This collection includes theses, dissertations, and professional papers from the University of Montana Department of Geography. Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Displacement, Place Attachment, and Other Characteristics of Anglers on the Yellowstone River, Zachary L. Jones
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
ARCTIC GREENING: CHARACTERIZING TUNDRA VEGETATION FROM IN-SITU AND REMOTELY SENSED OBSERVATIONS, Shira Ann Ellenson
Hunger on the Richest Hill: A case study of linked historical and contemporary food insecurity in Butte, Montana, Elizabeth Anne Bett Osborn
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
INVESTIGATING THE SPATIAL BEHAVIOR AND HABITAT USE OF THE MATSCHIE’S TREE-KANGAROO (DENDROLAGUS MATSCHIEI) USING GPS COLLARS AND UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS), Jonathan B. Byers
A HAND-HELD STRUCTURE FROM MOTION PHOTOGRAMMETRIC APPROACH TO RIPARIAN AND STREAM ASSEESSMENT AND MONITORING, Joseph M. Dehnert and Joseph Dehnert
UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES ON DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST, Arin James Leopold
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
MEASURING DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE RURAL URBAN CONTINUUM IN THE UNITED STATES NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION, Morgan E. Anderson
CHARACTERIZING BURN SEVERITY OF BEETLE-KILLED FOREST STANDS LEVERAGING GOOGLE EARTH ENGINE-DERIVED NORMALIZED BURN RATIOS, Sofronio Catalino Propios III
REMOTE SENSING APPROACHES TO PREDICT FOREST CHARACTERISTICS IN NORTHWEST MONTANA, Ryan P. Rock
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
UTILIZATION OF VARIOUS METHODS AND A LANDSAT NDVI/GOOGLE EARTH ENGINE PRODUCT FOR CLASSIFYING IRRIGATED LAND COVER, Andrew Nemecek
Remote Sensing of Avalanche Paths in Glacier National Park, Montana, Morgan Voss
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY: LOCAL MEDICAL SERVICES AND EMERGENCY AIR TRANSPORTATION IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA, Kourtney B. Johnson
Managing Mining Pollution: The Case of Water Quality Governance in the Transboundary Kootenai/y, Ashley Juric
The Effect of the State Giant Traveling Map of Montana on the Geographic Literacy of Fourth Graders in Western Montana, Rebecca A. Kranitz
Reproduction of Space in the Mountains of Morocco: A Case Study in the Western Rif, Ismail Medkouri
40 YEARS ON THE INTERNATIONAL FLATHEAD: AN ASSESSMENT OF TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER GOVERNANCE, Jedd Sankar-Gorton
JUST OPEN A WINDOW: UNDERSTANDING THE VULNERABILITY TO SUMMER HEAT OF A MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, MISSOULA, MT, Julie J. Tompkins
A Cartographic Workflow Manual for Endangered Species Conservation, Martin P. Viereckl
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
PREDICTING HABITAT DISTRIBUTION FOR FIVE RARE PLANT SPECIES WITHIN THE BLACKFOOT SWAN LANDSCAPE RESTORATION PROJECT, Annalisa Suzan Ingegno
Performing Whale-Watching in Juneau, Alaska, Chelsea Karthauser
Utilization of Landsat Imagery to Assess the Impacts of Oil and Gas Extraction on the Tazovsky Peninsula, Siberia, Nicholas B. Kline
PARTICIPATORY WEB GIS DESIGN – A SUSTAINABLE RECREATION DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR MISSOULA COUNTY, Nathanael R. Wold
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL FOR GEOGRAPHIC TRANSPORTATION MODELING TO IMPROVE FOOD ASSISTANCE: A CASE STUDY OF THE MISSOULA FOOD BANK, Mary Buford French
PROTECTING THE CROWN OF THE CONTINENT ECOSYSTEM: A HISTORY OF CONSERVATION IN THE BLACKFOOT AND SWAN VALLEYS, MONTANA, Verena Henners
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
(RE)LOCALIZING FINLAND’S FOODSHED: GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS IN FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND URBAN AGRICULTURE, Sophia E. Albov
On the Map, But Off the Grid: Perceptions of Authenticity in Polebridge, Montana, William Klaczynski
Assessment of Avalanche Mitigation Planning for Developed Areas in the Rocky Mountain’s of Colorado, Daniel Kozel
The History and Evolution of North American Ski Resort Map Style and Design, Amy Elizabeth Lippus
REMAKING NATURE IN MONTANA: TOPOPHILIC CONSIDERATIONS OF WOLVES AND WOLF TRAPPING, Andrew Myers
THE HABITAT OF EUROPEAN BROWN BEARS IN NORTHERN SPAIN: MAPPING HABITAT FRAGMENTATION AND POTENTIAL CONNECTIVITY, Alma D. Pacheco
Grassroots Planning: An Actor-Network Study of Surfing Waves in Missoula, Montana, Alexander S. Pichacz Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Perceptions of Climate Change and Vulnerability in Upper Svaneti, South Caucasus, Georgia, Peter Alexandrovich Bordokoff
IMPACTS OF URBAN LAND USE CHANGE ON SOURCES OF DRINKING WATER IN KUMASI, GHANA, Michael Kofi Eduful
Analysis of the Rocky Boy Reservation’s Border Formation 1885 to 1950, Brendan Arthur Hoover
GEOGRAPHY’S PLACE IN BIG SKY COUNTRY: A STUDY OF MOTIVATING AND DEMOTIVATING FACTORS FOR TEACHING GEOGRAPHY IN THE MONTANA CLASSROOM, Kayde Ellen Kaiser
MODELING NORTHERN GOSHAWK (ACCIPITER GENTILIS) NESTING HABITAT ON THE LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST USING EIGENVECTOR FILTERS TO ACCOUNT FOR SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION, Morganne Marie Lehr
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
A GIS APPROACH TO ANALYZING STREAM TEMPERATURES IN THE SLEEPING CHILD CREEK WATERSHED, MONTANA, USA, Gabriel J. Frazier
The development of the first legend for geomorphologic mapping of high mountain environments in the United Sates, Mitchell Lee Fyock
Comparison of Wild-Domestic Sheep Interaction Policies in Bighorn Disease Outbreak Locations in the Continental U.S., 1990-2010, Tristan Howard
Land-cover change within the peatlands along the Rocky Mountain Front, Montana: 1937-2009, Joseph Tyler Milbrath
INVENTORY OF MONGOLIAN GLACIERS FOR THE GLOBAL LAND ICE MEASUREMENTS FROM SPACE (GLIMS) PROGRAM, Caleb Gikai Pan
MAPPING THE DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF WESTERN LARCH (LARIX OCCIDENTALIS NUTT.) WITH MULTI-TEMPORAL SATELLITE IMAGERY AND GRADIENT MODELING, Steven Joseph Touzel
Tourism Sector Perceptions of Vulnerability to Environmental Change in Glacier National Park, U.S.A., Nicholas Youngstrom
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
An Analysis of Demographic and Socio-Economic Change in the Clark Fork Watershed Between 2000 and 2010, Benjamin C. Brewer
BETWEEN HARSHA AND HARIRA: MOROCCAN WOMEN’S RELATIONSHIPS TO FOOD AND KITCHENSPACE, Lillie Greiman
How Ch-paa-qn Got It's Name: A Sixth-Grade Geography Curriculum Unit for Indian Education for All in Montana, Mary Elizabeth Nellis
Mapping a Historic Bitterroot Valley, Montana Landscape Using General Land Office Surveyors' Field Notes, Karen M. Shelly
Rethinking Drought: Planning for Water Scarcity and Climate Variability in the Clark Fork Basin of Montana, Molly Smith
USING LANDSAT IMAGERY TO EVALUATE LANDSCAPE-LEVEL IMPACTS OF NATURAL GAS FIELD DEVELOPMENT: TAZOVSKY PENNINSULA, RUSSIA, 1984-2007, Jesse Stevens Wallace
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES ON PREDICTING RARE-PLANT HABITAT IN THE NEZ PERCE NATIONAL FOREST, Thor Burbach
CREATING AN IMAGE, SHAPING A DESTINATION IN CHACHAPOYAS, PERU, Charles Hoadley
RURAL COMMUNITY VITALITY; THE CASES OF FORT BENTON, MONTANA AND WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, Joseph Micheal Husar
FIVE YEARS AFTER THE OCTOBER 8, 2005 KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE: ASSESSING POST-SEISMIC LANDSLIDING PROCESSES BETWEEN 2005 AND 2010, Shah F. Khan
Retracing the 1910 Carruthers Royal Geographical Society Expedition to the Turgen Mountains of Mongolia – Reconstruction of a Century of Glacial Change, Kevin Gregory McManigal
Evaluating Repeat Photography in Documenting Natural and Cultural Landscape Changes: a Changing Crown of the Continent Ecosystem between 1899 and 2010, Dusty Leigh Waltner
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Examining Narratives of Place: Representations of Xinjiang in Tourism and Geography Education, Michael Church
The Value of a Neighborhood School: The Story of Paxson Elementary, Missoula, Montana, Tina K. Erickson
THE BIOGEOGRAPHY OF Ageratina adenophora: A MEXICAN TRANS-GLOBAL INVADER, Heather Marie Evans
Geographilia in Children's Urban Spaces: Investigating How Children Explore Outdoor Places and Connect with Natural Objects., jeanine sandra garella
SCALE AND SOURCE OF GEOSPATIAL DATA FOR WILDFIRE RISK ASSESSMENTS: COMPARING NATIONAL DATA WITH LOCAL DATA IN THE DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST, Julie Marie Gilbertson-Day
Resource Debate in Southwest Alaska: The Bristol Bay Fishery and the Pebble Mine, Ethan Jerome Gottschalk
STEWARDSHIP IN WEST AFRICAN VODUN: A CASE STUDY OF OUIDAH, BENIN, HAYDEN THOMAS JANSSEN
Socio-Ecological Factors that Impact Sustainable Management of the lake Bosomtwe Basin in Ghana, Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong
AN ASSESSMENT OF MUNICIPAL WATER RIGHTS AND WATER SYSTEMS IN THE CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN, Jacob Daniel Petersen-Perlman
Irrigators' Vulnerability to Drought in the Flathead River Basin, Montana, Joel Brown Stephen
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
The Public Land Manager in Collaborative Conservation Planing: A Comparative Analysis of Three Case Studies in Montana, Lawrence Allen Byrd
Glacier Monitoring in Ladakh and Zanskar, northwestern India, Martin Edward Byrne
SOCIO-SPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF MIGRANT WOMEN’S LIVES IN TBILISI, GEORGIA, Laura S. E. Cahill
RENEWABLE ENERGY IN MONTANA: SYSTEM APPLICATIONS AND TECHNLOGY, Mandi Lee Corr
Exploring Perspectives on Landscape and Language among Kaike Speakers in Dolpa, Nepal, Corrie Maya Daurio
Impacts of Industrial Development Upon Indigenous Farming and Grazing Traditions in Xinjiang, People's Republic of China, James Robert Harper
Assessing Accessible Transportation Options Using GIS in Missoula, MT, Jillian Jo Jurica
An Assessment of the Viability of LandScan Data to Estimate Structure Location in Wildland Fire Management and Planning, Jeffrey Daniel Kaiden
Rural Subdivision Planning in Missoula County, Montana: a Planner's Perspective, John Michael Newman
Farmers' Perceptions and Reactions to Changes in Grain Elevator Size and Location in Central Montana, Jessie June Reynolds
Rock Glacier Distribution, Activity and Movement, Northern Absaroka and Beartooth Ranges, MT, USA, Zachary M. Seligman
SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF BIOMES IN THE NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES (9000 YBP TO THE PRESENT), Christopher Caleb Stump
WATER QUALITY AND WATERBORNE DISEASE ALONG THE NIGER RIVER, MALI: A STUDY OF LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND RESPONSE, Ashley Lauren Williams
AN EXAMINATION OF MORTALITY RATES OF MISSOULA COUNTY AS COMPARED TO STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS, Daniel John Yochim
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING OF THE K2 AREA, PAKISTAN USING GIS AND REMOTE SENSING, Deborah Jeanne Belden
Looking more deeply into the Link between Art and Place within the Salish Tribal Culture of Northwest Montana, Nathan E. Davis
ASSESSMENT AND POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SNOW-RELATED ALGORITHMS IN BIOME-BGC, v4.2, Deana Ann DeWire
Geodatabase Design for Resource and Land Management GIS: Missoula Field Office BLM Case Study, Mark English
Landslide Susceptibility Zonation GIS for the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake affected region, Benjamin Growley
Producing a Biblical Atlas, Elizabeth Anne Hertz
Residential Development Patterns in Flathead County, Montana, Louis Anthony Jarvis
The Role of Brownfields Redevelopment in the Rejuvenation of an Older Industrial City: A Case Study of Two Successful Brownfields Reuse Projects in Baltimore, Maryland, Gregory William Lewis
A SIMPLE GIS APPROACH TO PREDICTING RARE PLANT HABITAT: NORTH CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS, UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, REGION ONE, Erin Elizabeth Nock
El Milagro De Almeria, Espana: A Political Ecology of Landscape Change and Greenhouse Agriculture, Robert Tyrell Wolosin
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Predicting Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) Range Expansion Near Missoula Montana Using Localized Climate and Elevation Data, William Frank Preston Cumming
Intersecting Issues of the Kashmir Earthquake: Risk reduction, vulnerability and the erosion of seismic culture, Jennifer Hamilton
EVALUATING RANGELAND CONDITIONS IN NEIGHBORING PROTECTED AREAS OF RUSSIA AND MONGOLIA, Sidney Rankin Holmes
TEMPLATES FOR CREATING STANDARDIZED CARTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTSFOR MONTANA COUNTY PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION PLANS, Bruce Albert Koerner
Small-Hydroelectricity and Landscape Change in the Bitterroot Mountains: Public Perceptions and Attitudes, Chad E. Newman
A spatiotemporal analysis of Army base distributions in the contiguous United States from 1800 to 1900, Ben Ravitz