20^th Anniversary Conference

of

The Society for Human Ecology

HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS:

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

October 13-16, 2005
Salt Lake City, Utah

Marriott University Park Hotel

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

{ dates and times of some sessions may change}

20^th Anniversary Conference

Society for Human Ecology

October 13-16, 2005

Marriott University Park Hotel

Salt Lake City, Utah – USA

Thursday Afternoon - October 13

12:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Registration (Opens at 12:00 - noon) - Hotel Lobby
4:00 PM -6:00 PM 6:00 PM >	Reception – Ballroom & Conference Atrium Welcome - and Official Opening of the Conference Eva Ekehorn, President – Richard Borden, Executive Director - Scott Wright, Conference Chair {please convene in Ballroom by 5:50 pm}
Ballroom 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM	Welcoming Events and Keynote Address – Ballroom Speaker: Ross “Rocky” C. Anderson – Mayor of Salt Lake City Title: “Salt Lake City Green” {Introduction : Terry Sharik – Department of Environment and Society – Utah State University} The Opening Keynote Address and Reception is generously sponsored by: the following Administrative Units that are located at Utah State University - Logan,Utah Ecology Center (James MacMahon, Director) – U.S.U. University Extension Service – (Jack M. Payne, V.P.for University Extension) College of Natural Resources - (Chris Luecke, Interim Dean) College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (Gary Kiger, Dean) Department of Environment and Society (Terry Sharik, Head) Department of Aquatic, Watershed, & Earth Resources (Chris Luecke, Head) Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology (Richard Krannich, Head) Department of Economics (Chris Fawson, Head) Western Rural Development Center (John Allen, Director) Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning (Elizabeth Brabec, Head)
7:00 PM >	Dinner Groups (on your own)

Friday morning - October 14

8:30AM - 10:00AM Ballroom II> Connor >> 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Ft. Douglas > Theatre >> Willow >> (4^th floor) 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Aspen >> (5^th floor) 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM	Concurrent Sessions: Symposia, Roundtables, Contributed Papers 1. Symposium - Conservation Psychology/Conservation Biology I Gene Myers - Chair Understanding Giant Panda Behavior and Applying it to Conservation Education: From Recognizing to Knowing Giant Pandas Sarah Bexell, R. J. Snyder, L. Luo, and E. Sandhaus - Georgia State University; Zoo Atlanta – Georgia Conservation Psychology and Solitary Dolphins in the Wild - Managing Human Behavior in Human-Dolphin Interactions Anne Alden - U of California – Davis Pet Attachment and Pro-environmental Attitudes Joanne Vining – University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign Animal Attractions in Ecotourism Lynette A. Hart, Dale F. Lott , Michael C. McCoy - University of California – Davis Continues into next session >> 2. Symposium - Education I: A Critical Analysis of Human Ecology - Researching, Teaching and Interacting A Critical Analysis of Human Ecology - as taught at the Australian National University David Dumaresq - Australian National University – Canberra Rob Dyball, David Carpenter - Australian National University Jacqueline Russell - Australian National University 3. Symposium - Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability Panel Members: Howard Ingle (Chair), Karen Gunn , Jason Berry - Salt Lake Community College; Salt Lake Community College; University of Utah 4. Paper Session – Legal Issues, Policy and Management I Joseph Flood – Chair The Hackensack Meadowlands: An Account of Changing Land, Changing Perception, Changing Policies Tamara Shapiro - Utah State University The Integration of Local Knowledge in Elk Management in Western Wyoming: A Policy Analysis Elizabeth Deliso - Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Fire, Forests, and Law on the Public Lands Robert B. Keiter - University of Utah The Quest for Trophy Animals in Contemporary Society: Perspectives of Montana Resident and Nonresident Hunters Stephen L. Eliason - Montana State University-Billings 5. Paper Session - Attitudes, Behavior and Lifestyle I Eva Ekehorn - Chair Environmental Lifestyles with Eco-communication Atsuko Kuribayashi - NLI Research Institute, Japan Mediterranean Island Village Ecology: Interaction of traditional Settlements and the Environment in Crete and Santorini Carla Chifos - University of Cincinnati Recycling and Canvas Bags: Can Charging People Increase Recycling? Marte Fallshore, Doug Hall - Central Washington University Public Participation in the Allain Duhangan Environmental Impact Assessment: How Communication Practices Can Exclude Citizen Involvement Terri Martin - University of Utah Continues into afternoon session >>>> 6. Paper Session - Decision Making and Planning Lucius Willis - Chair Understanding the Effects of Multi-purpose Communal Microdams on Productivity and Health in Africa. A study of the Biocomplexity Erica Hackenitz - ZonMw (MHRC), The Netherlands Environmental Activism in Response to Hydroelectric Decision-Making in Southwest China Amy Zader – College of the Atlantic Developing Impact Assessment Preparedness: Community Engagement for Adaptive Decision-Making Thomas Meredith – McGill University Rhetoric of Environmental Integrity: The Multi-sides Debate of the Hydraulic Projects in Southwestern China Xinkai Huang – University of Utah
10:00AM- 10:30AM	Coffee/Beverage Break – Atrium
Ballroom II > 10:30AM -12:00 PM Connor >> 10:30AM -12:00 PM Theatre >> 10:30AM -12:00 PM Willow >> (4^th floor) Ft. Douglas > 10:30AM -12:00 PM Aspen >> (5^th floor) 10:30AM -12:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions: Symposia, Roundtables, Contributed Papers 1. Symposium cont. - Conservation Psychology/Conservation Biology II Social and Moral Judgments about Pesticides and the Natural Environment: A Developmental Study with Farm Worker Children Rachel Severson , Peter H. Kahn, Jr. – University of Washington Cultural Awareness in Conservation Efforts: Prosperity in Greek Tourism vs. Survival of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle Jennifer Bergman – Western Washington University Applying a Psychometric Instrument to Explore the Range of Environmental Ethical Beliefs held by Zoo Visitors Carol D. Saunders, Ron Meyers, John Fraser - Chicago Zoological Society; University of Chicago; Wildlife Conservation Society A Moral Functioning Perspective on Biocentric Values Gene Myers – Western Washington University Continues into afternoon session >>> 2. Symposium - Humans and Other Animals Linda Kalof -Chair Sex and the Singular Species: (En)Gendering Dialectics of the Human/Animal Dyad Ralph Acampora - Hofstra University Refrigerator Magnets to TV News: Cultural Messages about Animals Julia Corbett - University of Utah Adding Animals to the Study of Inequalities: Implications for Understanding the Community Effects of Slaughterhouses Amy Fitzgerald, Linda Kalof - Michigan State University She’s not “like a child” to Me: Women’s Definitions of Companion Dogs V. Aileen Hall - Ohio University Meat and Murder: the Oppression of Women and Animals in Latin America David Nibert - Wittenberg University - Ohio Note: Presentations and discussion continue in the Pine Room at 1:15 pm >>>> (see # 7 session @ 1:15 pm) 3. Paper Session – Legal Issues, Policy and Management II Culture Clash Revisited? A Comparison of Permanent and Seasonal Residents’ Views About Public Lands Management in Amenity-Rich Southern Utah Richard S. Krannich, Tracy Williams, Donald R. Field, A.E. Luloff - Utah State University; Utah State University, University of Wisconsin; Pennsylvania State University The Onus of Ousting Owls: Resolving Conflicting Mandates for the Protection and Management of the Barred Owl and Northern Spotted Owl in the Pacific Northwest Rebecca Purdom - Green Mountain College Justifying Radical Environmental Activism with Justice and Natural Law Damon M. Hall – University of Utah GIS Modeling of Shipstrike and Mitigation Strategies Near New England Lanes Christie Mahaffey – College of the Atlantic 4. Paper Session - Attitudes, Behavior and Lifestyle II Marte Fallshore - Chair How the Environment Affects the Health of Older Adults and How Older Adults May Affect the Health of the Environment Kathy Sykes, Patricia Bradley - EPA Senior Advisor, Aging Initiative - Office of Children's Health Protection / US EPA/ORD/MAIA Environmental Science Center, Ft. Meade, MD. Meta-Analysis of Experiments Promoting Responsible Environmental Behavior Richard Osbaldiston, Christopher Grundy, Charity Nicole Dugas - Southwestern University - Texas Public Values, Objectives, Beliefs, and Attitudes towards Forestry: An Exploration of Practical Significance in Human Ecology Lori B. Shelby - Colorado State University Correlates of Environmentally Responsible Behavior Jeffrey L. Perrin - University of New Hampshire 5. Paper Session - Design, Development and the Landscape Colette Palamar - Chair Cars, Class & Capital: A Literature Review of “Urban Sprawl” in the United States Jessica Durfee – University of Utah Landscaping Preference in a Desert City, Implications for Water Use Elizabeth Farley Metzger – Arizona State University Water Resources and Economic Development: A Content Analysis of Western Development Coverage in Newspapers in China Zhen Sun – University of Utah Creating Wild Places on Domesticated Landscapes: Applying the Wilderness Concept to Africa, Asia and Latin America Christopher Conte – Utah State University 6. Paper Session - Environmental Monitoring & Collaborative Planning Creating a Virtual Forest: The Black Rock Environmental Monitoring Project Nicole A. Buzzetto-More - University of Maryland Eastern Shore Using Internet-based GIS to Support Volunteer Environmental Monitoring Martin J. Bunch, Grant Sheng,, Daniella Molnar York University, Toronto, ON – Canada Scientific and Family Narratives of Prairie, Pine Barrens and Oak Savannas: Complementary Perspectives of Change in Biological and Human Ecologies Damian Vraniak - Prairie FEASST, Inc. – Springbrook, Wisconsin Muddy Creek Coordinated Resource Management Project, Carbon County, Wyoming Jim Thompson, Robert Reynolds, Jr. – University of Hawaii and USGS

BALLROOM I 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM	Friday Noon - October 14 (Please arrive promptly!) Catered Lunch and Keynote Address - Marc Bekoff – This Land Is Their Land: The Human Ecology of Minding Animals And Redecorating Nature {Introduction: Linda Kalof – Michigan State University – Editor – Human Ecology Review Ballroom I – Please arrive promptly!
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Ballroom I > Connor >> 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Theatre >> 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Ft. Douglas > 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Willow>> (4^th floor) 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Aspen >> (5^th floor) 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Pine >>	Friday Afternoon - October 14 Concurrent Sessions: Symposia, Roundtables, Contributed Papers 1. Symposium cont. - Conservation Psychology/Conservation Biology III Using Biological and Psychological Information to Help Home Gardeners Care for their Land Susan Clayton – College of Wooster Psychology in the Conservation Curriculum – Britain A. Scott, Sue M. Koger - University of St. Thomas; Willamette University – Oregon Boats Against the Current: The Role of Prior Perception in Conservation and Restoration Ecology John Anderson – College of the Atlantic Toward Sustainability Consciousness: A Critique of Sustainable Behavior Models of Human Functioning Almut Beringer - LaTrobe University, Australia & University of PEI, Canada Reflections on Conservation Psychology Richard Borden – College of the Atlantic 2. Symposium - Environmental Tipping Points Gerald Marten - Chair What are Environmental Tipping Points? Gerald Marten - East West Center, Honolulu, HI What have we learned about environmental tipping points? Steve Brooks – Austin, Texas. Envision Utah as an environmental tipping point Ted Knowlton – Envision Utah 3. Symposium - Perspectives on Integrating Bio-Physical and Social Sciences for Sustaining Natural and Human Systems Panel Chair: Terry Sharik – Head, Department of Environment and Society – Utah State University Panelists: (all affiliated with Utah State University, Logan, Utah) James MacMahon, Department of Biology and Ecology Center Layne Coppock, Department of Environment and Society Jack Schmidt, Department of Aquatic, Watershed, and Earth Resources Rick Krannich, Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology (SSWA) John Allen, Western Rural Development Center and Department of SSWA Arthur Caplan, Department of Economics Continues into next session with Roundtable >>> 4. Symposium - Use of GIS for Health and Social Service Planning in Local Organizational Networks Barbara Hirshorn - Chair Use of GIS to Analyze Older Las Vegans and Their Community Context: Service Planning and Provision in an Intermountain Boom Town Barbara Hirshorn, Srinivas S. Pulugurtha, John E. Stewart - University of Nevada – Las Vegas; University of South Carolina Using GIS to Plan Elder Friendly Communities Kathryn Lawler - Atlanta Regional Commission - Georgia Responding to Economic and Demographic Downsizing: Mapping Applications for Elderly Services Planning in Broome County, New York Lucius Willis - Binghamton University – New York Using Geographic Information Systems to Identify and Characterize Populations at Increased Risk for Burn Injuries Linda Edleman – University of Utah 5. Paper Session: Philosophy I John Visvader - Chair Social and Moral Relationships with Robotic Pets? Peter H. Kahn, Jr. , Rachel L. Severson - University of Washington The Ecology of Value: How the Additive Principle of Intrinsic Value can Help Solve Practical Problems of Public Policy – A Case Concerning Funding Recoveries of Endangered Species Roger Gilman - Northeastern Illinois University - Chicago In Horror, through Silence to Power: Righting Environmental Wrongs Colette Palamar - Antioch College – Ohio Nature Isn’t: Toward a Queer Theory of Environment/Human Relationships Julie Kalil Schutten – University of Utah Continues into next session >>> 6. Paper Session: Sustainability I Carla Chifos - Chair Specific Local Requirements in the Assessment of Sustainability in Modern Food Production According to the Results of the UN-Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Alexander G. Haslberger , Sabine Gressler - University of Vienna – Austria / Austrian Scientists for Environmental Protection Risk-sensitiveness in a Brazilian Shrimp Fishery Community: An Ecological Approach P. F. M. Maccord, A. Begossi - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil Human Ecology and Societal Sustainability – Bridging Theories of Evolution and Society Wolfgang Serbser – Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus – Germany The Relationships of Power and the Tourist Product: Case Northwest of Chihuahua Tomas J. Cuevas Contreras – University Autonomous of Cuidad Jaurez Continues into next session >> 7. Symposium - Humans and Other Animals (continued from morning session)
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM	Coffee/ Beverage Break – Atrium
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Ballroom I > Theatre >> 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Connor >> Willow >> (4^th floor) 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Aspen >> (5^th floor) Ft. Douglas > 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Concurrent Sessions: Symposia, Roundtables, Contributed Papers 1. Symposium - Conservation Psychology/Conservation Biology IV Roundtable Discussion John Anderson – College of the Atlantic Marc Bekoff – University of Colorado Rich Borden – College of the Atlantic Susan Clayton – College of Wooster Mike Mascia – World Wildlife Fund Gene Myers – Western Washington University Carol Saunders – Brookfield Zoo 2. Roundtable - Perspectives on Integrating Bio-Physical and Social Sciences for Sustaining Natural and Human Systems Terry Sharik - Chair Utah State University – Panel Group 3. Paper Session: Business and Environment Another Look at Closing the Loop: Reclaiming Technical Nutrients Without Service & Flow John Deans- College of the Atlantic City Walkability and Transit Use Jonathan Amburgey, Carol Werner, Barbara Brown, Caitlin Szalay – University of Utah Expanding the Domain of Business Ethics: Leadership Development for a Sustainable World Randolph Schwering – Rockhurst University -Missouri Human-Environment Interaction for Globalization of Agriculture and Food Security Shashi Kumar - India 4. Paper Session- Philosophy II John Visvader - Chair A New Psychology of the Earth: Expanding Relationships into Sacred Reality Carl Nassar - Heart-Centering Counseling, Ft. Collins, CO.