My teaching and research focus on the social aspects of conservation and natural resource management, with an emphasis on agricultural communities and public lands in the Northern Rockies. I’m interested in the ways in which private landowners, rural communities, and land management institutions navigate change. I examine the intersections between ecological change, scientific information, natural resource management, rural livelihoods, and governance innovations. My current work focuses on wildland fire governance, climate adaptation and agriculture, using scenarios in climate decision-making, and the food-energy-water nexus. 

• The Use of Climate Information in Adaptation Decisions
• Drought Adaptation on Working Ranchlands
• Social and Political Aspects of Climate Adaptation
• The Food-Energy-Water Nexus
• Wildland Fire Governance
• Decision-Making Under Uncertainty and the Efficacy of Futuring Tools
• Co-Production and Translational Skills
• Interdisciplinary Teaching and Research

NRSM 326 Climate and Society

NRSM 370S Wildland Conservation Policy and Governance

NRSM 500 Conservation Social Science Methods

NRSM 540 Food-Energy-Water Nexus

NRSM 570 Political Ecology