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Erik Peters ’22 ECONOMICS Certificate in Environmental Studies CONSERVATION AND BIODIVERSITY THESIS TITLE Wolves and Wheels: The Effect of Yellowstone's Wolf Reintroduction on Deer-Vehicle Collisions ADVISER Andrea Wilson, Lecturer in Economics My thesis examined the economic impact of wolf reintroduction by evaluating associated decreases in vehicle collisions with deer. Previous literature has found significant reductions in deer-vehicle collisions after the reintroduction of a large predator. I found that while wolf reintroduction was associated with a significant decrease in the deer population, wolves have not reduced deer-vehicle collisions in the average Wyoming county with statistical significance. This adds to the broader scholarly conversation quantifying the economic costs and benefits of predator conservation and reintroduction, which are often indirect and difficult to measure. 13
Hannah Reynolds ’22 ANTHROPOLOGY Certificate in Environmental Studies; Smith Newton Scholar THESIS TITLE Defining the Tongass National Forest: Land Rights and Forest Management in Southeast Alaska ADVISERS Jerry Zee, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and the High Meadows Environmental Institute; Christiane Fellbaum, Lecturer with the Rank of Professor in the Council of the Humanities, the Program in Linguistics, and Freshman Seminars My senior thesis centered around the question of “What is a forest?” with the focus on the United States’ oldest and largest national forest — as well as the only remaining unfragmented temperate rainforest in the world — Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska. I sought to understand how the forest is constituted and valued by different groups of people who live in, work in and depend upon the Tongass, from tribal leaders to elected officials and conservationists. At present, much of the political discourse related to managing the forest is framed in economic terms, whether related to roadbuilding, timber, tourism or commercial fishing. The Tongass, however, also is a huge source of resilience, culture and community for the people who live there. Through this thesis, I hoped to highlight the nuances of life in the Tongass through ethnographic methods and by analyzing prior discourse on settler colonialism, ecological knowledge and Indigeneity with the intent of providing a new path for managing the Tongass that prioritizes the needs of local and Native peoples. CONSERVATION AND BIODIVERSITY 14
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