1. E XPLORING T HE H UMAN D IMENSIONS OF B IRD C ONSERVATION

3. 22 F EDERAL P ARTNERS 15 P RIVATE P ARTNERS 11 S TATE P ARTNERS P ARTICIPANTS : I NDIVIDUALS P ARTICIPANTS : O RGANIZATIONS 7 F EDERAL A GENCIES 7 P RIVATE O RGS 7 S TATE A GENCIES

4. “everything in conservation that is not about wildlife and habitats” Decker et al., 2012

5. “Understanding private landowner attitudes towards free-ranging elk prior to reintroduction of the species in Great Smoky Mountain NP would help determine true carrying capacity.”

6. “We would have been able to identify the balance between waterfowl population and habitat objectives in NAWMP if we had better knowledge of the hunting and birding communities’ respective desires.”

7. W ORKSHOP O BJECTIVES 1. Learn the basics of human dimensions science. 2. Understand what we already know about “our people”. 3. Hear cases where we’ve successfully applied human dimensions science to conservation. 4. Practice what we’ve learned by talking through real-world scenarios. 5. Think about what comes next.

8. Four Themes

9. 1. Human dimensions science is, in fact, a science.

10. Social & S LIDE C REDIT : A SHLEY D AYER

11. BPOP Harvest Recruitment Mortality JV1 Landscape components Life history requirements JV2 Landscape components Life history requirements Landscape components Life history requirements JV… Recruitment Mortality Recruitment Mortality Hunter Activity S LIDE C REDIT : A NDY R AEDEKE

12. Habitat Hunter Numbers BPOP Turnover Retention Recruitment Attrition Region 3 Capacity to Hunt Decisions to Hunt Recruitment Attrition Recruitment Attrition Identity Formation Capacity to Hunt Identity Formation Decisions to Hunt Capacity to Hunt Identity Formation Decisions to Hunt Region 2 Region 1 S LIDE C REDIT : A NDY R AEDEKE

13. 2. We don’t have the luxury of maintaining the status quo

14. S LIDE C REDIT : L OREN C HASE

15. Average Age of DU Magazine Readership Millions Average increase in age of 1 year each year Average increase in age of 1 year each year S LIDE C REDIT : D ALE H UMBURG

16. 3. Conservation isn’t complicated, people are complicated.

17. “Averaging 8.2 million viewers in its 3rd season, "Duck Dynasty" is the No. 1 nonfictional television series on cable.” U.S. News and World Report, March 20 2013

18. Unimportant Important Family commitments Lack of time Financial reasons Don’t know where Lack of equipment Physically unable Don’t know how Lack of interest Nobody to go with Intimidated by nature S LIDE C REDIT : L OREN C HASE

19. 4. Wildlife management decisions are based on our assumptions about people and how they behave

20. S LIDE C REDIT : N ATALIE S EXTON Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement in Planning Canaan Valley NWR

21. Understanding the Playing Field High Concern Low Concern Low Consensus High Consensus Collaboration Opportunities Good Faith Opportunities X Strategic Concentration S LIDE C REDIT : N ATALIE S EXTON

22. Wildlife conservation: populations, habitats, & people

23. N EXT S TEPS 1. NAWMP-NFC Human Dimensions Working Group 2. Share information from workshop widely throughout the bird conservation community 4. 2013 National Conservation Need: Strengthening state fish & wildlife agency capacity to understand and respond to changing trends in constituent values and demographics. 3. 2013 webinar series in conjunction with AFWA’s wildlife viewing and nature tourism working group

24. For more information: www.nabci-us.org www.nabci-us.org Allison Vogt AVogt@fishwildlife.org