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SOCIAL SCIENCES

The Social Sciences interest group covers natural resource planning, policy, and management issues with interdisciplinary understanding of the various fields in social science, including sociology, planning, political science, law, economics, and anthropology. Study areas include community forestry and rural development, land use planning, natural resource policy and law, public administration and decision making, social and economic impact assessment, and recreation management and leisure studies.

A multidisciplinary traditional use study on human populations and natural resources for Point Reyes National Seashore
A study of historical and contemporary groups with ties to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
An ethnohistory of traditionally associated native populations for Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve
Building professional learning communities in mathematics: Enlarging content with natural resource applications
Establish an ecological and social carrying capacity for Yosemite Valley
Fire science application: Assessing information dissemination and use
Future of Washington Forests Study: Land Conversion
Institutional capacity for using new knowledge in resource management policy
NatureMapping program: Contribution to the GAP Analysis Program (GAP)
Naturemapping: Bridging the gap for citizen science
PNW CESU Planning-USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
PNW CESU Planning-USDI Bureau of Reclamation
PNW Ecosystems Studies Unit Program Support
Potential social impacts to human users by military operations areas
Review and evaluation of travel simulation models for planning and management of Mount Rainier National Park
Selecting visitor carrying capacity indicators and proposing standards for Mount Rainier National Park
Society and national parks in the 21st century — a dialogue
The collection of social information about visitors to the Ross Lake National Recreation Area
The contribution of low-income workers to forest management and production
Understanding public reactions to alternative forest practices

 

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