Spatial Natural Resource Challenges

Working Papers

Fine-scale Mobility and Land-use Data Facilitate Cost-effective Migratory Corridor Design
Kailin Kroetz, Bryan Leonard, Arthur D. Middleton, Laura Gigliotti, Tyler Treakle
Under Review

A Wildfire Preparedness Paradox in Beliefs About Fuel Treatment Effectiveness
Peri Brimley, Todd Cherry, Jacob Hochard, Bryan Leonard
Under Review

Published & Accepted Articles

Stranded: The Effects of Inaccessible Public Land on Local Economies in the American West
Bryan Leonard, Andrew J. Plantinga
Land Economics, 100(3): 421, 2024

Media Coverage (3)

• PERC: “Stranded”
• emLab (UCSB): “The Economics of Stranded Public Lands”
• US Forest Service Research

Assessing the Ecosystem Services and Disservices Provided by Mobile Wildlife
Samantha ML Maher, Kristin Barker, Kailin Kroetz, Van Butsic, Bryan Leonard, Arthur Middleton
Biological Conservation, 2023

Multi-Level Thresholds of Residential and Agricultural Land Use for Elk Avoidance Across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
L.C. Gigliotti, P. Atwood, E.K. Cole, A. Courtemanch, S. Dewey, J.A. Gude, M. Hurley, M. Kauffman, K. Kroetz, B. Leonard, D. MacNulty, E. Maichak, D. McWhirter, T.W. Mong, K. Proffitt, B. Scurlock, D. Stahler, A.D. Middleton
Journal of Applied Ecology, 2023

Wildlife Migrations Highlight Importance of both Private Lands and Protected Areas in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
L.C. Gigliotti, W. Xu, G. Zuckerman, P. Atwood, E.K. Cole, A. Courtemanch, S. Dewey, J.A. Gude, P. Hnilicka, M. Hurley, M. Kauffman, K. Kroetz, A. Lawson, B. Leonard, D. MacNulty, E. Maichak, D. McWhirter, T.W. Mong, K. Proffitt, B. Scurlock, D. Stahler, A.D. Middleton
Biological Conservation, 275, 2022

Media Coverage (10)

• WyoFile: “Study Reveals Yellowstone Elk Reliance on Unprotected Private Land”
• Wyoming Public Media: “Development and Elk Migration Can Coexist in Greater Yellowstone”
• Mountain Journal: “Why ‘Yellowstone’ Rancher John Dutton Says ‘Progress’ Is Destroying The Wild Rural West”
• Casper Star-Tribune
• Land Trust Alliance: “Private Land Supports Yellowstone Wildlife”
• Yellowstonian: “Why Greater Yellowstone’s Wildlife Migrations Matter”
• Western Landowners Alliance: “Importance of Private, Working Lands to Yellowstone”
• Wyoming Tribune Eagle
• SVI News
• Daniel Schwab Wyoming Blog

The Role of Private Lands in Conserving Yellowstone’s Wildlife in the Twenty-First Century
Arthur D. Middleton, Temple Stoellinger, Drew E. Bennett, Travis Brammer, Laura Gigliotti, Hillary Byerly, Sam Maher, Bryan Leonard
Wyoming Law Review, 22(2), 2022

Media Coverage (3)

• PERC
• Western Landowners Alliance: “Importance of Private, Working Lands to Yellowstone”
• Wyoming News: “New Federal Program to Incentivize Owners to Maintain Habitats”

Reconnecting Stranded Public Lands is a Win-Win for Conservation and People
L. Claire Powers, Ashley E. Larsen, Bryan Leonard, Andrew Plantinga
Biological Conservation, 2022

Media Coverage (2)

• PERC: “Stranded”
• emLab (UCSB): “The Economics of Stranded Public Lands”

Ownership Fragmentation and Natural Resource Use: Evidence from the Bakken
Bryan Leonard, Dominic Parker
Economic Journal, 2021

Media Coverage (1)

• Hoover Institution: “Fragmented Ownership On American Indian Reservations Limits Gains From Natural Resources”

Stranded Land Constrains Public Land Management and Contributes to Larger Fires
Bryan Leonard, Andrew Plantinga, Matthew Wibbenmeyer
Environmental Research Letters, 2021

Media Coverage (4)

• Western Confluence: “Fire at the Property Line”
• PERC: “Stranded”
• emLab (UCSB): “The Economics of Stranded Public Lands”
• Resources for the Future

Virtual Parceling
Karen Bradshaw, Bryan Leonard
International Journal of the Commons, 2020