Developing new tools to de-risk wildlife occupancy on private lands
Need and opportunity
Private lands play a big role in supporting North America's biodiversity, but for landowners, helping wildlife can come with a price. That's why innovative tools are essential to lessen the risks wildlife can bring to private lands while still protecting biodiversity. Our partners at PERC have successfully implemented several innovative approaches that support both landowners and wildlife in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. We teamed up with PERC to write a scientific article for a major conservation journal, sharing key insights from de-risking approaches to help conservationists allocate resources strategically and effectively.
Where we are
The article was published as an ‘Innovations in Practice’ paper in Conservation Science and Practice.
View the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13216
Team members
Arthur Middleton
Arthur is an associate professor in the Department of Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley and also acts as the Senior Advisor on Wildlife Conservation for the US Department of Agriculture. He leads a variety of interdisciplinary research efforts on wide-ranging wildlife and large-landscape conservation, and works actively to ensure positive outcomes of this work for communities.
Kristin Barker
Kristin serves as the research coordinator for the Beyond Yellowstone Living Lab. Her research primarily focuses on migration ecology, predator-prey dynamics, and anthropogenic influences on animal behavior. She’s spent most of the last two decades living and working in the Rocky Mountains, hiking, camping, biking, skiing, paddling, hunting, and doing lots of fieldwork.
