JOHN A. STANTURF1, BRIAN J. PALIK2, MARY I. WILLIAMS3, R. KASTEN DUMROESE4, and PALLE MADSEN5 1Center for Forest Disturbance Science, Southern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Athens, Georgia, USA 2Center for Research on Ecosystem Change, Northern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA 3School of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences, Michigan Technologi...

In 2005, the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act gave public land agencies discretion in the management of funds collected through recreation fees. However, this legislation is set to expire in 2015, which will lead to a reduction in available financial resources to maintain recreation services and to protect the environment. We use a unique dataset to analyze the impact of changes in fee ...

1 USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA 2 USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA; and Department of Zoology & Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 80271, USA 3 Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA 4 School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durha...

Edited and reviewed by: Samuel A. Cushman, United States Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, USA †Present address: Frédéric J. J. Chain, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada; Philine G. D. Feulner, Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution, Center for Ecology, Evolution and Biogeochemistry, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Kastan...

a Rocky Mountain Research Station, United States Forest Service, Moscow, ID, United States b Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States c McCall Outdoor Science School, University of Idaho, McCall, ID, United States d Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States e School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, ...

a USDA, Forest Service, Northern Region, 200 E. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59807, USA b College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula MT, 59812, USA c USDA, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, 800 East Beckwith Ave, Missoula, MT 59801, USA d Natural Resource Economics, College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula MT, 59812,...

DNA Markers for Identifying Individual Snowshoe Hares Using Fieldcollected Pellets Michael K. Schwartz1, Kristine L. Pilgrim, Kevin S. McKelvey, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 800 E. Beckwith, Missoula, Montana 59801 PiiarT. Rivera, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, P.O. Box 907, 1550 Dewey Avenue, Baker City, Oregon 97814

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Integrated Forest Science, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Raleigh, NC 27695, United States U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Forest Watershed Research, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Otto, NC 28763, United States U.S. Department of Agricu...

Acknowledgements: This research was supported under a Joint Venture Agreement (06-JV099) between U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service’s, Rocky Mountain Research Station (Flagstaff, AZ) and the Department of Economics, University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM). We thank Carl Edminster and Carolyn Sieg (RMRS) for research support. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of t...

Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, 5320-122 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T6H 3S5, Canada USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 860 N. 1200 East, Logan, UT 84321, USA Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Viale dell’Università, 16-35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy INRA, BIOGECO, UMR1202, Cestas, France Scion (New Zealand...