Question 1

Question 1:

Is there someone in your life that has been a great example of environmental stewardship and has influenced the way you think about conservation? If so, briefly explain.

Total number of submissions: 33

Results:

Yes, there was someone who has been a great example of environmental stewardship and has influenced the way one thinks about conservation:
29/33

No, there has not been someone who has been a great example of environmental stewardship:
4/33

Did not include biographical data (gender, age, education, job) of interviewee.
13/33

Interviewer accessed someone from inside the farm community.
27/33

Interviewer accessed someone from outside the farm community.
6/33

Survey resulted in the gathering of valuable insight into various perceptions surrounding environmental stewardship.
21/33

Survey resulted in the gathering of some insight into the various perceptions surrounding environmental stewardship.
10/33

Survey resulted in the gathering of little insight into various perceptions surrounding environmental stewardship.
2/33


Some notes:

1. Make sure that students understand that this is an interview question and not a question for them to answer. Students do not have to agree with the answer that they have received from interviewees, but what is important is that they have accessed available information and a particular point of view.

2. Make sure to include biographical information of interviewee. 13 students failed to include the age, job, gender, or education of the person that they interviewed.

3. Can students be encouraged to ask additional questions, if they have accessed and informative and interesting interviewees?

Some highlights of environmental stewardship and influential conservationists:

A grazing-land specialist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service. "He goes around and helps farmers with there natural resources needs such as waterway advise, pasture mixtures, or how much livestock you can have on your posture given the kind of forages that you have."

An Organic Farm Owner. "I went to work for him at Biological Farming. He said that we needed to find an alternative to using chemicals. He introduced the no till practice to our area...This allowed farmers to make about two less trips over their fields each year."

Farmhand. "His grandfather had the greatest influence on the way he thinks about conservation. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and had a lot of respect for wildlife."

Farmer: "He has been doing CRP ground for over fifty years and has been a part of returning over a hundred acres to all pure shot stem and tall prairie grass. In addition, he has done a lot of terracing for the highly erodible land and has recently started using filter strips."