Date of Award

2008

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Education

Department

Education

First Advisor

Brunkhorst, Herbert

Second Advisor

Jesunathadas, Joseph

Third Advisor

Barrows, Cameron

Abstract

This thesis aims to address the many processes that guide communication between the public and conservation ecologists, and how one's knowledge of the area around them could affect communcation between groups. This thesis researched the dynamics of ecological literacy levels environmental attitudes and frequency of behaviors of the urban, suburban, and rural sub group residents that live in the Coachella Valley of Southern California. It is relevant to the current strategy for designing multiple species reserves through the development of multiple species habitat conservation plans.

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