Maine Landowners Sought for Study on
Public Access Incentives
UMaine 2010 Research, Midcoast Area
Are you a landowner who holds between 10 and 1,000 acres of land? Do you typically allow or prohibit public recreation access? We are looking for landowners to attend our focus group. We are part of a collaborative study between the University of Maine's School of Forest Resources and the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine (SWOAM) which seeks to find valuable incentives for landowners who provide public access in the state of Maine. As the number of postings increase around the state, there is concern about current and future public access to privatelands. We will discuss landowner values, access issues, and possible incentive ideas and programs. The focus group session is expected to last between 2 and 2 ½ hours. If you participate, you will be provided dinner and paid $25 for your time. Your level of participation is optional, and you can leave at any time. We hope to speak to landowners with varying access policies to ensure that our sample is fully representative of landowners in Maine. Therefore, regardless of a landowner's public access policy, we hope to meet with various landowners throughout the state to discuss their values and concerns. If you know someone who would be interested in attending a focus group, please forward this announcement to them.
The focus group meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 27th at 6:00 pm in Bremen. If you are interested in participating in the focus group session and own between 10 and 1000 acres, please call or email me. I will mail a confirmation letter that includes meeting details and a map of the meeting location. If there are additional questions or comments, feel free to contact me at: Martha.willand@umit.maine.edu (612) 598-7245, or my advisor, Dr. Jessica Leahy Jessica.leahy@umit.maine.edu (207) 581-2834
Thanks for considering participation in this study. I hope to hear from you.
Martha Willand
Research Assistant and
Graduate Student
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