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Assessing Nature-based Recreation Demand in Population Cores of the Southeastern US: The Outlook for Recreation Development on Private Lands 

Grill, Leslie (2010-08-20)
This study was conducted to meet a need for empirical assessment of outdoor recreation demand specific to non-industrial private lands in the southeastern United States. The survey was designed to measure preferences, ...

Dauphin Island Birders: An examination of specialization, place attachment, satisfaction, and amenity migration 

Williams, Brent (2012-08-02)
Dauphin Island is a small barrier island off the coast of Alabama. The island sets in a major migratory flyway and annually hundreds of species descend upon the island during the spring and fall migrations. This has caused ...

Family Forest Landowner Research: Attitudes About Forest Management and Information Needs 

Kaetzel, Brandon (2011-11-15)
This dissertation provides three manuscripts further assessing family forest landowners based on results from the National Woodland Owner Survey (NWOS) and Forest Inventory Analysis (FIA) unit of the United States Department ...

Information Exchange Among Environmental Groups in Alabama and Romania 

Robinson, Laura (2006-12-15)
According to resource mobilization theory, organizations need certain resources such as skills, money, and knowledge, to survive. For this research I consider information to be a key resource and use the resource mobilization ...

Three Essays on the Pine Straw Industry in a Georgia Community 

Casanova, Vanessa (2007-12-15)
This dissertation examines the pine straw industry and its interaction with labor, local communities and land in a community in Georgia. As a relatively new industry within the forest products sector, the pine straw ...

Volunteer Tourism: A Catalyst for Promoting Community Development and Conservation 

Lupoli, Christopher (2013-04-19)
Volunteer tourism is a rapidly growing form of alternative travel. One of its central pillars consists of benefiting host communities and facilitating development in resource poor and developing country contexts. However, ...