CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION
Engaging Family Private Forest Owners
on Issues Related to Climate Change
A WORKSHOP SUMMARY
Alexandra S. Beatty, Michael Feder, and Martin Storksdieck, Rapporteurs
Steering Committee on Engaging Family Private Forest Owners on
Issues Related to Climate Change
Board on Science Education
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.
This study was supported by Award No. AG-3187-P-12-0040 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.
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Suggested citation: National Research Council. (2014). Climate Change Education: Engaging Family Private Forest Owners on Issues Related to Climate Change, A Workshop Summary. A. Beatty, M. Feder, and M. Storksdieck, Rapporteurs. Steering Committee on Engaging Family Private Forest Owners on Issues Related to Climate Change. Board on Science Education, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
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STEERING COMMITTEE ON ENGAGING FAMILY PRIVATE FOREST OWNERS ON ISSUES RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE
JAMES FINLEY (Chair), Forest Resources, The Pennsylvania State University
ARUN AGRAWAL, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
SHORNA ALLRED, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University
CHARLES CANHAM, Cary Institute of Ecosystems
JOE E. HEIMLICH, Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University
STEVEN KOEHN, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
MAUREEN H. MCDONOUGH, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University
MARY TYRRELL, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
MICHAEL A. FEDER, Study Director
MARTIN STORKSDIECK, Director, Board on Science Education
PAUL STERN, Senior Scholar, Board on Environmental Change and Society
REBECCA KRONE, Senior Program Assistant
BOARD ON SCIENCE EDUCATION
HELEN QUINN (Chair), Emerita, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University
GEORGE BOGGS, Emeritus, Palomar College and American Association of Community Colleges
MELANIE COOPER, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University
RODOLFO DIRZO, Department of Biology, Stanford University
JACQUELYNNE ECCLES, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
JOSEPH FRANCISCO, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University
MARGARET HONEY, New York Hall of Science
SUSAN W. KIEFFER, Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
MATTHEW KREHBIEL, Kansas State Department of Education
MICHAEL LACH, Urban Education Institute, University of Chicago
LYNN LIBEN, Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University
BRIAN REISER, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
SUZANNE WILSON, Department of Teacher Education and Center for the Scholarship of Teaching, Michigan State University
MARSHALL “MIKE” SMITH, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
ROBERTA TANNER, Retired Physics Teacher, Thompson School District, Loveland, Colorado
YU XIE, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
MARTIN STORKSDIECK, Director
HEIDI A. SCHWEINGRUBER, Deputy Director
MICHAEL A. FEDER, Senior Program Officer
MARGARET HILTON, Senior Program Officer
NATALIE NIELSEN, Senior Program Officer
REBECCA KRONE, Program Associate
KELLY ARRINGTON, Senior Program Assistant
BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND SOCIETY
RICHARD H. MOSS (Chair), Joint Global Change Research Institute
ARUN AGRAWAL, School of Natural Resources and Environment
JOSEPH ARVAI, Applied Decision Research, University of Calgary
ANTHONY BEBBINGTON, Environment and Society, and Graduate School of Geography, Clark University
WILLIAM CHANDLER, Transition Energy
F. STUART CHAPIN, III, Emeritus, University of Alaska–Fairbanks
RUTH DEFRIES, Sustainable Development, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University
KRISTIE L. EBI, School of Public Health, University of Washington
MARIA CARMEN LEMOS, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
DENNIS OJIMA, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University
JONATHAN OVERPECK, Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona
STEPHEN POLASKY, Ecological/Environmental Economics, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota
J. TIMMONS ROBERTS, Environmental Studies and Sociology, Brown University
JAMES L. SWEENEY, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, Stanford University
MEREDITH A. LANE, Board Director
PAUL C. STERN, Senior Scholar
MARY ANN KASPER, Senior Program Assistant
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Preface
This report has been prepared by the workshop rapporteurs as a factual summary of what occurred at the workshop. The planning committee’s role was limited to planning and convening the workshop. The views contained in the report are those of individual workshop participants and do not necessarily represent the views of all workshop participants, the planning committee, or the National Research Council (NRC).
This workshop summary has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the Report Review Committee of NRC. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. I would like to thank the following individuals for their review of this report: Keith A. Argow, President’s Office, National Woodland Owners Association, Vienna, Virginia; and F. Stuart (Terry) Chapin, III, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska. Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the content of the report nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Rodolfo Dirzo, Department of
Biology, Stanford University. Appointed by the NRC, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authors and the institution.
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