public opinion

  • Survey reports AZ, NM residents strongly support Mexican wolf recovery

    Ralph Maughan

    Survey says elite public opinion on wolves in Southwest may differ greatly from average citizen’s- According to the results of a survey released by Defenders of Wildlife (see their news release below), Arizona and New Mexico citizens strongly support recovery of the Mexican wolf.  300 randomly selected registered voters in each state were interviewed by…

  • Number of believers in Climate Change is back up. Will it last?

    Ralph Maughan

    Increase since March probably due to unusual and destructive weather- After a period of general decline in belief among the general public that climate change is taking place, polls show a recent surge in believers. Very hot weather in the Eastern U.S. in March, the record breaking drought, and the sudden appearence of more than…

  • Multi-state Western poll. Arizonans most friendly to environment?

    Ralph Maughan

    Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, Utah, Wyoming , Colorado poll. Arizonans stand out- Generally speaking Arizona is not thought of as a state especially friendly to environmental policies. Of course a state’s reputation on such things is the result of the real attitudes of the people as channeled by politicians and interpreted by the media. In early January…

  • Effects of emotion rather than science in the argument over wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    There is a greatly needed opinion piece in “New West” by a former science journalist- When Emotion Drives the Wolf Debate, Research Suffers. “The Rocky Mountain West is producing solid science in regard to wolves. Too bad what’s learned is buried under what’s opined.” By Steve Bunk. Guest column in  New West. I want to…

  • Media stories about wolves have become more negative

    Ralph Maughan

    JB’s research shows wolf stories are most negative in places where they are just beginning to colonize- Our own JB (Jeremy T. Bruskotter) and colleagues have just had their article “Attitudes Toward Wolves in the United States and Canada: A Content Analysis of the Print News Media, 1999-2008” published in the refereed Journal, Human Dimensions…

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