Associations of forest recreation with environmental concern and proenvironmental behavior are explored using telephone survey data from samples of forest landowners and nonowners in Pennsylvania. Frequency of visits to forest areas and forest recreation activities are moderately associated with proenvironmental behavior but only weakly associated with environmental concern.
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