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Dr. Lois Wright Morton • Professor
Lois Wright Morton received her Ph.D. in Development Sociology at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. She is currently a Professor of Sociology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University. Dr. Morton’s areas of research include civic structure, social connections and human dimensions of natural resource management, performance-based agricultural environmental management in local watersheds, impacts of long term weather change on agricultural land use management, rural communities, and rural quality of life. Her most recent book, Pathways to Better Water Quality: The Citizen Effect (2011) focuses on farmer-led watershed management and citizen solutions to agricultural nonpoint source pollution and represents a summary of her water quality research and extension work. Other publications include perceptions of landowners concerning conservation, grazing, fire and eastern redcedar management in tallgrass prairie (Rangeland Ecology & Mtg 63:6:645-654,2010), getting to better water quality outcomes: the promise & challenge of the citizen effect (Ag & Human Values 26:1:83-94, 2009, small town services and facilities and the effects of social networks and civic structure on quality of life (City & Community 2:2:101-120, 2003), definitions and theories of civic structure (Encyclopedia of Community, 1:179-182,2003), and selecting socio-economic metrics for watershed management (Environmental Monitoring & Assessment. 103:83-98). Dr. Morton is the project director for several grants including the 9-state USDA climate & corn-based cropping system coordinated agricultural project (2011-2016), the 4-state Heartland Integrated Regional Water Coordination project, the Iowa Learning Farms, and t Developing Local leadership & Extension Capacity for Performance-based Agricultural Environmental Management. |
What's New with Dr. Wright Morton BooksMorton, L. W. and S. Brown (2011) Pathways for Getting to Better Water Quality: The Citizen Effect. Springer Science+Business
Selected Journal ArticlesOlson, K.R., M. Reed, L.W. Morton (forthcoming July 2011) Multifunctional Mississippi River leveed bottomlands and settling basins: Sny Island Levee Drainage District. Journal of Soil & Water Conservation. Hu, Zhihua, L.W. Morton, and R. Mahler. (2011) “Bottled Water: Consumers in the U.S. and their Perceptions of Water Quality.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 8:565-578 Hu, Zhihua and L.W. Morton. (2011) “US Midwestern Residents Perceptions of Water Quality” Water 3:217-234. Morton, L.W., E. Regan, D. Engle, J. Miller, R. Harr. (2010) “Perceptions of Landowners Concerning Conservation, Grazing, Fire, and Eastern Redcedar Management in Tallgrass Prairie.” Rangeland Ecology & Management 63(6):645-654. Morton, L. W. and Chih Yuan Weng. (2009) “Getting to Better Water Quality Outcomes: The Promise & Challenge of the Citizen Effect.” Agriculture and Human Values. 26 (1): 83-94. Morton, L. W., Y. C. Chen, and R. Morse. (2008) “Small Town Civic Structure and Intergovernment Collaboration for Public Services.” City & Community 7(1): 45-60. Morton, L. W. (2008) “The Role of Civic Structure in Achieving Performance-based Watershed Management.” Society & Natural Resources 21(9):751-766. Morton, L. W. and L. W. Miller. 2007 “Connecting Sustainable Agriculture to Rural Development: The Case of Pasture-Based Dairy Grazing.” Journal of Community Development 38:3:23-38. Selected Extension publications & technical reportsWortmann, C., LW.Morton, M. Helmers, C. Ingels, D. Devlin, J Roe, L. McCann, M.VanLiew. 2011 Cost-effective Water Quality Protection in the Midwest. Heartland Regional Water Coordination Initiative. RP197 University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Comito, Jacqueline, Jon Wolseth, Lois Wright Morton (May 2011) Water Quality Matters to Us All. Ed. Rosemarie Waskel. Funded by Iowa Department of Natural Resources and USEPA (Section 319) and Iowa Learning Farms. Iowa State University Extension. Wortmann, C. S., M. Helmers, B. Gelder, L. W. Morton, D. Devlin, C. Barden, S. Anderson, R. Broz, T. Franti, T. Regassa, P. Shea, M. Tomer, L. Frees, and D. Griffith. 2008. Targeting of Watershed Management: Practices for Water Quality Protection Heartland Regional Water Coordination Initiative, University of Nebraska Lincoln. Regen, E., L. W. Morton, J. Miller, and D. Engle. (2008) Grand River Grasslands: Survey of Landowners and Community Leaders. (March) Leopold Center and Iowa State University Extension, Department of Sociology Technical Report No.1025. Morton, L. W. and S. Brown. (2007) Water Issues in the Four State Heartland Region: A Survey of Public Perceptions and Attitudes about Water. The Heartland Regional Water Coordination Initiative Bulletin #SP289 Iowa State University Extension http://www.heartlandwq.iastate.edu
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