Abstract
In this study, the authors conducted hearing and questionnaire surveys to members of forest and river conservation groups in the Yasu River Basin in Shiga in order to illustrate differences in consciousness on watershed conservation between the two groups' members; capture reasons behind the differences; and propose a methodology for the two groups to overcome the differences and work together closely. As a result of partial correlation analysis to the survey results, it was revealed that one of the direct reasons why the above two groups had not been able to fully interact with or collaborate together could be attributed to the difference between the two groups' attitudes such as group category and action policy; and one of the indirect reasons could be the difference between the two groups' members in significance of watershed conservation within personal objectives of conservation activities.
