

@mastersthesis {7222,
	title = {Pennsylvania community watershed organizations: {Form} and function},
	year = {2005},
	note = {3204876},
	school = {The Pennsylvania State University},
	type = {phdPh.{D}.},
	address = {Ann Arbor},
	abstract = {Community watershed organizations (CWOs) in the United States are increasing in number. However, relatively little is known about CWO form and function. The National Watershed Forum identified CWOs as important for healthy watersheds; questions remain as to whether they can be effective change agents in the way communities relate to their watersheds. This research focused on Pennsylvania CWOs, which are voluntary, non-profit, non-governmental organizations, with or without paid staff, which work in a watershed at least partially in Pennsylvania with water related issues. This work explored relationships between resources mobilized and eight effectiveness indicators utilizing a mixed-methods research approach to collect data. Differences in resources mobilized and effectiveness indicators were explored in CWOs with and without paid staff and Internal Revenue Service{\textquoteright}s (IRS) 501 (c)(3) charitable tax status. Multiple contacts to all potential Pennsylvania CWOs yielded a useable response of 34 percent or 172 organizations. Results from eight ordinary least squares regression models of organizational effectiveness indicate CWOs should mobilize active members, core members, standing committees, board member hours, total organizational hours, government resources, external technical resources, part-time paid staff, and a variety of community partners. Significant differences existed between CWOs with paid staff and CWOs without for several resources mobilized and effectiveness indicators. Few significant differences existed for CWOs with an IRS 501 (c)(3) tax designation and those without the designation. Effectiveness indicators were not among the significant differences when it comes to charitable tax status.},
	keywords = {0478:Forestry, 0700:Social structure, 0768:Environmental science, Biological sciences, Community watershed organizations, Environmental science, Forestry, Health and environmental sciences, Organizational effectiveness, Pennsylvania, Social sciences, Social structure, Watershed management},
	url = {http://search.proquest.com/docview/305421336?accountid=14270},
	author = {Lee, Brian Denis}
}
