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Enlisting Private Land Owners in Conservation is Essential to Saving Endangered Species
Protected areas, like Yellowstone, are invaluable, but are they actually effective at preserving endangered species?
LAND MANAGEMENT
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Professors' Paper on Economics of National Monuments Earns Research Award
One of the most hotly contested issues surrounding federally protected land, especially national monuments, is the…
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The Utah Fire Atlas Offers Land Managers a New Tool
Wildfires were once an important driver of ecosystem health in western U.S forests, but decades of fire suppression,…
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Two College of Natural Resources Professors Recognized by the Society for Range Management
Layne Coppock received the W.R. Chapline Land Stewardship Award and Mark Brunson received an Outstanding Achievement…
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Using Science to Persuade Hikers to be Bear-Safe in Yellowstone
Humans are a complex species. Convincing them to do something … like protect themselves from a grizzly attack … might…
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Land-use and Personal Wellbeing is Topic for USU's Research Landscapes
Utah is a state known for its national parks and skiing thanks to its unique geography and wildly diverse, and…
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View From Above: Drones Help Monitor Recreation Impacts in National Parks
In the past decade, increasing numbers of visitors to parks and protected areas have both stretched management…
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Ready to Rumble: Recreationists Rate Acceptability of Noise in Natural Areas
Recreationists head to the outdoors to experience natural beauty, find a sense of calm, enjoy an adventure or just to…
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USU 'CAREER' Grant Recipient Receives New NSF Funding, New Challenges
Geoscientist Tammy Rittenour explores timing of geologic processes and maps stories of a restless planet with…
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Fearing Cougars More Than Wolves, Yellowstone Elk Manage Threats from Both
Wolves are charismatic, conspicuous and easy to single out as the top predator affecting populations of elk, deer and…
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Politics, Power and Rivers - Historic Mining in the Rural West
Even in the late 1800s, most mining operators knew exactly what they were reaping on local rivers, said author…
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Yellowstone Elk Don't Budge for Wolves say Scientists
Elk roam the winter range that straddles the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park with little regard for…