This collection includes theses, dissertations, and professional papers from the University of Montana W. A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation. Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
GENETIC RESCUE OF ISOLATED CUTTHROAT TROUT, Donovan Alexander Bell
CALL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS: IDENTIFYING PREDICTORS AND AUDIENCES FOR COLLECTIVE CLIMATE ACTION, Nathan Scott Bender
Looking to the Future of Wildlife Conservation: Durable Wildlife Policy for the 21st Century, Charlie R. Booher
FACILITATING AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT USING SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING AND MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORKS, Sean C. Carter
DERIVING SURFACE FUELS FROM UAS IMAGERY FORFIRE MODELS, Matthew R. Cunningham
EVALUATING THE MANAGEMENT AND CONSEQUENCES OF HYBRIDIZATION BETWEEN NONNATIVE RAINBOW TROUT AND NATIVE WESTSLOPE CUTTHROAT TROUT, Anthony James Dangora
SPATIAL BEHAVIOR, FORAGING, AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF A SUBARCTIC UNGULATE, Elizabeth (Libby) Parr Williamson Ehlers
LiDAR-Landsat Covariance for Predicting Canopy Fuels, Margaret D. Epstein
The Genetic and Demographic Outcomes of Mixed-Source Reintroductions of Westslope Cutthroat Trout in Montana, Colter Austin Feuerstein
SMALL AREA ESTIMATION OF POSTFIRE TREE DENSITY IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES USING AN ANNUALIZED FOREST INVENTORY, George Chilton Gaines III
The Transfer of Federal Public Lands to Tribal Trust Ownership: Statutes and Cases from 1970 - 2020, Audrey L. Glendenning
RETHINKING RARE: NOVEL APPROACHES TO RARE SPECIES MONITORING AND CONSERVATION, Jessie Deanne Golding
CAUSES AND CONSQUENCES OF FIRE IN FOREST ECOSYSTEMS OF THE SELWAY-BITTERROOT WILDERNESS, Melissa Jaffe
Climbing Management on National Forests, Christopher Ryan MacKay
Ecological effects of prescribed burning, mechanical cutting, and post-treatment wildfire for restoration of Pinus albicaulis, Enzo Paolo Martelli Moya
GROWING TINY PLANTS IN COMMON ENVIRONMENTS: ASSESSING PATTERNS AND MECHANISMS OF DROUGHT RESPONSE WITHIN SPECIES, Mariah Kathryn McIntosh
Conservation in Ecuador's Sangay-Podocarpus Connectivity Corridor: A Study of Coproductive Capacities, Gabriel Isaac Oppler
UNDERSTANDING THE UTILIZATION OF WOODY BIOMASS THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVES OF SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE LAND MANAGERS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY, Mary-Ellen Reyna
RANCHER PERSPECTIVES ON LIVELIHOOD DIVERSIFICATION OPTIONS IN MONTANA'S BLACKFOOT RIVER WATERSHED, Sara N. Schmidt
Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change: How Montana Farmers Make Proactive Changes Despite Unpredictable Conditions, Austin Schuver
Feeling the Burn: Assessing the Effects of Fire Severity on Elk Nutritional Resources and Resource Selection, Lauren Ashley Snobl
In the Shadow of the Megadrought: Opportunities and Challenges for Addressing Loss and Damage from Climate Change in Chile and Eastern Montana, USA, Elizabeth Grace Tobey
EVALUATING THE USE OF CAMERA TRAPS TO MONITOR POPULATIONS OF UNGULATE PREY IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST, Scott Johnston Waller, Jedediah Brodie, Dale G. Miquelle, Hugh Robinson, and Mark Hebblewhite
Relationships Between Water, Sediment, Basal Resources, and Aquatic Insects in a Mine-Contaminated River on a Longitudinal and Habitat Patch Scale, Chelsea A. Wisotzkey
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
LARGE CARNIVORE RECOLONIZATION RESHAPES POPULATION AND COMMUNITY DYNAMICS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: IMPLICATIONS FOR HARVEST MANAGEMENT, Tyler James Clark
Monitoring the wetland landscape: white-faced ibis (Plegadis chihi) breeding habitat as a model assemblage, Shea P. Coons
THE PLACE OF COMMUNITY FOOD FORESTS: A REVIEW AND CASE STUDY OF COMMUNITY FOOD FORESTS AND THEIR UNTAPPED POTENTIAL, Sarah Eiden
Transboundary Marine Management in the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape, Lindsey G. Ellett
Wildlife-Friendly Fence Policy on Federal Public Lands Managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, Joshua D. Elliott
EFFECTS OF WOLF AND GRIZZLY BEAR RECOVERY ON COUGARS IN A MULTI-USE SYSTEM, Jennifer A. Feltner
SERVICE LEARNING, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND THE TOURISM SECTOR IN CONFLICT-AFFECTED BAMYAN, AFGHANISTAN, Kelly Elizabeth Franklin
SUSTAINABILITY IN A CHANGING LANDSCAPE: IDENTIFYING THE EFFECTS OF LAND USE ON VEGETATION AND MAMMAL COMMUNITIES, Christopher Paul Hansen
From the Eyes of Yellowstone National Park Visitors: Current and Future Desired Conditions, Glenna J. Hartman
A REINTRODUCTION RETROSPECTIVE: COMPARATIVE FISHER (PEKANIA PENNANTI) SURVIVAL AND PREY HABITAT USE IN THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON STATE, Tanner S.T. Humphries
Nitrogen Dynamics and Transport along Flowpaths in a Rural Wetland-Stream Complex, Colton Kyro
SPECIES SELECTION AND PLANTATION MANAGEMENT IN ENRICHMENT PLANTING WITH NATIVE TIMBER SPECIES IN THE PANAMA CANAL WATERSHED, Abigail A. Marshall
UNGULATES SEARCH FOR THE IDEAL HOME: HOW PREDATION AND FORAGE DIFFERENTIALLY AFFECT MALES AND FEMALES IN A PARTIALLY MIGRATORY POPULATION, Hans William Martin
ESTIMATING WOLF PREDATION METRICS, PATTERNS, AND DYNAMICS ACROSS TIME AND SPACE IN THE MULTI-PREY SYSTEM OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Matthew Caldwell Metz
EFFECTS OF WEATHER, PARENTAL BEHAVIORAL PLASTICITY, AND LIFE HISTORY TRAITS ON OFFSPRING GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENERGY EXPENDITURE IN SONGBIRDS, Adam Elliot Mitchell
COMMUNITY-BASED DEER MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY IN MISSOULA, MT, Taylor Ingle Mudford
LINKING HABITAT, POPULATIONS AND POLICY FOR CARIBOU IN THE FACE OF INCREASING DISTURBANCE, Eric Charles Palm
CONCENTRATION AND COMPOSITION OF NANOPARTICLES AND COLLOIDAL PARTICLES IN A MINE-WASTE CONTAMINATED RIVER, Kaitlin Rose Perkins
ALL IN DUE TIME: MULTI-TRAIT ASSESSMENT OF ELK ACCLIMATION TO TRANSLOCATION, Ellen Marie Pero
CONTROLS ON NO3-N DYNAMICS IN THE UPPER CLARK FORK RIVER, MONTANA, Jacob Anthony Prater
Sula study revisited: 20-year post-fire regeneration in the southern Bitterroot Valley, Montana., Luke Alan Rymniak
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATURE CONNECTEDNESS AND BELONGING WITH PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR IN BRAZILIAN NATIONAL PARKS, Sonia Maria Sfair Kinker
MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF WESTSLOPE CUTTHROAT TROUT IN AN IMPACTED, CONNECTED RIVER SYSTEM, Troy Weant Smith
ECOTOXICOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SALINITY ON AMPHIBIANS, Brian James Tornabene
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Learning from wilderness fire: restoring landscape scale patterns and processes, Julia Kittleson Berkey
Shuttles in Wonderland: Assessing the Perceived Impact to Residents’ Quality of Life Based on the Proposed Implementation of a Voluntary Shuttle System in West Yellowstone, MT, Carter Wyatt Bermingham
DEVELOPING TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND STRESS AND NEST ABANDONMENT IN BIRDS, Hannah Elena Beyl
DECOUPLED DIEL SOLUTES: LINKING PRIMARY PRODUCTION AND NITRATE UPTAKE IN A MONTANE STREAM, Kimberly Bray
Using Satellite Observations of Soil Moisture to Improve Modeling of Terrestrial Water Cycles, Colin W. Brust
Investigating Wildfire as a Catalyst for Community-Level Resilience, Lily J. Clarke
An Exploration of the Adaptive Capacity of Community-Based Organizations in Northern Botswana in Response to a Hunting Ban, Katherine Kellam Coe
Understanding Native American Hemp Production, Cynthia M. Coleman
Water for Fish and Farms: An Examination of Instream Flow Programs in Montana Using Spatially-Explicit Water Rights Data, Anna Leigh Crockett
A NON-REPRESENTATIONAL FOCUS ON WILDERNESS AFFECT, Mark Lane Douglas
Influence of Livestock and Electrified Fences on Livestock Depredation and Habitat Selection by Grizzly Bears in the Mission Valley, Montana, Kari Lynn Eneas
Organizational Influence on Knowledge Co-production, Evora Dakota Glenn
GOLDEN EAGLE RESOURCE SELECTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF REPRODUCTION IN THE NORTHERN RANGE OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, David Brown Haines
TRIBAL CONSULTATION POLICY AND PRACTICE:A CASE STUDY OF THE CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES AND NMISULETKʷ (THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE CLARK FORK RIVER) AS A TRIBAL TRUST RESOURCE, Jennifer J. Harrington
Resource Selection and Calving Success of Moose in Colorado, Forest P. Hayes
Managing Forest Disturbances: Effects on Mule Deer and Plant Communities in Montana's Northern Forests, Teagan Ann Hayes
OPTIMIZING THE USE OF WILDLIFE MONITORING RESOURCES, Charles Raymond Henderson Jr.
Public satisfaction with forest management in western Montana: an evaluation of trust and public engagement, Haley R. Hodge
MODELING HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS OF TRIBAL WATER RIGHTS QUANTIFICATION AND SETTLEMENT ON THE FLATHEAD INDIAN IRRIGATION PROJECT, Jordan Andrew Jimmie
ADAPTIVE HARVEST MANAGEMENT OF WOLVES: THE ROLE OF RECRUITMENT AND HIERARCHICAL DEMOGRAPHY IN POPULATION DYNAMICS OF A SOCIAL CARNIVORE, Allison Christine Keever
FINDING FISHERS: DETERMINING THE DISTRIBUTION OF A RARE FOREST MESOCARNIVORE IN THE NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS, Jessica M. Krohner
BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC DRIVERS OF ACYCLIC SNOWSHOE HARE POPULATION DYNAMICS IN A SPATIOTEMPORALLY COMPLEX SYSTEM, Alexander Vishvamitra Kumar
A CONSERVATION MARKETING TOOLKIT: SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE MAPPING, MICROTARGETING CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, AND CONSERVATION CORRIDOR PRIORITIZATION, Hannah Josie Leonard
Global and Regional Perspectives on Large-Landscape and Transboundary Conservation, Sanober R. Mirza
Bird and Native Bee Responses to Habitat Treatments, Emily Bea Oja
Selection of Forage and Avoidance of Predation Risk by Partially Migratory Mule Deer, Collin Jeffrey Peterson
Wilderness Recreation Trends and Impacts: A Case Study of the Sawtooth Wilderness, Chelsea E. Phillippe
Creating a Conservation Corridor in Coastal Ecuador: Constraints and Opportunities for Integrative Agroforestry, Lucille M.F. Rice
Understanding and Measuring Net Positive Business Strategies, Luke Ruffner Robinson
QUANTIFYING THE EFFECTS OF NON-NATIVE RAINBOW TROUT (ONCOHYNCHUS MYKISS) HYBRIDIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ON FITNESSRELATED TRAITS OF WESTSLOPE CUTTHROAT TROUT (ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII LEWISI), Jeffrey Thomas Strait
Food Web Effects of Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) Invasion in Northwestern Montana, Charles Wainright
IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES ON DEER MOUSE SURVIVAL IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES, Emily C. Weidner
The Tongass Futures Roundtable: Distrust, Inequity, and Collaboration in Southeast Alaska, Hannah M. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
PRAGMATIST ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS: FOCUSING ON HUMAN-NATURE RELATIONSHIPS AND SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, Christopher Aden Armatas
DEFINING, MEASURING AND REFINING AN IDENTITY OF PEACE IN THE U.S. SECTION OF WATERTON-GLACIER INTERNATIONAL PEACE PARK, Elena A. Bigart
QUANTIFYING COAT COLOR PHENOLOGY OF SYMPATRIC SNOWSHOE HARES AND WEASELS, Brandon Murray Davis
Tiger Monitoring in Bhutan Using Non-invasive Genetic Tools, Tashi Dhendup
UNCONFINED WILDERNESS EXPERIENCES: WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO FEELING UNCONFINED WHILE VISITING THE SELWAY-BITTERROOT WILDERNESS?, Jonathan Daniel Dorman
SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF NITROGEN AND CARBON BIOGEOCHEMISTRY IN A WETLAND-STREAM SEQUENCE, Patrick E. Hurley
THE PUBLIC TRUST IN WILDLIFE: IMPLEMENTATION IN 13 WESTERN STATES, Nyssa Landres
Understanding Tourism Within a Social-Ecological System: Ometepe Island, Nicaragua, Chelsea Leigh Leven
Assessing the Robustness of Time-to-Event Abundance Estimation, Kenneth E. Loonam
SOIL MOISTURE DRIVES CANOPY WATER CONTENT DYNAMICS IN THE WESTERN U.S., Drew S. Lyons
METHODS FOR ESTIMATING MOUNTAIN GOAT OCCUPANCY AND ABUNDANCE, Molly McDevitt
Adaptation Under the Canopy: Coffee Cooperative and Certification Contributions to Smallholder Livelihood Sustainability in Santa Lucía Teotepec, Oaxaca, Meghan C. Montgomery
NEW, MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES TO CHARACTERIZE PATTERNS IN VEGETATION, FUELS, AND WILDFIRE, Christopher Jacob Moran
PATTERNS OF WILDFIRE RISK IN THE UNITED STATES FROM SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENTS – HOW RISK IS CHARACTERIZED BY LAND MANAGERS, Erin Kathleen Noonan-Wright
An Exploration: How Voluntourism Conservation Projects Coordinate with and Contribute to Conservation Efforts in Madre de Dios, Peru, Alejandrina R. Ocanas
An assessment of fecal water contamination in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, Daniel Paul Pendergraph 5024527