Alan D Bright
Biographic Data
| ID | 4460985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan D Bright |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan D |
| FAMILY NAME | Bright |
| SIGNATURE | BRIGHT A D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Colorado State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Hunters’ Acceptability of Lethal Management Methods Used to Control Invasive Wild Pigs ( Sus scrofa ) in Alabama
Alabama agricultural producers’ experiences with wild pigs ( Sus scrofa ) and their preferences concerning wild pig management
Government agencies and landowners use a variety of lethal methods to reduce invasive wild pig populations and resulting agricultural damages.To provide decision-makers with information regarding Alabama farmers' experiences with wild pigs and their preferences for management actions, we surveyed Alabama Farmers Federation members in 2020.We found that wild pigs were commonly present on livestock, timber, and crop production acreage, but wild pig…
Evaluating cognitive and behavioral measures of tolerance for wildlife in an invasive species context: A study of Alabama hunters’ tolerance for wild pigs
Human tolerance for wildlife is a key consideration for managers and has been measured with attitudes, normative beliefs, and behaviors. The study objectives were to determine, in the context of Alabama hunters’ tolerance for non-native, invasive wild pigs, 1) the convergent validity among three cognitive measures of tolerance, and 2) the strength of association between the cognitive measures of tolerance and behavioral measures of tolerance. Res…
Producers’ perceptions of large carnivores and nonlethal methods to protect livestock from depredation: Findings from a multistate federal initiative
We examined livestock producers’ perceptions of wolves, grizzly bears, black bears, and mountain lions, as well as their experiences with using nonlethal methods to protect livestock from depredation. All producers in the study received nonlethal predator management assistance in 2020 from USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services (“WS”) pursuant to a federally funded initiative focused on the use of nonlethal methods to protect livestock. Such methods includ…
Social identity and acceptability of wild pig ( Sus scrofa ) control actions: A case study of Texas hunters
Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) pose significant challenges to wildlife managers. This research explored Texas hunters’ acceptability of wild pig control actions, and whether acceptability varied according to hunters’ affiliation with four different categories of natural resource organizations as an indicator of social identity. Results of a survey (n = 37,317) revealed that most hunters were accepting of all control actions except toxicants and non-letha…
Social media as a window into human-wildlife interactions and zoonotic disease risk: An examination of wild pig hunting videos on YouTube
Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) damage agriculture and the environment, as well as transmit diseases to animals and people. Hunters are particularly vulnerable to zoonotic disease risks when harvesting wild pigs. Management agencies have endeavored to inform the public about disease risks associated with wild pigs and best practices for mitigating such risks. However, the extent that this guidance has reached hunters and influenced their practices is uncl…
Application of a Stated Choice Approach to Assessing Public Preferences for Wildlife Conservation Funding
Limited funds for wildlife conservation require difficult choices about allocation of resources. One consideration is public preferences. While traditional attitudinal approaches can provide information about preferences for conservation efforts aimed at individual species, stated choice models offer a more suitable approach for exploring the complexity of public support across multiple species, through an examination of individuals’ choices in t…
Integrative complexity, beliefs, and attitudes: Application to prescribed fire
Human–Black Bear Conflict in Urban Areas: An Integrated Approach to Management Response
Human–black bear conflict is a persistent wildlife management problem in North America. Conflicts in urban areas are linked to continued growth and expansion of human populations as well as increased availability of anthropogenic attractants (e.g., garbage, birdfeed). Responding to urban bear conflicts can present difficult and highly publicized management decisions. This challenge highlights the need to understand the basis for resident behavior…
Ipsative Crystallization Effects on Wildland Fire Attitude—Policy Support Models
Understanding public attitudes toward wildland fire management policies is important for effectively managing natural resources and communicating with the pubic. Ipsative crystallization is a measure of individual attitude consensus. This article examines the utility of ipsative crystallization (IC) measures in better understanding attitudes toward and support for three wildland fire management policies (let the fire burn, contain the fire, and p…
Evidence of Biased Processing of Natural Resource-Related Information: A Study of Attitudes Toward Drilling for Oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which individuals process natural resource-related information in a biased manner. Data were gathered using surveys administered to students enrolled in undergraduate classes at Colorado State University. Students' attitudes toward Arctic drilling were evaluated both before and after they were exposed to exaggerated information about both sides of the issue. Consistent with initial expectat…
Situational Influences of Acceptable Wildland Fire Management Actions
This article examines the effect of fire-specific situational factors on forest users’ normative beliefs about wildland fire management. The acceptability of three fire management actions for eight scenarios was examined. The scenarios varied five factors: (1) fire origin, (2) air quality impact, (3) risk of private property damage, (4) forest recovery, and (5) outdoor recreation impact. Data were obtained from a mail survey of visitors to three …
Why Are Public Values Toward Wildlife Changing
While there is an assumption that values toward wildlife have changed in the United States over the last half of the twentieth century, few studies have addressed this topic. This article overviews a research program designed to examine wildlife value orientation shift in the U.S. Theory and empirical research suggest that increasing affluence, education, and urbanization, and declining residential stability drive value shift. We tested whether t…
Public Attitudes Toward Ecological Restoration in the Chicago Metropolitan Region
We examined the relationship between attitudes toward urban ecological restoration and cognitive (perceived outcomes, value orientation, and objective knowledge), affective (emotional responses), and behavioral factors using residents of the Chicago Metropolitan Region. Positive and negative attitudes were both related to perceived outcomes of ecological restoration. In addition, positive attitudes were related to values while negative attitudes …
Wildlife-Related Recreation, Meaning, and Environmental Concern
It has been suggested that participating in outdoor recreation exposes people to environmental degradation and increases their concern about such degradation on a broader scale. However, research has not supported a strong connection between outdoor recreation participation and environmental concern. Focusing on wildlife-related recreation, we hypothesized that the meaning of an activity to an individual would mediate the relationship between par…
Integrative complexity and attitudes: A case study of plant and wildlife species protection
Cognitive psychologists have developed and tested a protocol for measuring the complex way that people think about issues. Called integrative complexity, it represents the intricacy of a person's thought processes in evaluating information and making decisions. It is based on the number of aspects of a problem people consider (differentiation) and how this information is incorporated (integration) to form views about an issue. We measured the int…
The Role of Social Marketing in Leisure and Recreation Management
(2000). The Role of Social Marketing in Leisure and Recreation Management. Journal of Leisure Research: Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 12-17
A world wide web human dimensions framework and database for wildlife and forest planning
The paper describes a human dimensions framework (HDF) for application in wildlife and forest planning. The HDF is delivered via the world wide web and retrieves data on‐line from the Social, Economic, Environmental, Leisure, and Attitudes (SEELA) database. The proposed HDF is guided by ten fundamental HD principles, and is applied to wildlife and forest planning using eight social assessment questions that cover a broad spectrum of primary socia…
Attitudes toward wildlife species protection: Assessing moderating and mediating effects in the value‐attitude relationship
Framed in the cognitive hierarchy approach, we examine (1) the mediating effect of general environmental attitudes and (2) the moderating effect of factual wildlife knowledge on the relationship between values and specific wildlife attitudes (wildlife species protection). These relationships are assessed across four wildlife constituent groups: (1) consumptive users (anglers and hunters), (2) birders (a nonconsumptive user group), (3) non‐hunters…
A cognitive analysis of intergroup attitudes of state wildlife agency personnel and wildlife rehabilitators
Many of the problems wildlife agencies face today involve diverse values and attitudes held by individuals and organizations with an interest in how wildlife resources are managed. This has resulted in a “stakeholder”; approach to wildlife management, which expands the set of beneficiaries considered in wildlife management decisions. One such stakeholder includes wildlife rehabilitators, individuals who provide aid to wildlife that is injured, or…
The effect of persuasive communication strategies on rural resident attitudes toward ecosystem management
This study examined ways of generating favorable public attitudes toward ecosystem management (EM). Five hundred rural residents of the Chattooga River Basin (CRB) participated in a telephone survey. A recent Forest Service message on EM was compared with four messages developed using the elaboration likelihood model (ELM) and a control (no message) group in their ability to produce favorable attitudes toward EM. The four ELM messages were genera…
The influence of balanced information on attitudes toward natural resource issues
Influencing behavior or increasing public knowledge about natural resource issues requires an understanding of the effects of communication on public attitudes. This study examines the effects of balanced, two‐sided information about a natural resource issue on the direction and strength of public attitudes toward management strategies related to that issue, using management of old‐growth forests as a case study. Process theories of attitude‐form…
Attitude-Strength and Support of Recreation Management Strategies
Obtaining quality information about public attitudes toward recreation management issues requires information about the strength of attitudes. This study examined (a) the moderating effects of attitude-certainty and personal relevance on the relationship between attitude-extremity and prediction of support for management strategies and (b) public perceptions of arguments for management strategies. High levels of certainty and personal relevance a…
A conceptual model of attitudes toward natural resource issues: A case study of wolf reintroduction
Given the increasing use of attitude surveys, the need to recognize the complex nature of the attitude concept increases. This study proposes and tests a conceptual model of attitudes using wolf reintroduction in Colorado as a case study. The model proposed that cognitive factors (beliefs and knowledge about wolves and wolf reintroduction), affective factors (emotions elicited by wolf reintroduction), and attitudes toward wolves have concomitant …
The quality of attitudinal information regarding natural resource issues: The role of attitude‐strength, importance, and information
The decision‐making process in natural resource management has historically been guided by information from the biological and physical sciences. However, as the public becomes more knowledgeable about and active regarding natural resource issues, the integration of a multidisciplinary social science component into the natural resource decision‐making process becomes essential. One prominent method of social dimension inquiry is the assessment of…
Application of the Theory of Reasoned Action to the National Park Service's Controlled Burn Policy
The theory of reasoned action was examined as a model of attitude and behavior change based on public perceptions of the National Park Service's controlled burn policy. Also, effects of belief-targeted messages on beliefs about outcomes of a controlled burn policy were examined. Positive and negative treatment groups, based on initial attitudes toward controlled burn policies, each received a belief-targeted message designed to change the target …
A Model For Assessing The Effects of Communication on Recreationists
This study proposes a model of persuasion for evaluating informational techniques used in recreation management. The model focuses on the communication response process and factors which influence this process. Behavior change is proposed to be a function of message elaboration which is measured using three variables; number of thoughts generated, acquisition of new beliefs, and changes in old beliefs. Factors theorized to affect this process inc…
The Role of Social Marketing in Leisure and Recreation Management
(2000). The Role of Social Marketing in Leisure and Recreation Management. Journal of Leisure Research: Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 12-17
Situational Influences of Acceptable Wildland Fire Management Actions
This article examines the effect of fire-specific situational factors on forest users’ normative beliefs about wildland fire management. The acceptability of three fire management actions for eight scenarios was examined. The scenarios varied five factors: (1) fire origin, (2) air quality impact, (3) risk of private property damage, (4) forest recovery, and (5) outdoor recreation impact. Data were obtained from a mail survey of visitors to three …
Ipsative Crystallization Effects on Wildland Fire Attitude—Policy Support Models
Understanding public attitudes toward wildland fire management policies is important for effectively managing natural resources and communicating with the pubic. Ipsative crystallization is a measure of individual attitude consensus. This article examines the utility of ipsative crystallization (IC) measures in better understanding attitudes toward and support for three wildland fire management policies (let the fire burn, contain the fire, and p…
Evidence of Biased Processing of Natural Resource-Related Information: A Study of Attitudes Toward Drilling for Oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which individuals process natural resource-related information in a biased manner. Data were gathered using surveys administered to students enrolled in undergraduate classes at Colorado State University. Students' attitudes toward Arctic drilling were evaluated both before and after they were exposed to exaggerated information about both sides of the issue. Consistent with initial expectat…
Public Attitudes Toward Ecological Restoration in the Chicago Metropolitan Region
We examined the relationship between attitudes toward urban ecological restoration and cognitive (perceived outcomes, value orientation, and objective knowledge), affective (emotional responses), and behavioral factors using residents of the Chicago Metropolitan Region. Positive and negative attitudes were both related to perceived outcomes of ecological restoration. In addition, positive attitudes were related to values while negative attitudes …
The influence of balanced information on attitudes toward natural resource issues
Influencing behavior or increasing public knowledge about natural resource issues requires an understanding of the effects of communication on public attitudes. This study examines the effects of balanced, two‐sided information about a natural resource issue on the direction and strength of public attitudes toward management strategies related to that issue, using management of old‐growth forests as a case study. Process theories of attitude‐form…
Attitude-Strength and Support of Recreation Management Strategies
Obtaining quality information about public attitudes toward recreation management issues requires information about the strength of attitudes. This study examined (a) the moderating effects of attitude-certainty and personal relevance on the relationship between attitude-extremity and prediction of support for management strategies and (b) public perceptions of arguments for management strategies. High levels of certainty and personal relevance a…
The quality of attitudinal information regarding natural resource issues: The role of attitude‐strength, importance, and information
The decision‐making process in natural resource management has historically been guided by information from the biological and physical sciences. However, as the public becomes more knowledgeable about and active regarding natural resource issues, the integration of a multidisciplinary social science component into the natural resource decision‐making process becomes essential. One prominent method of social dimension inquiry is the assessment of…
The effect of persuasive communication strategies on rural resident attitudes toward ecosystem management
This study examined ways of generating favorable public attitudes toward ecosystem management (EM). Five hundred rural residents of the Chattooga River Basin (CRB) participated in a telephone survey. A recent Forest Service message on EM was compared with four messages developed using the elaboration likelihood model (ELM) and a control (no message) group in their ability to produce favorable attitudes toward EM. The four ELM messages were genera…
Integrative complexity, beliefs, and attitudes: Application to prescribed fire
A Model For Assessing The Effects of Communication on Recreationists
This study proposes a model of persuasion for evaluating informational techniques used in recreation management. The model focuses on the communication response process and factors which influence this process. Behavior change is proposed to be a function of message elaboration which is measured using three variables; number of thoughts generated, acquisition of new beliefs, and changes in old beliefs. Factors theorized to affect this process inc…
Application of the Theory of Reasoned Action to the National Park Service's Controlled Burn Policy
The theory of reasoned action was examined as a model of attitude and behavior change based on public perceptions of the National Park Service's controlled burn policy. Also, effects of belief-targeted messages on beliefs about outcomes of a controlled burn policy were examined. Positive and negative treatment groups, based on initial attitudes toward controlled burn policies, each received a belief-targeted message designed to change the target …
The quality of attitudinal information regarding natural resource issues: The role of attitude‐strength, importance, and information
The decision‐making process in natural resource management has historically been guided by information from the biological and physical sciences. However, as the public becomes more knowledgeable about and active regarding natural resource issues, the integration of a multidisciplinary social science component into the natural resource decision‐making process becomes essential. One prominent method of social dimension inquiry is the assessment of…
Moderating effects of personal importance on the accessibility of attitudes toward recreation participation
Applying the tenets of the process model of attitudes (Fazio, 1986), research in the natural resource and recreation fields has found that attitudes toward natural resource issues that are formed through direct experience and high repeated expression are more accessible and, therefore, successfully predict support for specific natural resource management strategies. A factor that has been found to influence many attitudinal and behavioral phenome…
A conceptual model of attitudes toward natural resource issues: A case study of wolf reintroduction
Given the increasing use of attitude surveys, the need to recognize the complex nature of the attitude concept increases. This study proposes and tests a conceptual model of attitudes using wolf reintroduction in Colorado as a case study. The model proposed that cognitive factors (beliefs and knowledge about wolves and wolf reintroduction), affective factors (emotions elicited by wolf reintroduction), and attitudes toward wolves have concomitant …
Attitudes toward wildlife species protection: Assessing moderating and mediating effects in the value‐attitude relationship
Framed in the cognitive hierarchy approach, we examine (1) the mediating effect of general environmental attitudes and (2) the moderating effect of factual wildlife knowledge on the relationship between values and specific wildlife attitudes (wildlife species protection). These relationships are assessed across four wildlife constituent groups: (1) consumptive users (anglers and hunters), (2) birders (a nonconsumptive user group), (3) non‐hunters…
A cognitive analysis of intergroup attitudes of state wildlife agency personnel and wildlife rehabilitators
Many of the problems wildlife agencies face today involve diverse values and attitudes held by individuals and organizations with an interest in how wildlife resources are managed. This has resulted in a “stakeholder”; approach to wildlife management, which expands the set of beneficiaries considered in wildlife management decisions. One such stakeholder includes wildlife rehabilitators, individuals who provide aid to wildlife that is injured, or…
The effect of persuasive communication strategies on rural resident attitudes toward ecosystem management
This study examined ways of generating favorable public attitudes toward ecosystem management (EM). Five hundred rural residents of the Chattooga River Basin (CRB) participated in a telephone survey. A recent Forest Service message on EM was compared with four messages developed using the elaboration likelihood model (ELM) and a control (no message) group in their ability to produce favorable attitudes toward EM. The four ELM messages were genera…
The influence of balanced information on attitudes toward natural resource issues
Influencing behavior or increasing public knowledge about natural resource issues requires an understanding of the effects of communication on public attitudes. This study examines the effects of balanced, two‐sided information about a natural resource issue on the direction and strength of public attitudes toward management strategies related to that issue, using management of old‐growth forests as a case study. Process theories of attitude‐form…
Attitude-Strength and Support of Recreation Management Strategies
Obtaining quality information about public attitudes toward recreation management issues requires information about the strength of attitudes. This study examined (a) the moderating effects of attitude-certainty and personal relevance on the relationship between attitude-extremity and prediction of support for management strategies and (b) public perceptions of arguments for management strategies. High levels of certainty and personal relevance a…
A world wide web human dimensions framework and database for wildlife and forest planning
The paper describes a human dimensions framework (HDF) for application in wildlife and forest planning. The HDF is delivered via the world wide web and retrieves data on‐line from the Social, Economic, Environmental, Leisure, and Attitudes (SEELA) database. The proposed HDF is guided by ten fundamental HD principles, and is applied to wildlife and forest planning using eight social assessment questions that cover a broad spectrum of primary socia…
Integrative complexity and attitudes: A case study of plant and wildlife species protection
Cognitive psychologists have developed and tested a protocol for measuring the complex way that people think about issues. Called integrative complexity, it represents the intricacy of a person's thought processes in evaluating information and making decisions. It is based on the number of aspects of a problem people consider (differentiation) and how this information is incorporated (integration) to form views about an issue. We measured the int…
The Role of Social Marketing in Leisure and Recreation Management
(2000). The Role of Social Marketing in Leisure and Recreation Management. Journal of Leisure Research: Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 12-17
Wildlife-Related Recreation, Meaning, and Environmental Concern
It has been suggested that participating in outdoor recreation exposes people to environmental degradation and increases their concern about such degradation on a broader scale. However, research has not supported a strong connection between outdoor recreation participation and environmental concern. Focusing on wildlife-related recreation, we hypothesized that the meaning of an activity to an individual would mediate the relationship between par…
Public Attitudes Toward Ecological Restoration in the Chicago Metropolitan Region
We examined the relationship between attitudes toward urban ecological restoration and cognitive (perceived outcomes, value orientation, and objective knowledge), affective (emotional responses), and behavioral factors using residents of the Chicago Metropolitan Region. Positive and negative attitudes were both related to perceived outcomes of ecological restoration. In addition, positive attitudes were related to values while negative attitudes …
Why Are Public Values Toward Wildlife Changing
While there is an assumption that values toward wildlife have changed in the United States over the last half of the twentieth century, few studies have addressed this topic. This article overviews a research program designed to examine wildlife value orientation shift in the U.S. Theory and empirical research suggest that increasing affluence, education, and urbanization, and declining residential stability drive value shift. We tested whether t…
Situational Influences of Acceptable Wildland Fire Management Actions
This article examines the effect of fire-specific situational factors on forest users’ normative beliefs about wildland fire management. The acceptability of three fire management actions for eight scenarios was examined. The scenarios varied five factors: (1) fire origin, (2) air quality impact, (3) risk of private property damage, (4) forest recovery, and (5) outdoor recreation impact. Data were obtained from a mail survey of visitors to three …
Ipsative Crystallization Effects on Wildland Fire Attitude—Policy Support Models
Understanding public attitudes toward wildland fire management policies is important for effectively managing natural resources and communicating with the pubic. Ipsative crystallization is a measure of individual attitude consensus. This article examines the utility of ipsative crystallization (IC) measures in better understanding attitudes toward and support for three wildland fire management policies (let the fire burn, contain the fire, and p…
Evidence of Biased Processing of Natural Resource-Related Information: A Study of Attitudes Toward Drilling for Oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which individuals process natural resource-related information in a biased manner. Data were gathered using surveys administered to students enrolled in undergraduate classes at Colorado State University. Students' attitudes toward Arctic drilling were evaluated both before and after they were exposed to exaggerated information about both sides of the issue. Consistent with initial expectat…
Human–Black Bear Conflict in Urban Areas: An Integrated Approach to Management Response
Human–black bear conflict is a persistent wildlife management problem in North America. Conflicts in urban areas are linked to continued growth and expansion of human populations as well as increased availability of anthropogenic attractants (e.g., garbage, birdfeed). Responding to urban bear conflicts can present difficult and highly publicized management decisions. This challenge highlights the need to understand the basis for resident behavior…
Integrative complexity, beliefs, and attitudes: Application to prescribed fire
Application of a Stated Choice Approach to Assessing Public Preferences for Wildlife Conservation Funding
Limited funds for wildlife conservation require difficult choices about allocation of resources. One consideration is public preferences. While traditional attitudinal approaches can provide information about preferences for conservation efforts aimed at individual species, stated choice models offer a more suitable approach for exploring the complexity of public support across multiple species, through an examination of individuals’ choices in t…
Social identity and acceptability of wild pig ( Sus scrofa ) control actions: A case study of Texas hunters
Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) pose significant challenges to wildlife managers. This research explored Texas hunters’ acceptability of wild pig control actions, and whether acceptability varied according to hunters’ affiliation with four different categories of natural resource organizations as an indicator of social identity. Results of a survey (n = 37,317) revealed that most hunters were accepting of all control actions except toxicants and non-letha…
Social media as a window into human-wildlife interactions and zoonotic disease risk: An examination of wild pig hunting videos on YouTube
Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) damage agriculture and the environment, as well as transmit diseases to animals and people. Hunters are particularly vulnerable to zoonotic disease risks when harvesting wild pigs. Management agencies have endeavored to inform the public about disease risks associated with wild pigs and best practices for mitigating such risks. However, the extent that this guidance has reached hunters and influenced their practices is uncl…
Producers’ perceptions of large carnivores and nonlethal methods to protect livestock from depredation: Findings from a multistate federal initiative
We examined livestock producers’ perceptions of wolves, grizzly bears, black bears, and mountain lions, as well as their experiences with using nonlethal methods to protect livestock from depredation. All producers in the study received nonlethal predator management assistance in 2020 from USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services (“WS”) pursuant to a federally funded initiative focused on the use of nonlethal methods to protect livestock. Such methods includ…
Psychology (18 works) · Ecology (17 works) · Political science (16 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Wildlife (16 works) · Geography (14 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (13 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Biology (10 works)