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The 2005 Nevada Rangeland Vegetation Survey was conducted as a collaborative effort between the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) Department of Resource Economics and the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (UNCE) Natural Resources Program to fulfill two roles... to understand how the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension can better teach applicable natural resource science and management, and... to ensure expertise in survey design and implementation, statistical and analytical methods, and in the substance of natural resource related attitudes and values in the general public...Thus, our joint goal for this project was to collect data that would form a valuable resource for research by both groups, enhancing both the knowledge base and the efficiency of outreach...The purpose of this report is to document the questionnaire development, sampling scheme, implementation, response rates and basic summary statistics of the data.  It does not include more in-depth analyses, as this will appear in stand-alone papers and research bulletins.  A companion questionnaire was developed specifically for land management professionals.  A separate report describes that questionnaire, survey, and sampling methods, and includes a summary of responses.