Provide landowners with necessary resources
Top ratings for increasing interest in riparian forest buffer establishment are financial and physical resources to help establish and maintain plantings. This is not too surprising as landowners who are full-time farmers would have limited time to dedicate towards a tree planting considering other aspects of the farming operations. While there are individuals who are willing to consider establishing riparian forest buffers on their property, these landowners need help to be able to do so successfully.
Likert Scale:
| 1 | Completely disagree |
| 2 | Disagree |
| 3 | Somewhat agree |
| 4 | Neither agree nor disagree |
| 5 | Somewhat agree |
| 6 | Agree |
| 7 | Completely agree |
| * | Statistically significant difference between responses of non-adopter and adopter |