Using Behavioral Change Models to Understand Private Landowner Perceptions of Prescribed Fire in North Dakota

Bendel, Cayla; Toledo, David; Hovick, Torre J.; McGranahan, Devan Allen

doi:10.1016/j.rama.2019.08.014

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“…Unlike the southern Great Plains where prescribed fire is used to improve forage quality and livestock utilization, 14 public perceptions of fire and fire use are generally not as acceptable in the northern Great Plains, and therefore fire is not broadly used. 8,23 Even so, past studies in the northern Great Plains have found prescribed fire can reduce the cover of Kentucky bluegrass. [24][25][26] For example, Kral et al 26 found that burning in May, September, or November resulted in reduced Kentucky bluegrass cover and increased plant species diversity.…”

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“…One of these constraints may be the perception of fire. Bendel et al 8 mailed a selfadministered questionnaire to landowners in North Dakota to identify differences in ranchers', nonranchers', and beekeepers' attitudes and perceptions toward prescribed fire to better understand major factors that limit the use of fire in rangeland management. A total of 96 landowners responded (out of 460 surveys sent).…”

Section: Topic 3: Social Dynamics and Reducing Kentucky Bluegrass With Adaptive Management Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To place the responses into context, Bendel et al 8 applied their survey findings to the transtheoretical model of behavior change 61 to compare ranchers' and nonranchers' behavior and identify solutions fitted to their respective perspectives (Fig. 3).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…7 However, prescribed burning is being underutilized, as attested by trends in community change and through personal communication with ranchers, extension agents, agency personnel, and a regional survey. 8 Despite best efforts, and as described for North Dakota in Bendel et al, 8 many producers still lack resources, including training, equipment, and experience. In addition, regulations can impede prescribed burning by requiring extensive training or resource requirements-an excessively lengthy, slow, costly, or labyrinthine permission process-and very narrow allowable weather parameters.…”

Section: Topic 3: Social Dynamics and Reducing Kentucky Bluegrass With Adaptive Management Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…7 This may be because Kentucky bluegrass offers some forage value and options for effective landscape-level management that face logistical and social barriers. 8 As a result, the range and density of the species has continued to increase, 1 with unknown consequences on long-term rangeland sustainability. However, here we summarize evidence that grassland management strategies can achieve Kentucky bluegrass suppression, which can help maintain the provisioning services that diverse native plant communities provide.…”

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Pollinator declines have driven research and increased monitoring efforts. Within North Dakota, USA, our research group initiated research in 2015 on pollinator conservation and management. We synthesized results across five projects, producing 12 publications and providing baseline data on pollinator diversity and rangeland management to improve conservation efforts while land‐sharing with livestock. We detected 76 species of butterflies and ∼318 bee species. Butterfly diversity and relative abundance were driven by floral resources and less exotic plant invasions, with a positive relationship between flowers and pollinators. Invasive forbs were visited by pollinators, primarily honey bees. We also found management influenced vegetation characteristics within pastures, but landscape context was important for determining the specific outcome. Although pollinator abundance did not distinctly respond to management, diversity was affected by regime and grazer type. Using fire and grazing may benefit flowers to support pollinators. Our research will help guide rangeland management decisions that promote land sharing and benefit pollinator conservation efforts. Core Ideas We synthesized pollinator data from research conducted over six years in North Dakota. Pollinator diversity correlated with more forb diversity and less invasive plant species cover. Pollinator diversity, not abundance, has variable responses to management regime and grazer type. Fire and grazing may benefit vegetation communities to conserve pollinators in some landscapes.

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Soil properties are resilient despite grass invasion, fire, and grazing

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Gasch

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Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.; hereafter referred to as bluegrass) is an invasive perennial grass that has become naturalized throughout the entire United States. This species is an effective competitor and produces abundant litter, which in turn creates a thick thatch layer. In the northern Great Plains, fire and grazing are effective management tools for reducing the thatch layer, promoting expression of native grasses and forbs, and improving forage quality. The overall objective of this research was to examine belowground characteristics under accumulated thatch in response to management with fire and grazing. Soil samples were collected from plots dominated by bluegrass with thatch and from plots one year after management with fire and season-long grazing. Additionally, to understand immediate and in-season effects of fire and grazing on soil properties, we sampled soil immediately before and at increasing time steps after spring fires and exposure to grazing. All soils were analyzed for carbon and nitrogen pools, microbial abundance and community structure, and decomposition rates. In general, belowground pools of carbon, nitrogen, and microbial communities were stable despite vegetation management treatments.However, prescribed burning caused a brief decline of labile carbon and decomposition rates in shallow soil, but both properties returned to prefire levels within one year after burning. Our observations indicate that the combination of fire and grazing has minimal effect on the soil and is effective at removing thatch and reducing bluegrass.Abbreviations: KBG, Kentucky bluegrass-dominated plots; MBC, microbial biomass carbon; PMN, potentially mineralizable nitrogen; POX C, permanganate oxidizable carbon.This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Using Behavioral Change Models to Understand Private Landowner Perceptions of Prescribed Fire in North Dakota

Cited by 21 publications

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Kentucky bluegrass invaded rangeland: Ecosystem implications and adaptive management approaches

Kentucky bluegrass invaded rangeland: Ecosystem implications and adaptive management approaches

Pollinator research provides conservation management implications in North Dakota

Soil properties are resilient despite grass invasion, fire, and grazing

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