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Dr. Emily S. Huff
Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, 480 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA

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Journal article
Published: 09 April 2021 in Sustainability
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Within a shifting climate of renewable energy options, technology innovations in the energy sector are vital in combating fossil-fuel-driven climate change and economic growth. To enter this market dominated by fossil fuels, renewable energy innovations need to overcome significant barriers related to cost, relative advantages compared to fossil fuels, and policy incentive programs. A better understanding of the innovation diffusion of new technologies in establishing the renewable energy industry can aid policy makers in designing and implementing other renewable energy support programs and improving adoption rates within existing programs. This study assessed industry leaders’ perceptions through semi-structured interviews. We explored the innovation diffusion process of wood pellet residential heating technology, as well as policy needs and barriers within this industry that are hindering successful long-term diffusion and sustainability. We show that while there is high potential to the wood pellet industry in terms of local resources and overall advantages to fossil fuels, it can be difficult to achieve sustainable economic growth with current cost barriers and further policy programs and incentives are needed in addition to improved communication to reduce adoption barriers for wood pellet technology.

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Casey Olechnowicz; Jessica Leahy; Tian Guo; Emily Silver Huff; Cecilia Danks; Maura Adams. Industry Leaders’ Perceptions of Residential Wood Pellet Technology Diffusion in the Northeastern U.S. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4178 .

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Casey Olechnowicz, Jessica Leahy, Tian Guo, Emily Silver Huff, Cecilia Danks, Maura Adams. Industry Leaders’ Perceptions of Residential Wood Pellet Technology Diffusion in the Northeastern U.S. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (8):4178.

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Casey Olechnowicz; Jessica Leahy; Tian Guo; Emily Silver Huff; Cecilia Danks; Maura Adams. 2021. "Industry Leaders’ Perceptions of Residential Wood Pellet Technology Diffusion in the Northeastern U.S." Sustainability 13, no. 8: 4178.

Editorial
Published: 02 January 2021 in Society & Natural Resources
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(2021). Editorial. Society & Natural Resources: Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 1-2.

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Kristin Floress; Emily Silver Huff. Editorial. Society & Natural Resources 2021, 34, 1 -2.

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Kristin Floress, Emily Silver Huff. Editorial. Society & Natural Resources. 2021; 34 (1):1-2.

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Kristin Floress; Emily Silver Huff. 2021. "Editorial." Society & Natural Resources 34, no. 1: 1-2.

Journal article
Published: 30 December 2020 in Forests
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Family forest owners affect the ecosystem services that forests provide and, thus, their management decisions are of interest to the forestry sector. There are many programs available to help family forest owners reduce the management costs, some of which involve a reduced tax burden in exchange for active management. Research Highlights: this study is the first to examine the family forest owners enrolled in a statewide forest property taxation program in Michigan in order to understand how parcel characteristics affect management decisions. Background and Objectives: the goal is to understand the relationships between parcel characteristics and family forest owner management decisions for these program enrollees. Materials and Methods: a dataset of enrollment information was compiled and cleaned, which resulted in 20,915 unique forest stands in the state. Key variables analyzed via multinomial regression include stand condition, size, density, forest types, and forest practices. Results: region, forest type, and stand size significantly predicted forest practices. Conclusions: given that stand and parcel characteristics significantly predict forest practice, it may be useful to use these data, rather than self-reported management data from the owners themselves in order to understand future management trajectories of private forests. These data also describe forest practices of enrollees in a tax program, demonstrating that the program is successfully incentivizing management and shedding light on how these programs can promote conservation and stewardship of private forests.

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Benjamin Schram; Karen Potter-Witter; Emily Huff; Jagdish Poudel. Family Forest Owner Management Decisions for Participants Enrolled in a Forest Property Taxation Program in Michigan. Forests 2020, 12, 35 .

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Benjamin Schram, Karen Potter-Witter, Emily Huff, Jagdish Poudel. Family Forest Owner Management Decisions for Participants Enrolled in a Forest Property Taxation Program in Michigan. Forests. 2020; 12 (1):35.

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Benjamin Schram; Karen Potter-Witter; Emily Huff; Jagdish Poudel. 2020. "Family Forest Owner Management Decisions for Participants Enrolled in a Forest Property Taxation Program in Michigan." Forests 12, no. 1: 35.

Journal article
Published: 28 August 2020 in Forests
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Research Highlights: Ecological momentary assessments (EMAs) are a fresh approach to measuring behavior by querying the subject in real time. Typical studies of FFO behavior use self-reported survey data. FFOs across the United States collectively own more forested land than any other ownership category, and their actions will impact the public goods these forests provide. Thus, better measures of FFO actions are critical to understanding how these public goods may be affected. Background and Objectives: In this pilot study, we evaluated the potential of ecological momentary assessments to understand family forest owner (FFO) engagement with their woods. We sought to test recruitment, attrition, and participant reaction to the method. Materials and Methods: FFOs belong to woodland owner associations were sent the same questions weekly for a month, asking about woodland engagement. Results: Nearly 90% of participants completed all four surveys and the majority found the method reasonable. Most participants thought about their woods weekly, but a longer time period is needed to measure temporal management trends. Conclusions: This approach may yield real-time and useful information about natural resource engagement to inform conservation-based programming and outreach.

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Emily S. Huff; David B. Kittredge. The PING Project: Using Ecological Momentary Assessments to Better Understand When and How Woodland Owner Group Members Engage with Their Woodlands. Forests 2020, 11, 944 .

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Emily S. Huff, David B. Kittredge. The PING Project: Using Ecological Momentary Assessments to Better Understand When and How Woodland Owner Group Members Engage with Their Woodlands. Forests. 2020; 11 (9):944.

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Emily S. Huff; David B. Kittredge. 2020. "The PING Project: Using Ecological Momentary Assessments to Better Understand When and How Woodland Owner Group Members Engage with Their Woodlands." Forests 11, no. 9: 944.

Research article
Published: 01 January 2020 in Animal Production Science
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Context Antimicrobial resistant bacteria (AMRB) are transmitted from animals to humans and vice versa through many pathways, and AMRB has been an issue on farms and in food production systems. Aims The aim of this exploratory study was to understand what preventative measures farmers may or may not be using to decrease human and animal exposure to AMRB in Central Michigan, and develop a set of measures for biosecurity behaviours. Methods Participants selected for the study were involved in commercial animal husbandry in central Michigan. Data from farmers were collected via a mixed methods approach. Semistructured interviews and a structured questionnaire were administered, based on the theory of planned behaviour. Data were analysed using Spearman’s rank correlation and thematic analyses. Key results There were no associations between sex, level of education or personal income with biosecurity beliefs or behaviours. There was a positive correlation between farm revenue and the presence of pests in animal holding areas, and how often farmers quarantine new animals before adding them to their herd or flock. The farmers interviewed had increased perceived control over implementing biosecurity measures that are perceived as simple and fast to implement. Conclusions Generally, the farmers believed they could affect AMRB on their farms, but were not always engaging in biosecurity behaviours. Implications Understanding farmers’ perceptions and beliefs of biosecurity practices may help develop efficient and effective outreach, education and extension services.

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Jessica D. Garcia; Andrew G. Huff; Emily S. Huff. Understanding farmers’ biosecurity beliefs and behaviours related to antimicrobial resistant bacteria in Michigan,USA. Animal Production Science 2020, 60, 674 .

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Jessica D. Garcia, Andrew G. Huff, Emily S. Huff. Understanding farmers’ biosecurity beliefs and behaviours related to antimicrobial resistant bacteria in Michigan,USA. Animal Production Science. 2020; 60 (5):674.

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Jessica D. Garcia; Andrew G. Huff; Emily S. Huff. 2020. "Understanding farmers’ biosecurity beliefs and behaviours related to antimicrobial resistant bacteria in Michigan,USA." Animal Production Science 60, no. 5: 674.

Chapter
Published: 06 November 2019 in Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) in Bangladesh
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Humans rely on forests for a wide variety of tangible goods and less tangible services. Over time, societies have come to expect that forests provide certain things, ranging from timber products to spaces for recreational and spiritual enjoyment. We focus on these societal expectations in this chapter, and specifically consider what is expected from family or small-scale private forests in the USA and Europe. These expectations will shape the services provided by forests either directly via landowner and land manager actions or indirectly via policies that may encourage action. We present this chapter as a conceptual discussion, intended to identify what societal expectations are from family forests and how they may relate to the service-dominant logic framework and the potential this framework provides for better matching expectations with services from this important forest land ownership base.

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Emily S. Huff; Nataly Jürges; Maria Canadas. Societal Expectations from Family Forestry in the USA and Europe. Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) in Bangladesh 2019, 51 -66.

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Emily S. Huff, Nataly Jürges, Maria Canadas. Societal Expectations from Family Forestry in the USA and Europe. Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) in Bangladesh. 2019; ():51-66.

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Emily S. Huff; Nataly Jürges; Maria Canadas. 2019. "Societal Expectations from Family Forestry in the USA and Europe." Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) in Bangladesh , no. : 51-66.

Journal article
Published: 03 June 2019 in Land Use Policy
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Much is known about the characteristics, attitudes, and behaviors of U.S. family forest owners and agricultural landowners independently. However, little is known about those who own both woodland and farmland. To address this knowledge gap, we analyze National Woodland Owner Survey data to better understand similarities and differences between family forest owners who also own farmland, and those who do not. We found that, in general, farmland and woodland owners (FWOs) are very similar to woodland-only family forest landowners (FFOs) in terms of ownership objectives, attitudes and forest management activities. However, FWOs are less likely to have under 40 acres (16.2 ha) of forestland, more likely to live on their wooded land, and more likely to own their woodlands as a place to raise their family than woodland-only FFOs. While there is potential for dual forms of outreach, technical and financial assistance, and peer networks as both an agricultural landowner and a forest landowner, forest management behaviors of FWOs do not significantly differ from that of woodland-only FFOs. Professionals from agricultural or forestry extension, soil and water conservation organizations, and others responsible for delivering both agricultural and forestry programs and policy tools could explore opportunities to connect FWOs to both types of landowner programs that can assist them with forest management.

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Emily S. Huff; Kristin Floress; Stephanie A. Snyder; Zhao Ma; Sarah Butler. Where farm and forest meet: Comparing National Woodland Owner Survey respondents with and without farmland. Land Use Policy 2019, 87, 104007 .

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Emily S. Huff, Kristin Floress, Stephanie A. Snyder, Zhao Ma, Sarah Butler. Where farm and forest meet: Comparing National Woodland Owner Survey respondents with and without farmland. Land Use Policy. 2019; 87 ():104007.

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Emily S. Huff; Kristin Floress; Stephanie A. Snyder; Zhao Ma; Sarah Butler. 2019. "Where farm and forest meet: Comparing National Woodland Owner Survey respondents with and without farmland." Land Use Policy 87, no. : 104007.

Journal article
Published: 03 May 2019 in Forest Policy and Economics
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Attitudes toward public forest management actions can be sources of conflict among and between public stakeholders and managers. Understanding these forest stakeholders can help managers engage in planning processes more effectively. Residents of fifteen counties in Wisconsin were surveyed in summer 2013 to understand how management attitudes impacted respondents' acceptance of management at three levels of publicly managed forest: county, state, and national. Results from regression models reveal that similar attitudes consistently impacted stakeholders' acceptance of fire, timber, wildlife, and recreation management for county and state forests, but only the timber and wildlife management models were significant for the national forest. Forest managers can use these results to understand public perceptions of forest management, identify opportunities for outreach to stakeholders, and for alternative or complementary methods of public involvement in planning. There is increasing social pressure on forest managers that arises from public perceptions and can directly influence U.S. forest policy. Policymakers and managers can use this attitudinal information as one method of public involvement and to develop additional engagement tools.

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Kristin Floress; Melinda Vokoun; Emily Silver Huff; Melissa Baker. Public perceptions of county, state, and national forest management in Wisconsin, USA. Forest Policy and Economics 2019, 104, 110 -120.

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Kristin Floress, Melinda Vokoun, Emily Silver Huff, Melissa Baker. Public perceptions of county, state, and national forest management in Wisconsin, USA. Forest Policy and Economics. 2019; 104 ():110-120.

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Kristin Floress; Melinda Vokoun; Emily Silver Huff; Melissa Baker. 2019. "Public perceptions of county, state, and national forest management in Wisconsin, USA." Forest Policy and Economics 104, no. : 110-120.

Short communication
Published: 17 April 2019 in Landscape and Urban Planning
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Although a rich history of scholarship exists on the attitudes, past behaviors, and behavioral intentions of family forest owners, little is known about how these social factors change over time. Furthermore, linking behavioral intentions with actual behaviors of family forest owners will require a longitudinal design that re-measures behaviors of the same respondents over time to match with earlier surveys of intention to behavior. Previous attempts to measure behavioral and attitudinal change over time have been largely opportunistic and have not followed a true longitudinal study design. Additionally, previous attempts to measure change in family forest owner behavior have been limited in geographic scope. This research note briefly describes data management considerations for analyzing the U.S. Forest Service’s National Woodland Owner Survey (NWOS) longitudinally for the past three iterations of the survey and describes the potential changes in family forest ownership to demonstrate the approach. Forty-one percent of commonly-sampled points remained in the same ownership type between the first two survey iterations, and interesting shifts in ownership type were observed. For example, 30% of resampled locations changed ownership between the two survey iterations. As the NWOS continues to be implemented, the value of this longitudinal dataset will continue increasing, even as respondents are lost to follow-up, or as land changes hands.

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Emily S. Huff; Brett J. Butler; Marla Markowski-Lindsay; Jaketon H. Hewes. Longitudinal data on family forest owners: The US Forest Service’s National Woodland Owner Survey. Landscape and Urban Planning 2019, 188, 93 -96.

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Emily S. Huff, Brett J. Butler, Marla Markowski-Lindsay, Jaketon H. Hewes. Longitudinal data on family forest owners: The US Forest Service’s National Woodland Owner Survey. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2019; 188 ():93-96.

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Emily S. Huff; Brett J. Butler; Marla Markowski-Lindsay; Jaketon H. Hewes. 2019. "Longitudinal data on family forest owners: The US Forest Service’s National Woodland Owner Survey." Landscape and Urban Planning 188, no. : 93-96.

Journal article
Published: 07 July 2018 in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
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Citizen engagement through urban forest tree committee volunteer service may aid in providing essential experience, ideas, and skills that support municipal tree management. Using semi-structured, research interviews with tree committee (TC) representatives from across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this study addresses current knowledge gaps concerning the general composition, processes, and relationships of volunteer-led urban forest tree committees. Our findings indicate that TC representatives are typically motivated, passionate volunteers who generally desire to work cooperatively with the many associations, organizations, and agencies that comprise the local socio-political landscape. Our findings also indicate it is important that TC representatives make a sustained, concerted effort to work collaboratively with their local tree warden to advance the care of their community’s urban trees. Furthermore, it is also essential that municipal managers and decision-makers attempt to provide TC volunteers with appropriate training opportunities, resources, as well as demonstrate appreciation, to further encourage and solidify volunteer-engagement in urban forestry at the local level.

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Richard W. Harper; Emily S. Huff; David V. Bloniarz; Stephen DeStefano; Craig R. Nicolson. Exploring the characteristics of successful volunteer-led urban forest tree committees in Massachusetts. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 2018, 34, 311 -317.

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Richard W. Harper, Emily S. Huff, David V. Bloniarz, Stephen DeStefano, Craig R. Nicolson. Exploring the characteristics of successful volunteer-led urban forest tree committees in Massachusetts. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 2018; 34 ():311-317.

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Richard W. Harper; Emily S. Huff; David V. Bloniarz; Stephen DeStefano; Craig R. Nicolson. 2018. "Exploring the characteristics of successful volunteer-led urban forest tree committees in Massachusetts." Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 34, no. : 311-317.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2017 in Ecology and Society
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McBride, M. F., K. F. Lambert, E. S. Huff, K. A. Theoharides, P. Field, and J. R. Thompson. 2017. Increasing the effectiveness of participatory scenario development through codesign. Ecology and Society 22(3):16. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09386-220316

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Marissa F. McBride; Kathleen F. Lambert; Emily S. Huff; Kathleen A. Theoharides; Patrick Field; Jonathan R. Thompson. Increasing the effectiveness of participatory scenario development through codesign. Ecology and Society 2017, 22, 1 .

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Marissa F. McBride, Kathleen F. Lambert, Emily S. Huff, Kathleen A. Theoharides, Patrick Field, Jonathan R. Thompson. Increasing the effectiveness of participatory scenario development through codesign. Ecology and Society. 2017; 22 (3):1.

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Marissa F. McBride; Kathleen F. Lambert; Emily S. Huff; Kathleen A. Theoharides; Patrick Field; Jonathan R. Thompson. 2017. "Increasing the effectiveness of participatory scenario development through codesign." Ecology and Society 22, no. 3: 1.

Journal article
Published: 02 November 2016 in Journal of Vegetation Science
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QuestionResource availability and its influence on tree-to-tree interactions are expected to change over the course of forest stand development, but the rarity of long-term data sets has limited examinations of neighbourhood crowding over extended time periods. How do a history of neighbourhood interactions and population-level dynamics, including demographic transition, impact long-term tree growth?LocationNatural mature Pinus resinosa (Aiton)-dominated forest in northern Minnesota, USA.MethodsUsing a spatially explicit data set of repeated diameter measurements recorded over an 87-yr period, we modelled the influence of tree-to-tree interactions on growth as it varied over time. We also applied maximum likelihood estimation and simulated annealing to examine how inter- and intraspecific competition and the relative importance of neighbour size and distance varied over time and with different climatic conditions.ResultsCrowding had a consistent negative influence on growth, but crowding intensity and importance were dynamic over time and differed between trees that survived the entire study period compared to those that ultimately died. The scaling of neighbour diameter, neighbour distance, and neighbour species (inter- vs intraspecific competition) also varied as demographic transition occurred and longer-lived species assumed greater dominance.ConclusionsGiven observed relationships with moisture stress (based on precipitation: potential evapotranspiration) and maximum temperature, crowding intensity and importance may increase if temperatures rise in the future and water become more limiting. Long-term data sets, such as the record examined in this study, have immense value for testing assumptions about stand dynamics, particularly as forests respond to projected shifts in climate and disturbance regimes.

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Miranda T. Curzon; Anthony W. D'amato; Emily S. Huff; Shawn Fraver; Brian J. Palik; Frank Gilliam. Succession, climate and neighbourhood dynamics influence tree growth over time: an 87-year record of change in a Pinus resinosa (Aiton)-dominated forest, Minnesota, USA. Journal of Vegetation Science 2016, 28, 82 -92.

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Miranda T. Curzon, Anthony W. D'amato, Emily S. Huff, Shawn Fraver, Brian J. Palik, Frank Gilliam. Succession, climate and neighbourhood dynamics influence tree growth over time: an 87-year record of change in a Pinus resinosa (Aiton)-dominated forest, Minnesota, USA. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2016; 28 (1):82-92.

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Miranda T. Curzon; Anthony W. D'amato; Emily S. Huff; Shawn Fraver; Brian J. Palik; Frank Gilliam. 2016. "Succession, climate and neighbourhood dynamics influence tree growth over time: an 87-year record of change in a Pinus resinosa (Aiton)-dominated forest, Minnesota, USA." Journal of Vegetation Science 28, no. 1: 82-92.