely to bear influence on the forest management practices of nonprofit, municipal and private non-industrial owners than on
forest practices of professional timber managers.
Description
xi, 54 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.
Keywords
Conservation, Conservation easement