Figures & data
Table 1. Sample and demographic information.
Table 2. Relational values frequently present in the interviews and the visual artefacts as they relate to the land.
Figure 2. Expansive rolling hills with large grass stands. ‘By pulling this ground out of production, we are helping to preserve much of this land’ (respondent 2).
![Figure 2. Expansive rolling hills with large grass stands. ‘By pulling this ground out of production, we are helping to preserve much of this land’ (respondent 2).](/cms/asset/80b03722-44da-4b5c-a0ea-2272e6da135d/rsrs_a_2168565_f0002_oc.jpg)
Figure 3. An elk chews grass in an open clearing between some conifer trees. ‘This is an elk on our CRP [Conservation Reserve Program] … licking her lips as we harvest hay’ (respondent 14).
![Figure 3. An elk chews grass in an open clearing between some conifer trees. ‘This is an elk on our CRP [Conservation Reserve Program] … licking her lips as we harvest hay’ (respondent 14).](/cms/asset/18d1d008-f391-48a5-84af-fef5a2a5c5c1/rsrs_a_2168565_f0003_oc.jpg)
Figure 4. Respondent 8 sitting in the rear of a truck flatbed and looks out over an expansive grass stand. Large clouds pepper the sky. ‘This is one that reflects the part of my job I love’ (respondent 8).
![Figure 4. Respondent 8 sitting in the rear of a truck flatbed and looks out over an expansive grass stand. Large clouds pepper the sky. ‘This is one that reflects the part of my job I love’ (respondent 8).](/cms/asset/a2e5888d-301d-4825-b034-8a827df2172b/rsrs_a_2168565_f0004_oc.jpg)
Figure 5. Relational values articulated and/or affirmed by respondents in this research. Stewardship is the tallest bar with 17 articulations, followed by responsibility at 15, identity at 12, care at nine and kinship at seven. The sum of frequencies exceeds the sample size (22 respondents) because most respondents mentioned more than one relational value.
![Figure 5. Relational values articulated and/or affirmed by respondents in this research. Stewardship is the tallest bar with 17 articulations, followed by responsibility at 15, identity at 12, care at nine and kinship at seven. The sum of frequencies exceeds the sample size (22 respondents) because most respondents mentioned more than one relational value.](/cms/asset/11f58bbb-f32d-4b22-84b8-64544908c44a/rsrs_a_2168565_f0005_oc.jpg)