rural geography, natural resource management, the U.S. West

Drivers and consequences of rural land use change, water resource management, agricultural landscapes, environmental governance

Listen to Hannah's interview on Wyoming Public Radio's Open Spaces program dealing with her research on ranchland ownership (mp3).

Gosnell, H., J. H. Haggerty, and P. A. Byorth. 2007. Ranch ownership change and new approaches to water resource management in southwestern Montana : implications for fisheries. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 43(4):990-1003.

Gosnell, H., J.H. Haggerty, and W.R. Travis. 2006. Ranchland ownership change in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, 1990-2001: Implications for conservation. Society and Natural Resources 19(8): 743-758.

Gosnell, H. and W.R. Travis. 2005. Ranchland ownership dynamics in the Rocky Mountain West. Rangeland Ecology and Management 58:191-198.

Shinneman, D. and H. Gosnell. 2003. The human landscape. In B. Miller, et al. (eds.), Southern Rockies Wildlands Network Vision. Colorado Mountain Club Press: Golden, CO.

Gosnell, H. 2001. Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the art of compromise: the evolution of a Reasonable and Prudent Alternative for the Animas-La Plata Project. Natural Resources Journal 41:561-626.

Riebsame, W.E., H. Gosnell, and D.M. Theobald. 1997. Atlas of the New West: Portrait of a Changing Region. W.W. Norton: New York.

Riebsame, W.E., H. Gosnell, and D.M. Theobald. 1996. Land use and landscape change in the Colorado mountains I: theory, scale, and pattern. Mountain Research and Development 16:395-405.

Theobald, D.M., H. Gosnell, and W.E. Riebsame. 1996. Land use and landscape change in the Colorado mountains II: a case study of the East River Valley. Mountain Research and Development 16:407-418.

Straus, Emily. MS 2008. Incorporating an "Environment and Society" Geography Curriculum into Field-Based Environmental Education at The Mountain Institute, West Virginia.

Geren, Barbara. MS 2006 (non-thesis option). Predicting Sediment Delivery from Small Catchments in the Western Cascades of Oregon Using the USFS Disturbed WEPP Model.

GEO 106 – Geography of the Western World
GEO 420/520 – Geography of Resource Use
GEO 423/523 Land Use
GEO 452/552 – Principles and Practices of Rural and Resource Planning