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Hello:
You are invited to participate in our survey on Columbia basin land management towards 2050. In this survey, approximately 200 regional policy makers, land managers and key stakeholders in the Columbia basin will be asked to answer questions about the region-specific land management options and the quantifiable land cover transitions between now and the year 2050. It will take approximately 20 minutes to complete the questionnaire.
Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. There are no foreseeable risks associated with this project. We aim to publish the result of this project in a peer-reviewed journal, and will distribute the key result to you in a summary report. However, if you feel uncomfortable answering any questions, you can withdraw from the survey at any point. It is very important for us to learn your opinions. When answering questions about land use details, you need not consult your data, but use your best recollection or opinion.
Your survey responses will be strictly confidential and data from this research will be reported only in the aggregate. If you have any questions, please feel free to click the "Tips" link for clarifications. You can reach us by contacting Mingkai Jiang at [email protected] or Professor Benjamin Felzer at [email protected] for any further questions and comments.
Thank you very much for your time and support. Please start with the survey now by clicking on the Continue button below.
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* What is your affiliation? Tips |
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| Can you provide the name of your current institution? Tips | | |
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* Which sector are you working in? Tips |
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* Does your institution have state-wide influence? Tips |
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| What is the regional level of policy influence (e.g. county, watershed level)? Please state in details. Tips | | |
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* Which of the following state(s) within the Columbia Basin does your institute impact? |
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How many years of experience do you have in your current profession? |
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How many years have you been employed within the Pacific Northwest region? |
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* Does the institution you are currently working for include land management plans through the year of 2050? Tips |
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Would you like to anticipate the 2050 land management plan in a reasonable manner? Tips |
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* If your institution does not have a specific management plan through 2050, how far does the long-term plan extend? |
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| What is the name of your land management plan? | | |
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* How do you categorize your institution's land management plan using the following options? Tips |
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* In order to deliver the institutional land management goals, does your institution prioritize any particular land cover types in their management? Tips |
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If yes, does your institution prioritize more than one land cover type? Tips |
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Can you rank the institutional prioritized land cover types on a scale of 0 - 10? Select only those that are applicable.
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| least priority | most priority |
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What are the general trends of the land types under your institutional management towards 2050? Please select only those that you listed as priorities.
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| For the above land types that your institution manages, can you quantify the amount of change, as either a percent of the total area or as an amount of hectares or square km. If you do not have concrete measurements to answer this question, please give your best estimate (e.g. -10 ha of forest, or +10 hectares of croplands), and clarify any details that you feel may be important. | | |
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| Can you identify the land cover types with high likelihood to contribute to the identified land cover change? Please state in details. Tips | | |
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* In order the deliver the land management goals, which of the following land type serves as the only institutional priority? Tips |
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If no, what are the general trends of the land types under your institutional management towards 2050? Please select only those that are applicable.
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| For the above land types that your institutional manages, can you quantify the amount of change, as either a percent of the total area or as an amount of hectares or square km. If you do not have concrete measurements to answer this question, please give your best estimate (e.g. -10 ha of forest, or +10 hectares of croplands), and clarify any details for the stabilized management options. | | |
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Can you provide a likelihood ranking for the following land cover type to be converted to forest (if you selected expansion in the preceding question) or converted from forest (if you selected shrinking)? Please rank on a scale between 1 (least likelihood) - 7 (highest likelihood), and only fill those that are applicable. Tips |
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Forest |
| | Natural grasslands |
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| | Croplands |
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| | Shrubland |
| | Water bodies |
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Can you provide a likelihood ranking for the following land cover type to be converted to natural grassland (if you selected expansion in the preceding question) or converted from natural grassland (if you selected shrinking)? Please rank on a scale between 1 (least likelihood) - 7 (highest likelihood), and only fill those that are applicable. Tips |
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Forest |
| | Natural grasslands |
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| | Croplands |
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Can you provide a likelihood ranking for the following land cover type to be converted to pasture (if you selected expansion in the preceding question) or converted from pasture (if you selected shrinking)? Please rank on a scale between 1 (least likelihood) - 7 (highest likelihood), and only fill those that are applicable. Tips |
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Forest |
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| | Croplands |
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Can you provide a likelihood ranking for the following land cover type to be converted to croplands (if you selected expansion in the preceding question) or converted from croplands (if you selected shrinking)? Please rank on a scale between 1 (least likelihood) - 7 (highest likelihood), and only fill those that are applicable. Tips |
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Forest |
| | Natural grasslands |
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| | Croplands |
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| | Shrubland |
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Can you provide a likelihood ranking for the following land cover type to be converted to urban (if you selected expansion in the preceding question) or converted from urban areas (if you selected shrinking)? Please rank on a scale between 1 (least likelihood) - 7 (highest likelihood), and only fill those that are applicable. Tips |
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Forest |
| | Natural grasslands |
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| | Croplands |
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Can you provide a likelihood ranking for the following land cover type to be converted to shrubland (if you selected expansion in the preceding question) or converted from shrubland (if you selected shrinking)? Please rank on a scale between 1 (least likelihood) - 7 (highest likelihood), and only fill those that are applicable. Tips |
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Forest |
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| | Croplands |
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Can you provide a likelihood ranking for the following land cover type to be converted to water bodies (if you selected expansion in the preceding question) or converted from water bodies (if you selected shrinking)? Please rank on a scale between 1 (least likelihood) - 7 (highest likelihood), and only fill those that are applicable. Tips |
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Forest |
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| | Croplands |
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* Assuming equal likelihood for the following land type to be converted to forest (expansion) or to be converted from forest (shrinking), can you identify the proportional contribution of each of the following applicable land types to the conversion (the sum would be 100)? Tips |
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| Values must add up to 100 |
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* Assuming equal likelihood for the following land type to be converted to natural grassland (expansion) or to be converted from natural grassland (shrinking), can you identify the proportional contribution of each of the following applicable land types to the conversion (the sum would be 100)? Tips |
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| Values must add up to 100 |
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* Assuming equal likelihood for the following land type to be converted to pasture (expansion) or to be converted from pasture (shrinking), can you identify the proportional contribution of each of the following applicable land types to the conversion (the sum would be 100)? Tips |
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| Values must add up to 100 |
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* Assuming equal likelihood for the following land type to be converted to croplands (expansion) or to be converted from croplands (shrinking), can you identify the proportional contribution of each of the following applicable land types to the conversion (the sum would be 100)? Tips |
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| Values must add up to 100 |
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* Assuming equal likelihood for the following land type to be converted to urban areas (expansion) or to be converted from urban areas (shrinking), can you identify the proportional contribution of each of the following applicable land types to the conversion (the sum would be 100)? Tips |
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| Values must add up to 100 |
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* Assuming equal likelihood for the following land type to be converted to shrubland (expansion) or to be converted from shrubland (shrinking), can you identify the proportional contribution of each of the following applicable land types to the conversion (the sum would be 100)? Tips |
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| Values must add up to 100 |
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* Assuming equal likelihood for the following land type to be converted to water bodies (expansion) or to be converted from water bodies (shrinking), can you identify the proportional contribution of each of the following applicable land types to the conversion (the sum would be 100)? Tips |
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| Values must add up to 100 |
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* What is the forest management strategy towards 2050 (or the decade that you identified earlier)? Tips |
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| * If you select forest expansion or shrinking, can you quantify the amount of change, as either a percent of the total forest area or as an amount of hectares or square km. If you do not have concrete measurements to answer this question, please give your best estimate (e.g. -10 ha of natural grassland, or +10% of natural grassland). | | |
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Can you provide a likelihood ranking for the following land cover type to be converted to forest (if expansion) or converted from forest (if shrinking)? Please rank on a scale between 1 - 7, and only fill those that are applicable. Tips |
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Forest |
| | Natural grasslands |
| | Pasture |
| | Croplands |
| | Urban |
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* Assuming equal likelihood for the following land type to be converted to forest (expansion) or to be converted from forest (shrinking), can you identify the proportional contribution of each of the following applicable land types to the conversion (the sum would be 100)? Tips |
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| Values must add up to 100 |
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* What is the natural grassland management strategy towards 2050 (or the decade that you identified earlier)? Tips |
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| * If you select natural grassland expansion or shrinking, can you quantify the amount of change, as either a percent of the total natural grassland area or as an amount of hectares or square km. If you do not have concrete measurements to answer this question, please give your best estimate (e.g. -10 ha of natural grassland, or +10% of natural grassland). | | |
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Can you provide a likelihood ranking for the following land cover type to be converted to natural grassland (if expansion) or converted from natural grassland (if shrinking)? Please rank on a scale between 1 - 7, and only fill those that are applicable. Tips |
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Forest |
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| | Croplands |
| | Urban |
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* Assuming equal likelihood for the following land type to be converted to natural grassland (expansion) or to be converted from natural grassland (shrinking), can you identify the proportional contribution of each of the following applicable land types to the conversion (the sum would be 100)? Tips |
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| Values must add up to 100 |
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* What is the pasture management strategy towards 2050 (or the decade that you identified earlier)? Tips |
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| * If you select pasture expansion or shrinking, can you quantify the amount of change, as either a percent of the total pasture area or as an amount of hectares or square km. If you do not have concrete measurements to answer this question, please give your best estimate (e.g. -10 ha of pasture, or +10% of pasture). | | |
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Can you provide a likelihood ranking for the following land cover type to be converted to pasture (if expansion) or converted from pasture (if shrinking)? Please rank on a scale between 1 - 7, and only fill those that are applicable. Tips |
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Forest |
| | Natural grasslands |
| | Pasture |
| | Croplands |
| | Urban |
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* Assuming equal likelihood for the following land type to be converted to pasture (expansion) or to be converted from pasture (shrinking), can you identify the proportional contribution of each of the following applicable land types to the conversion (the sum would be 100)? Tips |
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| Values must add up to 100 |
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* What is the croplands management strategy towards 2050 (or the decade that you identified earlier)? Tips |
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| * If you select croplands expansion or shrinking, can you quantify the amount of change, as either a percent of the total croplands area or as an amount of hectares or square km. If you do not have concrete measurements to answer this question, please give your best estimate (e.g. -10 ha of croplands, or +10% of croplands). | | |
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Can you provide a likelihood ranking for the following land cover type to be converted to croplands (if expansion) or converted from croplands (if shrinking)? Please rank on a scale between 1 - 7, and only fill those that are applicable. Tips |
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Forest |
| | Natural grasslands |
| | Pasture |
| | Croplands |
| | Urban |
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* Assuming equal likelihood for the following land type to be converted to croplands (expansion) or to be converted from croplands (shrinking), can you identify the proportional contribution of each of the following applicable land types to the conversion (the sum would be 100)? Tips |
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| Values must add up to 100 |
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* What is the urban management strategy towards 2050 (or the decade that you identified earlier)? Tips |
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| * If you select urban expansion or shrinking, can you quantify the amount of change, as either a percent of the total urban area or as an amount of hectares or square km. If you do not have concrete measurements to answer this question, please give your best estimate (e.g. -10 ha of urban areas, or +10% of urban areas). | | |
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Can you provide a likelihood ranking for the following land cover type to be converted to urban (if expansion) or converted from urban (if shrinking)? Please rank on a scale between 1 - 7, and only fill those that are applicable. Tips |
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Forest |
| | Natural grasslands |
| | Pasture |
| | Croplands |
| | Urban |
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* Assuming equal likelihood for the following land type to be converted to urban areas (expansion) or to be converted from urban areas (shrinking), can you identify the proportional contribution of each of the following applicable land types to the conversion (the sum would be 100)? Tips |
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| Values must add up to 100 |
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* What is the shrubland management strategy towards 2050 (or the decade that you identified earlier)? Tips |
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| * If you select shrubland expansion or shrinking, can you quantify the amount of change, as either a percent of the total shrubland area or as an amount of hectares or square km. If you do not have concrete measurements to answer this question, please give your best estimate. (e.g. -10 ha of shrubland, or +10% of shrubland) | | |
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Can you provide a likelihood ranking for the following land cover type to be converted to shrubland (if expansion) or converted from shrubland (if shrinking)? Please rank on a scale between 1 - 7, and only fill those that are applicable. Tips |
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Forest |
| | Natural grasslands |
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| | Croplands |
| | Urban |
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* Assuming equal likelihood for the following land type to be converted to shrubland (expansion) or to be converted from shrubland (shrinking), can you identify the proportional contribution of each of the following applicable land types to the conversion (the sum would be 100)? Tips |
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| Values must add up to 100 |
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* What is the water body management strategy towards 2050 (or the decade that you identified earlier)? Tips |
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| * If you select water body expansion or shrinking, can you quantify the amount of change, as either a percent of the total water body area or as an amount of hectares or square km. If you do not have concrete measurements to answer this question, please give your best estimate. (e.g. -10 ha of water bodies, or +10% of water bodies) | | |
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Can you provide a likelihood ranking for the following land cover type to be converted to water bodies (if expansion) or converted from water bodies (if shrinking)? Please rank on a scale between 1 - 7, and only fill those that are applicable. Tips |
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Forest |
| | Natural grasslands |
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| | Croplands |
| | Urban |
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* Assuming equal likelihood for the following land type to be converted to water bodies (expansion) or to be converted from water bodies (shrinking), can you identify the proportional contribution of each of the following applicable land types to the conversion (the sum would be 100)? Tips |
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| Values must add up to 100 |
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| Can you provide the estimated budget for the land management? | | |
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| Are there any land types / locations you manage that are restricted from land use conversion and development? If so, please state which land type, and where it is located (e.g. specific city, designated protection area, etc.). | | |
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Can you assign weightings to the effectiveness of the land restriction in the range of 0 – 1, with 0 implying completely effective protection and 1 implying fully open to change. Only choose from those land types that are applicable.
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| complete effecitve | complete open to change |
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Which among the following factors do you think will have impact on the stated land cover conversion? |
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| If you would like to be considered for a follow-up interview, please leave your name and contact details below. | | |
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