Abstract
Projections of budget deficits by the Congressional Budget Office imply ever-increasing pressure on federal spending for all purposes, including long-term watershed research. This presentation will argue that, since federal funding is ultimately a political decision, those responsible for maintaining long-term watershed research programs should not try to provide rigorous economic justification. Rather, the effort should recognize the natural human tendency to relate to the world through stories, and develop stories so that stakeholders can see their “stake” in supporting both ongoing and emerging watershed research.
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Citation
Hellman, Phillip. 2016. Storytelling to support watershed research on emerging issues. In: Stringer, Christina E.; Krauss, Ken W.; Latimer, James S., eds. 2016. Headwaters to estuaries: advances in watershed science and management -Proceedings of the Fifth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds. March 2-5, 2015, North Charleston, South Carolina. e-General Technical Report SRS-211. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 1 p.
