Funding for this research was provided by the United States Man and the Biosphere Program, United States Department of State, and the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Missouri—Columbia. We would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr. Roger Soles, Executive Director of the United States Man and the Biosphere Program, for his assistance and contributions to the research project.
We would also like to thank those individuals, agencies, and organizations who contributed their time, knowledge, and understanding. In particular, we would like to thank George Oviatt of Buffalo National River and David Foster, formerly of Ozark National Scenic Riverways. We would like to express our gratitude to the following agencies and organizations for their participation during the interview phase of the research study:
National Park Service, Buffalo National River
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission
Ozark Regional Land Trust
Missouri Department of Conservation
Missouri Farm Bureau
Take Back Arkansas
In addition, we gratefully acknowledge all of those individuals who consented to an interview or otherwise provided us with information and understanding. Although many individuals contributed insight and information to this research, we take sole blame for the interpretations and understandings described throughout this report on the Ozark Man and the Biosphere Reserve case study.
To contact authors direct correspondence to: Theresa L. Goedeke, Department of Rural Sociology, 5 Sociology Building, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, Telephone (573) 882-7264, E-Mail: c677194@showme.missouri.edu