Audience Description:

Loggers are: people who are employed in the commercial logging industry

Findings by Outreach Theme

Findings by Essential BEPs

Study-Specific BEPs

These study-specific Best Education Practices distill findings derived from the studies listed in the References below, which were identified using a meta-analysis technique.

Outreach Themes: BEPs are described by one or more of seven focus areas.

Outreach Themes	Research Recommendations
The Audience	No research available
Message content	No research available
Message delivery vehicle	No research available
Outreach strategy	Provide training with a clear goal, geared toward the needs of a target audience. Require locally extensive training, which has been shown to increase peer group awareness and implementation of skills in a study with a small sample group.
Public participation	No research available
Supporting and motivating professionals	No research available
Evaluation	No research available

Linking Study-Specific BEPs to Essential BEPs

Essential BEPs provide an overview of Best Education Practices derived from education theory and other meta-analysis studies. This table shows which Essential BEPs are highlighted by research about loggers as a target audience. The entire collection of Essential BEPs is available on the Water Outreach website.

Education for:	The learning experience:
The Individual	Has a clear purpose with tightly focused outcomes and objectives. Assess the learner in order to set appropriately high and challenging standards. Provides opportunities for extended effort and practice.
The Class or Group	is designed to focus on a target audience and is built on an understanding of audience skills and interests.
Web-Based Learning	No relevant research findings
The Community	No relevant research findings
Beyond the Community	No relevant research findings

Supporting References

Davis, C. T., & Clatterbuck, W. K. (2003). Role of Tennessee Master Logger Program in implementation of best management practices on non-industrial private forests. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry, 27(1), 36-40.

Shaffer, R. M., & Meade, G. S. (1997). Evaluation of harvest planning training. Forest Products Journal, 47(7/8), 69-71.