Recipient Organization
STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK
(N/A)
SYRACUSE,NY 13210
Performing Department
Environmental & Forest Biology
Non Technical Summary
Studies have found that overcoming the "knowledge deficit model" has little effect on public perceptions of anenvironmental issue, and the decision-making process to address that issue, when administered as a stand-aloneeffort. Approaches that employ deeper stakeholder engagement have greater impact. By studying a set ofeducational interventions that increase in engagement level, we hope to pinpoint the relative effectiveness of eachintervention as well as the cumulative effect of engagement.Awarded Start Date: 2/1/16 (although delayed)Sponsor Name: Sea Grant
Animal Health Component
50%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
50%
Applied
50%
Developmental
0%
Goals / Objectives
The goal is to test whether different levels of stakeholder engagement in discussions of dam removal and stream restoration affect their decision making.
Project Methods
Methods:1. Perform three educational interventions (lecture, field trip, mediated modeling workshop) on 4different stakeholder communities within the Hudson/Mohawk watershed2. Apply surveys prior to and following intervention, and focus group after intervention3. Develop a modeling tool that can be used by managers and stakeholders to understand factorsaffecting receptivity to dam removal