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Jim Finley long will be remembered for his simple but powerful message: take care of the woods. And in conveying that idea to thousands of people across Pennsylvania and the nation over a five-decade Penn State career, the professor emeritus of forest resources persuaded many.
The needs of people and wildlife aren't always a good fit. Animals need habitat, and humans need space. It's a conflict of nature. In the end, something has to give. But for Elena Rubino, finding a solution is her challenge.
E-Mail IMAGE: North Dakota, Wyoming and Montana have more residents with traditionalist values, said Michael Manfredo, lead investigator and department head of the Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources. view more Credit: CSU Photography Humans regularly exert a powerful influence on the survival and persistence of species, yet social-science information is used only sporadically in conservation decisions. Researchers at Colorado State University and The Ohio State University have created an index depicting the mix of social values among people across all 50 states, pro...
The Blue Review May 26, 2021 Tents in a Rohingya refugee camp cluster on a muddy hillside in Bangladesh. Saleh Ahmed, CC BY-ND While it may seem that much of the world has been locked down during the past pandemic year, more than 80 million people are currently on the move – unwillingly. Facing conflict in Syria, human rights violations in Myanmar and violence in Eritrea, among other hot spots, refugees are trying to relocate to North America and Western Europe, or at least to neighboring countries. Large camps of displaced persons can wreak major environmental damage. Refugees ...
Warner College of Natural Resources 10 May, 2021 Kathryn Rudd Kathryn Rudd loves to learn. Originally from Dallas, she dedicated as much effort and care as she could in all her classes during her final semester at Colorado State University. While pursuing a degree in human dimensions of natural resources, Rudd took on a new role in her final year on the Warner College of Natural Resources communications team as a news and social media intern. She has written science and research stories and helped design social media campaigns that focused on diversity and inclusion. Rudd, who wants to wo...