This collection includes theses, dissertations, and professional papers from the University of Montana Department of Environmental Studies. Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
EVALUATING THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE ROUNDTABLE ON THE CROWN OF THE CONTINENT, Travis D. Anklam
LIGHTMAN, Cynthia Ann Marbut
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Food Policy for a Healthy, Sustainable, and Equitable Local Food System: Recommendations for Missoula, Erika Berglund
Surface Tension: Essays on an Evolving Faith, Sydney Jo Bollinger
Down the Deer Path: Reflections on the Future of Hunting in America, Jackie A. Bussjaeger
Comparing Fence Modeling and Mapping Approaches to Support Wildlife Management and Research in Southwest Montana, Simon Albert Buzzard
RHETORIC AND PERCEPTION: A CASE STUDY OF THE PROPOSED NORTHMET MINE ON MINNESOTA’S IRON RANGE, Sophia J. Frank
Change is the Only Constant: A Snowpack Retention Analysis and Climate Vulnerability Road Map for the Skalkaho Creek Sub-Basin, Zachary Freeman Goodwin
A Policy Analysis of Lead Paint Disclosure Implementation in Residential Homes in Missoula Montana, Marissa Lein Lehner
A Restless Imminent Dread, Elizabeth M. Pellegrino
Protecting Biodiversity on National Forests: The Evolution and Implementation of Forest Planning Regulations, Anna Wearn
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Recovering our Roots: The Importance of Salish Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Traditional Food Systems to Community Wellbeing on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana., Mitchell Rose Bear Don't Walk
Environmental Site Assessment and Hydrogeologic Impacts to Groundwater at St. Ignatius, Montana and Hanford, Washington, Ryan M. Carter
WATER USE IN CONFINED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (CAFOS) IN MINNESOTA: WHO’S KEEPING TRACK?, Dara Meredith Fedrow
Missoula Prescription Produce Program: Lessons Learned 2015-2017, Harley Fredriksen
Walking with the Wild: Finding an Ethic of Compassion in Conservation, Jane Hallie McGuire
Development Along Rattlesnake Creek: An Assessment of Stream Health, Channel Form, and Land Cover, Christopher D. Miller
"Fenced-In Place": White Settler Colonialism as Opposition to Increased Tribal Management of the National Bison Range, Brittany Lee Palmer
The Anatomy of Extinction: Stories of People as Place, Mason Parker
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Applications of GIS in Conservation, Heidi M. Daulton
A Comparison of Three Agricultural Startups, John Dindia
Policy Analysis: Alaska Salmon Hatcheries, Jessica Eller
ZONING AND COMPLEMENTARY INCENTIVES TO PROTECT FARMLAND: A CASE FOR MISSOULA COUNTY, Kaitlin McCafferty
Lessons Learned in the Superfund Process: A Guide for Community Advisory Groups, Terri Nichols
GROWING YOUTH PROGRAMMING AT GARDEN CITY HARVEST THROUGH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH, Hannah B. Oblock
Things That Fly, Melissa Anne Peterson
Transitioning Montana to a Renewable Energy Future: The Social and Economic Impacts, Jacqueline O. Sussman
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Poison in Pink, Sydney V. Cook
Carrying the Seeds: Adaptations and Transitions of Hmong American Food Producers in Missoula County, Montana, Rachel Cramer
Chignik Summer, Peter Gurche
GROUND FIRES: Essays on Land and Scouting, Matthew R. Hart
The Balancing Act: Ecological Interventions and Decision Tradeoffs to Preserve Wilderness Character, Lucy A. Lieberman
Wearing it on: A Map of Work and Land, Thomas Sentner
COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, Sophie C. Wolfram
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
A Comparison of Course Quality Surveiy Results from Students on Gender Balanced and Gender Imbalanced Field Courses at NOLS, Alexandra M. Alway
PERFORMANCE MEASURES OF ROAD CROSSING STRUCTURES FROM RELATIVE MOVEMENT RATES OF LARGE MAMMALS, Adam Andis
Between Rivers: Reflections on home, obligation, and otherness from a confluence of conservation and connectivity, Chandra M. Brown
Adapting Near-Ultraviolet Colorimetry for Long-Term In Situ Monitoring of Hexavalent Chromium in Groundwater Aquifers, Janine Carter
An Elemental Community: Contemplations of Place, Theresa A. Duncan
Aquatic food webs and heavy metal contamination in the upper Blackfoot River, Montana, Jack E. Landers
Beautiful, Battered Lands: Making Peace with Place from the Rust Belt to Appalachia, Katherine Leary
The Next Billion: Lessons in off-grid electricity development from the global south, Peter McDonough
73,401 Hexagons: A Geodiversity Gap Analysis of the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, Robina A. Moyer
Wingspan: Living with Birds, Lauren A. Smith
The Way Around: Walking into Revolution, Nicholas T. Triolo
Baseline study of recovering headwater streams in the Sapphire Mountains, western Montana, Morgan Vinyard
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
ECOLOGICAL STATUS OF BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOGS ON BOULDER, COLORADO OPEN SPACE AND MOUNTAIN PARKS LAND: AN ANALYSIS OF SELECT INDICATORS, Rachel A. Caldwell
Instituting Collaborative Conservation in Federal Land Management: the BLM's Resource Advisory Councils as an Example, Benjamin D. Donatelle
Off the Court, Onto the Farm, Arza E. Hammond
Speaking for You: Positions of Montana Ranching Organizations on Beef Market Concentration, Katie Marie LeBlanc
Farm-to-School in Montana: An Assessment of Program Participation, Autumn Lee
Legal Tools for Local Control of Oil and Gas Development: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities – Focusing on Select Eastern and Western U.S. States with Current and Potential Oil/Gas Development, Gabrielle M. Ostermayer
ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION IN WILDERNESS: WHAT THE FISH TO DO?, Kelsey R. Patterson
Rural Food Procurement Strategies and Attitudes Towards Food Sourcing: A Case Study of Boulder Town, Utah, Jane R. Philips
Cultivating Opportunity: Land Transfer Tools to Support Land Access for Beginning Farmers, Samuel E. Plotkin
The Millennial Who Planted Trees, trevien stanger
Raising Grain in Next Year Country: Dryland Farming, Drought, and Adaptation in the Golden Triangle, Montana, Caroline M. Stephens
Sacred Zones: Examing Wilderness in Yellowstone, Maine and Russia, Lily S. Vonderheide
Unearthing Connections in a Storied Landscape: The Flathead River Honoring and Place-Based Education in the Flathead Valley, Melissa Wardlow
FRACTURE, Emily Withnall
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Use and Effectiveness of Wildlife Crossing Structures with Short Sections of Wildlife Fencing, Elizabeth Rose Fairbank
A Hunter's Shadows: A Personal Exploration of Hunting, James Giese
A SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE RESORT AT PAWS UP, Matthew S. Hannon
WHEN THE SAP FLOWS: AFFECTION AND INDUSTRY IN THE MAPLE WOODS, Nicholas R. Littman
Impacts of Montana Public Wolf Hunting and Trapping on Tolerance and Acceptance of Gray Wolves Among Rural Resident Ranchers, Trappers, and Big Game Hunters, Alia Winn Mulder
'This Disc is not for a Bird Bath, it's for my Tractor': Exploring Gender, Sustainable Agriculture, and Networks in Western Montana, Eva Kathryn Rocke
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Prioritizing The Upper Clark Fork River Tributaries for Instream Flow Restoration, Catherine B. Berg
Native Trout Restoration in the National Parks of the Northern Rockies: An Analysis of Management Actions & Outcomes, Michael John Canetta
EFFECT OF COVER ON SMALL MAMMAL ABUNDANCE AND MOVEMENT THROUGH WILDLIFE UNDERPASSES, Hayley R. Connolly-Newman
NEST SITE CHARACTERISTICS OF LEWIS’S WOODPECKER (MELANERPES LEWIS) IN RIPARIAN SYSTEMS OF WESTERN MONTANA, Megan Fylling
Paying to Play: Supply Management in Montana's Dairy Industry, Laura Ginsburg
OPENING UP THE BOX: EXPLORING THE SCALING OUT OF THE GOOD FOOD BOX ACROSS CANADA, Stephanie Lentz Laporte Potts
Responses to climate change in National Park Service Wilderness: What is happening in the field?, Katherine E. Nelson
The Value of Knowing: Public Lands Monitoring by Non-Agency Groups, Aaron Richard Olsen
ACCEPTANCE OF WILDLIFE CROSSING STRUCTURES ON US HIGHWAY 93 MISSOULA, MONTANA, Jeremiah P. Purdum
PLACE-BASED EDUCATION, FUNDS OF KNOWLEDGE AND STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF WATER SYSTEMS, Meghan Rorick
A Chicken in Every Lot: The 2007 Chicken Ordinance in Missoula, Montana, Kate Margaret Sheridan
Putting Scientific Information into the Service of Environmental Justice for Residents Facing Groundwater Contamination, Yvonne Emily Sorovacu
We Humans: Nature, Culture, and Identity in the Anthropocene Age, Hudson Douglas Spivey
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Unsettled: A Memoir, Elizabeth Anne Baker
Regulation or Litigation: Using the American Legal System to Address Climate Change, Stacy Lynne Boman
In the Family of Things: Stories About Simple Choices and Radical Change, Grace Charlotte Brogan
Implications for Restoration: Effects of Riparian Vegetation and Shade on Temperature Gradients in Lower Gold Creek, Southwest Montana, Ashley Brandyn Burry-Trice
The Ecology of Parafluvial Ponds on a Salmon River, Zachary Jon Crete
RABBIT/RIDES: CONNECTING A CONTINENT BY BIKE, Douglas Augustus Davis
Understanding Incubator Farms: Innovative Programs in New Farmer Development, Brianna M. Ewert
Falling in Yellowstone: Stories from the Summer Season, Lauren L. Koshere
Learning to Be Home: Perspectives from a Year in Patagonia, Nancy Marie Moore
Environmental Justice Impacts and Sustainable Solutions, Meghan K. Oswalt
An Assessment of Livelihood Security in International Community-based Wildlife Conservation Projects, Monica Antonia Perez-Watkins
TRADING OFF THE BENEFITS AND BURDENS: COAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE TRANSBOUNDARY FLATHEAD RIVER VALLEY, Nadia E. Soucek
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Developing Successful Wilderness Stewardship Partnerships, Heather Day
Green Roofs in the Garden City: Exploring the Opportunities for Green Roof Policies in Missoula, Montana, Matthew Ryan Hodges
WHILE GLACIERS SLEPT, JERILYNN EMILY JACKSON
Metadata Analysis of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality's Reference Stream Project Datasets, Jonathan Samuel Leiman
Wild Collaboration: Ecological Restoration, Religion, and the Reformation of the Human/Nature Relationship, Adam Carl Lohrmann