Call for Participants: Understanding Business Engagement with Local Watershed Issues
Seacoast business owners and operators, are you interested in connecting with other businesses to talk about your engagement with watershed issues?
Katri Gurney, a Graduate Student at University of New Hampshire (UNH) and Community Engaged Research Fellow with NH Sea Grant, is bringing together Seacoast business owners and operators to discuss local business engagement with watershed issues. Conversations will cover the topics of flooding, stormwater management, and water quality in relation to the Great Bay Estuary and other coastal waterbodies.
Katri's study aims to better understand how local business owners or operators engage with watershed issues, the watershed issues with which they engage, and the motivations behind engagement. Her work will uncover the role of small businesses within their communities, and how communities can provide watershed-related support to small businesses.
How to participate
- If you are interested, please email Katri Gurney, at katri.gurney@unh.edu.
- The study involves one-time participation in a 2-4 person discussion group for 60-90 minutes (UNH IRB study #IRB-FY2026-255). The discussion will be in-person (location TBD) and audio recorded.
- If you are interested in speaking with Katri outside of a group context, please ask Katri about options for a one-on-one 30-60 minute recorded interview.
- As a participant you would receive a $50 gift card in recognition of your time and expertise.
About Katri
Katri Gurney is a graduate student at UNH in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. Her co-investigators and advisors are Dr. Lindsey Williams, NH Sea Grant’s Associate Director and Assistant Director for Workforce Development, and Dr. Shannon Rogers, UNH Affiliated Faculty and Extension Professor in the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture.
Prior to starting her graduate program, Katri worked at a watershed conservation non-profit in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire for nine years. From her non-profit experience, she developed an interest in understanding the motivations behind environmental stewardship which led her to UNH. She is excited to bring her experience in the Lakes Region to the Seacoast, while learning more about the coast from and alongside community members.
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