2008 Presentations
Over 200 lectures were presented by researchers from around the world at this conference.
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This webpage contains a complete listing of presentations from the 2008 Pathways to Success Conference. Downloadable PDF documents are available for many of these presentations (click on the file name to open). These presentation files are available for you to view with permission from the authors. Please keep in mind that these files were originally Power Point presentations used as visual aids during a lecture or poster presentation and are presented here out of context. If you want more information then please contact the presenter directly.
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3. Social Dimensions of Hunting and Bushmeat
4. Risk, Emotional Responses, and Attitudes towards Wildlife
7. Wildlife Diseases and Zoonoses
8. Changing Publics and the Environment
9. Economic Valuation and Benefits of Wildlife
10. Hunting (Access, Participation, Recruitment, Retention, Regulation, etc.)
14. Legal Issues and Public Trust
16. Human Dimensions Science in Europe
17. Wildlife Values and Culture
18. Methodological Concerns for HD Research
19. Water Resources and Human-Wildlife Coexistence
22. Human Dimensions of Endangered Species Recovery
23. Social, Economic, and Demographic Change
Plenary Lectures
Here and Now: A Lifetime Reconciling Human and Natural Dimensions, Monday, September 29, 8:00 AM
Richard (Rick) Knight Professor,
Dept of Forest, Rangeland and Watershed
Stewardship, Colorado State University
Imagining the Future: Humans, Wildlife and Global Climate Change, Monday, September 29, 8:00 AM
Douglas Inkley, Senior Science Advisor
National Wildlife Federation, USA
Elk Management in and around Rocky Mountain National Park, Monday, September 29, 8:00 AM
Ben Bobowski and Therese Johnson
Rocky Mountain National Park, USA
Urban Wildlife
The Social Ecology of Urban Wildlife Management, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
John Hadidian
Wildlife and Habitat Protection
The Humane Society, USA (Book Author)
The Struggle for survival-a case of human and wildlife coexistence in suburban and urban conditions, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Izabela A. Wierzbowska
Institute of Environmental Sciences
Jagiellonian University, Poland
Acceptability of wildlife management actions: Differences by species, severity of interaction, and country of origin, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Lori B. Shelby
George Mason University, USA
A multi-faceted program for nuisance/feral mallard duck management in a heavily populated environment, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Scott P. Terrell, Veterinary Services,
Disney's Animal Programs, USA
Management of urban waterfowl in Munich, Southern Germany, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Andreas W. Koenig
Wildlife Biology and Management Unit
Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Human-coyote conflict and coyote diet in Calgary’s urban parks, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Victoria M. Lukasik
Geography, University of Calgary,
Canada
Virginia community leaders' views on human-wildlife conflict and community-based co-management, Monday, September 29, 1:30 PM
Regina M. Elsner
Dept. of Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences
Virginia Tech University, USA
Rural development and wildlife, domestic animal and human health conflicts, Monday, September 29, 1:30 PM
James Fearer
Animal Health Section
Maryland Dept. of Agriculture
Conflicted consumers: wildlife damage as an opportunity to teach environmental principles to a confused public, Monday, September 29, 1:30 PM
Stephen Vantassel
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Who defines the public interest? Finding the balance between public and professional involvement in natural resource management, Monday, September 29, 1:30 PM
Steve McMullin
Virginia Tech University, USA
Social Dimensions of Hunting and Bushmeat
Sustainability of Hunting Depends More on Hunting Practices than on Hunting Levels: A Case Study on Bay Duikers in North East Gabon Using Multi-Agent Systems, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Nathalie van Vliet
Center for International Forestry Research, Cameroon
Food for thought: Do fish consumption patterns demonstrate replacement of bushmeat in rural Congo?, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Michelle L. Wieland
Conservation Biology Graduate Program, University of Minnesota, USA
Social dimensions of managing hunting in tropical forests, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Elizabeth L. Bennett
Wildlife Conservation Society, USA, (Book Author)
Risk, Emotional Responses, and Attitudes Towards Wildlife
How mental shortcuts can bias wildlife management decisions, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Lynn A. Maguire
Duke University, USA
From victim to perpetrator: evolution of affective risk frames about double-crested cormorants in the Great Lakes Basin, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Bret A. Muter
Michigan State University, USA
Balancing emotion and cognition: A case for decision aiding in conservation efforts, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Robyn S. Wilson
Ohio State University, USA
Introducing Conservation Criminology: Toward Interdisciplinary Scholarship on Environmental Risks, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Meredith L. Gore
Michigan State University, USA
An inconvenient tooth: Applying risk theory to carnivore management. Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Heather Wieczorek Hudenko
Cornell University, US
When the Wolves Return: Some Thoughts about Values, Environmental Concern, and the Seeking of Information about Gray Wolf Management, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Christopher E. Clarke
Communication
Cornell University, USA
When numbers matter: Using exemplars and statistics in persuasive climate change appeals (presented by Christopher Clarke)
Philip S. Hart
Cornell University, USA
Why do we like or dislike animals?, Thursday, October 2, 8:30 AM
Maarten H. Jacobs
Social-Spatial Analysis
Wageningen University, Netherlands
Are Italian females more afraid of wolves than bears, and does it really matter in terms of their attitudes toward these species?, Thursday, October 2, 8:30 AM
Jenny A. Glikman
Geography
Memorial University, Canada
American Perceptions on Bison Preservation in the American West, Thursday, October 2, 8:30 AM
John R. Fraser
New York, Institute for Learning Innovation, USA
Human-Wildlife Conflict
The Human Dimensions of Conflicts with wildlife around Protected Areas, Monday, September 29, 1:30 PM
Adrian Treves
Nelson Institute Environmental Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA(Book Author)
Local community and Wildlife in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand: Coexistence or Conflict, Monday, September 29, 1:30 PM
Saowanee Saranet
Forest Unit, WWF Greater Mekong
Thailand Country Programme, Thailand
Public attitudes toward wild boar management inside Circeo National Park, Italy, Monday, September 29, 1:30 PM
Beatrice F. Frank
Geography, Memorial
University of Newfoundland, Canada
A Retrospective Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Aversive Conditioning on Grizzly Bears in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada, Monday, September 29, 1:30 PM
Jay H. Honeyman
Environmental Management
Royal Roads University, Canada
Pathways of positive and negative cattle-wildlife interactions in an African savanna rangeland, Monday, September 29, 4:00 PM
Truman P. Young
Plant Sciences
University of California, USA
Effects of wild herbivores on cattle performance in an East African rangeland, Monday, September 29, 4:00 PM
Wilfred O. Odadi
Natural Resources Management
Egerton University, Kenya
Cattle versus endangered kangaroo rats: optimizing multi-use management in the Carrizo National Monument, California, Monday, September 29, 4:00 PM
Prugh_L.pdf
Laura R. Prugh
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
University of California, USA
Managing conflicts between humans and endangered carnivores over livestock depredation, Monday, September 29, 4:00 PM
Charudutt Mishra
Snow Leopard Trust – India Program
Nature Conservation Foundation, India
Compensating for Conservation? The Costs of Living with Elephants in Northern Botswana, Monday, September 29, 4:00 PM
Rachel DeMotts
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Human-wildlife conflict in the Ghanzi farmlands, Botswana (Poster), Monday, September 29, 7:00 PM
Vivien T Kent
Wildlife Conservation Institute, Wildlife Conservation Society
Managing Leopard (Panthera pardus) Population in human modified landscape in the Himalayas – Is it possible?, Tuesday, September 30, 8:00 AM
Surendra Goyal
Wildlife Institute of India, India
Landscape characteristics and social survey data as predictors of human-black bear interactions in the Adirondack Park, USA, Tuesday, September 30, 10:00 AM
Heidi E. Kretser
Wildlife Conservation Society
Cornell University, USA
Human-Black Bear Conflicts in Urban Areas: An Integrated Approach to Management Response, Tuesday, September 30, 10:00 AM
Andrew W. Don Carlos
HD of Natural Resources
Colorado State University, USA
Northeast Texans attitudes towards and acceptance of black bears: research and application for wildlife managers, Tuesday, September 30, 10:00 AM
Pat S. Stephens Williams
College of Forestry and Agriculture
Stephen F. Austin State University, USA
Wilderness Food Storage in Yosemite: Understanding Backpacker Canister Use, Tuesday, September 30, 10:00 AM
Steven Martin
Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Humboldt State University
Preferences for American black bear management actions among homeowners in Florida and Georgia, Tuesday, September 30, 10:00 AM
Craig A. Miller
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural
Resources, University of Georgia, USA
A Recipe for Conflict: Food Security, Politics, and Perceptions of Wildlife Damage in Western Ethiopia, Tuesday, September 30, 10:00 AM
Courtney A. Quirin
Zoology, University of Otago
On the biological versus social success of economic compensation schemes in wildlife conservation and management, Tuesday, September 30, 10:00 AM
J. Christopher Haney
Conservation Science and Economics
Defenders of Wildlife, USA
A community-based approach to managing human-elephant conflict in Assam, India, Tuesday, September 30, 10:00 AM
Alexandra Zimmermann
Wildlife Conservation Research Unit
Oxford University, UK
Small-scale mixed-farming in a tropical wildlife zone in Laikipia District, Kenya: human settlement, crop productivity and crop depredation by wildlife, Tuesday, September 30, 10:00 AM
Oscar Wambuguh
Health Sciences
California State University
East Bay, USA
Cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus) Conservation on Private Land in Namibia: A Case Study, Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Laurie Marker
Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia
Bases for Acceptance of Wildlife Management Actions: The Case of Mountain Lions at the Urban-Wildland Interface, Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Harry C. Zinn
Recreation, Park & Tourism Mgmt.
Penn State University, USA
Human & Ecological Risk Factors for Unprovoked Lion Attacks in Southeastern Tanzania, Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Hadas Kushnir
Conservation Biology Program
University of Minnesota, USA
People- Leopard Conflict: Livestock depredation in Mustang District of Nepal, Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Raju A. Sharma
Natural Resource
Bangor University, UK
Perceptions behind the conflicts between people and jaguars (Panthera onca) in Brazil, Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Silvio Marchini
Wildlife Conservation Research Unit
University of Oxford, Brazil
Coexisting with Cougars: A Study into Public Perceptions, Attitudes and Awareness of Cougars on the Urban-Rural Fringe of Calgary, Alberta, Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Clarisse Thornton
Faculty of Environmental Design
University of Calgary, Canada
To poach or not to poach? Exploring the dependency of agro-pastoralists on illegal hunting in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30 PM
Eli J. Knapp
Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
Colorado State University, USA
Living with and knowing about wildlife: Maasai ecological knowledge for wildlife conservation and rangeland management in northern Tanzania, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30 PM
Mara J. Goldman
Geography
University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Coping with drought and human-wildlife interactions around East African protected areas: Lessons from the pastoral Maasai, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30 PM
David K. Nkedianye
International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya
Rewarding the custodian: the vaue of different conservation models in enhancing tourism benefits to the local community in Maasai Mara, Kenya, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30 PM
Dickson S. Kaelo
Reto O Reto Organization, Kenya
The legendary co-existence of the Maasai with wildlife: a footnote in history or part of a sustainable future?, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30 PM
Robin S. Reid
Center for Collaborative Conservation,
NREL and HD, Colorado State University, USA
Human-Wildlife Conflict: A Case for Global Collaboration, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30 PM
Francine M. Madden
Human-Wildlife Conflict Collaboration
The nature of human/wildlife interactions: a case study of Eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) in the Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia (Poster), Monday, September 29, 7:00 PM
Pip A. Chalk
School of Natural Sciences, University of Western Sydney
Researching the human – elephant conflict in Sri Lanka with a discrete choice experiment, Wednesday, October 1, 3:30 PM
Wolfgang Haider
School of Resource & Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
Environmental Communication, Outreach, and Public Participation
Public Programs: Increasing community-wide conservation intentions through the use of flagship species on conservation logos, Monday, September 29, 1:30 PM
Amy M. Smith
Michigan State University, USA
Bear education at Yellowstone National Park: management of visitor coexistence with charismatic mega fauna (Presented by Micahel H. Legg), Monday, September 29, 1:30 PM
Meghan Hicks
Yellowstone National Park /
Stephen F. Austin State University, USA
Efficacy of education as a management tool in reducing bear-human conflicts in a Colorado urban setting, Monday, September 29, 1:30 PM
Sharon Baruch-Mordo
Fish, Wildlife, Conservation Biology
Colorado State University, USA
Mitigating vehicle-wildlife collisions at Yosemite National Park (presented by Pat S. Stephens Williams), Monday, September 29, 1:30 PM
Adrienne Freeman
National Park Service
Stephen F. Austin State University, USA
Working with Communities
The University of Florida Barn Owl Program: Engaging wildlife, the public and growers in sustainable agriculture, Monday, September 29, 1:30 PM
Richard N. Raid
Everglades Research-Education Center
University of Florida, USA
Constraints to Bear Conservation in Japan: Public Awareness and Support for Management Interventions (Poster), Monday, September 29, 7:00 PM
Ryo Sakurai
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida
The Canaan Valley NWR Comprehensive Conservation Process: A Case Study on Methods Used to Increase Stakeholders’ Trust (Poster), Monday, September 29, 7:00 PM
Margaret Earlene Swann
USGS, Fort Collins Science Center
Predicting participation in private lands wildlife conservation programs in Florida (Poster), Monday, September 29, 7:00 PM
Adam S Willcox
University of Florida
Mainstreaming of Nomadic Hunting Tribe-Pardhi through Education and Livelihood Initiatives (Poster), Monday, September 29, 7:00 PM
Golla K Murthy
Forest, Government
Human dimensions of invasive vertebrate species management (Poster), Monday, September 29, 7:00 PM
Gary W Witmer
USDA, National Wildlife Research Center
Sea turtle conservation and ecotourism: a case study in Bahia Magdalena, Mexico (Poster), Monday, September 29, 7:00 PM
Jesse Senko
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida
Raising support for conservation: potential “local” flagships for Rubondo Island National Park Tanzania (Poster), Monday, September 29, 7:00 PM
Sadie S Stevens
Department of Natural Resources
Conservation, University of Massachusetts
Community-based Conservation Programs: Human dimensions of snow leopard conservation, Tuesday, September 29, 8:00 AM
Jennifer Snell Rullman
Conservation Program Director
Snow Leopard Trust
Interactive, systems thinking games to teach principles of ecological and social dynamics at public participation workshops, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30
Jessica L. Thompson
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Colorado State University, USA
Using mediated modeling to foster joint learning and to facilitate sustainable community-based Wildlife Management, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30
Tarla R. Peterson
Urban and Rural Development
Swedish University of Ag Sciences, Sweden
Cultural Inventory as an Alternative Form of Public Participation in Natural Resource Management, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30
Damon_H.pdf
Damon M. Hall
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Texas A&M University, USA
No Consensus on consensus: the strengths and weaknesses of consensus in defining and implementing collaborative wildlife conservation, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30
Anna M. Munoz
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Texas A&M University, USA
A Department of Defense Perspective on Public Engagement in Wildlife Conservation, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30
Grace D. Lee
Forestry and Environmental Resources
North Carolina State University, USA
Evaluation of the Texas 4-H Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30
Andrea Feldpausch
Texas A&M University, USA
Latino legacy: creating human dimensions pathways between Latino communities, natural resources, and public lands, Wednesday, October 1, 8:15 AM
Tamberly Conway
Stephen F. Austin State University, USA
Integrating Social And Biological Sciences To Accomplish Bird Conservation, Wednesday, October 1, 8:15 AM
Debbie F. Slobe
Playa Lakes Joint Venture, USA
Management of Tatra chamois rescue project, Wednesday, October 1, 8:15 AM
Juraj Švajda
Institute of High Mountain Biology
University of Zilina
Working with communities to achieve conservation goals (Book Author), Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
Catherine M. Hill
Anthropology Centre for Conservation, Environment
Oxford Brookes University, UK
Conservation education and sustainable economic initiatives for the protection of giant panda habitat, Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
Sarah M. Bexell
Conservation Education
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, China
Integrating systematic sampling and community maps to examine the distribution of wildlife relative to a highway in the Calakmul region, Mexico, Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
Typhenn A. Brichieri-Colombi
Geography
University of Calgary, Canada
Successfully Involving Indigenous Communities in Ecosystem Management Projects, Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
Douglas P. Reagan
Doug Reagan & Associates, LLC, USA
Conservation in the Serengeti ecosystem: are the people benefiting?, Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
Schmitt_J.pdf
Jennifer Schmitt
University of Minnesota
Management and Protection of the Small Urban Wetland Known as Mallin Del Km. 12, Wednesday, October 1, 1:00 PM
Grace de Haro
Bahia Serena, Argentina
Sponsored by Nahuel Huapi National Park
Implementing a stakeholder process for determining deer population goals in Minnesota (Presented by Lou Cornicelli), Wednesday, October 1, 1:00 PM
Katherine A. Don Carlos
Fish and Wildlife Policy Planning, Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources
Finding Common Ground in Transboundary Management of large Carnivores: A Policy Sciences Approach, Wednesday, October 1, 1:00 PM
Tatjana Rosen
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, USA
Interdisciplinary problem solving to conserve grizzly bears in the Banff-Bow Valley, Alberta, Canada, Wednesday, October 1, 1:00 PM
Michael L. Gibeau
Parks Canada
Factors related to implementation success in sage-grouse local working groups, Wednesday, October 1, 1:00 PM
Lorien R. Belton
Dept. of Sociology
Utah State University, USA
Role of social networks and collective actions for influencing wildlife management, Wednesday, October 1, 1:00 PM
Heather A. Van Den Berg
Department of Natural Resources, Human Dimensions Research Unit, USA
Local Capacities and Marine Conservation among the Kuna in Panama, Wednesday, October 1, 3:30 PM
Stefanie Hoehn
Latin American Studies / Tropical Conservation and University of Florida, USA
Integrating Human Dimensions into Study Abroad: A Trend Analysis, Wednesday, October 1, 3:30 PM
Michael A. Tarrant
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, USA
Wildlife Diseases and Zoonoses
Why Health Matters: Conservation At the Wildlife-Livestock-Human Interface in the Ruaha Ecosystem, Tanzania, Tuesday, September 29, 8:00 AM
Harrison G. Sadiki
Veterinary Medicine & Public Health
Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
Determinants of Hunter Behavior in Response to Chronic Wasting Disease in Four States, Tuesday, September 29, 8:00 AM
Katie M. Lyon
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Colorado State University, USA
Preparing for the Next Disease: The Human-Wildlife Connection, Tuesday, September 29, 8:00 AM
Jerry J. Vaske
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Colorado State University, USA
Wildlife Diseases and Zoonoses: Wildlife/Livestock Disease State of the knowledge, research priorities, and potential partnerships to inform policy , Monday, September, 29, 1:30 PM
Organized Session: Roundtable
Organizers:
Dannele E. Peck
Agricultural and Applied Economics
University of Wyoming
David Finnoff
Economics and Finance
University of Wyoming
Panelists:
Bruce Johnson or Priscilla Coe, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife
Jared Rogerson
Wyoming Department of Game & Fish
Chris Jerde
University of Notre Dame,
Tim Carpenter
University of California-Davis
Jack Rhyan
USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services
Aaron Reeves
Colorado State University
Karl Rich
International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya
Eli Fenichel
Michigan State University
Changing Publics and the Environment
Social and Demographic Trends Affecting Fish and Wildlife Management, Monday, September 29, 4:00 PM
Joseph O’Leary
Warner College of Natural Resources
Colorado State University
(Book Author)
Understanding global values toward wildlife, Monday, September 29, 4:00 PM
Michael J. Manfredo
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Colorado State University, USA (Book Author)
Humans and wildlife as ecosystem components in integrated assessments, Monday, September 29, 4:00 PM
Randall B. Boone
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Colorado State University, USA (Book Author)
Economic Valuation and Benefits of Wildlife
Benefit Transfer and Visitor Use Estimating Models of Wildlife Recreation, Species and Habitats, Monday, September 29, 4:00 PM
John Loomis
Agricultural and Resource Economics
Colorado State University, USA
The Total Economic Value of Threatened and Endangered Species: An Updated Meta-Analysis and Extension to International Studies, Monday, September 29, 4:00 PM
Leslie A. Richardson
Agricultural and Resource Economics
Colorado State University, USA
Economic Impacts of White-tailed Deer Hunting in Mississippi, Monday, September 29, 4:00 PM
Kevin M. Hunt
Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, Mississippi State University, USA
Economic valuation of ecosystem services at Lower Songkhram River Basin, Thailand: livelihoods vs. conservation and community attempt to protect the depended-ecosystem, Monday, September 29, 4:00 PM
Adcharaporn Pagdee
Environmental Science
Faculty of Science
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Enhancing the human dimensions capacity of future fish and wildlife managers through a more relevant introductory economics course, Monday, September 29, 4:00 PM
Dannele E. Peck
Agricultural and Applied Economics
University of Wyoming, USA
Informing Land and Management Plans with Social and Economic Data, Wednesday, October 1, 3:30 PM
Sexton_N.pdf
Organized session: Panel Discussion
Organizers: Natalie Sxton, U.S. Geological Survey
Panelists:
Natalie Sexton, Social Scientist, US Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, USA
Lynne Koontz, Economist, US Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, USA
Jessica Montag, Social Scientist, US Geological Survey, USA
Mr. John Thompson, Planning and Environmental Specialist, Bureau of Land Management, USA
Dr. Jeff Brooks, Social Scientist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USA
Ms. Susan Stewart, Human Dimensions/ Strategic Planning Coordinator, Wyoming Game and Fish Department
A Diagnostic Tool for Choosing the Appropriate Social & Economic Analyses for Land and Resource Management (Poster), Wednesday, October 1, 3:30 PM and Monday, September 29, 7:00 PM
Jessica Montag
US Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, USA
Hunting (Access, Participation, Recruitment, Retention, Regulation, etc.)
Hunter declines in Europe and North America: causes, concerns and proposed research, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Thomas A. Heberlein
Department of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Development of a waterfowl hunter recruitment and retention strategy, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
David C. Fulton
Minnesota Coopeartive Fish & Wildlife Unit, U.S. Geological Survey, USA
A new recreation visitor inventory of hunters and fishermen that parallels other resource inventories, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Kenneth Chilman
Department of Forestry, Southern Illinois University –Carbondale, USA
Exploring Possible Differences Between African American and Anglo Male Hunters in Mississippi, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Vanessa C. Oquendo
Wildlife & Fisheries
Mississippi State University, USA
Changes in the structure of the Japanese hunter population from 1965 to 2005, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Gouhei Ueda, Toyo-oka
Agriculture and Forestry Office
Hyogo Prefectural Government, Japan
Deer hunter numbers and population demographics in Wisconsin: What will the next 20 years look like?, Monday, September 29, 10:30 AM
Keith Warnke
Bureau of Wildlife Management
Wisconsin DNR, USA
Trends in access and wildlife privatization, Monday, September 29, 4:00 PM
Tommy L. Brown
Cornell University
Teaching old dogs new tricks: Engaging polarized and reluctant stakeholders in balancing private property rights and hunting with hounds in the southeastern United States, Monday, September 29, 4:00 PM
Sarah G. Lupis Kozlowski
Fisheries and Wildlife Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA
Assessing the risk of road or trail access to lakes from industrial forestry operations, Monday, September 29, 4:00 PM
Len M. Hunt
Centre for Northern
Forest Ecosystem Research
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Canada
Understanding the beliefs affecting attitudes toward lead shot restrictions in Minnesota, Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Edgar A. Rudberg
Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research, University of Minnesota, USA
Persuading Hunters to Support a ban on Lead Shot (Presented by David Fullton), Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Susan A. Schroeder
Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota
Controversy in the “Bible Belt:” North Carolina grapples with hunting on Sunday, Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Palmer_D.pdf
Dain Palmer
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, USA
Does a change in management influence a change in attitudes? Analysing public attitudes toward wolves and lynx in Poland, Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Agnieszka Olszanska
Institute of Nature Conservation
Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Attitudes of hunters and managers toward harvest regulations of willow ptarmigan in Norway: implications for management, Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Oddgeir Andersen
Dept. for Man-Environment Studies
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Norway
Modern way to plan and monitor sustainable grouse hunting (presented by Jukka Bisi), Tuesday, September 30, 3:30 PM
Hannaleena Mäki-Petäys
Game and Fisheries
Metsähallitus, Finland
Linking hunter knowledge with forest change to understand changing deer harvest opportunities in intensively logged landscapes, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30 PM
Todd J. Brinkman
Biology and Wildlife
University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
Implementation of a stated choice survey design to assess support for alternative deer hunting regulations, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30 PM
Lou Cornicelli
Fish and Wildlife, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Making Anglers, Hunters and Outdoor Users at Home in Society: The Club Concept Revitalized, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30 PM
Delwin E. Benson
Fish ,Wildlife and Conservation Biology,
Colorado State University, USA
Fisheries
Toward a framework for integrating human dimensions in wildlife management, Tuesday, September 30, 8:00 AM
Irene Ring
Dept. of Economics, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Germany
Otter-aquaculture conflict in the Sado estuary: integrating human dimensions in wildlife management, Tuesday, September 30, 8:00 AM
Rui F. De Santos
Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon,Portugal
Effects of Nile perch on the ecology of the spot-necked otter and competition with fishermen in Lake Victoria, Kenya, Tuesday, September 30, 8:00 AM
Mordecai O Ogada
Zoology, National Museums of Kenya
Kenya
New markets for recreational fishing, Tuesday, September 30, 10:00 AM
Robert Arlinghaus
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Book Author)
Predicting angler response to stricter recreational eel harvest regulations aimed at conserving the European eel (Anguilla anguilla), Tuesday, September 30, 10:00 AM
Ben Beardmore
School of Resource and Environmental Management
Simon Fraser University, Canada
Catfish Culture 101, Tuesday, September 30, 10:00 AM
Mark Morgan
Dept. of Parks, Recreation & Tourism
University of Missouri, USA
Catch-related attitudes of resident and non-resident anglers at Sardis and Grenada Reservoirs, Mississippi, Tuesday, September 30, 10:00 AM
Susan F. Baker
Wildlife and Fisheries
Mississippi State University
Understanding Temporal Patterns of Forest-Based Recreation with Ontario’s Crown Lands, Tuesday, September 30, 10:00 AM
Adam Dyck
Lakehead University
Predicting Recreational Fishing Participation on a Global Scale, Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Robert Arlinghaus
Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Leibniz- Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany
The collection, utilization and importance of angler human dimensions data: A survey of U.S. fisheries management agencies, Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Jody C. Simoes
Fisheries and Wildlife
Michigan State University, USA
Specialization and New Zealand trout anglers’ fishing site preferences: a random parameters logit model, Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Stephen T. Beville
Lincoln University, New Zealand
Angler perceptions and displacement behaviors related to changing biological conditions, Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Alan R. Graefe
Recreation, Park & Tourism Mgmt.
Pennsylvania State University, USA
Understanding the social and biological factors influencing the trend in fishing, participation on Lake Ontario, New York: Synthesis and Outlook, Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Nancy A. Connelly
Natural Resources
Cornell University, USA
Real-time catch data modernize sustainable fisheries management, Wednesday, October 1, 3:30 PM
Mika V. Laakkonen
Metsähallitus, Natural Heritage Services, Finland
The urban fishery: an application of system robustness, Wednesday, October 1, 3:30 PM
Meagan B. Krupa
Biology and Wildlife
University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
The implications of a meta-population structure of Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus 1758) in Lake Victoria to the conservation and management of stocks, Wednesday, October 1, 3:30 PM
Dorothy W Nyingi
Ichthyology Section (Zoology Department)
National Museums of Kenya, Kenya
The restoration of fishing services and conveyance of risk information: ongoing efforts following the Montrose natural resource damage assessment (Presented by William S. Breffle), Wednesday, October 1, 3:30 PM
Kristen Maroney
Natural Resource Economics
Michigan Technological University
Wildlife Management
Where are we Headed?
State Agency Integration of Human Dimensions in the 21st Century, Tuesday, September 30, 10:00 AM
Organized Session
Panel Discussion
Organizers:
David Fulton
U.S. Geological Survey
Minnesota COOP Unit
Grant L. Wilson
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Lou Cornicelli,
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Reviving the Public Trust Doctrine as a foundation for wildlife management in North America (Book Author), Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
John F Organ
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USA
What is Wildlife Management? (Book author), Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Daniel J. Decker
Human Dimensions Research Unit
Cornell University, USA
The changing culture of wildlife management (Book Author), Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Larry Gigliotti
Organization of Wildlife Planners and South Dakota Department of Game
Fish and Parks
A “Wicked” Problem: Institutional Structures and Wildlife Management Success (Book Author), Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
Susan J. Buck
Political Science
University of North Carolina Greensboro, USA
The Emergence of Conservation NGOs as Catalysts for Local Democracy (Book Author), Tuesday, September 30, 1:00 PM
John Fraser
Wildlife Conservation Institute
Public Research
Wildlife Conservation Society, USA
Can a cultural icon be shot in a protected area? Attitudes toward moose and moose management issues in Newfoundland, Canada, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30 PM
Alistair J. Bath
Geography, Memorial University, Canada
The Habitat Assessment Model: a tool to improve wildlife habitat management (presented by Randall B. Boone), Thursday, October 2, 10:00 AM
Gary L. Wockner
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Colorado State University, USA
Winter Resource Selection by Cow Elk in a Natural Gas Field, Thursday, October 2, 10:00 AM
Seth M. Harju
Hayden-Wing Associates, LLC, USA
Elk, Roads, and People in the Black Hills, South Dakota, Thursday, October 2, 10:00 AM
Lou M. Conroy
Wildlife, USDA Forest Service, USA
Linking small scale foraging of herbivores to large scale management of resources
Yolanda Y Pretorius
Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University
Globalization
Kangaroos — cause célèbre?, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30 PM
Heather J. Aslin
Bureau of Rural Sciences, Australia
Managing pests and tourists: Visitor attitudes to wildlife management interventions in New Zealand, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30 PM
Brent A. Lovelock
Tourism
University of Otago, New Zealand
Globalization, civil unrest and the demise of the rhinoceros, Tuesday, September 30, 3:30 PM
Suzi M. Wiseman
Geography
Texas State University-San Marcos, USA
Legal Issues and Public Trust
Legal Trends in Fish and Wildlife Policy, Wednesday, October 1, 8:15 AM
Ruth S. Musgrave,
Center for Wildlife Law, University of New Mexico Institute of Public Law, USA (Book Author)
Shifting wildlife value orientations and their relationship with trust in state fish and wildlife agencies in the Western United States, Wednesday, October 1, 8:15 AM
Holly M. Stinchfield,
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Colorado State University, USA
Assessing Montana resident license holders’ attitudes toward Montana fish, wildlife and parks wardens, enforcement efforts, activities and interactions, Wednesday, October 1, 8:15 AM
Tom B. Flowers
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
State of Montana, USA
Latino views of wildlife ownership and public trust, Wednesday, October 1, 8:15 AM
Markus N Peterson
Forestry & Environmental Resources
North Carolina State University, USA
Ethics
The central role of values in fisheries and wildlife management, Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
David M. Lavigne
International Fund for Animal Welfare, Canada
Practical Ethics: A Moral Compass for Wildlife Policy and Practice, Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
William S. Lynn
Environmental Studies, Williams College, USA
Carnivore Management in the U.S.: The Need for Reform, Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
Camilla H. Fox
Animal Welfare Institute & Project Coyote, USA
Urban Wildlife Control: Concepts and Ethics, Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
John Hadidian
Wildlife and Habitat Protection
The Humane Society, USA
What is wildlife Management?
Wildlife Management in the 21st Century – Moving beyond the North American Model
Organized Session
Organizers:
Camilla H. Fox
Animal Welfare Institute &
Project Coyote, USA
Panel Discussion
Camilla H. Fox
Animal Welfare Institute & Project Coyote, USA
David M. Lavigne,
International Fund for Animal Welfare, Canada
William S. Lynn
Environmental Studies, Williams College, USA
John Hadidian
Wildlife and Habitat Protection
The Humane Society, USA
Tara Teel
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Colorado State University, USA
Daniel J. Decker
Human Dimensions Research Unit
Cornell University, USA
Human Dimensions Science in Europe
A new European form of nature protection – a need of human dimension approach to the implementation process in Poland?, Thursday, October 2, 10:00 AM
Joanna E. Cent
Institute of Environmental Sciences
Jagiellonian University, Poland
Application of human dimension approach to the European nature conservation. Case of Poland, Thursday, October 2, 10:00 AM
Malgorzata J. Grodzinska-Jurczak
Institute of Environmental Sciences
Jagiellonian University, Poland
Perception of the agricultural world on brown bear and wolf presence in S. Europe (Poster), Monday, September 29, 7:00 PM
Jenny A Glikman
Geography, Memorial University
Necessity and possibilities of game management on badger (Meles meles) in a lowland area of Hungary (Poster), Monday, September 29, 7:00 PM
Lajos Kozák
Department of Nature Conservation,
Zoology and Gam, University of Debrecen, AMTC
NeTWORKING as organizational method of “envisioning” Elements for responsible development: the US-Italian partnership for wildlife and nature conservation
Federico Niccolini
University of Macerata, Italy
Wildlife Values and Culture
Wildlife values in the western USA and Denmark – a preliminary cross-cultural analysis
Frank Jensen
Urban and Landscape Studies
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Exploring Values and Behaviors Relating to Wildlife of Visitors to National Park in Thailand
Noppawan Tanakanjana
Department of Conservation
Faculty of Forestry
Kasetsart University, Thailand
Considerations in international applications of human dimensions research: A case study in Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Asuka Ishizaki
Policy Analysis & Science Assistance Branch, US Geological Survey
Changing Cultural Models of “God’s Creation” in the Greater Amboseli Ecosystem, South Western Kenya
(Presented by Jeffrey Snodgrass)
Joana Roque de Pinho
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Colorado State University, USA
Methodological Concerns for HD Research
A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of a Web-Based Stakeholder Engagement Tools: Does Context Matter?, Wednesday, October 1, 8:15 AM
Rob A. Robertson
Natural Resources & the Environment
University of New Hampshire, USA
Recognition of Survey Measurement Bias and Its Impact on Policy Outcomes, Wednesday, October 1, 8:15 AM
Ronald A. Reitz
Resource Science Division
Missouri Department of Conservation
Making Qualitative Public Input Data Useful for Fish and Wildlife Managers: A Novice’s Experience with NVivo 7, Wednesday, October 1, 8:15 AM
Grant L. Wilson
Division of Fish and Wildlife
MN Dept. of Natural Resources, USA
Application of an innovative survey method to understand the management preferences of anglers as relates to European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) management in Europe (Presented by Ben Beardmore), Wednesday, October 1, 8:15 AM
Malte Dorow
Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries,Germany
Water Resources and Human-Wildlife Coexistence
Assessing the effectiveness of wildlife corridors in semi-arid savanna watersheds using remote-sensing, Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
Louise S. Venne
University of Florida, USA
Balancing water quality and quantity for restoration of long legged wading bird populations in the Everglades of Florida, Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
Peter Frederick
University of Florida, USA
Spatial and temporal variability in precipitation dynamics within part of the Kavango-Zambezi Transboundary Conservation Area of Southern Africa, Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
Andrea E. Gaughan
University of Florida, USA
The impact of flood decreases on water availability for wildlife and humans in a semi-arid savanna watershed in Southern Africa, Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
Narcisa G. Pricope
University of Florida, USA
Livelihood security and interactions with wildlife on Namibia’s Kwando River, Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
William J. Kanapaux
University of Florida, USA
Water Resource Conflicts in the Okavango River Basin: People, Environment and Wildlife, Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
Olekae T. Thakadu
University of Florida, USA
The implications of variability in livelihoods across spatial and socioeconomic scales for watershed management policymaking and local cooperation: Case evidence from Western Kenya, Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
Jillian Jensen
University of Florida, USA
Integrating scientific knowledge into political discourse for sustainable governance: The case of the ACF basin in the Southeastern US, Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
Rachel J. Pawlitz
University of Florida, USA
Allocating resources in an uncertain world: water management and endangered species, Wednesday, October 1, 1:00 PM
W. Douglass f Shaw
Agricultural Economics
Texas A&M University, USA
Developing and executing a public involvement process for waterways management in a Florida county, Wednesday, October 1, 1:00 PM
Bruce L. Delaney
Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute, University of Florida
Managing waterways to balance recreational boating and resource protection, Wednesday, October 1, 1:00 PM
Bob Swett
Dept. of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences
Unversity of Florida, USA
Boater compliance with manatee speed zones in Florida: an application of the theory of reasoned action (Presented by Bob Swett), Wednesday, October 1, 1:00 PM
John S. Jett
Parks, Recreation and Tourism
University of Missouri, USA
Mapping Recreational Boating Patterns in Florida’s Coastal Waterways for Resource Management, Wednesday, October 1, 1:00 PM
Charles F. Sidman
Florida Sea Grant College Program
University of Florida, USA
Habituation
Human Dimensions of Human-Wildlife Habituation in and around Protected Areas, Wednesday, October 1, 10:00 AM
FINAL_Park_Perspectives long.pdf
FINAL_Habituation_background_long.pdf
Workshop
Organizers:
Kirsten M. Leong
National Park Service
Daniel J. Decker
Cornell University
Heather Wieczorek Hudenko
Cornell University
Panel Members:
Jim Schaberl
Mount Rainier National Park
Bruce Connery
Acadia National Park
Meredith Gore
Department of Fisheries & Wldlife
Michigan State University
Kirsten M. Leong
National Park Service
Daniel J. Decker
Cornell University
Heather Wieczorek Hudenko
Cornell University
Chris Clarke
Cornell University
Sol Hart
Cornell University
Funding
Finding alternative funding for conserving Utah’s native non-game wildlife, Thursday, October 2, 8:30 AM
Dana E. Dolsen
Wildlife Planning Management Unit
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Motivations for Volunteers to Engage in Wildlife Conservation: A Case Study of Purple Martin Landlords in Camrose, Alberta, Thursday, October 2, 8:30 AM
Candice A. Tremblay
University of Alberta, Canada
An assessment of state-level adult natural resource conservation education and volunteer training programs in the United States, Thursday, October 2, 8:30 AM
Annabel L. Major
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Human Dimensions of Endangered Species Recovery
What does it mean to be in danger of extinction? A perspective on the controversy regarding how to interpret the phrase “a significant portion of its range”, Thursday, October 2, 10:00 AM
Jeremy T. Bruskotter
School of Environment & Natural Resources, Ohio State University, USA
Factors for Prioritizing the Protection and Recovery of Species at Risk, Thursday, October 2, 10:00 AM
Howard W. Harshaw
Forest Resources Management
University of British Columbia, Canada
Social perspectives related to monarch butterfly conservation in Mexico and the United States, Thursday, October 2, 10:00 AM
Adriana Valera-Bermejo
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, USA and,
WWF, Mexico
Knowledge, attitudes, and opinions of Tazewell County, Virginia, residents regarding endangered species and aquatic conservation, Thursday, October 2, 10:00 AM
Kerry J. Linehan
Division of Inland Fisheries
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, USA
Social, Economic, and Demographic Change
Impact of Land-use Plans on Conservation and Development in Northern Tanzania Rangelands, Thursday, October 2, 10:00 AM
Abiud L. Kaswamila
Wildlife Management
College of African Wildlife Management- Mweka, Tanzania
The Role and Economic Impact of the Public land / Private Land Complex in Wyoming's Big Game Seasonal Range: An Application to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in Wyoming, Thursday, October 2, 10:00 AM
Roger H. Coupal
Agricultural and Applied Economics
University of Wyoming, USA
Factors affecting landowners interest in managing wildlife and avian habitat in private forestlands, Thursday, October 2, 10:00 AM
Neelam C. Poudyal
Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries
The University of Tennessee, USA
Understanding the value of wildlife habitat fragments as conservation units: Connecting biological and human dimensions information, Thursday, October 2, 10:00 AM
Brad Milley
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Colorado State University, USA
Diving strategies of Indian Little Cormorant over environmental factors, Gundur Lake, Trichy Dt, Tamilnadu, S. India (Poster), Monday, September 29, 7:00 PM
Jeganathan J Pandiyan
Zoology, Poompuhar College
Synthesis Session
Perspectives on the past and future of human dimensions of fish and wildlife (Synthesis), Thursday, October 2, 12:00 PM
Perry Brown, University of Montana, USA
Wildlife_and_Society_Summary_Talk.pdf