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Human influences on historical and current wildlife distributions from Lewis & Clark to today

Creator:

Laliberte, Andrea S.

Abstract:

Although it is well known that humans are strong modifiers of their environment, there is a need for greater understanding of human-wildlife interactions, both historically as well as currently. Historical journals can help shed light on early human-wildlife interactions, and the Lewis & Clark journals contain some of the earliest...

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Dissertation
TEK and tribal-federal collaboration : three case studies in the western United States

Creator:

Thompson, Sara Anne

Abstract:

The goal of this research is to understand factors influencing the use of TEK in natural resource management collaborations between tribes and federal agencies. This includes what evidence exists that TEK is being used, what tribal factors influence the use of TEK, what agency factors influence the use of TEK,...

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Masters Thesis
Citizen-agency interactions : an investigation of postfire environments

Creator:

Olsen, Christine Shaw

Abstract:

Wildfire management has grown increasingly complex in recent years, particularly in the West and in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) where a steady population growth has resulted in greater risk to people and property. Recent trends suggest the process of recovering from large fires (>100,000 acres) will become increasingly important to...

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Dissertation

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recent years, particularly in the West and in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) where a steady