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Place Mapping to Protect Cultural Landscapes on Tribal Lands

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Relational marketing provides a framework for examining and preserving human relationships with landscapes, including place meanings. On the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, a Web-based mapping exercise allowed residents to locate and describe places that hold meaning for them, indicate the scale and intensity of those meanings, and characterize their perceptions of threats to these places. Here results are presented from a mapping exercise designed to facilitate group discussions with forest managers and the public regarding fuel treatments on tribally managed lands. The method built trust among tribal and non-tribal residents and improved fire planners’ understanding of relationships between proposed actions and place meanings.

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  1. Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 790 E. Beckwith Avenue, Missoula, MT, 59801, USA

    Alan Watson & Brett Davis

  2. School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

    Stephen Carver & Tim Waters

  3. Department of Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Forestry, 104 Main Street Ronan, Missoula, MT, 59864, USA

    Roian Matt (Educational Outreach Coordinator)

  4. College of Forestry and Conservation, College of Education and Human Services, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59804, USA

    Kari Gunderson

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  1. , Recreation, Sport and Tourism, University of Illinois, 104 Huff Hall 1206 S. Fo, Champaign, 61820, Illinois, USA

    William P. Stewart

  2. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Centre Avenue 2150A, Fort Collins, 80526-1891, Colorado, USA

    Daniel R. Williams

  3. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Glacier Highway 11305, Juneau, 99801-8626, Alaska, USA

    Linda E. Kruger

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Watson, A., Carver, S., Matt, R., Waters, T., Gunderson, K., Davis, B. (2013). Place Mapping to Protect Cultural Landscapes on Tribal Lands. In: Stewart, W., Williams, D., Kruger, L. (eds) Place-Based Conservation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5802-5_16

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