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Publication Details

Title:
Flathead Wild and Scenic River Planning: 2019 Q-methodology data on public perspectives of human and ecological meanings and services and drivers of change
Author(s):
Armatas, Christopher A.; Borrie, William T.; Watson, Alan E.
Publication Year:
2021
How to Cite:
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Armatas, Christopher A.; Borrie, William T.; Watson, Alan E. 2021. Flathead Wild and Scenic River Planning: 2019 Q-methodology data on public perspectives of human and ecological meanings and services and drivers of change. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0025
Abstract:
The Flathead River system (North Fork, South Fork, and Middle Fork), which includes part of the Flathead National Forest and Glacier National Park in Montana, has approximately 219 miles of river designated as Wild and Scenic. Between August and November of 2019, public input data regarding the Flathead River system were collected from 157 members of the interested public, either at two public meetings in Kalispell, Montana, or at various locations in the field. These data include: (1) a ‘Q-sort’ of human and ecological meanings and services, whereby 48 benefits (e.g., quiet soundscapes, water quality, being free from society and its regulations) provided by the Flathead River system were sorted on a scale of most important to most unimportant; (2) a ‘drivers of change’ exercise, where participants selected up to five positive and five negative things they felt would influence the human and ecological meanings and services most important to them; (3) a mapping exercise, where participants highlighted specific (or general) areas within the Flathead River system that they may have been focusing on while completing the activity and; (4) some demographic characteristics (e.g., self-description, age).

Keywords:
boundaries; location; society; planningCadastre; Environment and People; Recreation; Quality of life; Social values, ethics; nature-based recreation; social vulnerability assessment; ecosystem services; human and ecological meanings and services; National Forest Planning; Comprehensive River Management Planning; public engagement; Montana; Flathead National Forest; Glacier National Park
Related publications:
  • Armatas, Christopher A.; Borrie, William T.; Watson, Alan E. 2020. The Flathead Wild and Scenic River system: results from public engagement asking about human-nature relationships, threats and contributors to such relationships, and opinions about planning and management. Missoula, MT: Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute. Prepared for the Flathead River Wild and Scenic Comprehensive River Management Planning Team. 121 pp. (included in data publication download: \Supplements\Flathead2020_report.pdf).
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