How educators can talk about climate change and maintain their audience's trust
Climate-change induced changes in precipitation, disease, pests, and wildfires could harm forests. Rural landowners need to understand how to manage forests in the face of these events. However, they are often more conservative and skeptical of climate change. Because climate change is politically divisive, educators often avoid discussing climate change in order to not lose the trust of their audience. Trust in the speaker is one of the main factors that determines how receptive an audience will be.