Research by topic area

• Effects and perceptions of weather, climate, and climate change on outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism in the United States: A systematic review. PLOS Climate. Online here | Download PDF  

• A review of the effects of climate change on visitor use in US public lands and waters. National Park Service Science Report. Online here & Download PDF 

• National Park Service staff perspectives on how climate change affects visitor use. People and Nature. Online here & Download PDF

• Adapting visitor use management under a changing climate across the U.S. National Park System. Journal of Environmental Management. Online here & Download PDF

• Climate change and the demand for recreational ecosystem services on public lands in the continental United States. Global Environmental Change. Online here |  Postprint PDF | Data & Code | Supplementary Material

• Social media reveal ecoregional variation in how weather influences visitor behavior within U.S. National Park Service units. Scientific Reports. Online here | Download PDF | Data, Code, & Maps | Supplementary Material | Short video

• Climate change and Utah ski resorts: Impacts, perceptions, and adaptation strategies. Mountain Research and Development. Online here | Download PDF | Data & Code | Supplementary Material

• Quantifying and evaluating strategies to decrease carbon dioxide emissions generated from tourism to Yellowstone National Park. PLOS Climate. Online here & Download PDF 

• The mountains are calling, but will visitors go? Modeling the effect of weather and air quality on visitation to Pacific Northwest parks and protected areas using mobile device data. PLOS Climate. Online here & Download PDF

• Climate and visitation to Utah’s ‘Mighty 5’ national parks. Tourism Geographies. Online here | Postprint PDF

• Attendance trends threaten future operation's of America's state parks systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Online here | Download PDF | Data

• Effects of weather conditions on tourism spending: Implications for future trends under climate change. Journal of Travel Research. Online here | Postprint PDF

• Visitation to national parks in California shows annual and seasonal change during extreme drought and wet years. PLOS Climate. Online here & Download PDF 

• Place attachment, recreational activities, and travel intent under changing climate conditions. Journal of Sustainable Tourism.  Online here | Postprint PDF

• Weather sensitivity and climate change perceptions of tourists: A segmentation analysis. Tourism Geographies. Online here | Postprint PDF

• Nature-based tourism and climate change risk: Visitors' perceptions in Mount Desert Island, Maine. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. Online here | Postprint PDF

• What is “big data” and how should we use it? The role of large datasets, secondary data, and associated analysis techniques in outdoor recreation research. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. Online here | Postprint PDF

• Uses and limitations of social media data to inform visitor use management in parks and protected areas: A systematic review. Environmental Management. Online here | PDF here | Data & Code | Supplementary Material

• Promises and pitfalls of using computer vision to make inferences about landscape preferences: Evidence from an urban-proximate park system. Landscape and Urban Planning. Online here | Postprint PDF | Data & Code | Supplementary Material

• Social media reveal ecoregional variation in how weather influences visitor behavior within U.S. National Park Service units. Scientific Reports. Online here | Download PDF | Data, Code, & Maps | Supplementary Material | Short video

• Bringing forecasting into the future: Using Google to model national park visitation. Journal of Environmental Management. Online here | Postprint PDF | App | Data & Code

• Estimating trail use and visitor spatial distribution using mobile device data: An example from the Nature Reserve of Orange County, California, USA. Environmental Challenges. Online here | Download PDF

• The mountains are calling, but will visitors go? Modeling the effect of weather and air quality on visitation to Pacific Northwest parks and protected areas using mobile device data. PLOS Climate. Online here & Download PDF

• Climate change and the demand for recreational ecosystem services on public lands in the continental United States. Global Environmental Change. Online here |  Postprint PDF | Data & Code | Supplementary Material

• Social media data in remote and low-use wilderness areas: Applications and limitations. International Journal of Wilderness.  Online here | Download PDF

Communication

• Social media communication preferences of national park visitors. Applied Environmental Education & Communication. Online here | Postprint PDF| Data

• Communicating information on nature-related topics: Preferred information channels and trust in sources. Plos One. Online here | Download PDF | Data

• Trail Sustainability Broadly Defined. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. Online here | Download PDF

• Support for management actions to protect night sky quality: Insights from visitors to state and national park units in the U.S. Journal of Environmental Management. Online here | Download PDF

• Motivations and spatial behavior of OHV recreationists: A case-study from central Utah. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. Online here | Postprint PDF

• Bears Ears National Monument and outdoor recreation in San Juan County, Utah. Society and Natural Resources. Online here | Postprint PDF | Data & Code 

• Attendance trends threaten future operation's of America's state parks systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Online here | Download PDF | Data

• Rural-urban differences in hunting and birdwatching intent. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. Online here | Download PDF | Data

• Perceived constraints to participating in wildlife-based recreation. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. Online here | Download PDF | Data

• Does proximity to wetlands matter? A landscape-level analysis of the influence of local wetlands on the public’s concern for ecosystem services and conservation involvement. Wetlands. Online here | Download PDF | Data