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<br />Endangered Fish Survey
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<br />Contents
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<br />Acknowledgments ,.." ,."", "",' ',."""""".."".""., ". ". ,.. ,.""",'..""", ,.""""""",.,."""""", ,.
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<br />Executive Summary"""" ."""""""""""""""" ,.""..,.."",.",.."",.,.""", ,.."",'."", ,.""""""
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<br />Introduction"",,"""""" ,.."""""""""""""""" ,. ,.,'."""".",..""". ,..'""" ,." ,'. '.,.., ,., ,.", ,., .,.,
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<br />Methods .,,'.,.. '...""....,.. ,.,""'""..""""""",.".,."""""", ,.", ,...".. ,..""""",.,. ,.".., '.""."" ,.",..
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<br />Sampling Design ." ,. ,. ,.,""""""""""""",.,."..,..""".,..", "",""""",', ,." '.' '..., ,."", ,..
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<br />Survey Design ,'."""" ,.""""""""" ,.", '."",., ,."", '. ",., ,." ,. ,."",.""" ,.""",."" ."..,.."
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<br />Results ',.."""."..'..,.. '...."", .....".......".",.....".",..""""."..,...""..".."..,..",....."..",."...",..,..
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<br />Section 1 - Knowledge of Endangered Fish .......................................................... 5
<br />General Awareness of Endangered Fish ..........,......,......,......................,.., 5
<br />Sources ofInformation about Endangered Fish .. .... .. .. ,.. .. .. . ,.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. , .. , 1 0
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<br />Section 2 - Beliefs and Attitudes toward Endangered Fish ............................,....., 11
<br />General Beliefs and Attitudes toward Endangered Fish .... .. .. .... . .. , .... . .. .. .. 11
<br />Beliefs about the Decline of the Endangered Fish .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. , .. , 13
<br />Basic Beliefs about Endangered Fish .................,...................................... 14
<br />Stereotypes Regarding Endangered Fish ................,.................,.......'....... 16
<br />Beliefs-Attitudes about Endangered Fish Recovery .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. ... .. . , .. ,.... , 17
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<br />Section 3 - Beliefs and Attitudes toward the Recovery Program........................... 20
<br />Knowledge of the Recovery Program ....................,.....................'........... 20
<br />Beliefs about the Recovery Program ....................................................,.., 21
<br />Support for Recovery Efforts ...................,...............................,.............., 23
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<br />Section 4 - Beliefs and Attitudes toward Stocking of Non-Native Sportfish ......., 24
<br />Awareness of Stocking of Non-Native Sportfish Issue ......'...................., 24
<br />Beliefs about Stocking of Non-Native Sportfish ....,............,..............,..,.. 25
<br />Attitudes toward Stocking of Non-Native Sportfish ,...........................,.., 26
<br />Support for Stocking of Non-Native Sportfish .................................,....,.. 27
<br />Support for Stocking of Mosquito Fish and Grass Carp ,.............,....,...... 28
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<br />Section 5 - Demographics ..........,...................................,....,......".,..",..",..,........., 29
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<br />Section 6 - Predicting Support for Endangered Fish Recovery ...,......................... 30
<br />A Conceptual Model ,...............,......,......,...........,......,.........,..,......."..,...., 30
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<br />Hypotheses """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""",."""""""", 32
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<br />Model Findings """"""""',.",."""".",."""""""""",.""".""""",."",.""" 34
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<br />Conclusions and Implications """""""""""""",."".".""".""."",.""""""".""""."""".", 36
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<br />Appendix A. The Endangered Fish Survey ........,..,............,........................,.................,.. 41
<br />Appendix B. Responses to Uncollapsed Survey Items .................,..............,..................., 55
<br />Appendix C. Comparisons between Colorado and Utah Residents ................................., 69
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