Pacific Northwest Research Station - Rural Urban Wildland Interactions Team

Rural Urban Wildland Interactions Team

Dale Blahna, Team Leader
Forestry Sciences Laboratory
400 N 34^thStreet, Suite 201
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: (206)732-7833

Team Members:

Lee Cerveny, Research Social Scientist
Kelly Lawrence, Social Science Analyst

OUR GOAL

Our goal is to develop knowledge and methods that facilitate the application of public values, uses, and concerns in natural resource management. This work will lead to a better understanding of human-natural resource interactions at multiple spatial and temporal scales, improve ways to integrate social science in natural resource planning and decision-making, and help agencies adapt to social and economic changes occurring in urban and rural communities.

*Key topics for research include: recreation & public access, open space conservation, dispersed recreation, urbanization & public use, public connections to nature, tourism & amenity migration, protected area management, partnerships & volunteers, planning & decision-making

UNIVERSITY PARTNERS

University of Washington

Virginia Tech

Utah State University

University of Idaho

Oregon State University

Southern Illinois

CURRENT RESEARCH

Bear-viewing in Alaska: A Regional Ecosystem Management Approach (w/ACaFE)

Discretion & Decision-making in Travel Management Planning: Analysis of NEPA Processes

Agency Capacity for Science Integration in Recreation Decisions

Organizational Change: Analysis of Recreation Facilities Review Process

Tourism and Change in Tongass Communities

Estimating Community Forest Linkages (w/ ACaFE)

Indicators of Resilience in Amenity Transition Communities (w/ ACaFE)

Expanding Recreation Capacity through Partnerships

OTHER HUMAN AND NATURAL RESOURCES INTERACTIONS RESEARCH TEAMS

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

GTR 734 - Sociocultural Effects of Tourism in Hoonah, AK. Cerveny, Lee K.

GTR 705 - An assessment of frameworks useful for public land recreation planning. McCool, Stephen F.; Clark, Roger N.; Stankey, George, H.

GTR 698 - Proceedings: national workshop on recreation research and management. Kruger, Linda E.; Mazza, Rhonda; Lawrence, Kelly, eds.

GTR 678 - Integrated research in natural resources: the key role of problem framing. Clark, Roger N.; Stankey, George H.

Achieving Integrative, Collaborative Ecosystem management. Keough, Heather L.; Blahna, Dale J.

GTR 654 - Adaptive management of natural resources: theory, concepts, and management institutions. Stankey, George H.; Clark, Roger N.; Bormann, Bernard T.

GTR 566 - Understanding community-forest relations. Kruger, Linda E.; tech. ed.

GTR 580 - Human migration and natural resources: implications for land managers and challenges for researchers. McCool, Stephen F.; Kruger, Linda E.

RP 567 - Learning to Manage a Complex Ecosystem: Adaptive Management and the Northwest Forest Plan. Stankey, George, H.; Clark, Roger N.; Bormann, Bernard T.

RP 566 - Tourism and its effects on southeast Alaska communities and resources: case studies from Haines, Craig, and Hoonah, Alaska. Cerveny, Lee K.