RECREATION ECOLOGY & SPATIAL ANALYSIS RESEARCH GROUP
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Who We Are:

We are a group of interdisciplinary scientists working on current visitor use management issues in parks and protected areas. Our research focuses on understanding the impacts of outdoor recreation on ecosystems (recreation ecology) and the human behaviors that lead to both social and ecological impacts. To learn more about who we are please visit our People page and to learn more about current projects in the lab please visit our Projects and Publications page. Current opportunities with our group will be listed under Opportunities. 

Latest Research Group News! 

9/13/22: Dr. Ashley D'Antonio has a new, first-author paper out today in Applied Geography focused on the feasibility of using agent-based modeling to understand recreation use in off-trail areas. 

8/2/2022:
Former lab member, Carli Schoenleber's M.S. thesis work on using theory-based communication to protect Western Snowy Plovers on the Oregon Coast was just published in the Journal for Nature Conservation. 

5/27/22: Lara Jacobs and coauthors just published a new paper in Park Stewardship Forum about unsettling marine conservation. Great article with amazing beadwork as the figures. 

5/13/22: Dr. Ashley D'Antonio was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure (effective July 1)! 

2/9/22: Dr. Evan Bredeweg presented as part of the NRSS Monthly Webinar Series on his project with the National Park Foundation. The webinar was well-attended and resonated well with our NPS audience. 

1/12/22: Excellent new paper by Lara Jacobs et al. in a Special Issue of the Journal of Parks and Recreation Administration, "Reimagining U.S. Federal Land Management through Decolonization and Indigenous Value Systems"

12/15/21: Lara Jacobs, Ph.D. student, had her research featured in the Winter 2022 Oregon State Magazine. Check out "Soiled Sustenance" to learn more about Lara's work! 

9/17/2021: Two exciting pieces of news today! 1) The new issue of Focus (College of Forestry's Alumni Magazine) features articles about Lara Jacobs, current PhD student, and Jenna Baker, former M.S. student. 2) Lara Jacobs has a new paper our in Park Stewardship Forum on Cultivating sovereignty in parks and protected areas. The paper is open access! 

8/16/2021: New paper out from the lab! Jenna Baker's thesis work was just published in Applied Geography. Her work focused on the social and ecological implications of stand-up paddleboarding and other water-based recreation. Jenna also comes up with the best titles for her papers! 


Contact

Address: Oregon State University
                 Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society
                 321 Richardson Hall
                 Corvallis, Oregon
                 97331

Office: 318 Richardson Hall

Email: Ashley.D'Antonio@oregonstate.edu
Let it be acknowledged that Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Mary's River or Ampinefu Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (https://www.grandronde.org) and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians (https://ctsi.nsn.us).
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