July 2008
Information Access and Preferences Among Private Forest Landowners in New York State
By Shorna Broussard, Nancy Connelly, Tommy Brown, and Peter Smallidge, Cornell University
What is the issue? In order to encourage sustainable management of private forest lands, outreach programs need to establish effective communication with forest owners, but this can be a challenge. Research has shown that many forest owners are disengaged from educational assistance.1 Forest owners operating without adequate knowledge or assistance may degrade water systems, reduce the sustainable productivity of forests, and impair the ecological functioning of forest ecosystems. Forest owners in New York State and in the northern region of the U.S. are becoming increasingly distinct from the traditional image of forest owners2 with respect to their strategies of gathering information to make decisions.3 Learning how forest owners access and utilize information about forestry can help reduce mismanagement and minimize the negative consequences such as lost revenue and reduced environmental services. This knowledge can also enhance outreach programs...
June 2008
Retirement Migration in the Countryside
By Nina Glasgow and David L. Brown, Cornell University
May 2008
Food Insecurity in Rural New York State
By Christine Olson and Megan Lent, Cornell University
- For more information on the Rural Families Speak Project, please visit: http://fsos.cehd.umn.edu/projects/rfs.html
April 2008
Addressing a Moving Target: Poverty and Student Transiency in Rural Upstate New York
by Kai Schafft, Penn State University, and Kieran M. Killeen, University of Vermont
March 2008
Management Activities of Private Forest Landowners in New York State
by Shorna Broussard, Nancy Connelly, Tommy Brown, and Peter Smallidge, Cornell University
February 2008
The Role of Cornell University in Training Local Government Leaders
By Rod Howe, Cornell University
January 2008
The Capacity of Early Childhood Care & Education in Rural NYS
By John W. Sipple, Lisa A. McCabe, and Judith Ross-Bernstein, Cornell University
- Click here for the full reference paper: Assessing Capacity: Early Childhood Education in Rural New York State
December 2007
Poverty in New York State: Patterns and Prospects
By Thomas Hirschl, Cornell University
- Click here for NYS County Poverty Statistics and References
November 2007
Attracting and Retaining a Young Skilled Workforce in Upstate New York
By Susan Christopherson, Cornell University
October 2007
Racial Segregation in Rural & Small Town America: Does New York State fit the national pattern?
By Daniel T. Lichter, Cornell University, and Domenico Parisi, Steven Michael Grice, & Michael Taquino, Mississippi State University
September 2007
The Creative Economy Practitioner’s Toolkit: Taking Advantage of Campus and Community Resources
By Susan Christopherson & Suzanne Loker, Cornell University, and Susan Monagan, Ithaca College
August 2007
Heats and Animosities: What Rural New Yorkers Think about Local Taxes and Services
By David L. Kay, Cornell University.
July 2007
School-Based Health Centers in NYS
By John W. Sipple and Hope Casto, Cornell University.
June 2007
Losing and Gaining Metropolitan Status: So What?
By David L. Brown and K. Whitney Mauer, Cornell University