CECS, Survey of wildlands professionals and the general public in California, 2022

Natural resource managers are increasingly required to make tradeoffs between the economical, ecological, and social outcomes of different management actions, in many cases making the ability to ensure public acceptance an important part of the effective management of natural resources. However, in comparison to our knowledge of the drivers of the economic, and ecological aspects of natural-resource management, our understanding of the drivers of social acceptance remains limited.
Relying on survey data collected in California, we examine what factors drive a belief among the general public in the capacity of managers to limit the occurrence of natural-resource events related to wildfires, water shortages, and utility failures. These results are also compared with a sample consisting of natural-resource professionals. Our results show that the general public had a more positive view of management capacity than did the professionals sampled, also displaying greater levels of trust and b..., Sampling and data collection:This dataset was gathered from a web-based survey administered participants from March to September 2022, as part of the Secure Water Future project. Participants were recruited through snowball sampling, in which central individuals within targeted actor groups are contacted to refer researchers to other people or distribute information throughout their respective networks. 
Snowball sampling increases the chances of reaching central actors relevant to the research conducted, and relying on individuals with social capital within their own networks to spread information has been shown to lead to increased survey response rates.  For a short introduction on snowball sampling see Wright R, Stein M 2005 (Snowball sampling) in The Encyclopedia of Social Measurement.
For the purposes of the project, we focused on three groups of actors growers, water managers, and eco-system managers. Central individuals in CA, NW, and UT were identified through previous working ..., Data is in .csv format., # CECS, Survey of wildlands professionals and the general public in California, 2022

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.b5mkkwhjg](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.b5mkkwhjg)

| Variable Name | Measurement / object (if available) | Question Wording | Notes | Coding |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------- | ---------------- | ----- | ------ |
| v001 | Expert sample | NA | Separates the snowball sampling of wildlands related respondents (experts) from the general popultion sample (MKTURK) | 1=Expert, 0=Public |
| v002 | Sample group. Anonymized due to privacy concens | NA | The sampling group of each responent | Name |
| v003 | Professional | Do you interact with wildlands in a professional capacity?  | | 1=Yes, 0=No |
| v004 | Farmer | Which of the following describes your professional role? (Please select all that apply) | | 1=Yes, 0=No |
| v005 | Government agency | Which of the following describes your professional role? (Please select all that apply) | | 1=Yes, 0=No |
| ...