EXPLORING THE HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF BIRD CONSERVATION

22 FEDERAL PARTNERS

15 PRIVATE PARTNERS

11 STATE PARTNERS

PARTICIPANTS: INDIVIDUALS

PARTICIPANTS: ORGANIZATIONS7 FEDERAL AGENCIES

7 PRIVATE ORGS

7 STATE AGENCIES

“everything in conservation that is not about wildlife and habitats” Decker et al., 2012

“Understanding private landowner attitudes towards free-ranging elk prior to reintroduction of the species in Great Smoky Mountain NP would help determine true carrying capacity.”

“We would have been able to identify the balance between waterfowl population and habitat objectives in NAWMP if we had better knowledge of the hunting and birding communities’ respective desires.”

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES1. Learn the basics of human dimensions science.

2. Understand what we already know about “our people”.

3. Hear cases where we’ve successfully applied human dimensions science to conservation.

4. Practice what we’ve learned by talking through real-world scenarios.

5. Think about what comes next.

Four Themes

1. Human dimensions science is, in fact, a science.

Social &

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2. We don’t have the luxury of maintaining the status quo

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3. Conservation isn’t complicated, people are complicated.

“Averaging 8.2 million viewers in its 3rd season, "Duck Dynasty" is the No. 1 nonfictional television series on cable.”U.S. News and World Report, March 20 2013

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Lack of time

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Lack of equipment

Physically unable

Don’t know how

Lack of interest

Nobody to go with

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4. Wildlife management decisions are based on our assumptions about people and how they behave

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Wildlife conservation: populations, habitats, & people

NEXT STEPS1. NAWMP-NFC Human Dimensions Working Group

2. Share information from workshop widely throughout the bird conservation community

4. 2013 National Conservation Need: Strengthening state fish & wildlife agency capacity to understand and respond to changing trends in constituent values and demographics.

3. 2013 webinar series in conjunction with AFWA’s wildlife viewing and nature tourism working group

For more information: www.nabci-us.org

Allison VogtAVogt@fishwildlife.org