Watershed management in north Florida: public knowledge, attitudes and information needs
Watershed management in north Florida: public knowledge, attitudes and information needs
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佛罗里达州北部的流域管理：公众知识、态度和信息需求
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2008
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G. Israel
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Mallory McDuff;Gary S. Appelson;S. Jacobson;G. Israel
佛罗里达州的水资源管理政策强调公众参与管理流域的必要性，但对关键利益相关者（附近居民和娱乐用户群体）的环境素养知之甚少。通过邮件调查，对佛罗里达州奥兰治河流域1683平方公里的700户家庭进行分层随机抽样，以评估公众对流域管理的环境知识、态度和信息需求。大多数受访者对当地环境的了解有限，对当地流域作为景观特征的认识也有限。消耗性资源使用者（如垂钓者和猎人）比非消耗性使用者或非使用者对地表水特征的了解更多。受访者普遍对整体生态系统管理目标持积极态度。对具体管理活动（如控制水生植物以改善划船通道）的态度在各群体之间存在差异。大多数受访者希望更多地了解当地生态，并倾向于从电视、报纸和直接邮件中获取有关当地环境的信息。消费用户更喜欢从钓鱼营和运动俱乐部接收信息，而非消费用户更喜欢从自然公园接收信息。整个流域需要现场解释性节目编制，同时需要大众传播媒介的宣传，以增加公众对可持续流域管理的认识和支持。
Abstract Water management policies in Florida emphasize the need for public involvement in managing watersheds, yet little is known about the environmental literacy of key stakeholders – nearby residents and recreational user groups. A mail survey was conducted to assess public environmental knowledge, attitudes, and information needs about watershed management based on a stratified random sample of 700 households in the 1683-km2 Orange Creek Basin in Florida. Most respondents had limited knowledge of the local environment and limited awareness of the local watershed as a landscape feature. Consumptive resource-users (e.g., anglers and hunters) had more knowledge of surface water features than non-consumptive users or non-users. Respondents generally held positive attitudes toward overall ecosystem management objectives. Attitudes toward specific management activities, such as aquatic plant control to improve boating access, differed among groups. Most respondents wanted to learn more about local ecology and preferred to obtain information about the local environment from television, newspapers, and direct mail. Consumptive users preferred to receive information from fish camps and sporting clubs, while non-consumptive users preferred to receive information from nature parks. On-site interpretive programming is needed throughout the basin, along with mass media outreach, to increase public knowledge of and support for sustainable watershed management.