Graduate Student News
Kelli Archie Awarded Ph.D. and Published New Paper
Center graduate student Kelli Archie was awarded a Ph.D. in ENVS in December. Kelli’s research on climate change adaptation planning on public lands in the Western U.S. and in Colorado mountain communities was supported by the Center’s NSF “SPARC” project. She was advised by Lisa Dilling. Congrats Kelli!!
A paper summarizing Kelli’s research was recently published. Archie, K. M., L. Dilling, J. B. Milford and F. C. Pampel (2012), Climate Change and Western Public Lands: a Survey of U.S. Federal Land Managers on the Status of Adaptation Efforts, Ecology and Society 17 (4): 20.
Abstract: Climate change and its associated consequences pose an increasing risk to public lands in the western United States. High-level mandates currently require federal agencies to begin planning for adaptation, but the extent to which these mandates have resulted in policies being implemented that affect on the ground practices is unclear. |
To examine the status of adaptation efforts, we conducted an original survey and semi-structured interviews with land managers from the four major federal land management agencies in the U.S. states of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. The survey was designed to examine current planning for adaptation on public lands and how it differs from prior planning, the major challenges facing land managers in this region, the major barriers preventing managers from planning for adaptation, and the major hurdles associated with implementing adaptation plans… Read more.
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