A Comparison of Seasonal Homeowners and Permanent Residents on their Attitudes Toward Wildlife Management on Public Lands

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With the widespread migration of urban residents to rural areas, the rural rebound of the past three decades has created dramatic demographic changes throughout rural America. This is particularly true in rural regions rich in natural amenities such as lakes, rivers, mountains, and forests. To date, the literature on the rural rebound and amenities has largely ignored one aspect of the rebound—the growth in seasonal and recreational homes in amenity regions. This article compares seasonal and permanent residential landowners on their attitudes toward wildlife management goals for public lands in amenity-rich northwestern Wisconsin. Although rural–urban differences in attitudes toward hunting persist, views of preservationist-oriented wildlife management goals are nearly identical.