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Stewardship Progression Project
Cowichan Community Land Trust Society
FOLLOW-UP EVALUATIONOF 11 YEARS OF LANDHOLDER CONTACTIN THE COWICHAN REGION
By Ann Archibald, François Cormier, and John Scull
Stewardship Progression Project Page 2Cowichan Community Land Trust Society May 1, 2005
Stewardship Progression Project Page 3Cowichan Community Land Trust Society May 1, 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENTS....................................................................................................................5EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.....................................................................................................................7INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................9Background: Landholder contact in the Cowichan region..........................................................9Evaluating landholder contact programs....................................................................................12METHOD...............................................................................................................................................13Telephone Survey...........................................................................................................................13Participants.....................................................................................................................................13Site visits..........................................................................................................................................13Land.................................................................................................................................................13RESULTS...............................................................................................................................................15Recall of Landowner Contact .......................................................................................................15Stewardship activities....................................................................................................................17Wildlife habitat...............................................................................................................................17Number taking action....................................................................................................................18Water quality and conservation....................................................................................................19Energy conservation ......................................................................................................................20Solid waste management ...............................................................................................................20Memberships in conservation organizations...............................................................................21Effects of the landholder contact program..................................................................................21
Conservation campaigns............................................................................................................23 Plans for the future....................................................................................................................23
CVRD gorse identification hotline.............................................................................................24One-tonne challenge..................................................................................................................24Charitable giving........................................................................................................................24
Global evaluation of the landholder contact programs..............................................................26DISCUSSION ........................................................................................................................................28Changing land ethics......................................................................................................................28Landholder contact programs ......................................................................................................28Limitations to the survey...............................................................................................................28Site Visits.........................................................................................................................................29RECOMMENDATIONS......................................................................................................................30
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« prev | next »- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- INTRODUCTION
- Background: Landholder contact in the Cowichan region
- Evaluating landholder contact programs
- METHOD
- Telephone Survey
- Participants
- Site visits
- Land
- RESULTS
- Recall of Landowner Contact
- Stewardship activities
- Wildlife habitat
- Water quality and conservation
- Energy conservation
- Solid waste management
- Memberships in conservation organizations
- Effects of the landholder contact program
- Conservation campaigns
- Plans for the future
- Other activities
- CVRD gorse identification hotline
- One-tonne challenge
- Charitable giving
- Evaluation of CCLT and the landholder contact program
- Activities in support of land stewardship
- Global evaluation of the landholder contact programs
- DISCUSSION
- Changing land ethics
- Landholder contact programs
- Limitations to the survey
- Site Visits
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- For CCLT and other organizations doing landholder contact programs
- For funding and policy bodies concerned with environmental stewardship
- REFERENCES
- APPENDICES
- Appendix 1. Stewardship Pledge
- Appendix 2. Letters to land stewards
- Appendix 3. Telephone Interview Protocol
- Appendix 4. Verbatim responses to open questions
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