PROJECT DETAILS
METHODS
- Step 1: Literature review & partner meetings ] develop interview guide
- Step 2: Agency case studies with in-depth interviews ]
identify and understand influences to science integration within
the context of different agencies, organizational units, and positions
- Step 3: Quantitative survey ]
use statistical analysis to identify prevalent influences
among broader populations of managers in each agency
- Step 4: Integrate results from case study interviews and quantitative survey
RESEARCH UPDATE
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- Step 3: Quantitative survey data are currently being analyzed
PRELIMINARY AGENCY RESULTS
PUBLICATIONS AND POSTERS
Wright, Vita. 2008. Personal and organizational influences to the use of fire and fuels research by federal agency managers. [No page numbers] In: S. McCaffrey, P. Woodward, M. Robinson, compilers. Extended Abstracts from the Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference, 10/23-25, 2007, Fort Collins, Colorado. International Association of Wildland Fire.
Wright, V. 2007. Integrating Science into Fire and Fuels Management. Poster presented at the George Wright Society Conference. April 16-20, 2007. St. Paul, MN.
Wright, V. 2007. Communication barriers to applying federal research in support of land management in the United States. Pages 55-62 In: Miner, Cynthia; Jacobs, Ruth; Dykstra, Dennis; Bittner, Becky, eds. 2006. Proceedings: international conference on transfer of forest science knowledge and technology. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-726. Portland, OR: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.
Wright, V. 2006. Overcoming Barriers to the Use of Science in National Parks (Session Summary). In: David Harmon, Bruce M. Kilgore, and Gay Vietzke, eds. People, places, and parks: Proceedings of the 2005 George Wright Society Conference on parks, protected areas, and cultural sites. April 2005. Philadelphia, PA.
Wright, V. 2006. Technical and Social Influences to the Success of Fire Science Delivery. Poster presented at the JFSP Board Meeting. September 14, 2006. Missoula, MT.
RELATED PUBLICATIONS
Larson, G.; Wright, V.; Spaulding, C.; Rossetto, K.; Rausch, G.; Richards, A.; Durnford, S. 2007. Using social science to understand and improve wildland fire organizations: an annotated reading list. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-201. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 82 p.
Wright, V. 2004. How do land managers adopt scientific knowledge and technology? Contributions of the Diffusion of Innovations theory. In: Munro Neil, Dearden, Phil, Herman,Tom B., Beazley, Karen, Sorun Bondrup-Nielson, eds. Making Ecosystem-based management work. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Science and Management of Protected Areas, Victoria, BC, 11-16 May 2003. [CD-ROM]. SAMPAA: Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Available: http://www.sampaa.org/ ISBN: 0-9699338-6-X. Chapter 8(3).
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