Findings Abstract

This study evaluated the image of North Dakota's Game and Fish Department (NDGFD) from the perspective of: (1) North Dakota residents, (2) NDGFD employees, and (3) the NDGFD employees’ predictions of the public's responses. Reactions of the general public were obtained from a pilot study (Wildlife Values in the West) involving six states (Teel, Bright, & Manfredo, 2003 Teel, T. L., Bright, A. D. and Manfredo, M. L. 2003. Regional results from the pilot phase of the research project entitled “Wildlife Values in the West.”, Fort Collins: Colorado State University, Human Dimensions in Natural Resources Unit. (Project Rep. No. 55). Project Rep. for the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies [Google Scholar]). The larger survey included questions of regional interest as well as state-specific items. North Dakota's state-specific questions focused on five customer-oriented items: (1) What do our customers think of us? (2) What is important to our customers? (3) What do our customers want? (4) What are our customers’ attitudes towards access issues? and (5) Who are our customers? (Gigliotti, 2003 Gigliotti, L. M. 2003. Evaluation of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department: 2002 public opinion survey, Pierre, S.D.: Human Dimensions Consulting. Report prepared for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department [Google Scholar]). Results in the report differentiate anglers and hunters in the public survey

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