3 Takeaways: Oregonian Perceptions of Marine Reserves
One goal of Oregon’s marine reserves, is to avoid significant adverse impacts on coastal communities and ocean users. It’s been four years since the first reserves went into effect, and new research is examining the ‘pulse’ of Oregonians’ perceptions of the reserves. This research delves into Oregonians’ awareness, attitudes and perceptions about our state’s marine reserves.
As part of the ODFW Marine Reserves Program’s ongoing human dimensions research a new study, Resident Perceptions of the Oregon Marine Reserves System, was conducted by Oregon State University faculty members Dr. Mark Needham and Lori Cramer. This research is a replication of their earlier work conducted among coastal residents back in 2013. But, this time the focus is on the most heavily populated region of Oregon, along the I-5 corridor between Portland and Ashland. Read about 3 takeaways from this work...
The full report is available here.
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The Marine Reserves team participated in a West Coast wide SCUBA workshop this month. During this meeting we met with other programs to discuss data compatibility and the value of long-term SCUBA monitoring data. |
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