Source: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA submitted to NRP
SOCIAL ACTION AND CONFLICT OVER NATURAL RESOURCES
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
MCINTIRE-STENNIS
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
1009392
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
(N/A)
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Apr 19, 2016
Project End Date
Apr 18, 2021
Grant Year
(N/A)
Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
G022 MCCARTY HALL
GAINESVILLE,FL 32611
Performing Department
Forest Resources and Conservation
Non Technical Summary
The proposed research will address the overarching research goal of examining how stakeholders such as residents, decision-makers, and investors understand, respond to, and organize regarding natural resource problems and threats. My work will align with the third knowledge area identified in the 2007 McIntire-Stennis Strategic Plan: human attitudes and behaviors related to forestry and natural resource management. Three overarching areas of inquiry will make meaningful contributions to environmental sociological literature, literature on environmental social movement organizations, and public action on environmental conflict resolution: 1) community action and involvement surrounding forest-related, environmental, or other natural resource issues, 2) social movement involvement in campaigns that center on forests, natural resources, or environmentally-relevant controversies, and 3) public knowledge, perceptions, and/or attitudes regarding these debates and issues.
Animal Health Component
20%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
70%
Applied
20%
Developmental
10%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
80360993080100%
Knowledge Area
803 - Sociological and Technological Change Affecting Individuals, Families, and Communities;

Subject Of Investigation
6099 - People and communities, general/other;

Field Of Science
3080 - Sociology;
Goals / Objectives
Assess community involvement in natural resource and environmental issues in the USExamine the relationship between social movements and environmental outcomesContribute to the literatures on environmental organizing, community dynamics, and environmental perceptions
Project Methods
Drawing from my extant research, I will conduct extensive reviews of the literature of collective and individual approaches to understating natural resource debates, problems and issues such as collective action efforts surrounding land-use decisions, access to and control of natural resources, and responses to environmental threats in communities in the United States. This will work toward two ends. First, these literature reviews will identify salient themes and paradigms that will shape case selection and data collection for this research. Second, the reviews will help to identify both theoretical and conceptual blind spots in contemporary research in these sub-fields of sociology. I will also conduct reviews of relevant archival and media documents that will serve as both secondary data, as well as contextualize environmental conflicts in the US. Primary data will be collected on environmental action, participation, and perceptions via surveys and expert panels. In addition to utilizing exisiting social science instruments, I will develop additional, more specific instruments to measure constructs such as social movement participation levels, support for environmental initiaives, support for environmental science claims, and perceptions of environmental and natural resource issues (Dillman et al. 2009). I will also conduct extensive in-depth interviews (Gubrium and Holstein 2002) and focus groups (Krueger and Casey 2009) in order to obtain deep, contexutalized data regarding indivudual perceptions, interpretations, action, and opposition regarding these issues.Qualitative and quantitative approaches will be employed to analyze these data. Interviews and focus groups will be transcribed and coded using a multi-coder, line-by-line approach (Westn et al. 2001). As this subset of the data will be large and complex, I will also utilize a Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), or fuzzy set, approach to these data in order to develop predictive relationships between key components of that data (Rihoux and Ragin 2009). To analyze survey and panel data, as well as quantified coded data from the qualitative sets, I will summarize and statistically analyze the data using appropriate methods (e.g., logistic regression analysis) to test relevant hypotheses. Results will be published in peer-reviewed journals and I will make my findings available to relevant stakeholders through state cooperative extension services, and to other stakeholders as appropriate.

Progress 04/19/16 to 04/18/21

Outputs
Target Audience:The work from this project for this reporting period has been disseminated to other researchers in natural resources and environmental social science and the general public. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Nothing Reported How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?I have published the results of this research in peer-reviewed publications, presented at conferences, been interviewed for articles and books in the media, and through my interactions with the general public. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Gaining insight and understanding into the social dimensions of environmental problems is a critical component of solutions toboth negative environmental externalities and the conflicts that can arise surrounding environmental and natural resource issues. Examples of localized environmental conflicts abound, including disagreement over land-use decisions, contention surrounding natural resource access and use, and disputes over pollution and contamination issues. These conflicts can have significant consequences for community cohesion, social inequality and injustice, natural resource policy, and sustainability. Global environmental conflicts are also becoming a prominent feature of public and policy-related discourse in the U.S.and around the world. The division over global climate change - the causes, consequences, issues, and solutions - is a pervasive debate that has important implications for research agendas, policy-making, economic structure,andinternationalrelationships.In 2020 and 2021, I conducted research that will add to our understanding of community dynamics in land-use controversies, cases of environmental pollution and contamination, as well as organizing efforts on the part of community groups. The results of this work will be useful for stakeholders and policy-makers dealing with conflicts in the context of natural resources and the environment, perceptions of environmental issues, and community organizing efforts in these cases. My accomplishments associated with the major goals of this project are as follows: Goal 1: Assess community involvement in natural resource and environmental issues in the US. Throughout the duration of this project, I have coducted numerous research projects reagarding environmental health, environmental contamination, and community organizations in several states including Mississipi, Colorado, Florida, and Oklahoma. Goal 2: Examine the relationship between social movements and environmental outcomes. Throughout the duration of this project, I have conducted research that has made theoretical contributions to the literatures on social movements, grassroots activism, and environmental health movements in a number of contexts. Goal 3: Contribute to the literatures on environmental organizing, community dynamics, and environmental perceptions. Since 2016, I have published 15 articles that have contributed to these literatures.

Publications


    Progress 10/01/20 to 04/18/21

    Outputs
    Target Audience:The work from this project for this reporting period has been disseminated to other researchers in natural resources and environmental social science, and the general public. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Nothing Reported How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Through peer-reviewed publications, presentations at conferences, and interactions with media and the general public. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?I will continue to conduct reviews of the literature and collect data to inform projects that address each of these goals. I have submitted two proposals for extramural funding in 2020 and 2021, and I will submit two more this year. I will also continue to advise undergraduate andgraduate students, and develop materials that aid in the training of students and professionals in these areas. I havenumerous manuscripts in various stages of review and revision stemming from this project, which I will continue to movetoward the publication process.

    Impacts
    What was accomplished under these goals? Gaining insight and understanding into the social dimensions of environmental problems is a critical component of solutions to both negative environmental externalities and the conflicts that can arise surrounding environmental and natural resource issues. Examples of localized environmental conflicts abound, including disagreement over land-use decisions, contention surrounding natural resource access and use, and disputes over pollution and contamination issues. These conflicts can have significant consequences for community cohesion, social inequality and injustice, natural resource policy, and sustainability. Global environmental conflicts are also becoming a prominent feature of public and policy-related discoursein the U.S.and around the world. The division over global climate change - the causes, consequences, issues, and solutions - is a pervasive debate that has important implications for research agendas, policy-making, economic structure, and international relationships. In 2021, I have conducted research that will add to our understanding of community dynamics in land-use controversies, cases of environmental pollution and contamination, as well as organizing efforts on the part of community groups. The results of this work will be useful for stakeholders and policy-makers dealing with conflicts in the context of natural resources and the environment, perceptions of environmental issues, and community organizing efforts in these cases. My accomplishments associated with the major goals of this project are as follows. Goal 1. Assess community involvement in natural resource and environmental issues in the US Conducted research on community organizing around environmental issues in Mooresville, North Carolina Conducted research regarding environmental justice and farmworker populations in Florida. Developed papers for peer-reviewed publications based on these projects. Goal 2: Examine the relationship between social movements and environmental outcomes. Conducted research regarding environmental pollution and Native American communities in Oklahoma Goal 3: Contribute to the literatures regarding environmental organizing, community dynamics, and environmental perceptions Co-authored a paper regarding conservation efforts in zoos, which was accepted for publication in Curator: The Museum Journal

    Publications

    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2021 Citation: Lily Maynard*, Alison E. Adams, Susan K. Jacobson, and Martha Monroe. Evaluating Organizational Identity of Zoos to Enhance Conservation. Forthcoming in Curator: The Museum Journal.


    Progress 10/01/19 to 09/30/20

    Outputs
    Target Audience:The work from this project for this reporting period has been disseminated to other researchers in natural resourcesandenvironmental social science, and the general public. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Nothing Reported How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Through peer reviewed publications, presentations at academic conferences, and interactions with the media and the general public. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?I will continue to conduct reviews of the literature and collect data to inform projects that address each of these goals. I will submit three proposals for extramural funding in January and February 2021. I will also continue to advise undergraduate and graduate students, and develop materials that aid in the training of students and professionals in these areas. I have numerous manuscripts in various stages of review and revision stemming from this project, which I will continue to move toward the publication process.

    Impacts
    What was accomplished under these goals? Gaining insight and understanding into the social dimensions of environmental problems is a critical component of solutions to both negative environmental externalities and the conflicts that can arise surrounding environmental and natural resource issues. Examples of localized environmental conflicts abound, including disagreement over land-use decisions, contention surrounding natural resource access and use, and disputes over pollution and contamination issues. These conflicts can have significant consequences for community cohesion, social inequality and injustice, natural resource policy, and sustainability. Global environmental conflicts are also becoming a prominent feature of public and policy-related discoursein the U.S. andaround the world. The division over global climate change - the causes, consequences, issues, and solutions -is a pervasivedebate that has important implications for research agendas, policy-making, economic structure, andinternationalrelationships.In 2020, I conducted research that will add to our understanding of community dynamics in land-use controversies, cases of environmental pollution and contamination, as well as organizing efforts on the part of community groups. The results of this work will be useful for stakeholders and policy-makers dealing with conflicts in the context of natural resources and the environment, perceptions of environmental issues, and community organizing efforts in these cases.My accomplishments associated with the major goals of this project are as follows. Goal 1. Assess community involvement in natural resource and environmental issues in the US Conducted research on community organizing around environmental issues in Mooresville, North Carolina Conducted research on environmental exposures and organizing among farmworkers in Florida Conducted research regarding land-use disputes in Alachua County, Florida Discussed findings of these projects at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association Goal 2. Examine the relationship between social movements and environmental outcomes Conducted research regarding community involvement in industrial pollution issues in Oklahoma Conducted research regarding the relationship between petrochemical pollution and community response Goal 3: Contribute to the literatures on environmental organizing, community dynamics, and environmental perceptions Co-published a paper on Black women farmworkers in Florida and organizing around pesticide exposure Co-published a paper on historical patterns of energy-related pollution in the Czech Repulic Co-published a paper on industrial pollution and community response in Oklahoma Co-published a paper on coal-related activism in the Czech Republic Co-published a paper on land-use conflicts in Florida Co-published a paper on community organizing around petrochemical pollution in Oklahoma Co-published a paper on psychological affects of living with chronic contamination at the community level

    Publications

    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2020 Citation: Saville, Anne and Alison E. Adams, Environmental Justice in the American South: An Intersectional Analysis of Black Women Farmworkers. Forthcoming in Agriculture & Human Values.
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2020 Citation: Shriver, Thomas E., Stefano Longo, and Alison E. Adams. 2020. Energy and the Environment: The Treadmill of Production and Sacrifice Zones in Czechoslovakia. The Sociology of Development, 6(4): 493-513.
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2020 Citation: Shriver, Thomas E., Jared Whittington, Chris M. Messer, and Alison E. Adams. 2020. Industrial Pollution and Acquiescence: Living with Chronic Remediation. Environmental Politics, 7: 1219-1238.
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2020 Citation: Adams, Alison E., Thomas E. Shriver, and Landen Longest. 2020. Symbolizing Destruction: Environmental Activism, Moral Shocks, and the Coal Industry. Nature and Culture, 15(3): 249271.
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2020 Citation: Saville, Anne and Alison E. Adams. 2020. Trust and Discourse: A Case of Land-Use Conflict in Alachua County, Florida. Journal of Rural Social Sciences, 35(1): Article 5. Available at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/jrss/vol35/iss1/5.
    • Type: Book Chapters Status: Published Year Published: 2020 Citation: Shriver, Thomas E., Alison E. Adams, and Stefano Longo. 2020. Environmental Threats and Political Opportunities: Citizen Activism in the North Bohemian Coal Basin. Pp. 154-167 in Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action (4th ed.), King, L. and D. M. Auriffeille (eds). Lanham, Maryland: Rowan and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
    • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2020 Citation: Saville, Anne and Alison E. Adams. Collective Memory Activism and Tactical Resonance: An Analysis of the Farmworkers Association of Floridas Activism. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA. (virtual presentation due to COVID-19)


    Progress 10/01/18 to 09/30/19

    Outputs
    Target Audience:The work from this project for this reporting period has been disseminated to other researchers in natural resources andenvironmental social science, and the general public. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Nothing Reported How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Through peer reviewed publications, presentations at academic conferences, and interactions with the media and the general public. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?I will continue to conduct reviews of the literature and collect data to inform projects that address each of these goals. I willsubmit a proposal for extramural funding in August. I will also continue to advise undergraduate and graduate students, and develop materials that aid in the training of students and professionals in these areas. I have numerous manuscripts invarious stages of review and revision stemming from this project, which I will continue to move toward the publication process

    Impacts
    What was accomplished under these goals? Gaining insight and understanding into the social dimensions of environmental problems is a critical component of solutions toboth negative environmental externalities and the conflicts that can arise surrounding environmental and natural resourceissues. Examples of localized environmental conflicts abound, including disagreement over land-use decisions, contentionsurrounding natural resource access and use, and disputes over pollution and contamination issues. These conflicts can havesignificant consequences for community cohesion, social inequality and injustice, natural resource policy, and sustainability.Global environmental conflicts are also becoming a prominent feature of public and policy-related discourse in the U.S. andaround the world. The division over global climate change - the causes, consequences, issues, and solutions - is a pervasivedebate that has important implications for research agendas, policy-making, economic structure, and internationalrelationships. In 2019, I conducted research that will add to our understanding of community dynamics in land-use controversies, cases ofenvironmental pollution and contamination, as well as organizing efforts on the part of community groups. The results of thiswork will be useful for stakeholders and policy-makers dealing with conflicts in the context of natural resources and theenvironment, perceptions of environmental issues, and community organizing efforts in these cases.My accomplishments associated witht the major goals of this project are as follows. Goal 1. Assess community involvement in natural resource and environmental issues in the US Conducted research on community organizing around environmental issues in Kentucky Discussed preliminary findings and potential collaborations at an academic conference in Georgia Goal 2.Examine the relationship between social movements and environmental outcomes Gathered and analyzed data regarding environmental social movement action and the energy industry in the Czech Republic Presented preliminary findings at an academic conference in Georgia Goal 3. Contribute to the literatures on environmental organizing, community dynamics, and environmental perceptions Co-published a paper on a research project regarding environmental health and illness among female African American farmworkers in central Florida Co-published a paper regarding environmental education in graduate research Co-published a paper on the psychosocial community impacts associated with living in an environmentally contaminated region Co-published a paper regarding the relationship between contaminating industries and the lack of community environmental organizing Co-published a paper regarding the energy industry and suppression of environmental protest Co-published a paper regarding the energy industry and community effects of coal mining Was invited to revise and resubmit a paper on the relationship between lack of trust in corporate messaging and environmental activism Co-submitted a paper regarding community dynamics and community gardens Co-submitted a paper regarding environmental illness among farmworkers in Florida Prepared a manuscript regarding oyster management in Apalachicola, Florida Prepared a manuscript regarding organizational dynamics among conservation-focused organizations

    Publications

    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Saville, Anne and Alison E. Adams. 2019. Balancing Environmental Remediation, Environmental Justice, and Health Disparities: The Case of Lake Apopka, Florida." Case Studies in the Environment, https://doi.org/10.1525/cse.2018.001610
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Monroe, Martha C., Alison E. Adams, and Alison Greenaway.2019. Considering Research Paradigms in Environmental Education. Environmental Education Research, 25(3): 309-313.
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Messer, Chris M., Alison E. Adams, and Thomas E. Shriver. 2019. Living with Chronic Contamination: A Comparative Analysis of Divergent Psychosocial Impacts. Natural Hazards, 99(2): 895-911.
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Awaiting Publication Year Published: 2019 Citation: Alison E. Adams, Thomas E. Shriver, Laura Bray, and Chris M. Messer. Petrochemical Pollution and the Suppression of Environmental Protest. forthcoming in Sociological Inquiry.
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Awaiting Publication Year Published: 2019 Citation: Shriver, Thomas E., Jared Whittington, Chris M. Messer, and Alison E. Adams.Legacy Pollution and Acquiescence: Living with Chronic Remediation." Forthcoming in Environmental Politics.
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Awaiting Publication Year Published: 2019 Citation: Shriver, Thomas E., Stefano Longo, and Alison E. Adams, Energy and the Environment: The Treadmill of Production and Sacrifice Zones. Forthcoming in The Sociology of Development.
    • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Adams, Alison E. and Thomas E. Shriver. 2019. Symbolism in Political Transition: Strategic Environmental Protest in Post-Communism. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA.


    Progress 10/01/17 to 09/30/18

    Outputs
    Target Audience:The work from this project for this reporting period has been disseminated to other researchers in natural resources and environmental social science, and the general public. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Nothing Reported How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The results of this project for the reported time period have been disseminated through peer-reviewed publications published in social science journals, including journals focused on natural resource and environmental issues. The results have also been presented at professional conferences. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?I will continue to conduct reviews of the literature and collect data to inform projects that address each of these goals. I will submit a proposal for extramural funding in August. I will also continue to advise undergraduate and graduate students, and develop materials that aid in the training of students and professionals in these areas. I have numerous manuscripts in various stages of review and revision stemming from this project, which I will continue to move toward the publication process.

    Impacts
    What was accomplished under these goals? Gaining insight and understanding into the social dimensions of environmental problems is a critical component of solutions to both negative environmental externalities and the conflicts that can arise surrounding environmental and natural resource issues. Examples of localized environmental conflicts abound, including disagreement over land-use decisions, contention surrounding natural resource access and use, and disputes over pollution and contamination issues. These conflicts can have significant consequences for community cohesion, social inequality and injustice, natural resource policy, and sustainability. Global environmental conflicts are also becoming a prominent feature of public and policy-related discourse in the U.S. and around the world. The division over global climate change - the causes, consequences, issues, and solutions - is a pervasive debate that has important implications for research agendas, policy-making, economic structure, and international relationships. In 2018, I conducted research that will add to our understanding of community dynamics in land-use controversies, cases of environmental pollution and contamination, as well as organizing efforts on the part of community groups. The results of this work will be useful for stakeholders and policy-makers dealing with conflicts in the context of natural resources and the environment, perceptions of environmental issues, and community organizing efforts in these cases. My accomplishments associated witht the major goals of this project are as follows. Goal 1. Assess community involvement in natural resource and environmental issues in the US Completed prepared a manuscript regarding community dynamics in a case of land-use conflict in Florida; presented findings at a regional conference; presented a paper from this project to a national conference; prepared and submitted a manuscript on agricultural conflict, which is currently in revision. Goal 2.Examine the relationship between social movements and environmental outcomes Completed data collection and analysis regarding environmental organizing in local land-use controversies; engaged in data collection regarding farmworker environmental illness and activism Goal 3: Contribute to the literatures on environmental organizing, community dynamics, and environmental perceptions. Had a paper published in Environmental Sociology (peer reviewed) that investigated community dynamics surrounding industrial contamination; had a paper published in Urban Ecosystems that examined perceptions about and barriers to participating in urban tree distribution and reforestation programs

    Publications

    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Adams, Alison E., Thomas E. Shriver, Anne Saville, and Gary Webb2018. ⿿Forty Years on the Fenceline: Community, Memory, and Chronic Contamination.⿝ Environmental Sociology, 4(2): 210-220.
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Dawes-Vaeth, Leaundre Alison E. Adams, Francisco Escobedo, and Jose Soto.2018. ⿿Socioeconomic and Ecological Perceptions and Barriers to Urban Tree Distribution and Reforestation Programs.⿝ Urban Ecosystems, 21(4), 657-671.
    • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Anne Saville and Alison E. Adams. 2018. ⿿Seeking Justice: Critical Environmental Racism, Intersectionality, and Black Women Farmworker Activism.⿝ Presented at the ASA Section on Environmental Sociology, Race and Environment Mini-Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
    • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Adams, Alison E., Anne Saville, Thomas E. Shriver, and David Hanson. 2018. ⿿Corporate Framing and Discursive Redirection: The Case of Alachua County, Florida.⿝ Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA.


    Progress 10/01/16 to 09/30/17

    Outputs
    Target Audience:The target audience for my efforts during this reporting period included sociologists, other social scientists working in natural resources and environmental problems, and the general public. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Nothing Reported How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The results of this project for the reported time period have been disseminated through peer-reviewed publications published in social science journals, including journals focused on natural resource and environmental issues. The results have also been presented at professional conferences. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?I will continue to conduct reviews of the literature and collect data to inform projects that address each of these goals. I will submit a proposal for extramural funding. I will continue to advise graduate and undergraduate students, and develop materials that aid in the training of students and professionals in these areas. I have several manuscripts in review and in revision stemming from this project, which I will continue to work through the publication process

    Impacts
    What was accomplished under these goals? Gaining insight and understanding into the social dimensions of environmental problems is a critical component of solutions to both negative environmental externalities and the conflicts that can arise surrounding environmental and natural resource issues. Examples of localized environmental conflicts abound, including disagreement over land-use decisions, contention surrounding natural resource access and use, and disputes over pollution and contamination issues. These conflicts can have significant consequences for community cohesion, social inequality and injustice, natural resource policy, and sustainability. Global environmental conflicts are also becoming a prominent feature of public and policy-related discourse in the U.S. and around the world. The division over global climate change - the causes, consequences, issues, and solutions - is a pervasive debate that has important implications for research agendas, policy-making, economic structure, and international relationships. In 2017, I conducted research that will add to our understanding of community dynamics in land-use controversies, cases of environmental pollution and contamination, as well as organizing efforts on the part of community groups. The results of this work will be useful for stakeholders and policy-makers dealing with conflicts in the context of natural resources and the environment, perceptions of environmental issues, and community organizing efforts in these cases. My accomplishments associated witht the major goals of this project are as follows. Goal 1. Assess community involvement in natural resource and environmental issues in the US Completed data analysis and began preparing manuscripts regarding community dynamics in a case of land-use conflict in Florida; presented initial data analysis at a regional conference; submitted a working draft of a paper from this project to a national conference Goal 2. Examine the relationship between social movements and environmental outcomes Completed data collection and analysis regarding environmental organizing in local land-use controversies; published a paper in Society & Natural Resources (peer reviewed) that investigated how activists challenge timber industries in cases of industrial contamination Goal 3: Contribute to the literatures on environmental organizing, community dynamics, and environmental perceptions Had a paper accepted in Environmental Sociology (peer reviewed) that investigated community dynamics surrounding industrial contamination; had a paper published in Environmental Politics (peer reviewed) that examined public distrust in government claims regarding science; had a paper accepted in Sociological Perspectives (peer reviewed) that examined public perceptions of environmental threat

    Publications

    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Kreye, Melissa M., Elizabeth F. Pienaar, and Alison E. Adams. 2017. The Role of Community Identity in Cattlemen Response to Florida Panther Recovery Efforts. Society & Natural Resources, 30(1): 79-94.
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Sanchez, Heather K., Alison E. Adams, and Thomas E. Shriver. 2017. Confronting Power and Environmental Injustice: Legacy Pollution and the Timber Industry in Southern Mississippi. Society & Natural Resources, 30(3): 347-361.
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Adams, Alison E. and Thomas E. Shriver. 2017. Tactics and Targets: Explaining Shifts in Grassroots Environmental Resistance. Social Currents, 4(3): 265281.
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Messer, Chris M., Thomas E. Shriver, and Alison E. Adams.2017. The Legacy of Lead Pollution: (Dis)Trust in Science and the Debate over Superfund. Environmental Politics, 26(6): 1132-1151.
    • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Jacobson, Ginger L. and Alison E. Adams.2017. Understanding Environmental Risk Perceptions: A Case of Contested Illness in South Florida. Sociological Inquiry, 87(4): 659684.


    Progress 04/19/16 to 09/30/16

    Outputs
    Target Audience:My target audiences included undegraduate students in the School of Forest Resources & Conservation, and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences/IFAS. They also included both distance and traditional graduate students in School of Forest Resources & Conservation, and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences/IFAS. I gave presentations to academic and practitioners involved in the study of North American forest insects, sociologists, and other social scientists. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?As a result of this project, I have provided professional development and training for two PhD students in data collection and analysis, academic writing, and presenting at professional and academic conferences. I also trained several undergraduate students in archival data collection. I delivered three classes (two undergraduate and one graduate) that educated students in assessing and analysing natural resource conflicts and environmental problems. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Peer reviewed publications and presentations at academic and professional conferences What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?I will continue to conduct reviews of the literature and collect data to inform projects that address each of these goals. I will submit a proposal for extramural funding. I will continue to advise graduate and undergraduate students, and develop materials that aid in the training of students and professionals in these areas. I have several manuscripts in review and in revision stemming from this project, which I will continue to work through the publication process.

    Impacts
    What was accomplished under these goals? Gaining insight and understanding into the social dimensions of environmental problems is a critical component of solutions to both negative environmental externalities and the conflicts that can arise surrounding environmental and natural resource issues. Examples of localized environmental conflicts abound, including disagreement over land-use decisions, contention surrounding natural resource access and use, and disputes over pollution and contamination issues. These conflicts can have significant consequences for community cohesion, social inequality and injustice, natural resource policy, and sustainability. Global environmental conflicts are also becoming a prominent feature of public and policy-related discourse in the U.S. and around the world. The division over global climate change - the causes, consequences, issues, and solutions - is a pervasive debate that has important implications for research agendas, policy-making, economic structure, and international relationships. In 2016, I conducted research that will add to our understanding of community dynamics in land-use controversies, cases of environmental pollution and contamination, as well as organizing efforts on the part of community groups. The results of this work will be useful for stakeholders and policy-makers dealing with conflicts in the context of natural resources and the environment, perceptions of environmental issues, and community organizing efforts in these cases. My accomplishments associated witht the major goals of this project are as follows. Goal 1. Assess community involvement in natural resource and environmental issues in the US Conducted data collection and analysis regarding community dynamics in a case of land-use conflict in Florida; in initital stages of writing a paper targeting peer-reviewed journals Goal 2. Examine the relationship between social movements and environmental outcomes Collected data collection and analysis regarding environmental organizing in local land-use controversies; in initial stages of writing a paper for a peer-reviewed journal; had a paper investigating how activists challenge timber industries in cases of industrial contamination Goal 3: Contribute to the literatures on environmental organizing, community dynamics, and environmental perceptions Had a paper accepted investigating the role of community identiy in conflicts over species protection policies

    Publications

    • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2016 Citation: Adams, Alison E. Public Trust in Science and Genetic Modification Technology. Presented at The Annual North American Forest Insect Work Conference, Washington, D.C.