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Research Needs

The following topics represent areas where more information is needed. We hope that these topics will spark your professional interest in conducting research at the park.

Conservation Biology | Earth Sciences and Vocanology | Ecology/Ecosystem Processes

Fish and Wildlife Sciences | Forest Sciences | Plant Science and Mycology

Social Sciences

 

Social Sciences

  • Changes in park use as a result of population growth

  • Implications of adjacent land management planning

  • Changes in local and regional land use

  • Changes in cultural values affecting park use

  • Effects or extent of illegal hunting

  • Visitor response to rules and the effect of that response on future planning/rules

  • Environmental history

  • Effects of human use and development

  • Aboriginal land use/prehistoric land use

  • Current and projected patterns of human use in the park

  • Changes in visitor behavior and use of the park

  • Resource damage thresholds of human impact

  • Activities and future plans of adjacent-land managers

  • Effects of demographic trends and shifting cultural values

  • Changes in visitor expectations

  • Changes in attitudes toward wildlife and implications of various attitudes

  • Changes in agency culture and attitude

  • Effective information management and technology transfer

  • Changes in technology use and their implications

 

 

 

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