Estimating landowners’ willingness to accept payments for nature-based solutions in eastern North Carolina for flood hazard mitigation using the contingent valuation method

Meredith Hovis (corresponding author) is an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina. Frederick Cubbage is a professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Gavin Smith is a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Adriana Zuniga-Teran is an assistant professor and Robert Varady is a professor, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Theodore Shear is a professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Stephanie Chizmar is a research economist, US Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Megan Lupek is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Madalyn Baldwin is a research associate and Andrew Fox is a professor, Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Amanda Sand is executive director and Thomas Potter is a project manager, NC Foundation for Soil and Water Conservation, Greensboro, North Carolina. Michelle Lovejoy is a climate resilient coasts and watersheds senior manager, Environmental Defense Fund, Raleigh, North Carolina. Keith Larick is natural resources director, North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, Raleigh, North Carolina. Bryan Evans is executive director, North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Raleigh, North Carolina.