Watershed associations in West Virginia: their impact on environmental protection
Grassroots watershed associations have formed as an avenue to facilitate public involvement in protecting watersheds. Growth in the number of watershed associations has created a need to evaluate whether their existence enhances environmental protection by local communities. In this research, enviro...
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2003
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| author | Cline, Sarah A. Collins, Alan R. |
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| description | Grassroots watershed associations have formed as an avenue to facilitate public involvement in protecting watersheds. Growth in the number of watershed associations has created a need to evaluate whether their existence enhances environmental protection by local communities. In this research, environmental protection was measured by the number of watershed protection activities conducted and amount of funding directed towards protecting surface waters by non-profit, volunteer organizations. Regression models were utilized to examine the influence of population demographic and watershed characteristics variables to explain the formation of watershed associations along with watershed protection activities and funding. Regression results showed that the presence of watershed associations had positive impacts on both the number of activities and financial resources acquired. The results confirm that watershed associations enhance the ability of communities to obtain funding and to implement watershed protection actions. Thus, watershed associations serve as an effective institution for promoting environmental protection. -- Online Abstract |
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| spelling | CGSpace1577892025-04-08T18:31:27Z Watershed associations in West Virginia: their impact on environmental protection Cline, Sarah A. Collins, Alan R. watersheds environmental protection united states of america community organizations grassroots organizations regression analysis Grassroots watershed associations have formed as an avenue to facilitate public involvement in protecting watersheds. Growth in the number of watershed associations has created a need to evaluate whether their existence enhances environmental protection by local communities. In this research, environmental protection was measured by the number of watershed protection activities conducted and amount of funding directed towards protecting surface waters by non-profit, volunteer organizations. Regression models were utilized to examine the influence of population demographic and watershed characteristics variables to explain the formation of watershed associations along with watershed protection activities and funding. Regression results showed that the presence of watershed associations had positive impacts on both the number of activities and financial resources acquired. The results confirm that watershed associations enhance the ability of communities to obtain funding and to implement watershed protection actions. Thus, watershed associations serve as an effective institution for promoting environmental protection. -- Online Abstract 2003-04 2024-10-24T12:51:53Z 2024-10-24T12:51:53Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157789 en Limited Access Elsevier Cline, Sarah A.; Collins, Alan R. 2003. Watershed associations in West Virginia: their impact on environmental protection. Journal of Environmental Management 67(4): 373-383. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0301-4797(02)00222-0 |
| spellingShingle | watersheds environmental protection united states of america community organizations grassroots organizations regression analysis Cline, Sarah A. Collins, Alan R. Watershed associations in West Virginia: their impact on environmental protection |
| title | Watershed associations in West Virginia: their impact on environmental protection |
| title_full | Watershed associations in West Virginia: their impact on environmental protection |
| title_fullStr | Watershed associations in West Virginia: their impact on environmental protection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Watershed associations in West Virginia: their impact on environmental protection |
| title_short | Watershed associations in West Virginia: their impact on environmental protection |
| title_sort | watershed associations in west virginia their impact on environmental protection |
| topic | watersheds environmental protection united states of america community organizations grassroots organizations regression analysis |
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