# Record of Public Communications at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest (1980-2002)

## Dataset

- **Database Code:** SS001

- **Title:** Record of Public Communications at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest (1980-2002)

- **Abstract:**

Public communications of the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest were compiled and examined to provide basic information on the outreach program from the Andrews Forest, including the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program. This compiled record provides a listing, brief summary, keywords, and analysis of the record of printed public communications concerning the Andrews Forest site, its programs of research, education, and management, and people with high levels of engagement with the Andrews Forest. The intended audiences of the communications examined were the general and informed public. The principal outlets are newspaper, newsletter and magazine articles, journalistic accounts of issues in science journals (e.g., BioScience and Science), books covering science and social issues in the region and nation, and publications of science organizations (e.g., USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station) intended for general, informed readers. Also documented were a small number of books that include discussion of the Andrews Forest program. Several of the communications are opinion pieces authored by Andrews Forest scientists and published in newspapers. This record is distinguished from publications by scientists intended for an audience of other scientists accessed via the scientific literature.


- **Keywords:** resource management; forests; human dimensions; attitudes and perceptions; forest management

- **Temporal coverage:** 1980-01-01 to 2002-06-09

- **Principal Investigator:** Frederick J. Swanson


## Data Entities

1. Record of Public Communications at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest

## Entity 1: Record of Public Communications at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest

### Attribute list

- **DBCODE** — varchar, enum

FSDB Database Code

  - **SS001** — FSDB Database Code SS001 (Social Science)


- **ENTITY** — numeric(1), range  1.0000  1.0000, number

Entity number


- **PUB_NO** — numeric(1), range  2283.0000  3638.0000, number

Andrews LTER Publication Number


- **YEAR** — numeric(1), range  1980.0000  2002.0000, year (yyyy)

Year of Publication


- **AUTHOR** — varchar, freetext

Publication author string


- **TITLE** — varchar, freetext

Publication title


- **WORKFORM** — varchar, enum

Publication workform from Procite database

  - **A** — Book
  - **D** — Journal
  - **E** — Report
  - **F** — Newspaper/Newsletter
  - **M** — Magazine Article


- **CONTEXT** — varchar, enum

Publication Context

  - **local** — Locally Based
  - **regional** — Regionally Based
  - **national** — Nationally Based


- **OUTLET** — varchar, enum

Publication outlet assigned by researcher (Posy)

  - **book** — book
  - **journal** — journal
  - **magazine** — magazine
  - **newspaper** — newspaper
  - **newsletter** — newsletter
  - **newspaper magazine** — newspaper magazine


- **OUTLET_SUM** — varchar, enum

Publication outlet summarized for analysis

  - **book** — book
  - **journal** — journal
  - **magazine** — magazine
  - **newspaper** — newspaper


- **OUT_COMM** — varchar, freetext

Pulication outlet comments


- **SITE** — varchar, enum

Level of Andrews site role

  - **n/a** — no mention of Andrews (0 points)
  - **low** — Andrews mentioned once (1 point)
  - **med** — Andrews mentioned multiple times (2 points)
  - **high** — focus of article is Andrews (3 points)


- **SITE_PTS** — numeric(1), range  0.0000  3.0000, number

Level of Andrews site points


- **SITE_COMM** — varchar, freetext

Level of Andrews site role comments


- **PERSONL** — varchar, enum

Level of Andrews personnel role

  - **n/a** — no Andrews personnel mentioned (0 points)
  - **low** — one Andrews person mentioned (1 point)
  - **med** — 2+ personnel mentioned/one mentioned is focus of article (2 points)
  - **high** — multiple Andrews personnel mentioned/multiple personnel focus of article (3 points)


- **PERS_PTS** — numeric(1), range  0.0000  3.0000, number

Level of Andrews personnel points


- **PERS_COMM** — varchar, freetext

Level of Andrews personnel role comments


- **INIT** — varchar, enum

Publication initiation

  - **base level** — base level
  - **management/policy** — management/policy
  - **mgmt/policy event** — management/policy event
  - **natural disturbance** — natural disturbance
  - **policy** — policy
  - **policy event** — policy event
  - **policy/mgmt event** — policy/management event


- **INIT_SUM** — varchar, enum

Publication initiation summarized for analysis

  - **base level** — base level
  - **natural disturbance** — natural disturbance
  - **policy event** — policy event


- **INIT_COMM** — varchar, freetext

Publication initiation comments


- **TOT_PTS** — numeric(1), range  0.0000  6.0000, number

Total publication points


## Attribute Definitions

**AUTHOR**

Publication author string


**CONTEXT**

Publication Context


**DBCODE**

FSDB Database Code


**ENTITY**

Entity number


**INIT**

Publication initiation


**INIT_COMM**

Publication initiation comments


**INIT_SUM**

Publication initiation summarized for analysis


**OUTLET**

Publication outlet assigned by researcher (Posy)


**OUTLET_SUM**

Publication outlet summarized for analysis


**OUT_COMM**

Pulication outlet comments


**PERSONL**

Level of Andrews personnel role


**PERS_COMM**

Level of Andrews personnel role comments


**PERS_PTS**

Level of Andrews personnel points


**PUB_NO**

Andrews LTER Publication Number


**SITE**

Level of Andrews site role


**SITE_COMM**

Level of Andrews site role comments


**SITE_PTS**

Level of Andrews site points


**TITLE**

Publication title


**TOT_PTS**

Total publication points


**WORKFORM**

Publication workform from Procite database


**YEAR**

Year of Publication


## Enumerated Domains

### DBCODE

- **SS001** — FSDB Database Code SS001 (Social Science)

### WORKFORM

- **A** — Book

- **D** — Journal

- **E** — Report

- **F** — Newspaper/Newsletter

- **M** — Magazine Article

### CONTEXT

- **local** — Locally Based

- **regional** — Regionally Based

- **national** — Nationally Based

### OUTLET

- **book** — book

- **journal** — journal

- **magazine** — magazine

- **newspaper** — newspaper

- **newsletter** — newsletter

- **newspaper magazine** — newspaper magazine

### OUTLET_SUM

- **book** — book

- **journal** — journal

- **magazine** — magazine

- **newspaper** — newspaper

### SITE

- **n/a** — no mention of Andrews (0 points)

- **low** — Andrews mentioned once (1 point)

- **med** — Andrews mentioned multiple times (2 points)

- **high** — focus of article is Andrews (3 points)

### PERSONL

- **n/a** — no Andrews personnel mentioned (0 points)

- **low** — one Andrews person mentioned (1 point)

- **med** — 2+ personnel mentioned/one mentioned is focus of article (2 points)

- **high** — multiple Andrews personnel mentioned/multiple personnel focus of article (3 points)

### INIT

- **base level** — base level

- **management/policy** — management/policy

- **mgmt/policy event** — management/policy event

- **natural disturbance** — natural disturbance

- **policy** — policy

- **policy event** — policy event

- **policy/mgmt event** — policy/management event

### INIT_SUM

- **base level** — base level

- **natural disturbance** — natural disturbance

- **policy event** — policy event