Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Wednesday May 31, 2017

18:30 Evening social gathering at the UW-M union terrace

Thursday June 1

8:15  Welcome; review agenda J Arbuckle, Chair NC1190

8:30  Introductions and individual updates (each person give a brief introduction and update on their activities in the past year related to NC1190)

10:15  Break

10:30

• Selection of NC1190 Secretary for 2018.
• Discussion of governance structure and roles led by J. Arbuckle and Linda Prokopy. Linda Prokopy noted the need to elect a secretary for 2017-18. Doug Jackson Smith mentioned as possibility and he agreed to be secretary of NC1190 for 2017-18. Stephen Gasteyer volunteered to be NC1190 Secretary for 2018-19. NC1190 2018 meeting will be in Nebraska (Burbach, Vice-chair)

• Linda Prokopy asked to amend agenda to add discuss publishing social science. Participants agreed to add this to the agenda. Added to Friday agenda.

• Chris Hamilton – plug for Impact Writing ESCOP, 1-2 page impact statements from annual reports – impacts that are collaborative across states good outcomes, value of multi-state projects, from NIMMS, North Central Regional Association, http://ncra.info/

• Linda Prokopy led review of NIMMS Appendix E list and NC1190 list-serve. Update NIMMS with 5-year renewal.

10:30  Break

10:45  Review goals from 2016 meeting; report progress on goals and project. Arbuckle led review of projects:

• Synthesis paper
• Status: Abandoned for now, orphaned

• Groundwater:
• Statues: New grants (AFRI), small group breakout 2017

• Adaptation:
• Status: Abandoned, breakout that did not result in paper idea

• Food-Energy-Water Nexus
• Status: Kristin Floress INFEWS grant funded! Many not funded, 6 pending

• Leveraging, large-scale, high-profile events for creating change (aka Katrina)
• Status: Continue to consider

• Rural/urban divide: Adena Rissman leads paper
• Status: Shift from comparative case study to a policy piece. Adena to lead small breakout group discussion tomorrow

• Book!
• Status: All chapters except 2 drafted, editors will be sending comments to authors, Revised drafts due Aug., 4, 2017. USFS Research station peer-review process will begin fall 2017. It will be a beautiful GTR.

• Attitude/behavior split disconnect
• Status: Manuscript submitted.

• Schneider and Ingraham policy tools
• Status: Still kicking, kicked to next year

• Nutrient reduction strategy paper.
• Opportunities for partnership with other states engaged in nutrient reduction strategy work. How have state nutrient reduction strategies in each state been developed, evolved, and catalyzed new partnerships? Common visions have been developed between ag and environmental groups where there had been historic distrust. Wes Berger review of plans, preparing White paper. Richard Ingram. Ken to request report.
• Status: Moving forward, small group breakout. Doug will lead

New Ideas

• Data privacy issues
• Adena published paper on data accessibility. Tensions, politics

• Structural issues and agricultural supply chains. Macro drivers. Land tenure changes, specialization, resource governance structures, water especially.
• Conceptual paper, laying out dimensions, of “structure”?
• Cohesive framework for data collection.
• Lay foundations for potential proposal, “Bacon, Buns, and Brussel Sprouts”
• Develop issues-specific paper topics (e.g. groundwater, water quality)
• Doug, Stephen, J., Chloe, Tonya, Mae, Jessica, Mark, Kristin, Pranay, Linda, Kristin (?)
• Status: Small breakout groups today.

Projects that don’t have a lead now

• Metadata of case studies
• Lead: Asked Kristin if she wants to do it
• Check back next year

New Topics

• Documentation of social science informing policy and programs. Response to Conservation Biology and Biological Conservation articles stating that social science is absent. Kristin Floress led discussion about responding to these articles saying that social science is being utilized in water management.
• Response paper? Comment?
• Papers will be sent to group and members will consider whether to get something going

• Performance measure construction and reporting.
• Idea: Convene social scientists and modelers, discuss what indicators should be
• Performance vs. impacts? Problematization of.
• Issue-focused (e.g., algae blooms)?
• SESYNC proposal? Workshop or medium-term project. Western Lake Erie? Canada and US researchers.

12:00  Lunch

Discussion about time for next year‘s meeting. Linda Prokopy and Mark Burbach noted NC1190 members not in attendance have asked to consider moving the annual meeting to later in June. Agreed on June 12^th & 13^th 2018.

Discussion – NC1190 Impact Statement by Sara Delheimer. Linda Prokopy will send response with modifications.

12:45  Break out sessions of small groups to outline projects/goals/methods/approaches/funding opportunities

• Nutrient Reduction Strategies
• Ways of gathering information to investigate how the HTF mandated catalyzed change in Mississippi main stem states,
• Build on Wes Burger work
• Short research note to characterize catalyst of Gulf Hypoxia Task Force mandate.

• Groundwater
• Look at how groundwater regulations differ across states, different governance structures, develop a typology of regulations

14:30  Break

14:45  Field Trip – Pheasant Branch Conservancy -- stakeholder engagement and university roles.

18:00  Dinner at Marshall Park Picnic Area overlooking Lake Mendota

Friday June 2

Note:  NC1190 members attending the Applied Research Symposium may choose to participate in all or some of the Friday schedule for both events

8:00  Breakfast

8:30  Re-convene in large group to discuss paper ideas, grant opportunities, project work, and other follow up.

• Added agenda item- Discussion of professional development/networking as impact of NC1190 (Linda Prokopy)
• Better capture impacts of NC1190

• Publishing Social Science. Discussion of possible outlets for disseminating social science research and lack of social science editors at major journals.
• E.g. Society & Natural Resources, Water Science, Journal of Soil & Water Conservation, JAWRA.
• Conversation with journal editors – what looking for, what can social sciences do to be attractive to journals.
• Arbuckle will draft letter to the editor of Journal of Environmental Quality and Water Resources Research encouraging consideration of publishing more social science research and appointment of associate editors with social science backgrounds.

• Structural Dimensions of Water Quality in the Cornbelt.
• Chloe Wardropper created Google Drive for sharing.
• Missing key expertise in our group, e.g. economics, political science.
• Outline of paper in one month.
• Stephen can take initiative with Doug and Linda.
• See Google Drive for additional notes.

• Rural-Urban
• Adena Rissman led discussion of draft article, target audience Society & Natural Resources
• See Google Drive for draft article and additional notes

• Social Science & Modeling, possible SESYNC proposal
• Identify “triads” of researchers that work on watershed models of behaviors and resources 
• E.g. issues of scale/outcome indicators, cm pixel for vegetation vs all farmers apply X amount of fertilizer across the watershed.
• Kick to next year’s agenda

• Arbuckle and team thanked Adena for all she did to organize and plan the NC1190 meeting

• Linda Prokopy acknowledged J. Arbuckle’s leadership and team thanked J. for his service as 2016-17 Chair.

• Officially Adjourned 11:30

11:45  Box Lunch

Note: The Applied Research Symposium continues Friday afternoon and Saturday.

Outcomes

Program evaluation of the Nebraska Water Leaders Academy by Dr. Burbach showed that seventy-nine alumni have demonstrated a statistically significant increase in leadership abilities, champion of innovation behaviors, civic capacity, entrepreneurialism, and water issues awareness and engagement from both the their own and their raters’ perspectives. Feedback from Academy alumni demonstrates that they are positioning themselves to be catalysts of change in water issues at local, state, regional, national, and even international levels. A research study found that nudging for empathy in conjunction with financial incentives has a statistically and economically significant and positive impact on conservation behavior.

Increased knowledge about understanding the systems within which farmers work to address water quality concerns.

Sarah Church and Linda Prokopy co-authored a paper published in Land Use Policy (The influence of social criteria in mobilizing watershed conservation efforts: A case study of a successful watershed in the U.S. Midwest) that built off a previous NC1190 developed paper: Prokopy, L. S., Mullendore, N., Brasier, K., & Floress, K. (2014). A typology of catalyst events for collaborative watershed management in the United States. Society & Natural Resources, 27(11), 1177-1191. Results of our watershed evaluation have been presented at conferences and through webinars. Sarah Church has spoken with two reporters, who were writing for agricultural trade publications, about the social science evaluation.

The Useful to Usable (U2U) project led by Dr. Prokopy developed five decision support tools to help farmers in the Midwestern U.S. adapt to an increasingly variable climate.  These tools have been used to support decisions on over 15.5 million acres in the Midwestern U.S. Thirty-five percent of advisors and 34% of farmers surveyed had heard of at least one U2U tool.

Local stakeholders in the Yahara Watershed of southern Wisconsin gained knowledge of the importance of water resources and the policy preferences of local residents when we (Rissman et al.) presented household survey results to a meeting of over 50 local stakeholders.

Dane County established a new water quality and agriculture committee and its call drew on findings from our (Rissman et al.) research.

Project outcomes have included change in knowledge and action among natural resource professionals at the local, regional and national level (Davenport). The social science studies have informed decision makers about the diverse audiences they serve, in particular what drives and constrains conservation action and public engagement in water resource management. Recommendations and technical assistance provided have guided program development, staff training, policy.

Development and assessment of methods to gather systematic social science data on water issues using the Drop-off/Pick-up methodology (Jackson-Smith).

Improved understanding of ways in which social characteristics interact with geographic settings to shape patterns of public perceptions and concerns about water issues (Jackson-Smith).

Research conducted through the Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll and the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Farmer Survey has led to improved knowledge of farmers' awareness of and attitudes toward the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy and has helped to measure progress toward positive changes in knowledge, awareness, and behavior that lead to improvements in nutrient loss management (Arbuckle).

Relationships established through NC1190 networking have led to several multi-state grant proposal submissions. In 2016, Dr. Mae Davenport of University of Minnesota and Dr. J. Arbuckle of Iowa State University collaborated on a USDA NIFA-AFRI proposal titled "Understanding and Building Capacity to Address Changing Water Availability in the Upper Corn Belt: that was funded at $458,000. Also in 2016, Dr. J. Arbuckle and Dr. Linda Prokopy collaborated on an invited proposal titled "Assessing Barriers to Adopting Conservation Practices" to the Walton Family Foundation that was funded at $80,000. These collaborations would not have taken place had it not been for NC1190's fostering of collaborative projects.

Outputs (Websites)

Building Climate Readiness on Minnesota’s North Shore   www.northshoreclimate.com

Center for Changing Landscapes  www.changinglandscapes.umn.edu

Gasteyer Faculty Website, http://sociology.msu.edu/faculty-and-staff/tenure_stream_faculty_directory/stephen-gasteyer

Nebraska Water Leaders Academy, http://waterleadersacademy.org/

Ohio Watershed Network, https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/

Water Sustainability and Climate Project, https://wsc.limnology.wisc.edu/yahara2070

Outputs (Presentations)

Arbuckle, J. G. Social science research on farmers’ perspectives on nutrient loss reduction informing collaborative action to improve water quality. SWCS Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, July 27, 2016.

Arbuckle, J. G. Social science research on Iowa farmers’ nutrient management perspectives informing collaborative action for improved water quality. ISSRM Annual Conference, Houghton, MI, June 23, 2016.

Arbuckle, J. G. How understanding farmers’ perspectives on nutrient management practices can inform collaborative action to improve water quality. AESS Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., June 9, 2016.

Arbuckle, J. Iowa farmers’ perspectives on soil health: Predictors of knowledge and action. 2017 Soil Health Conference, Ames, IA, February 17, 2017.

Arbuckle, J. Monarch butterflies and Iowa agriculture: Are farmers willing to lend a hand? Human Dimensions of Monarch Conservation Workshop. Iowa State University, Ames, IA, August 23, 2016.

Arbuckle, J. Farmers’ perspectives on agriculture and water quality. 4R PLUS Research Review, 4R PLUS Executive Team Meeting. FFA Enrichment Center, Ankeny, Iowa, August 15, 2016.

Arbuckle, J. Gordon Jr. Understanding farmer perspectives on climate change to inform engagement strategies for adaptation (and mitigation?). Natural Resources Conservation Service Bi-National (Mexico-US) Climate Change Meeting. Video Teleconference, July 18, 2016.

Czap, H. J., Czap, N. V., Burbach, M. E., & Banerjee, S. Empathy conservation: Expanding laboratory experiments into the field. SABE/IAREP 2016 International Conference, Wageningen, the Netherlands, July 10, 2016.

Bonnell, J. E. Watershed leadership for collaboration and civic engagement. North Central Region Water Network Conference, Lincoln, NE, March 21, 2016.

Burbach, M. E., & Kunert, S. J. The impact of place attachment on farmer land succession planning: A mixed methods Study. 22^nd International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Houghton, MI, June 24, 2016.

Burbach, M. E. Full-Range Leadership for leaders in the water arena. Nebraska State Irrigation Association, Water Leaders Academy, Lincoln, NE, January 26, 2017.

Burbach, M. E. Personal empowerment – Continuing to develop your leadership capacity. Nebraska Water Leaders Academy, Nebraska City, NE, November 17, 2016.

Burbach, M. E. Tapping into your motivation to serve and inspiring others in their service. Nebraska Water Leaders Academy, Nebraska City, NE, November 17, 2016.

Burbaugh, B. J., & Kaufman, E. K. Leadership development approaches that impact social capital capacity. National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals Conference, Burlington, VT, June 27, 2016.

Gasteyer, S., Carrera, J., Houser, M., & Lai, J. Toward a political ecology of algae: From metabolic rift to techno-anatomic response.  Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, NM, March 28-31, 2017.

Gasteyer, S. 2016. What reactions have Michigan communities had to wood energy? Heating the Midwest Conference and Exhibition, Island Resort and Casino, Harris, Michigan, October 12, 2016.

Jackson-Smith, D., Ewing, S., Jones, C., & Sigler, A. The road less travelled: Assessing the impacts of in-depth farmer participation in research on nitrate pollution. Presentation at the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society, Toronto, Canada, August 7-10, 2016.

Nowatzke, L., Arbuckle, J., Lee, D., Zhu, Z. Iowa nutrient reduction strategy farmer survey: Selected results from 2015 and 2016. Iowa Water Conference, Ames, IA, March 23, 2017.

Perry, V., Davenport, M.A., & Host, G. (2016). We think we can? Collective efficacy and community Perspectives on climate, extreme weather, and water management in Minnesota's Lake Superior Basin. Minnesota Water Resources Conference, October 18-19, 2016, St. Paul, MN.

Ribaudo, M., E. Marshall, M. Aillery, and S. Malcolm.  2016. Reducing the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico:  Assessing the Costs to Agriculture. Selected paper at AAEA annual meeting, Boston, MA, July 31^st August 2.

Rissman, Adena R. Public support for water, agriculture, and water quality policies. Water@UW. May, 2017. Madison, WI

Tucker, B., Gasteyer, S., & Carrera, J. Framing water justice movements: Service and activists responses to water shut offs in Detroit and Flint, Michigan.  North Central Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 31-April 1, 2017. 

Prokopy, L. S., Arbuckle, J., Floress, K., Church, S. P., Ranjan, P., Singh, A., Barmblett, J., Flahive, K., & McDonald, M. Meta-review of barriers and motivations for farmers to adopt conservation practices. 72^nd Soil and Water Conservation Society International Annual Conference. Madison, WI. July 30-August 2, 2017.

Ulrich-Schad, J. D., Brock, C., & Prokopy, L. We want to be good stewards of our land: Perceptions and Barriers to Usage of Water Quality Conservation Practices among Amish Farmers. Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting; Toronto, August 16-19, 2016.

Arbuckle, J. G., Tyndall, J. C., Morton, L. W., & Hobbs, J. (forthcoming). Climate change typologies and audience segmentation among Corn Belt farmers. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation.

Arbuckle, J. G. (2017). Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll: 2016 summary report. Extension Report SOC3081. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Extension.

Arbuckle, J. G. (2016). Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll: 2015 summary report. Extension Report PM3075. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Extension.

Arbuckle, J. (2016). STRIPS cooperator follow-on survey: 2015 results. Technical Report No. 1042. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Extension Sociology.

Armstrong, A. & Jackson-Smith, D. (forthcoming). Connections and collaborations of local water management organizations of Utah. Society and Natural Resources.

Burbach, M. E., & Reimers-Hild, C. (accepted). Developing water leaders as catalyst for change: The Nebraska Water Leaders Academy. In K. Floress, K., L. S. Prokopy, & M. E. Burbach (Eds.), Catalyzing change in water resource management through social science, (pp. xx). General Technical Report NRS-GTR-xx-x. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station.

Burbach, M. E., & Reimers-Hild, C. (2017). 2016 Nebraska Water Leaders Academy – Final report. School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Open-File Report 151.

Bussey, J., Davenport, M. A., Emery, M., & Carroll, C. (2016). "A lot of it comes from the heart": The nature and integration of ecological knowledge in tribal and non-tribal forest management. Journal of Forestry, 114(2), 97-107, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5849/jof.14-130.

Church, S. P., & Prokopy, L. S. (2017). The influence of social criteria in mobilizing watershed conservation efforts: A case study of a successful watershed in the U.S. Midwest. Land Use Policy, 61, 353-367.

Czap, H. J., Czap, N. V., Lynne, G. D., & Burbach, M. E. (2016). Farm Bill 2014: An experimental investigation of conservation compliance. Journal of Sustainable Development, 9(3), 23-38.

Davenport, M. A., Perry, V. Pradhananga, A., & Shepard, J. (2016). Community capacity for stormwater management: A social science assessment in three Twin Cities Metro Area watersheds. St. Paul, MN: Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota. 126 pp.

Gasteyer, S. P., Lai, J., Tucker, B., Carrera, J., & Moss, J. (2016). Basics inequality: Race and access to complete plumbing facilities in the United States. Du Bois Review-Social Science Research on Race, 13(2), 305-25.

Kaufman, E. K., Kennedy, R. E., & Cletzer, D. A. (accepted). Understanding the nature of eco-leadership. In K. Floress, K., L. S. Prokopy, & M. E. Burbach (Eds.), Catalyzing change in water resource management through social science. General Technical Report NRS-GTR-xx-x. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station.

Lynne, G. D., Czap, N. V., Czap, H. J., & Burbach, M.E. (2016). A theoretical foundation for empathy conservation: Toward avoiding the Tragedy of the Commons. Review of Behavioral Economics, 3, 243-279.

Mase, A, S., Gramig, B., & Prokopy, L.S. (2017). Climate Change Beliefs, Risk Perceptions, and Adaptation Behavior among Midwestern U.S. Crop Farmers. Climate Risk Management, 15, 8-17.

Morton, L. W., Benning, J., McGuire, J., Gonzalez-Ramirz, M. J., Ingels, C., Arbuckle, J. G. & Kling C. L. (2016). Practices and timing of nutrient reduction strategies. Sociology Technical Report 1044. Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Morton, L.W., McGuire, J., & Cast, A. (2017). A good farmer pays attention to the weather. Climate Risk Management, 15, 18-31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2016.09.002

Morton, L. W., & K. R. Olson. (2016). St. Johns Levee and Drainage District attempt to mitigate internal flooding. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 71(4), 91A-97A.

Morton, L. W., Roesch-McNally, G., Wilke, A. (2017). Upper Midwest Farmer Perceptions: Too Much Uncertainty about Impacts of Climate Change to Justify Changing Current Agricultural Practices. Sustainable Corn issue. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 72(3), 215-225.

Mosheim, R., & Ribaudo, M. (2017). Costs of nitrogen runoff and rural Water utilities: A shadow cost approach. Land Economics, 93(1), 12-39.

Nelson, P., Davenport, M. A., & Kuphal, T. (2017). Inspiring action for nonpoint source pollution: A manual for water resource protection. St. Paul, MN: Freshwater Society publication. https://freshwater.org/inspiring-action/

Nowatzke, L., & Arbuckle, J. (2016). Iowa farmers and the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy: 2015 survey results. Extension Report SOC3078. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Extension.

Olson, B. & Davenport, M. A. (In press). An inductive model of farmer conservation decision making for nitrogen management. Landscape Journal.

Olson, K. O., Al-Kaisi, M., Lal, R. & Morton, L. W. (2017). Soil ecosystem services and intensified cropping systems. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 72(3), 64A-69A

Olson, K. R., & Morton, L. W. (2017). Sedimentation, navigation, and agriculture on the lower Missouri River. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 72(4), 80A-86A.

Olson, K. R., & Morton, L. W. (2017). Chicago’s 132-year effort to provide safe drinking water. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 72(2), 19A-26A.

Olson, K. R., & Morton, L. W. (2016). Mississippi River threatens to make Dogtooth Bend peninsula in Illinois an island. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 71(6),140A-146A.

Olson, K. R., & Morton, L. W. (2016). Agricultural Lands: Flooding and Levee Breaches. In R. Lal (Ed), Encyclopedia of Soil Science, 3^rd Ed., (pp. 65-71). Boca Raton, Fl: CRC Press. doi: 10.1081/E-ESS3-120053228 

Olson, K. R., & Morton, L. W. (2016) Managing Mississippi and Ohio River Landscapes Ankeny, IA: Soil and Water Conservation Society.http://www.swcs.org/en/publications/managing_mississippi_and_ohio_river_landscapes/

Olson, K. R., & Morton, L. W., Speidel, D. (2016). Little River Drainage District conversion of the Big Swamp to fertile agricultural land. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 71(2), 37A-43A.

Olson, K. R., Morton, L.W., & Speidel, D. (2016). Missouri Ozark Plateau headwaters diversion engineering feat. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 71(1), 13A-19A.

Pradhananga, A., Davenport, M. A., Fulton, D. C., Maruyama, G. M., & Current, D. (2017). An integrated moral obligation model for landowner conservation norms. Society and Natural Resources, 30(2), 212-227.

Roesch-McNally, G., Basche, A., Arbuckle, J., Tyndall, J., Miguez, F., Bowman, T., & Clay, R. (2017). The trouble with cover crops: Farmers experiences with overcoming barriers to adoption. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 1-12. doi:10.1017/S1742170517000096

Roesch-McNally, G. E., Arbuckle, J. G., & Tyndall, J. C. (2016). What would farmers do? Adaptation intentions under a Corn Belt climate change scenario. Agriculture and Human Values, 34, 333-346. doi: 10.1007/s10460-016-9719-y.

Ulrich-Schad, J. D., de Jalon, S. G., Prokopy, L. S., Babin, N., & Pape, A. (accepted). Measuring and Understanding Agricultural Producers Adoption of Nutrient Best Management Practices.  Journal of Soil and Water Conservation.

Wilke, A., & Morton, L. W. (2017). Analog years: Connecting climate science and agricultural tradition to better manage landscapes of the future. Climate Risk Management, 15, 32-44  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2016.10.001