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 Envi-ronmental Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina. Fred-erick Cubbage is a professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Caroli-na. Gavin Smith is a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, North Carolina State University, Ra-leigh, 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 Depart-ment of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Stephanie Chizmar is a research econ-omist, US Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Megan Lupek is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmen-tal Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Madalyn Baldwin is a research associate and Andrew Fox is a profes-sor, 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 Caroli-na. Michelle Lovejoy is a climate resilient coasts and watersheds senior manager, Environmental Defense Fund, Raleigh, North Carolina. Keith La -rick is natural resources director, North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, Raleigh, North Carolina. Bryan Evans is executive director, North Caroli-na Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Raleigh, North Carolina.