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Dept. of Forest Resources
University of Minnesota
115 Green Hall
1530 Cleveland Ave. N.
St. Paul, MN  55108-6112

612.624.3400
612.625.5212
frweb@umn.edu

Dorothy H. Anderson
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

Ph.D. 1980, Colorado State University
Recreation resources management
Policy and planning
Environmental learning and leadership

Office: 301f Green Hall
Phone: (612) 624-2721
Fax: (612) 625-5212
E-mail: dha@umn.edu

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.

    My advisees come from a variety of backgrounds. Generally students have a background in recreation resource management, natural resource management, environmental studies, forestry or geography.

Courses 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.