California's privately owned oak woodlands: Owners, use, and management
Issue Date
1990-03-01Keywords
extension educationattitudes and opinions
private ownership
surveys
land management
landowners
land use
Quercus
California
woodlands
rangelands
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Huntsinger, L., & Fortmann, L. P. (1990). California's privately owned oak woodlands: Owners, use, and management. Journal of Range Management, 43(2), 147-152.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3899034Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
Social science research is an important tool for guiding development of education programs for owners of private rangelands. California oak woodland, a productive and extensive range type in California that is undergoing rapid changes in use and management, is the focus of this study. Results indicate that landowners with different property size differ demographically, make different uses of their land, and have distinctly different attitudes toward oak management and living in the oak woodland. Owners of smaller properties, on the increase in rural California, do not earn their living from their land, and will respond best to resource education programs that they believe will contribute to bettering the quality of life they seek by residing in the oak woodland. Owners of larger properties, the traditional clientele of advisory agencies, will more likely respond to programs that protect and enhance earnings from their property. Still, even a third of the owners of the largest (over 5,000 acres) properties earn the majority of their income from sources other than their lands. To be effective, range-oriented education programs and policies must track the changing composition of rural populations, and the changes in attitudes, needs, and interests that accompany demographic shifts.Type
textArticle
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enISSN
0022-409Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2307/3899034