Mark Brunson

Publications | Abstracts

• Brunson, M.W, (1996). Society and Range Management: A Commentary. J. of Range Management 49:68 *

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Publications | Book Chapters

• Hruska, T., Huntsinger, L., Brunson, M.W, Li, W., Marshall, N., Oviedo, J., Whitcomb, H., (2017). Rangelands as Social-Ecological Systems: Rangeland Systems: Processes, Management and Challenges. Springer
• Brunson, M.W, Kartchner, H., (2016). Human Dimensions of Invasive Grasses: Exotic annual Bromus grasses in semiarid ecosystems of the Western U.S.: assessing causes, consequences, and management alternatives. Springer
• Tanaka, J.A, Brunson, M.W, Torell, L.A, (2011). A social and economic assessment of rangeland conservation practices: Conservation Benefits of Rangeland Practices: Assessment, Recommendations, and Knowledge Gaps. Allen Press
• Havstad, K.D, Peters, B., Allen-Diaz, J., Bartolome, B., Bestelmeyer, B., Briske, D., Brown, J., Brunson, M.W, Herrick, J., Huntsinger, L., Johnson, P., Joyce, L., Pieper, R., Svejcar, T., Yao, J., (2009). The western United States rangelands: A major resource. Pp. 75-94 in W.F. Wedin and S.L. Fales, eds. Grassland: quietness and strength for a new American agriculture. Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy
• Brunson, M.W, (2005). Socioeconomic Responses to Silvicultural Alternatives. In: C.C. Maguire and College of Forestry Integrated Research Project: Ecological and Socioeconomic Responses to Alternative Silvicultural Treatments *
• Brunson, M.W, (2004). Social acceptability in forest and range management. In: M.J. Manfredo, J. Vaske, B.L. Bruyere, D.R. Field, and P.J. Brown, eds. Society and Natural Resources: A Summary of Knowledge
• Brunson, M.W, (2003). Indicators for maintenance and enhancement of multiple economic and social benefits to current and future generations. In: A First Approximation Report by the Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable *
• Brunson, M.W, (2002). Collaborative Stewardship: Views from Both Sides Now. In: Ecosystem Management: Adaptive, Community-based Conservation *
• Brunson, M.W, (2002). Perceptions of Ranching: Public Views, Personal Reflections. In: R.L. Knight, W.C. Gilgert & E. Marston, eds. Ranching West of the Meridian: Culture, Ecology, and Economics
• Brunson, M.W, (2002). Recreational Use of Elk. In: D.E. Toweill and J.W. Thomas, Eds., North American Elk: Ecology and Management
• Brunson, M.W, (2000). Managing naturalness as a continuum: the limits of acceptable change approach. In: P. Gobster and B. Hull, eds., Restoring Nature. Washington, DC: Island Press *
• Brunson, M.W, (1999). Changing natural resource paradigms in the United States: Finding political reality in academic theory. Pp. 459-473, In: D. Soden and B. Steel, eds. Handbook of Global Environmental Policy and Administration
• Brunson, M.W, (1998). Social Acceptability of Ecosystem Management in the Pacific Northwest. Pp. 147-160, in: D. Soden, B.L. Lamb, and J.R. Tennert, eds.. Ecosystems Management: A Social Science Perspective
• Brunson, M.W, (1998). Social dimensions of boundaries: Balancing cooperation and self-interest. Pp. 65-86, in: R. Knight and P. Landres, eds. Stewardship Across Boundaries. Washington, D.C.:Island Press
• Brunson, M.W, (1997). Consensus and dissension among rural and urban publics concerning federal forest management in the Northwest. pp. 83-94. In: B.S. Steel (ed.) Public lands management in the West: Citizens, interest groups and values *
• Brunson, M.W, (1997). Sources of variation in attitudes and beliefs about federal rangeland management in the Northwest. Pp. 33-46. In: B.S. Steel (ed.). Public lands management in the West: Citizens, interest groups and values
• Brunson, M.W, (1996). Human Dimensions in Silviculture. Ch. 6, In: A.W. Ewert, ed., Natural Resource Management: The Human Dimension
• Brunson, M.W, (1995). Redefining 'multiple use': agency responses to changing social values. Pp. 143-158, in: A New Century for Natural Resources Management. R.L. Knight and S. Bates, ed. Island Press

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Curriculum

• Brunson, M.W, (2014). Go-back land: restoring abandoned farmland and sustaining farm towns. National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center

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Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Howe, A., Blomdahl, E., Smith-Eskridge, E., Pinto, D., Brunson, M.W, Huntly, N., Howe, P., Klain, S., Worldviews more than experience predict Californians’ support for wildfire risk mitigation policies. Environmental Research Letters
• Morgan, B., Spangler, K., Stuivenvolt Allen, J., Morrisett, C., Brunson, M.W, Wang, S., Huntly, N., (2020). Water availability for cannabis in northern California: intersections of climate, policy, and public discourse. Water, 13:1, article 5. doi: https://dx.doi.org/ 10.3390/w13010005
• Moffet, C.A, Hardegree, S.P, Abatzoglou, J.T, Hegewisch, K.C, Sheley, R.A, Brunson, M.W, Flerchinger, G.N, Boehm, A.R, (2019). Weather Tools for Retrospective Assessment of Restoration Outcomes . Rangeland Ecology & Management, 72:2, 225-229. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2018.10.011
• Kalnicky, E., Brunson, M.W, Beard, K.H, (2019). Predictors of Participation in Invasive Species Control Activities Depend on Prior Experience with the Species. Environmental Management, 63:1, 60-68. doi: 10.1007/s00267-018-1126-2
• Bentley Brymer, A.L, Wulfhorst, J.D, Brunson, M.W, (2018). Analyzing stakeholders' workshop dialogue for evidence of social learning. Ecology and Society, 23:1, Article 42.
• Hardegree, S.P, Abatzoglou, J.T, Brunson, M.W, Germino, M.J, Hegewisch, K.C, Moffet, C.A, Pilliod, D.S, Roundy, B.A, Boehm, A.R, Brabec, M.M, Meredith, G.R, (2018). Weather-Centric Rangeland Revegetation Planning. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 71:1, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.rama.2017.07.003
• Enquist, C., Jackson, S.T, Garfin, G., Davis, F.W, Garber, L.R, Littell, J., Tank, J.L, Terando, A., Wall, T., Halpern, B., Hiers, J., Morelli, T., McNie, E., Stephenson, N.L, Williamson, M.A, Woodhouse, C.A, Yung, L., Brunson, M.W, Hall, K., Hallett, L.M, Lawson, D.M, Moritz, M., Nydick, K., Pairis, A., Ray, A.J, Regan, C., Safford, H.D, Schwartz, M.W, Shaw, M., (2017). Foundations of Translational Ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 15:10, 541-550. doi: 10.1002/fee.1733
• Schwartz, M.W, Hiers, J.K, Davis, F.W, Garfin, G., Jackson, S.T, Terando, A.J, Woodhouse, C.A, Morelli, T., Williamson, M.A, Brunson, M.W, (2017). Developing a Translational Ecology Workforce. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 15:10, 587-596. doi: 10.1002/fee.1732
• Briske, D.D, Bestelmeyer, B.T, Brown, J.R, Brunson, M.W, Thurow, T.L, Tanaka, J.A, (2017). Assessment of USDA-NRCS Rangeland Conservation Platforms: Recommendation for an Evidence-Based Conservation Platform. Ecological Applications, 27:1, 94-104.
• Wolters, E., Steel, B.S, Weston, D., Brunson, M.W, (2017). Determinants of Residential Firewise Behaviors in Central Oregon. The Social Science Journal, 54:2, 168-178. doi: 10.1016/j.soscij.2016.12.004
• Brunson, M.W, Baker, M.A, (2016). Translational training for tomorrow's environmental scientists. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 6:2, 295-299. doi: DOI 10.1007/s13412-015-0333-x
• Guttery, M., Messmer, T.A, Brunson, M.W, Robinson, J., Dahlgren, D., (2015). Hunter Motivations for Pursuing a Declining Species: Insights from Greater Sage-Grouse Hunters in Utah. Animal Conservation, doi: 10.1111/acv.12213
• Kalnicky, E.A, Brunson, M.W, Beard, K.H, (2014). A social-ecological systems approach to non-native species: Habituation and its impact on management of coqui frogs in Hawaii. Biological Conservation, 180, 187–195. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.09.044
• McIver, J., Brunson, M.W, Bunting, S., Chambers, J., Doescher, P., Grace, J., Hulet, A., Knick, S., Miller, R., Pierson, F., Pyke, D., Rau, B., Rollins, K., Roundy, B., Schupp, E.W, Tausch, R., Williams, J., (2014). A synopsis of short-term response to alternative restoration treatments in sagebrush steppe: the SageSTEP project. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 67:5
• McIver, J., Brunson, M.W, (2014). Multi-disciplinary, multi-site evaluation of alternative sagebrush steppe restoration treatments: The SageSTEP project. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 67:5
• Gordon, R., Shindler, B., Brunson, M.W, (2014). Acceptance, Acceptability, and Trust for Sagebrush Restoration Options in the Great Basin: A Longitudinal Perspective. Rangeland Ecology & Management
• Beever, E.A, Mattson, B.J, Germino, M.J, Post van der Burg, M., Bradford, J.B, Brunson, M.W, (2014). Successes and Challenges from Formation to Implementation of Eleven Broad-Extent Conservation Programs. Conservation Biology, 28, 302-314. doi: doi: 10.1111/cobi.12233.
• Kalnicky, E.A, Beard, K.H, Brunson, M.W, (2013). Community-level response to habitat structure manipulations: An experimental case study in a tropical ecosystem. Forest Ecology and Management, 307, 313-321.
• Kalnicky, E.A, Beard, K.H, Brunson, M.W, (2013). Community-level response to habitat structure manipulations: An experimental case study in a tropical ecosystem. Forest Ecology and Management, 307, 313-321.
• Nay, C., Brunson, M.W, (2013). A War of Words: Do Conflict Metaphors Affect Beliefs About Managing “Unwanted” Plants?. Societies, 3:2, 158-169. doi: doi:10.3390/soc3020158
• Brunson, M.W, (2012). The elusive promise of socio-ecological approaches to rangeland management. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 65:6, 632-637. doi: 10.2111/REM-D-11-00117.1
• Brunson, M.W, Tanaka, J.A, (2011). Economic and social impacts of wildfires and invasive plants in American deserts. Rangeland Ecology and Management
• Shindler, B., Gordon, R., Brunson, M.W, Olson, C., (2011). Public perceptions of sagebrush ecosystem management in the Great Basin. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 64, 463-470.
• Brunson, M.W, Price, E.A, (2009). Information use and delivery preferences among small-acreage owners in areas of rapid exurban population growth.. Journal of Extension, 47, Article 5FEA4.
• Brunson, M.W, Huntsinger, L., (2008). Ranching as a conservation strategy: Can old ranchers save the New West?. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 61, 137-147.
• Tidwell, L.S, Brunson, M.W, (2008). Volunteering to manage rangeland weeds: Results of a citizen survey in the southwestern U.S.. Rangelands, 30(4), 19-24.
• Kennedy, C.A, Brunson, M.W, (2007). Creating a culture of innovation in ranching: A study of outreach and cooperation in west-central Colorado. Rangelands, 29, 35-40.
• Peters, D.C, Sala, O.E, Allen, C.D, Covich, A., Brunson, M.W, (2007). Cascading events in linked ecological and socio-economic systems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 4, 221-224.
• Conley, J.L, Fernandez-Gimenez, M.E, Ruyle, G.B, Brunson, M.W, (2007). Forest Service grazing permittee perceptions of the Endangered Species Act in southeastern Arizona. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 60, 136-145.
• Elmore, R.D, Messmer, T.A, Brunson, M.W, (2007). Perceptions of wildlife damage and species conservation: lessons learned from the Utah prairie dog. Human-Wildlife Conflict, 1, 78-88.
• Salmon, O., Brunson, M.W, Kuhns, M.R, (2006). Benefit-based audience segmentation: A tool for identifying nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) owner education needs. Journal of Forestry, 104:8, 419-425.
• Brunson, M.W, (2006). Benefit -based audience segmentation: A tool for identifying non-industrial private forest (NIPF) owner education needs.. Journal of Forestry, 104(8), 419-425.
• Brunson, M.W, (2006). Fire and fuel management communication strategies: Citizen evaluations of agency outreach programs. Society & Natural Resources, 19, 321-336.
• Brunson, M.W, (2006). Open spaces, working places. Rangelands, 28(5), 9-Apr.
• Brunson, M.W, (2005). Badly burned? Effects of an escaped prescribed burn on social acceptability of wildland fuels treatments. Journal of Forestry, 103, 239-246.
• Brunson, M.W, (2005). Changes in recreation quality after harvest: A decade of ratings for six silviculture treatments.. Journal of Environmental Management, 75(3), 239-246.
• Brunson, M.W, (2004). Adoption of range management innovations by Utah ranchers. Journal of Range Management, 57, 330-336.
• Brunson, M.W, (2004). Geographic variation in social acceptability of wildland fuels management in the western U.S.. Society & Natural Resources, 17, 661-678.
• Brunson, M.W, (2003). Crisis, context, and the reluctant socialization of the range profession. Rangelands, 25(6), 16-21.
• Brunson, M.W, (2003). Effects of Utah's coyote bounty program on harvester behavior. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 31(3), 736-743.
• Brunson, M.W, (2003). Recreationist responses to livestock grazing in a new national monument. Journal of Range Management, 56(6), 570-576.
• Brunson, M.W, (2003). Scenic quality after harvest: A decade of ratings for six silviculture treatments. Journal of Forestry, 101(2):30-36.
• Brunson, M.W, (2002). Range sites: are they the appropriate spatial unit for measuring and managing rangelands?. Rangelands, 24(6):7-12.
• Brunson, M.W, (2001). Future Social Changes and the Rangeland Manager. Rangelands, 23(6):33-35.
• Brunson, M.W, (2001). Naturalness and wildness: the dilemma and irony of ecosystem restoration in wilderness. Wild Earth, 10(4), 77-82.
• Brunson, M.W, (2000). Observing vs. Doing: A Researcher Looks at Collaboration. Chronicle of Community, 4(2):47-52.
• Brunson, M.W, (1999). Public Attitudes Toward Wildlife Damage Management and Policy. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27(3):746-758
• Brunson, M.W, (1999). U.S. public attitudes regarding predators and their management to enhance avian recruitment. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27(1):75-85
• Brunson, M.W, (1998). A framework for understanding social science contributions to ecosystem management. Ecol. Appl., 8:891-904
• Brunson, M.W, Yarrow, D., Roberts, S., Guynn, D., Kuhns, M.R, (1996). Nonindustrial private forest owners and ecosystem management: Can they work together?. J. of Forestry, 94, 14-21.
• Brunson, M.W, (1996). Effects of ecological information on judgements about scenic impacts of timber harvest. J. of Environmental Management, 46:31-41
• Brunson, M.W, (1996). Integrating 'human habitat' requirements into ecosystem management strategies: a case study. Natural Areas Journal, 16(2):100-107
• Brunson, M.W, (1996). Nonindustrial private forest owners and ecosystem management: Can they work together?. Journal of Forestry 94(6):14-21
• Brunson, M.W, (1996). Sources of variation in attitudes and beliefs about federal rangeland management. J. of Range Management 49:69-75
• Brunson, M.W, (1996). Strategies to Manage Conflicts Among Multiple Users. Weed Technology 10:447-450
• Brunson, M.W, (1995). The Changing Role of Wilderness in Ecosystem Management. Intrl. J. of Wilderness 1(1):9-13
• Brunson, M.W, (1994). National public attitudes toward federal rangeland management. Rangelands 16:77-81
• Brunson, M.W, (1994). Using image-capture technology to assess scenic value at the urban/forest interace: A case study. J. Envir. Manage. 40:183-195

Professional Journal

• Wilmer, H., York, E., Kelley, W.K, Brunson, M.W, (2016). "In every rancher's mind": Effects of drought on ranch planning and practice. Rangelands, 38:4, 216-221. doi: 10.1016/j.rala.2016.05.004
• Brunson, M.W, Huntsinger, L., Kreuter, U., Ritten, J., (2016). Usable Socio-Economic Science for Rangelands. Rangelands, 38:2, 85-89.
• Brunson, M.W, (2014). Unwanted no more: land use, ecosystem services, and opportunities for resilience in human-influenced shrublands. Rangelands, 36:2, 5-11. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-13-00064.1
• Brunson, M.W, Burritt, E., (2009). Behavioral factors in rotational grazing systems. Rangelands, 31, 20-25.

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | MultiMedia

Software

• Brice, E., Miller, B.A, Zhang, H., Goldstein, K., Zimmer, S., Grosklos, G., Belmont, P., Flint, C., Givens, J., Brunson, M.W, Adler, P., Smith, J., (2020). Impacts of climate change on the management of multiple uses of BLM land in the IMW. Hydroshare *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Technical Reports

Research Reports

• Hoffmann, S., Brunson, M.W, Olsen, S., (2010). A field guide to stakeholder groups for Great Basin sagebrush steppe restoration. *
• Shindler, B., Gordon, R., Brunson, M.W, (2007). Public priorities for rangeland management: A regional survey of citizens in the Great Basin. Logan, UT: SageSTEP.
• Brunson, M.W, (2000). Visitor Experiences and Resource Protection at Antelope Island State Park. Prof. Report 2000-5 *
• Brunson, M.W, (1994). Mail survey of natural resource issues on public lands in the West: Results from a public survey. Report prepared for the Eastside Ecosystem Management Team *

Other Reports

• Pyke, D.A, Chambers, J.C, Pellant, M., Miller, R.F, Beck, J.L, Doescher, P.S, Roundy, B.A, Schupp, E.W, Knick, S.T, Brunson, M.W, McIver, J.D, (2017). Restoration Handbook for Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems with Emphasis on Great Sage-Grouse Habitat--Part 3. Site Level Restoration Decisions. US Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
• Pyke, D.A, Knick, S.T, Chambers, J.C, Pellant, M., Miller, R.F, Beck, J.L, Doescher, P.S, Schupp, E.W, Roundy, B.A, Brunson, M.W, McIver, J.D, (2015). Restoration handbook for sagebrush steppe ecosystems with emphasis on greater sage-grouse habitat—Part 2. Landscape level restoration decisions. US Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
• Pyke, D.A, Chambers, J.C, Pellant, M., Knick, S.T, Miller, R.F, Beck, J.L, Doescher, P.S, Schupp, E.W, Roundy, B.A, Brunson, M.W, McIver, J.D, (2015). Restoration Handbook for Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems with Emphasis on Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat - Part 1. Concepts for Understanding and Applying Restoration. US Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
• Hoffmann, S., Brunson, M.W, (2013). Monitoring Road Dust Emission and Related Dust Effects in National Parks. *
• McCollum, D.W, Swanson, L.E, Tanaka, J.A, Brunson, M.W, Harp, A.J, Torell, L., Heintz, H., (2012). Criterion IV: Social and economic indicators of rangeland sustainability. : Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Rangeland Management.. University of Wyoming Extension
• McIver, J., Brunson, M.W, Bunting, S., Chambers, J., Devoe, N., Doescher, P., Grace, J., Johnson, D., Knick, S., Miller, R., Pellant, M., Pierson, F., Pyke, D., Rollins, K., Roundy, B., Schupp, E.W, Tausch, R., Turner, D., (2010). The Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Program (SageSTEP) : A Test of State-and-Transition Theory. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

Magazine/Trade Publications

Newsletter

• Brunson, M.W, (2014). Improving public support for restoration plans: A matter of trust. SageSTEP News *

Other

• Schelhas, J., Alexander, J., Brunson, M.W, Cabe, T., Crall, A., Dockry, M., Emery, M., Frankel, S.J, Hapner, N., Hickman, C.R, Jordan, R., Lavoie, M.J, Ma, Z., Meentemeyer, R., Starinchak, J., Vukomanovic, J., (2021). Social and cultural dynamics of non-native invasive species: Invasive Species in Forests and Grasslands of the United States: A Comprehensive Science Synthesis for the United States Forest Sector. Springer Verlag
• Hunt, S., Olsen, S.C, Brunson, M.W, (2011). Guide to legal and institutional resources for restoration and management of Great Basin rangelands. Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project (SageSTEP) *
• Brunson, M.W, (2009). Social Acceptability of Conifer Control and Sagebrush Restoration in the Northern Rocky Mountain Region. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Environment and Society, Utah State University, Logan, UT. *
• Brunson, M.W, (2008). Gauging the acceptability of fuels management: A matter of trust. Rural Connections *
• Brunson, M.W, Huntsinger, L., (2007). Rancher demographics, socioeconomic pressures, and the challenge of meeting conservation goals. Quivira Coalition Journal *
• Brunson, M.W, (2005). Information Sources, Willingness to Volunteer, and Attitudes toward Invasive Plants in the Southwestern United States. M.S., Forestry *
• Brunson, M.W, (2005). Learning and Adoption of Range Management Innovations among Ranchers in West-Central Colorado. M.S., Range Science *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.