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**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** RURAL AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES ARE UNDERGOING LANDSCAPE AND COMMUNITY CHANGES, INCLUDING LAND USE CHANGE, POPULATION GROWTH, AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE. THESE CHANGES CAN IN TURN AFFECT FARMER AND RANCHER WELL-BEING, BUT THE ABILITY OF RURAL COMMUNITIES TO RESPOND TO CHANGE IN SOCIALLY DESIRABLE WAYS AND THE TRADE-OFFS THAT EMERGE AS DIFFERENT PUBLIC PREFERENCES FOR RESPONDING TO THESE CHANGES COME INTO CONFLICT ARE NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD. THE GOAL OF THIS PREDOCTORAL RESEARCH PROJECT IS TO INVESTIGATE HOW PEOPLE'S VALUES FOR THE LANDSCAPE AND THEIR COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS THEIR SENSE OF PLACE, INFORM THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD LANDSCAPE AND COMMUNITY CHANGE. THIS STUDY WILL BE CONDUCTED ACROSS A GRADIENT OF RURAL AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES TRANSITIONING ECONOMICALLY, ECOLOGICALLY, AND SOCIALLY. THIS PROJECT WILL USE A MULTI-PHASE, MIXED-METHODS APPROACH COMBINING INTERVIEWS, FOCUS GROUPS, AND PARTICIPATORY MAPPING WITH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE CONTENT ANALYSIS OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS REGARDING PLANNING AND COMMUNITY CHANGE. THIS RESEARCH WILL ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES: (1) CHARACTERIZE THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT LANDSCAPE AND RURAL COMMUNITY CHANGE ARE DISCUSSED IN GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS AND BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS; (2) IDENTIFY DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS OF SENSE OF PLACE AND LANDSCAPE VALUES AND ASSESS THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH ATTITUDES TOWARD CHANGE; AND (3) ANALYZE THE IMPLICATIONS AND TRADE-OFFS THAT ARISE WHEN THESE DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS COME INTO COMPETITION AND CONFLICT IN RURAL COMMUNITIES UNDERGOING LANDSCAPE AND COMMUNITY CHANGE. IN ADDITION TO BENEFITTING THE THREE FOCAL COMMUNITIES IN IDAHO,THIS RESEARCH PROJECT SERVES LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND THE PUBLIC MORE BROADLY THROUGH ITS DEVELOPMENT OF GENERALIZABLE METHODS FOR MEASURING SENSE OF PLACE AND LANDSCAPE VALUES AND AN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF HOW LANDSCAPE VALUES AND PLACE MEANINGS ACT AS PRECURSORS TO ATTITUDES ABOUT MANAGING CHANGE.THESE METHODS AND FINDINGS WILL BETTER EQUIP RURAL COMMUNITIES AND LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES TO MAKE MORE EFFECTIVE AND SOCIALLY DESIRABLE DECISIONS TO PROMOTE MORE SUSTAINABLE AGROECOSYSTEMS AND RESILIENT RURAL COMMUNITIES.

$103,467FY2023National Institute of Food and AgricultureUSDA

Boise State University, Boise ID

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**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** RURAL AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES ARE UNDERGOING LANDSCAPE AND COMMUNITY CHANGES, INCLUDING LAND USE CHANGE, POPULATION GROWTH, AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE. THESE CHANGES CAN IN TURN AFFECT FARMER AND RANCHER WELL-BEING, BUT THE ABILITY OF RURAL COMMUNITIES TO RESPOND TO CHANGE IN SOCIALLY DESIRABLE WAYS AND THE TRADE-OFFS THAT EMERGE AS DIFFERENT PUBLIC PREFERENCES FOR RESPONDING TO THESE CHANGES COME INTO CONFLICT ARE NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD. THE GOAL OF THIS PREDOCTORAL RESEARCH PROJECT IS TO INVESTIGATE HOW PEOPLE'S VALUES FOR THE LANDSCAPE AND THEIR COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS THEIR SENSE OF PLACE, INFORM THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD LANDSCAPE AND COMMUNITY CHANGE. THIS STUDY WILL BE CONDUCTED ACROSS A GRADIENT OF RURAL AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES TRANSITIONING ECONOMICALLY, ECOLOGICALLY, AND SOCIALLY. THIS PROJECT WILL USE A MULTI-PHASE, MIXED-METHODS APPROACH COMBINING INTERVIEWS, FOCUS GROUPS, AND PARTICIPATORY MAPPING WITH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE CONTENT ANALYSIS OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS REGARDING PLANNING AND COMMUNITY CHANGE. THIS RESEARCH WILL ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES: (1) CHARACTERIZE THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT LANDSCAPE AND RURAL COMMUNITY CHANGE ARE DISCUSSED IN GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS AND BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS; (2) IDENTIFY DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS OF SENSE OF PLACE AND LANDSCAPE VALUES AND ASSESS THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH ATTITUDES TOWARD CHANGE; AND (3) ANALYZE THE IMPLICATIONS AND TRADE-OFFS THAT ARISE WHEN THESE DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS COME INTO COMPETITION AND CONFLICT IN RURAL COMMUNITIES UNDERGOING LANDSCAPE AND COMMUNITY CHANGE. IN ADDITION TO BENEFITTING THE THREE FOCAL COMMUNITIES IN IDAHO,THIS RESEARCH PROJECT SERVES LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND THE PUBLIC MORE BROADLY THROUGH ITS DEVELOPMENT OF GENERALIZABLE METHODS FOR MEASURING SENSE OF PLACE AND LANDSCAPE VALUES AND AN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF HOW LANDSCAPE VALUES AND PLACE MEANINGS ACT AS PRECURSORS TO ATTITUDES ABOUT MANAGING CHANGE.THESE METHODS AND FINDINGS WILL BETTER EQUIP RURAL COMMUNITIES AND LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES TO MAKE MORE EFFECTIVE AND SOCIALLY DESIRABLE DECISIONS TO PROMOTE MORE SUSTAINABLE AGROECOSYSTEMS AND RESILIENT RURAL COMMUNITIES. · GrantIndex