Research questions | 1986 | 2002 | Significance tests |
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Technical and financial assistance | |||
Does your agency administer federal Cooperative Forestry Assistance (CFA) grants to qualifying communities? (percent yes) | 32.7 (n = 49) | 82.9 (n = 41) | X2(1) = 21.139, P = 0.000, n = 81, phi = 0.511 |
Amount of federal CFA grants (mean) | 17K | 161K | t(34) = 5.189, P = 0.000 |
Does your agency have a program of community forestry assistance in addition to the administering of federal grants? (percent yes) | 93.9 (n = 49) | 100.0 (n = 41) | X2(1) = 3.193, P = 0.074, n = 81, phi = 0.199 |
Frequency of offering technical assistance (percent yes) | 57.1 | 91.9 | t(31) = 9.556, P = 0.000 |
Approximately how many communities do you assist each year? (total number) | 70, range 0-300 | 183, range 16-689 | t(27) = 3.385, P = 0.002 |
Does your agency provide financial assistance to communities from state monies? (percent yes) | 11.1 (n = 45) | 39.0 (n = 41) | X2(1) = 7.768, P = 0.005, n = 77, phi = 0.318 |
Funding sources | |||
How is your program funded? (percent yes, dollars) | |||
Federal funding (percent yes) (means of all states, $ CPI adjusted 2002 base) | 85.7 | 100.0 | X2(1) = 8.865, P = 0.003 |
31K | 370K | t(39) = 10.653, P = 0.000 | |
State funding (percent yes) (means of all states, $ CPI adjusted 2002 base) | 63.3 | 61.0 | X2(1) = 0.201, P = 0.654 |
96K | 204K | t(38) = 2.052, P = 0.047 | |
Federal and state funding combined (% yes) (means of all states, $ CPI adjusted 2002 base) | 139K | 574K | t(35) = 6.343, P = 0.000 |
Program background | |||
How long has your program been in existence? (mean years, 1986, n = 44, 2002 n = 41) | 11; range, 0–25 | 17; range, 10–35 | t(32) = 3.770, P = 0.001 |
Does your state have enabling legislation specifically authorizing urban forestry assistance? (percent yes) | 32.6 (n = 46) | 41.5 (n = 41) | χ2(1) = 1.791, P = 0.181, n = 78, phi = 0.152 |
Approximately how many work hours are spent by your agency on urban and | 4600; range, | 8723; range, | t(31) = 3.141, P = 0.004 |
community forestry (U&CF) assistance each year? | 80–35,000 | 2080–24,000 | |
Does your agency employ an urban forester or similar specialist? (percent yes) | 71.7 (n = 46) | 100.0 (n = 41) | χ2(1) = 13.089, P = 0.000, n = 77, phi = 0.412 |
Does the U&CF program have a staff of district urban foresters? (percent yes) | 37.5 (n = 48) | 73.2 (n = 41) | χ2(1) = 7.833, P = 0.005, n = 77, phi = 0.319 |
Approximately what percent of each person’s workload is devoted exclusively to forestry and related administration? | |||
State coordinator/urban forester/urban forestry specialist (percent of full-time) | 45.7 (n = 49) | 95.4 (n = 41) | t(25) = 3.000, P = 0.006 |
Full-time urban forestry staff (percent of full-time) | 37.6 (n = 23) | 85.4 (n = 34) | t(15) = 3.773, P = 0.002 |
Program sustainability | |||
Do you feel that the urban forestry program is given adequate attention by your agency? (percent yes) | 39.5 (n = 43) | 42.5 (n = 40) | χ2(1) = 0.048, P = 0.826, n = 75, phi = 0.025 |
What do you feel is the long-term future of your program? (percent yes, 1986 n = 46; 2002 n = 25) | |||
Expansion | 61.4 | 64.0 | χ2(1) = 2.102, P = 0.147 |
Reduction | 2.3 | 12.0 | χ2(1) = 1.105, P = 0.293 |
Elimination | 2.3 | 4.0 | χ2(1) = 0.000, P = 0.986 |
Uncertain | 34.1 | 20.0 | χ2(1) = 2.933, P = 0.087 |
If federal funding were eliminated, would your program be likely to continue? (percent yes) | 77.3 (n = 44) | 68.3 (n = 41) | χ2(1) = 0.869, P = 0.351, n = 77, phi = −0.106 |
CPI = Consumer Price Index, K = thousand.