Project period: 7 13 23-7 31 25PROJECT title: extending the understanding of public acceptance and preferences for climate change adaptation in the mid-westclimate change has the potential to change…

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Office of Acquisitions and Grants, under the Cooperative Research Units Program (CFDA 15.812), provides $114,276 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to analyze existing data and conduct research on public acceptance and preferences for climate change adaptation strategies in the Midwest. The study aims to: 1) improve understanding of the stability of public preferences for climate change adaptation strategies, 2) identify key antecedents and consequences of preference strength and stability, and 3) develop recommendations for engaging the public and stakeholders in developing climate change adaptation management strategies. The research activities will include analyzing data from social psychological framing experiments and web-based surveys. The expected deliverables include a peer-reviewed journal publication and presentations to federal and state wildlife management agencies, as well as at a national or international scientific conference.

Project period: 7 13 23-7 31 25PROJECT title: extending the understanding of public acceptance and preferences for climate change adaptation in the mid-westclimate change has the potential to change the kinds and numbers of fish and wildlife that are available for recreationists such as hunters, anglers, and birdwatchers. While have some knowledge about what changes might look like concerning different fish and wildlife species, very little information is known about how the general public, anglers, hunters, and wildlife watchers might view such changes in the areas that they recreate. Also know very little about such users attitudes toward potential management actions and strategies for adapting to potential climate change that affects fish and wildlife. This study will analyze existing data to provide critical information about public acceptance and preference for climate change adaptation strategies in the midwest. Activities to be performed - will analyze data collected from social psychological framing experiments within the context of web-based social surveys. Analyses will illuminate the role of perceptions of potential benefits in the acceptance and preference for management strategies. The objectives of this study are to: 1) use existing data and theory-based, experimental social psychological analytical methods to improve understanding of the stability of public preferences for climate change adaptation strategies 2) identify the key antecedents and consequences of the strength and stability of these preferences for climate change adaptation management strategies 3) develop recommendations for engaging the public and stakeholders in developing climate change adaptation management strategies. Deliverables and expected outcomes -will draft a manuscript intended for peer-review publication in a leading scientific journal focused on the topic of climate change and fish and wildlife management. Will provide summary presentations to federal and state wildlife management agencies highlighting the findings of the study as well as make at least one presentation at a national or international scientific conference. Intended beneficiary(IES) the manuscript will benefit the climate adaptation science centers and its partner federal and state fish and wildlife management agencies. Subrecipient activities, if known or specified at the time of award -n a