On January 7th, I stepped out of a grocery store in Los Angeles and was hit by a smell I knew too well: burnt oak and sagebrush — the semi-sweet smoke of wildfire. Looking up, I saw columns of smoke rising into a cloudless sky. I hadn’t realized a fire was burning when I went Read more about Fire, Training, and Stewardship in a Changing West – Steven Ring[…]
Understanding how animals use space is a central question in movement ecology, and home range estimation is a key tool for answering it. Home ranges represent the areas an animal regularly uses to meet its biological needs, such as foraging, resting, and mating. Over time, ecologists have developed a variety of methods to estimate home Read more about Home (on the) ranges of pronghorn: The Brownian bridge movement model – Jeremy D. Pustilnik[…]
As a research assistant with the Ucross High Plains Stewardship Initiative, I have spent the past six months supporting the Town of Crested Butte, Colorado in identifying strategies to promote walking, cycling, and transit usage in place of car dependency. As our research team analyzed the challenges facing Crested Butte’s transportation system, we learned of Read more about Learning from Peer Mountain Towns: How Communities are Rethinking Transportation– Kathleen Maeder[…]
Over the last several months, I have worked with my colleagues Kathleen Maeder and Quinn Raymond on transportation strategies for Crested Butte, Colorado that emphasize walking, biking, and transit. We prepared a report presenting our findings, drawing from research, case studies, and discussions with Crested Butte contacts. One strategy that has emerge from this process Read more about Transportation Strategies for Crested Butte, Colorado– Joshua Hernandez[…]