Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

We report accomplishments by institution and group member.

Iowa State, J. Arbuckle

Activities: Survey research through three major survey efforts: the Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll (IFRLP) farmer survey, the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy (INRS) farmer survey, and the inaugural Conservation Practitioner Poll (CPP) survey of Upper Mississippi River Basin soil and water conservation professionals. The two surveys of farmers have generated research-based information on farmers perspectives and behaviors relevant to nutrient loss reduction, including changes in awareness and/or use of soil and water conservation practices. Several extension reports and presentations on farmer perspectives on ongoing barriers to soil and water conservation in Iowa, conservation practice adoption motivations, conservation expenditures, and climate change and agriculture were used by stakeholders to inform their work with farmers. The results of the CPP have been disseminated through a technical report and multiple targeted presentations (e.g., Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Meeting; Iowa Watershed Academy).

Outputs: In 2021-22, I published 14 journal articles and seven extension and technical reports, and gave two major national invited presentations, seven academic conference presentations, and four presentations to extension stakeholder groups.

Short-term Outcomes: Data from the IFRLP and INRS surveys have been used by multiple stakeholders to inform their outreach with their farmer audiences. For example, stakeholders Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) both indicated that the data analysis from the surveys has helped inform their work with farmers. On receiving a project report, Maggie Norton, PFI Farmer Outreach Coordinator, stated, “I’m glad we were able to collaborate on this market research project. I know I learned a lot from the research questions and the general process. Similarly, Paige Frautschy, TNC Iowa Agriculture Program Director, shared her thoughts about data analysis that Dr. Arbuckle provided to TNC: “…the analysis of the results was really informative and will be useful as we plan for the future of the 4R Plus initiative.” In summary, the research resulted in improved stakeholder capacity to pursue their programs that help farmers to increase resilience while decreasing negative environmental impacts. The results of the CPP have had similar impacts as the PIs have received major props for the CPP from key stakeholders. For example, a major input supplier that also provides significant levels of conservation assistance to farmers expressed the following, “The Conservation Practitioner Poll you conducted was awesome – great info in there!”

Penn State, Wes Eaton

Completed Advancing Scholarship and Practice of Stakeholder Engagement in Working Landscapes project https://scholarsphere.psu.edu/resources/d6066f7e-045c-41f7-af69-9cc15e1e81f3.

Short-term outcomes: Established new network of over 160 international researchers and practitioners interested in stakeholder engagement and working landscapes

Outputs: Developed workshop report including a new research agenda for stakeholder engagement; in progess special issue with Socio-Ecological Practice Research with 20 accepted or in progress articles

Activities: Workshop on the project during IASNR in Costa Rica summer 2022

Utah State, Jessica Ulrich-Schad

Output: co-created white papers to share survey findings back with farmers who we asked to take our survey (we sent a postcard to everyone in our sample, even non-respondents) (https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/sdfarmsurvey/)

Milestone: have 15-16 farms in Utah signed up to take part in on-farm soil health trials where they will be implementing various practices, documenting changes, measuring attitudes, and examining management over the five year project; started conducting year 1 interviews with participants

Output: five peer-reviewed publications on social and economic drivers of various conservation practices among agricultural producers in South Dakota

Output: led collective effort to document and assess various sampling sources for survey research with agricultural producers in the U.S. which led to the publication of a research note

Output: conducted literature review and published paper on non-operating agricultural and absentee forest landowners in the U.S. and Europe

Milestone and output: conducted online and mail probability sample survey (N=2400)of Chesapeake Bay Watershed farmers on agricultural producers' perceptions of causes of water quality issues, how to address water quality issues, and the future of agriculture in urbanized areas (including their knowledge and intention to continue using various Best Management Practices (BMPs)), their views and perceptions of Nutrient Management Plans, views on how agriculture can be sustainable in an urbanized landscape, their views and concerns about the loss of agricultural land, and attitudes about the urbanization of agriculture in the CBW including scenarios developed by the Thriving Agriculture research team (https://thrivingag.org/) to ensure agriculture is economically viable and environmentally sustainable in the future

Montana State, Sarah Church

Activity and output: Completed a USGS 104b grant that entailed a two phase Delphi survey to understand aquatic systems experts’ perceptions of social and cultural ecosystem services in land management. The surveys also asked experts questions regarding adaptive management and the intersection of land and water management. We generated two reports that are posted online and will be speaking at meetings and conferences this year. Co-PI William Kliendl presented a poster about our work at the Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting in May 2022. Sarah Church will present our work at the Annual Soil and Water Conservation Society meeting in July 2022.

Activity and output: Completed an evaluation of the Big Sky Watershed Corps, in which we explored the role of Corps members in host-site capacity building and more broadly whether and how adaptive management is happening in Montana. We generated four reports and a fact sheet that are posted online and will be speaking at meetings and conferences this year. Ashlie Gilbert spoke about this work at the 2021 Virtual American Water Resources Association Conference in November and International Association for Society and Natural Resources Conference in June 2022.

Activity and output: Completed year one of another USGS 104b grant looking at volunteer water monitoring programs in Montana. We sought to understand the role of these programs in building trust in science and data. As part of this project, we developed a standardized online survey for programs to distribute to their volunteers every year – Church will administer the survey and analyze and distribute the data to the programs. Church presented this work at the International Association for Society and Natural Resources Conference in June 2022. Liam Bean presented the work for a North Central Climate Collaborative webinar in June 2022.

Activity: Began research to understand the role of social learning in interdisciplinary research collaborations in an NSF EPSCoR project that is working in three watersheds in Montana.

Activity: Submitted two interdisciplinary grants. One proposed to study nature-based water storage for municipal drinking water in Bozeman, Montana. The other is examining the use and implementation of a decision-support tool for eco-drought in Montana.

Activity: Helped organize and facilitate (and participated in) the USDA-funded Advancing Scholarship and Practice of Stakeholder Engagement in Working Landscapes workshop series. These workshops were a direct result of NC1190. As part of this workshop, we published a white paper.

Activity: I helped organize a workshop at Montana State University – Water in the West: Toward Convergent Solutions to Water Security. Approximately 30 researchers from across the US attended the workshop.

Activity: Several papers in in preparation for publication: federal agency staff water priorities for grant funding; integrating ecosystem services into wetland mitigation decisions; pitfalls of collaboration in use of volunteer collected water data; indicators of adaptive management of water resources in Montana.

Output: Spoke about service learning project where students designed administered survey about stormwater perceptions at the Montana Stormwater Conference in May 2022. The talk was titled, Improving Urban Water Resources and Student Engagement through Town and Gown Partnerships.

University of Minnesota, Mae Davenport 

Accomplishments: I have partnered with tribal nations in present-day Minnesota and Wisconsin, intertribal organizations, state and federal agencies, and non-profit organizations to investigate the biophysical, socio-cultural and public policy dimensions of manoomin/psin (wild rice) protection in the western Great Lakes Region. Wild rice is an aquatic annual plant that serves as an ecological and cultural indicator of community health. Our research collaborative aims to put tribal perspectives and research questions first. My role has been to coordinate interviews with project personnel and tribal partners to evaluate our work together and to explore the integration of different ways of knowing. I also conducted a survey with Lac du Flambeau tribe community members in partnership with the Lac du Flambeau wild rice restoration program on the cultural values of wild rice and harvesting practices. Our research team has analyzed the interviews for formative evaluation to guide our work and further analysis is ongoing. We continued to examine different ways of knowing and being related to water and how cultural worldviews and practices relate to water conditions, stewardship, and policy.  My center and research lab adapted existing and developed new interview guides and survey instruments to document and assess the influence of values, norms and beliefs on environmental behavior (public and private-sphere behavior), including harvesting practices. 

University of Idaho, Chloe Wardropper

Activity: Conducted survey with MS student (manuscript in prep) related to PNW residents' perception of risks related to metal contamination in drinking water;

Output: Guest editor of special issue in Journal of Hydrology on decision-support systems for water resources

The Ohio State University, Doug Jackson-Smith

Outputs: Variety of multimedia resources to share results of statewide Ohio Farm Poll with extension audiences (https://senr.osu.edu/ohiofarmpoll); includes podcasts (https://ofbf.org/2021/05/24/ohio-weekly-ohio-farm-poll/; and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-73-ohio-farm-poll/id1385727972?i=1000519043624), videos (https://kx.osu.edu/video/exploring-the-ohio-farm-poll), and report (https://kx-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2021-04/KX_OFP_OnePager_4-20-21.pdf).
Activity: Conducted stakeholder engagement and participatory modeling activities as part of NSF-funded project to develop and simulate impacts of Deglobalization on food-energy-water system in eastern Great Lakes region.
Activity: Recruited 32 farmers and initiated fieldwork as part of USDA-AFRI IDEAS research project exploring the economic and environmental tradeoffs associated with different approaches to integrating crops and livestock in Ohio.
Activity: Developed public database for county-level FEWS systems as part of SESYNC pursuit led by R. Hale and R. Muenich; data serve as basis for statistical typology of FEWS systems in the CONUS and allow for comparison of the unique drivers and outcomes associated with FEWs system development in different socioeconomic and biophysical contexts.
Activity: submitted 5 additional research manuscripts and two major interdisciplinary proposals (worth $52 million) that are currently under review.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Mark Burbach

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University of Wisconsin-Madison, Adena Rissman

Outputs:
Activity: Submitted a paper on based on a survey of county conservationists about nutrient management plans and their perspectives on confidence of plan implementation.
Activity: Convened a collaborative working group on transitions to grasslands and managed grazing in the upper Midwest
Activity: Convened a series of 3 workshops on just transitions in agriculture with ethnically and racially diverse participants
Activity: Convened a workshop on Farm Bill barriers and opportunities for grasslands and managed grazing in the Midwest
Activity: Convened an advisory board for the Wisconsin's Northeast Lakeshore along Lake Michigan, including farmers, county conservation, DNR, and university extension
Activity: Convened an advisory board of new landowners and the professionals who provide advice to them, for whole-property planning across forestry, agriculture, water, and wildlife
Output: Kucharik, Christopher J., Eric G. Booth, Stephen P. Loheide II, Rebecca Power, Adena R. Rissman, Jennifer Seifert, and Monica G. Turner. In press. Building US food-energy-water security requires avoiding unintended consequences for ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

Virginia Tech, Kurt Stephenson

Activities:
Assisted with planning and conducting a workshop for the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) to the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program, "Overcoming the Hurdle: Addressing Implementation of Agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs) Through a Social Science Lens", July 2021.
Presented at a field day with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality about using denitrifying bioreactors to treat legacy nitrogen in emerging groundwater, October 22, 2021

Ulrich-Schad, J.D., S. Li, J.G. Arbuckle, E. Avemegah, K.J. Brasier, M. Burnham, A. Kumar Chaudhary, W.M. Eaton, W. Gu, T. Haigh, D. Jackson-Smith, A.L. Metcalf, A. Pradhananga, L.S. Prokopy, M. Sanderson, E. Wade, Purdue University, A. Wilke. Accepted. An Inventory and Assessment of Sample Sources for Survey Research with Agricultural Producers in the U.S. Society & Natural Resources. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2022.2081392

Schoolman, E.D. and J.G. Arbuckle. 2022. Cover crops and specialty crop agriculture: Exploring cover crop use among vegetable and fruit growers in Michigan and Ohio. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 77(4): 403-417.

Ranjan, P., Arbuckle, J. G., Church, S. P., Eanes, F. R., Floress, K., Gao, Y., Gramig, B. M., Singh, A. S., & Prokopy, L. S. (2022). Understanding the relationship between land tenure and conservation behavior: Recommendations for social science research. Land Use Policy, 106161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106161

Davenport, M.A., A. Kreiter, K.A. Brauman, B. Keeler, J. Arbuckle, V. Sharma, A. Pradhananga, and R. Noe. 2022. An Experiential Model of Drought Risk and Future Irrigation Behaviors among Central Minnesota Farmers. Climatic Change 171(1):8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-022-03320-3.

*Dixon, A.P., J.G. Arbuckle, and E.C. Ellis. 2022. Farmer Identities Influence Wildlife Habitat Management in the US Corn Belt. People and Nature. 4(1):103–14. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10257.

*Han, G., E. Schoolman, J.G. Arbuckle, L.W., Morton. 2022. Weather, Values, Capacity and Concern: Toward a Social-Cognitive Model of Specialty Crop Farmers’ Perceptions of Climate Change Risk. Environment & Behavior 54(2):327-362. DOI: 10.1177/00139165211026607.

*Han, Guang, Nancy Grudens-Schuck, J. Gordon Arbuckle, and Robert A. Martin. 2022. Adoption Challenges, Needs for Extension Programming, and Program Delivery Formats for Organic Grain Producers in the U.S. Corn Belt. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 46(2):200-233. doi: 10.1080/21683565.2021.1988800.

Schulte, L.A., B.E. Dale, S. Bozzetto, M. Liebman, G.M. Souza, N. Haddad, T.L. Richard, B. Basso, R.C. Brown, J.A. Hilbert, J.G. Arbuckle. 2021. Meeting Global Challenges with Regenerative Agriculture Producing Food and Energy. Nature Sustainability, December 16, 2021, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00827-y.

*Gao, L., and J. Arbuckle. 2021. Examining farmers’ adoption of nutrient management best management practices: a social cognitive framework. Agriculture and Human Values. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-021-10266-2.

Upadhaya, S., & J.G. Arbuckle. 2021. Understanding Factors Influencing Farmers’ Engagement in Watershed Management Activities. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, 265. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.669571

Upadhaya, S. and J.G. Arbuckle. 2021. Examining Factors Associated with Farmers’ Climate-Adaptive and Maladaptive Actions in the U.S. Midwest. Frontiers in Climate 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2021.677548.

*Morris, C., and J. G. Arbuckle. 2021. “Conservation Plans and Soil and Water Conservation Practice Use: Evidence from Iowa.” Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 76(5):457–71. doi: 10.2489/jswc.2021.00166.

Morris, C., J.G. Arbuckle, C. DeLong, and C. Lindahl. 2021. Supporting on-the-ground conservationists: The Conservation Practitioner Poll. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 76(5): 92A-94A. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2021.0827A.

*Weisberger, D. A., M. D. McDaniel, J. Arbuckle, and M. Liebman. 2021. Farmer perspectives on benefits of and barriers to extended crop rotations in Iowa, USA. Agricultural & Environmental Letters 6, no. 2: e20049. https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20049.

Arbuckle, J. 2022. Farmer Perspectives on 4R Plus, Cover Crops, and Soil Health. Extension Report SOC3103. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Extension.

Eaton, W., T. Robertson, J. Arbuckle, K. Brasier, M. Burbach, M. Burnham, S. Church, C. Eberly, G. Hart-Fredeluces, D. Jackson-Smith, A. Rogers, G. Wildermuth, Katherine Canfield, S. Cordova, C. Chatelain, J. Edwards, L. Fowler, Z. Hurst, C. Kirchhoff, M. Manheim, R. Martinez, A. Mook, C. Mullin, L. Murrah-Hanson, C. Onabola, L. Parker, E. Redd, C. Schelly, M. Schoon, W. Sigler, E. Smit, T. van Huysen, L. Verbrugge, AND M. Worosz. 2022. Advancing Scholarship and Practice of Stakeholder Engagement in Working Landscapes: 34 Co-Produced Research Opportunities. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.

Arbuckle, J. 2021. Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll: 2021 Summary Report. Extension Report SOC3102. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Extension.

Morris, C., J.G. Arbuckle, C. DeLong, and C. Lindahl. 2021. Conservation Practitioner Poll 2021 Summary Report. Ankeny, IA: Soil and Water Conservation Society. https://www.swcs.org/static/media/cms/Conservation_Practitioner_Poll_2021_58F72FBA81040.pdf

Nowatzke, L. and J.G. Arbuckle Jr. 2021. Iowa Farmers and the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy: Survey Results from the Upper Mississippi-Skunk-Wapsipinicon Watershed. SOC 3101. Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Nowatzke, L. and J.G. Arbuckle Jr. 2021. Iowa Farmers and the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy: Survey Results from the Missouri-Nishnabotna Watershed. SOC 3099. Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Nowatzke, L. and J.G. Arbuckle Jr. 2021. Iowa Farmers and the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy: Survey Results from the Des Moines Watershed. SOC 3097. Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Invited Academic Talks, Seminars, or Conference Presentations (n=2)
Arbuckle, J.G. “Soil and water conservation practice adoption research: What have we learned, and where are we headed?” The Nature Conservancy and University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Horn Point Research Laboratory, June 8, 2022. (63)

Arbuckle, J.G. “What do Iowa Farmers Think About Climate Change?: Implications for Adaptation and Mitigation Outreach.” EPA Region 7. November 2, 2021. (56)

Upadhaya, S., Arbuckle, J.G., & Schulte, L.A (2022). Defining typologies of farmer to inform conservation outreach in agricultural landscapes. Integrative Conservation Conference (ICC), Virtual. Feb 3-5, 2022.

Upadhaya, S., Arbuckle, J.G., & Schulte, L.A. Defining typologies of farmer to inform conservation outreach in agricultural landscapes. Integrative Conservation Conference (ICC), Virtual. Feb 3-5, 2022.

Upadhaya, S., Arbuckle, J., & Schulte, L.A. Developing farmer typologies to inform conservation outreach in agricultural landscapes. Society of American Foresters (SAF) Annual Meeting, Virtual. Nov 5, 2021.

Arbuckle, J., C. DeLong, C. Lindahl, and C. Morris. The Conservation Practitioner Poll: An Annual Survey to Help Improve Conservation Engagement. Presented at the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) International Annual Conference, Online, July 26-28, 2021.

Franklin, D. and J. Arbuckle. Nonoperator Landowner vs. Tenant Perspectives on Agri-environmental Issues and Landlord-Tenant Relationships. Presented at the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) International Annual Conference, Online, July 26-28, 2021.

Gao, L. and J. Arbuckle. A Social Cognitive Theory and Self-Determination Theory Approach to Understanding Farmers' Adoption of Nutrient Management Best Management Practices. Presented at the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) International Annual Conference, Online, July 26-28, 2021.

Upadhaya, S., J. Arbuckle, and LA Schulte. Individual and County-Level Influences on Iowa Farmers’ Use of 4Rs Plus Soil and Water Conservation Practices. Presented at the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) International Annual Conference, Online, July 26-28, 2021.

Extension Presentations to Stakeholder Groups 
Arbuckle, J.G. “Iowa Farmer Perspectives on 4R Plus.” 4R Plus stakeholders meeting. March 1, 2022. (14)

Arbuckle, J.G. “What do Iowa Farmers Think about 4R Plus?” Iowa State University Soil and Water Conservation Club. February 28, 2022. (13)

Arbuckle, J.G. “Social Science Research Informing Promotion of Soil Health Practices.” Bi-State Soil Health Workshop, December 8, 2021. (17)

Arbuckle, J.G. “Iowa Farmers and Climate Change: Beliefs, Concerns, Implications for Engagement Supporting Adaptation and Mitigation” Iowa Sierra Club, September 17, 2021. (65)

Burbach, Mark., Eaton, Weston M., Quimby, Barbara., Babbit, Christine., Delozier, Jodi. Assessing an integrated approach to large-scale common pool water resource management: A case study of Nebraska's Platte River Basin. Ecology and Society. Accepted.

Ulrich-Schad, Jessica, Shuang Li, J. G. Arbuckle, Edem Avemegah, Kathryn Brasier, Morey Burnham, Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Weston M. Eaton, Linda Prokopy, Tonya Haigh, Douglas Jackson-Smith, Adam Wilke, Emma R. Wade, Alex Metcalf, Amit Pradhananga, Wei Gu, Edem Avemegah. 2022. An Outline and Assessment of Sample Sources for Survey Research with Agricultural Producers in the U.S. Society & Natural Resources. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2022.2081392

Eaton, Weston M., Kathryn J. Brasier, Hannah Whitley, Julia C. Bausch, C. Clare Hinrichs, Barbara Quimby, Mark E. Burbach, Amber Wutich, Jodi Delozier, Walt Whitmer, Stephanie Kennedy, Jason Weigle, Clinton Williams. 2022. Farmer perspectives on collaboration: Evidence from Arizona, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania. Journal of Rural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.05.008

du Bray, Margaret V., Barbara Quimby, Julia C. Bausch, Amber Wutich, Weston M. Eaton, Kathryn Brasier, Alexandra Brewis, Clinton Williams. 2022. Red, white & blue: Environmental distress among water stakeholders in a U.S. farming community. Weather, Climate and Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-21-0103.1

Eaton, Weston M., Morey Burnham, Kathryn Brasier, Sarah P. Church, Georgia Hart-Fredeluces, and Grace Wildermuth. Advancing the Scholarship and Practice of Stakeholder Engagement in Working Landscapes, editors with Special Issue in Socio-Ecological Practice Research. https://link.springer.com/journal/42532/topicalCollection/AC_7839d65b3eeed754079dafa85b84a63f

Eaton, Weston M. et al. Advancing scholarship and the practice of stakeholder engagement in working landscapes: A report of a workshop series. This workshop is supported by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Advancing scholarship and practice of stakeholder engagement in working landscapes grant no. 2020-01551 project accession no. 1023309 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Online: doi.org/10.26207/b8rt-5q47

Church, Sarah P., Chloe Wardropper, Emily M. Usher, Liam F. Bean, Ashlie Gilbert, Francis Eanes, Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad, Nicholas Babin, Pranay Ranjan, Jackie M. Getson, Laura Esman, and Linda S. Prokopy. Accepted. “How does co-produced research influence adaptive capacity? Lessons from a cross-case comparison.” Socio-Ecological Practice Research.

Ulrich-Schad, Jessica D., Shuang Li, J. G. Arbuckle, Edem Avemegah, Kathryn J. Brasier,
Morey Burnham, Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Weston M. Eaton, Wei Gu, Tonya Haigh, Douglas Jackson-Smith, Alexander L. Metcalf, Amit Pradhananga, Linda S. Prokopy, Matthew Sanderson, Emma Wade, and Adam Wilke. Accepted. “An Inventory and Assessment of Sample Sources for Survey Research with Agricultural Producers in the U.S.” Society and Natural Resources 35(7): 804-812.

Jason D. Clark, Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad, Peter Kovacs, Anthony Bly, and Edem Avemegah.
Accepted. “Farmer Adoption of Nitrogen Fertilizer Best Management Practices in South Dakota.” Journal of Soil and Water Conservation.

Fairchild, Ennea, Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad, Peggy Petrzelka, and Zhao Ma. 2022. “The Lay of the Land: What We Know About Non-Operating Agricultural and Absentee Forest Landowners in the U.S. and Europe.” Journal of Environmental Management 313(1):114991.

Ulrich-Schad, Jessica D., Shuang Li, A. Joshua Leffler, Wei Gu, Lealand Schoon, and Lora Perkins. 2021. “What and Why: South Dakota Rangeland Livestock Producers’ Usage of Parasiticides.” Rangeland Ecology and Management 79:190-200.

Wang, Tong, Zheng Xu, Deepthi Kolady, and Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad, and David E. Clay. 2021. “Cover Crops Usage in South Dakota: Perceived Profitability and Future Adoption Decisions.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 46(2): 287-307.

Saak, Alexander E., Tong Wang, Zheng Xu, Deepthi Kolady, Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad, and David E. Clay. 2021. “Duration of Usage and Farmer Reported Benefits of Conservation Tillage.” Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 71(1): 65-75.

Wang, Tong, Jim Ristau, Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad, and Heidi L. Sieverding. “South Dakota Farm Survey White Paper Series.” https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/sdfarmsurvey/.

Balikian, R, K Genskow. 2022. Losing Aguacate: What if Water Costs Kill Avocado Farming in San Diego County? Case Studies in the Environment. 2022:1-15. https://doi.org/10.1525/cse.2022.1559200.

Mitchell, P., D. Knuteson, J. Beach, and K. Genskow. 2021. Preliminary Assessment of the Potential Economic Impacts of Proposed Changes to NR 151 for Agricultural Operations. Report for Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. 69 pages.

Genskow, K. 2021. Finding Environmental Justice in Training Water Policy Professionals. Nelson Issue Brief [Environmental Justice and Environmental Racism]. UW-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. 2(2):4-5.

Byrnes, T., K. Genskow, M. Husain, A. Meyer, Z. Raff, M. Scanlan, Z. Wu. 2022. Exploring Wisconsin’s Innovative Water Quality Nutrient Trading Options. Nelson Issue Brief [Nutrient Pollution in Surface Waters]. 3(2):5-6. UW-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.

Wardropper, C.B. and A. Brookfield. (2022). Decision-support systems for water management. Journal of Hydrology. 610, 127928. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127928.

Zipper, S., W.H. Farmer, A. Brookfield, H. Ajami, H.W. Reeves, C.B. Wardropper, J.C. Hammond, T. Gleeson, J.M. Deines (2022). Quantifying Streamflow Depletion from Groundwater Pumping: A Practical Review of Past and Potential Approaches for Water Management. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 1-24. doi: 10.1111/1752-1688.12998

Fanok, L.*, B.J. Beltran, M. Burnham, C.B. Wardropper (2022). Use of water decision-support tools for drought. Journal of Hydrology. 607, 127531. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127531
Kohl, P.A. and C.B. Wardropper (2022). Knowledge of majority scientific agreement on anthropogenic climate change predicts perceived global risk better than perceived personal risk. Journal of Risk Research. 25:6, 778-790. doi: 10.1080/13669877.2022.2028883

Wardropper, C.B., L. Esman, S. Harden, Y. Masuda, P. Ranjan, C. Weigel, P. Ferraro, L. Prokopy, S. Reddy (2022). Applying a “fail-fast” approach to conservation in US agriculture. Conservation Science and Practice. 4(3), e619. doi: 10.1111/csp2.619

Veisi*, H., D. Jackson-Smith, and L. Arrueta*. 2022. Alignment of Stakeholder and Scientist Understandings and Expectations in a Participatory Modeling Project. Environmental Science and Policy 134:57-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.04.004

Epanchin-Niell, R. S., D. B. Jackson-Smith, R.S. Wilson, M. Ashenfarb, A. Dayer, V. Hillis, G.D. Iacona, E.M. Markowitz, S.T. Marquart-Pyatt, and T. Treakle. 2022. Private land conservation decision-making: an integrative social science model. Journal of Environmental Management 302:113961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113961

Arrueta*, L., M. Kalcik, and D. Jackson-Smith. 2022. Simulating behavioral heterogeneity in watershed models: A systematic review of fertilizer use in SWAT studies. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 77(3):249-260. https://doi:10.2489/jswc.2022.00055

Brock, C.*, D. Jackson-Smith, S. Culman, C. Herms and D. Doohan. 2021. Organic corn production practices and profitability in the eastern Corn Belt. Sustainability 13: 8682. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168682
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Zhang, L., Hu, Q., Hayes, M., Burbach, M., Messer, T., Zhou, Y., & Tang, Z. (2022). Evaluating Nebraska’s local comprehensive plans to achieve the national wetland conservation efforts of in the USA. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 8, 1, 2070550. https://doi.org/10.1080/20964129.2022.2070550

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