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Areas
of Interest
My research interests are in understanding how people
value and benefit from outdoor recreation areas as
well as other landscapes that may or may not have
a recreational component. The values and benefits
that people identify are then translated into measurable
social indicators of ecosystem health. Research projects
include studies of the values visitors and local constituents
place on public resource land management and on the
short- and long-term social and environmental benefits
derived from recreational use on public lands. Projects
also include developing and evaluating management
processes to incorporate social indicators into ecosystem-based
management models.
Courses Previously Taught:
ESPM
3245/5245 Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy,
3 credits.
ESPM
4195 Problem Solving for Natural Resources and Environmental
Studies (co-taught), 3 credits.
FR 5236 Forest Recreation Planning (at Cloquet), 1 credit.
FR 5257 Recreational Land Policy, 3 credits.
RRM 4232W/5232
Managing Recreational Lands, 4 credits. |
