August 9, 2005
HELP WANTED: survey/discussion group
You are invited to participate in a research study being conducted by the University of Arizona. The purpose of this project is to better understand what issues and types of information relating to wildfire are of most concern to homeowners in Arizona who live in wildland-urban interface areas. The discussion group will meet on August 19th around 11am at the Cooperative Extension Office in Flagstaff. The meeting will take between one and two hours and snacks and refreshments will be provided. Contact Wade if you are interested in participating.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension have teamed up to produce wildfire educational materials specific to the vegetation types found in the state of Arizona. One of the vegetation types of interest is ponderosa pine forest. In order to produce high quality educational materials pertinent to people living in ponderosa pine forests, a research study is underway to: 1) investigate specific fire ecology knowledge of rural homeowners and how they typically acquire this information; 2) acquire their attitudes towards fire and its associated risks; and 3) determine what forms of educational materials relating to fire would be most interesting and useful.
The first phase of this study involves meeting with small groups of volunteers who will not only take a short survey regarding wildfire issues, but also discuss the format of the survey to make sure it is easily understood. The results of the focus groups will be used to modify the survey so that it can be easily understood over the telephone (the second phase of this study involves interviewing homeowners over the telephone). You are invited to participate in phase one of this study.
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