Alan E. Watson, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Vance G. Martin, Alan E. Watson, Chris A. Armatas, Amy Lewis. 2025. International wilderness in the Twenty-First Century: A global review (Chapter 3)
• Chan Zuo, Junbang Wang, Xiujuan Zhang, Alan E. Watson. 2023. Accelerated vegetative growth measured by gross primary productivity in China from 1980 to 2018
• Chan Zuo, Junbang Wang, Xiujuan Zhang, Hui Ye, Shaoqiang Wang, Alan E. Watson, Yingnian Li, Xinquan Zhao. 2023. Drought will constrain ongoing increase in net ecosystem productivity under future climate warming over alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China
• Xinyi Fan, Duoping Zhu, Xiaofang Sun, Junbang Wang, Meng Wang, Shaoqiang Wang, Alan E. Watson. 2022. Impacts of extreme temperature and precipitation on crops during the growing season in South Asia
• Christopher A. Armatas, William T. Borrie, Alan E. Watson. 2022. Human-nature relationships for the Flathead Wild and Scenic River System: Analyzing diversity, synergies, and tensions in a mountainous region of Montana, USA
• Junbang Wang, Yuefan Ding, Shaoqiang Wang, Alan E. Watson, Honglin He, Hui Ye, Xihuang Ouyang, Yingnian Li. 2022. Pixel-scale historical-baseline-based ecological quality: Measuring impacts from climate change and human activities from 2000 to 2018 in China
• Qian Qian, Junbang Wang, Xiujuan Zhang, Shaoqiang Wang, Yingnian Li, Qinxue Wang, Alan E. Watson, Xinquan Zhao. 2022. Improving herders’ income through alpine grassland husbandry on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
• Xihuang Ouyang, Junbang Wang, Xing Chen, Xuanlan Zhao, Hui Ye, Alan E. Watson, Shaoqiang Wang. 2021. Applying a projection pursuit model for evaluation of ecological quality in Jiangxi Province, China
• Chris A. Armatas, William T. Borrie, Alan E. Watson. 2021. A social science method for public engagement in the context of natural resource planning in the United States
• Linda M. Stumpff, Fernando Sanchez-Trigueros, Alan E. Watson, Florence Mdodi, Aaron Teasdale. 2020. Grassland, forest and riparian ecosystems on mixed-ownership federal lands adjacent to the Crow Indian Reservation: Developing a protective shield for sustainability of the environment and culture from the impacts of climate-related disturbance
• Chris A. Armatas, William T. Borrie, Alan E. Watson. 2019. Protocol for social vulnerability assessment to support national forest planning and management: A technical manual for engaging the public to understand ecosystem service tradeoffs and drivers of change
• Brian Cooke, Alan E. Watson, Russ F. Thurow. 2018. Research runs through it: A fresh look at wild and scenic rivers
• Chris A. Armatas, Robert M. Campbell, Alan E. Watson, William T. Borrie, Neal Christensen, Tyron J. Venn. 2018. An integrated approach to valuation and tradeoff analysis of ecosystem services for national forest decision-making
• Steve Chesterton, Alan E. Watson. 2017. A watershed moment for river conservation and science
• Alan E. Watson, Chris A. Armatas. 2017. A mental model of science informed by public lands managers: Increasing the chances for management based on science
• Chris A. Armatas, Tyron Venn, Alan E. Watson. 2017. Understanding social-ecological vulnerability with Q-methodology: A case study of water-based ecosystem services in Wyoming, USA
• Brooke Balauf McBride, Fernando Sanchez-Trigueros, Stephen J Carver, Alan E. Watson, Linda Moon Stumpff, Roian Matt, William T. Borrie. 2016. Participatory Geographic Information Systems as an organizational platform for the integration of traditional and scientific knowledge in contemporary fire and fuels management
• Chad P. Dawson, Ken Cordell, Alan E. Watson, Ramesh Ghimire, Gary T. Green. 2016. The US Wilderness Managers Survey: Charting a path for the future
• Alan E. Watson, H. Ken Cordell, Robert Manning, Steven Martin. 2016. The evolution of wilderness social science and future research to protect experiences, resources, and societal benefits
• Chris A. Armatas, Tyron J. Venn, Brooke B. McBride, Alan E. Watson, Steve J. Carver. 2016. Opportunities to utilize traditional phenological knowledge to support adaptive management of social-ecological systems vulnerable to changes in climate and fire regimes
• Alan E. Watson, Steve Martin, Neal Christensen, Gregg Fauth, Daniel R. Williams. 2015. The relationship between perceptions of wilderness character and attitudes toward management intervention to adapt biophysical resources to a changing climate and nature restoration at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
• Ramesh Ghimire, Ken Cordell, Alan E. Watson, Chad Dawson, Gary T. Green. 2015. Results From the 2014 National Wilderness Manager Survey
• Alan E. Watson, Stephen Carver, Zdenka Krenova, Brooke McBride. 2015. Science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values: Tenth World Wilderness Congress symposium; 2013, 4-10 October, Salamanca, Spain
• Chris A. Armatas, Tyron J. Venn, Alan E. Watson. 2014. Applying Q-methodology to select and define attributes for non-market valuation: A case study from Northwest Wyoming, United States
• Alan E. Watson, H. Ken Cordell. 2014. Take a scientist to the sauna: A great way to keep science and stewardship working together for another 50 years
• Alan E. Watson, H. Ken Cordell. 2014. Wilderness social science responding to change in society, policy, and the environment
• Robert G. Dvorak, William T. Borrie, Alan E. Watson. 2013. Personal wilderness relationships: Building on a transactional approach
• Alan E. Watson, Ann Schwaller, Robert Dvorak, Neal Christensen, William T. Borrie. 2013. Wilderness managers, wilderness scientists, and universities: A partnership to protect wilderness experiences in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
• Ronald L. Trosper, Fred Clark, Patrica Gerez-Fernandez, Frank K. Lake, Deborah McGregor, Charles M. Peters, Silvia Purata, Teresa Ryan, Alan Thomson, Alan E. Watson, Stephen Wyatt. 2012. North America [Chapter 5]
• Alan E. Watson, Linda Moon Stumpff, Jennifer Meidinger. 2012. Traditional wisdom and climate change: Contribution of wilderness stories to adaptation and survival
• Alan E. Watson. 2012. Wilderness at arm's length: On the outside looking in at special provisions in wilderness
• Robert G. Dvorak, Alan E. Watson, Neal Christensen, William T. Borrie, Ann Schwaller. 2012. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: Examining changes in use, users, and management challenges
• Alan E. Watson. 2011. The role of wilderness protection and societal engagement as indicators of well-being: An examination of change at the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
• Robert G. Dvorak, William T. Borrie, Alan E. Watson. 2011. Threats and changes affecting human relationships with wilderness: Implications for management
• Alan E. Watson, Joaquin Murrieta-Saldivar, Brooke McBride. 2011. Science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values: Ninth World Wilderness Congress symposium; November 6-13, 2009; Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
• Roian Matt, Katie Knotek, Daniel R. Williams, Laurie Yung, Alan E. Watson. 2011. Traditional wisdom: Protecting relationships with wilderness as a cultural landscape
• He Yang, Susan Hutchinson, Harry Zinn, Alan E. Watson. 2011. Discretionary time of Chinese college students: Activities and impact of SARS-induced constraints on choices
• Adam Liljeblad, Bill Borrie, Alan E. Watson. 2010. Trust is a must: What is involved in trusting those who manage forest fires?
• Alan E. Watson, Roian Matt, Tim Waters, Kari Gunderson, Steve Carver, Brett H. Davis. 2009. Mapping tradeoffs in values at risk at the interface between wilderness and non-wilderness lands
• Alan E. Watson, Vance Martin, Chau Chin Lin. 2009. Wilderness: An international community knocking on Asia's door
• Alan E. Watson, Dave Ostergren, Peter Fix, Bill Overbaugh, Dan W. McCollum, Linda E. Kruger, Martha Madsen, He Yang. 2009. Protecting ecotourism resources in a time of rapid economic and environmental transformation in Asia
• Adam Liljeblad, William T. Borrie, Alan E. Watson. 2009. Determinants of trust for public lands: Fire and fuels management on the Bitterroot National Forest
• Steve Carver, Alan E. Watson, Tim Waters, Roian Matt, Kari Gunderson, Brett H. Davis. 2009. Developing computer-based participatory approaches to mapping landscape values for landscape and resource management
• Alan E. Watson. 2008. Mapping social and cultural values in the Mission Mountains
• Sharon Ritter, Greg G. Jones, Alan E. Watson, Ward McCaughey, Mick Harrington, Rafal Zwolak, Kerry Foresman, Elizabeth Crone, Dean E. Pearson, Yvette K. Ortega, Dan Loeffler. 2008. ECO-Report - Finding common ground: Montana Forest Restoration Committee
• Katie Knotek, Alan E. Watson, William T. Borrie, Joshua G. Whitmore, David Turner. 2008. Recreation visitor attitudes towards management-ignited prescribed fires in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, Montana
• Alan E. Watson, Katie Knotek, Neal Christensen. 2008. On the outside looking in: Fly-in recreation day use visitor experiences in the south district of Denali National Park and Preserve
• Kari Gunderson, Alan E. Watson. 2007. Understanding place meanings on the Bitterroot National Forest, Montana
• Patricia L. Winter, James Absher, Alan E. Watson. 2007. Assess and enhance public trust
• Neal Christensen, Alan E. Watson, James Burchfield. 2007. Relationships to place in wildland resources management: Developing an effective research approach
• Teresa Cristina Magro, Alan E. Watson, Paula Bernasconi. 2007. Identifying threats, values, and attributes in Brazilian wilderness areas
• Adam Liljeblad, Alan E. Watson, William T. Borrie. 2007. A look inside the dynamics of trust: A guide for managers
• Alan E. Watson, Brian Glaspell, Neal Christensen, Paul Lachapelle, Vicki Sahanatien, Frances Gertsch. 2007. Giving voice to wildlands visitors: Selecting indicators to protect and sustain experiences in the eastern arctic of Nunavut
• Armando González-Cabán, Richard Haynes, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Evan Mercer, Alan E. Watson. 2007. Fire social science research–selected highlights.
• Katie Knotek, Alan E. Watson, Neal Christensen. 2007. Diverse recreation experiences at Denali National Park and Preserve
• Daniel R. Williams, Alan E. Watson. 2007. Wilderness values: Perspectives from non-economic social science
• Alan E. Watson, Janet Sproull, Liese Dean. 2007. Science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values: Eighth World Wilderness Congress symposium
• Katie Knotek, Alan E. Watson. 2006. Organizational Characteristics that Contribute to Success in Engaging the Public to Accomplish Fuels Management at the Wilderness/Non-Wilderness Interface
• Alan E. Watson, William Borrie. 2006. Monitoring the Relationship Between the Public and Public Lands: Application to Wilderness Stewardship in the U.S.
• Alan E. Watson. 2005. Denali National Park and Preserve: A different kind of wilderness
• Alan E. Watson, Katie Knotek, Neal Christensen. 2005. Voices from Denali: "It's bigger than wilderness"
• Alan E. Watson. 2005. Research on the relationship between humans and wilderness in Alaska
• Alan E. Watson. 2004. Human relationships with wilderness: The fundamental definition of wilderness character
• Alan E. Watson, Katie Kneeshaw, Brian Glaspell. 2004. A taste of the north: Voices from the wilderness about the wilderness character of Alaska
• Rudolph Schuster, Michael Tarrant, Alan Watson, Alan E. Watson. 2004. The Social Values of Wilderness
• Janie Canton-Thompson, Marcia Patton-Mallory, Sue Heald, Sharon Ritter, Robert D. Pfister, Dean E. Pearson, Yvette K. Ortega, Alan E. Watson, Elaine K. Sutherland, Greg Jones. 2003. ECO-Report - The case for research: How it makes a difference to managers
• Alan E. Watson, Janet Sproull. 2003. Science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values: Seventh World Wilderness Congress symposium; 2001 November 2-8; Port Elizabeth, South Africa
• Brian Glaspell, Alan E. Watson, Katie Kneeshaw, Don Pendergrast. 2003. Selecting indicators and understanding their role in wilderness experience stewardship at Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
• Janie Canton-Thompson, Sharon Ritter, Dave Campbell, Julie Schreck, Peter Kolb, Brooke Thompson, Hans Zuuring, Alan E. Watson, Yvette K. Ortega, Kevin S. McKelvey, Elaine K. Sutherland, Greg Jones. 2002. ECO-Report - Fire recovery in the Bitterroot: "It’s a lot of work!"
• Lilian Alessa, Alan E. Watson. 2002. Growing pressures on Circumpolar North wilderness: A case for coordinated research and education
• Alan E. Watson, Lilian Alessa, Janet Sproull. 2002. Wilderness in the Circumpolar North: searching for compatibility in ecological, traditional, and ecotourism values; 2001 May 15-16; Anchorage, AK
• William T. Borrie, Neal Christensen, Alan E. Watson, Theron A. Miller, Daniel W. McCollum. 2002. Public purpose recreation marketing: a focus on the relationships between the public and public lands
• Alan E. Watson. 2001. Goal interference and social value differences: understanding wilderness conflicts and implications for managing social density
• Chad P. Dawson, Alan E. Watson. 2000. Measures of wilderness trip satisfaction and user perceptions of crowding
• Alan E. Watson. 2000. Wilderness use in the year 2000: societal changes that influence human relationships with wilderness
• Alan E. Watson, David N. Cole, David Turner, Penny S. Reynolds. 2000. Wilderness recreation use estimation: a handbook of methods and systems
• Alan E. Watson, Greg H. Aplet, John C. Hendee. 2000. Personal, societal, and ecological values of wilderness: Sixth World Wilderness Congress proceedings on research, management, and allocation, Volume II
• Theron A. Miller, James A. Burchfield, William T. Borrie, Kristin H. Anderson, Daniel W. McCollum, Alan E. Watson, J. Michael Bowker, Brian R. Payne. 1999. Evaluation of attitudes toward recreation fees in the Pacific Northwest
• William W. Hendricks, Alan E. Watson. 1999. Wilderness educators' evaluation of the Impact Monster Program
• Alan E. Watson, David N. Cole, Gregory T. Friese, John C. Hendee, Peter B. Landres, Thoms F. Geary, Gerald L. Stokes, Jeff Jarvis, Wes Henry. 1999. Wilderness uses, users, values, and management
• Alan E. Watson, Greg H. Aplet, John C. Hendee. 1998. Personal, societal, and ecological values of wilderness: Sixth World Wilderness Congress proceedings on research, management, and allocation, Volume I
• Alan E. Watson, Rich Cronn, Neal A. Christensen. 1998. Monitoring inter-group encounters in wilderness
• Alan E. Watson, Neal A. Christensen, Dale Blahna, Kari S. Archibald. 1998. Comparing manager and visitor perceptions of llama use in wilderness
• Suzanne Cable, Alan E. Watson. 1998. Recreation use allocation: Alternative approaches for the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex
• Michael E. Patterson, Alan E. Watson, Daniel R. Williams, Joseph R. Roggenbuck. 1998. An hermeneutic approach to studying the nature of wilderness experiences
• Alan E. Watson, John C. Hendee, Hans P. Zaglauer. 1996. Human values and codes of behavior: Changes in Oregon's Eagle Cap Wilderness visitors and their attitudes
• Alan E. Watson, Liisa Kajala. 1995. Intergroup conflict in wilderness: balancing opportunities for experience with preservation responsibility
• Alan E. Watson, David N. Cole, Joseph W. Roggenbuck. 1995. Trends in wilderness recreation use characteristics
• Alan E. Watson, Michael J. Niccolucci. 1995. Conflicting goals of wilderness management: natural conditions vs. natural experiences
• Alan E. Watson, M. J. Niccolucci, Daniel R. Williams. 1994. The nature of conflict between hikers and recreational stock users in the John Muir wilderness
• Peter B. Landres, David N. Cole, Alan E. Watson. 1994. A monitoring strategy for the national wilderness preservation system
• Alan E. Watson. 1993. Characteristics of visitors without permits compared to those with permits at the Desolation Wilderness, California
• Alan E. Watson, Michael J. Niccolucci, Daniel R. Williams. 1993. Hikers and recreational stock users: Predicting and managing recreation conflicts in three wildernesses
• Timothy G. Love, Alan E. Watson. 1992. Effects of the Gates Park Fire on recreation choices
• Alan E. Watson, Michael J. Niccolucci. 1992. Place of Residence and Hiker-Horse Conflict in the Sierras
• Alan E. Watson, Daniel R. Williams, Joseph W. Roggenbuck, John J. Daigle. 1992. Visitor characteristics and preferences for three National Forest wildernesses in the South
• Alan E. Watson, David N. Cole. 1992. LAC indicators: an evaluation of progress and list of proposed indicators
• Alan E. Watson, Joseph W. Roggenbuck, Daniel R. Williams. 1991. The influence of past experience on wilderness choice
• Alan E. Watson. 1990. Why is it important to monitor social conditions in wilderness?
• Alan E. Watson. 1989. Wilderness visitor management practices: a benchmark and an assessment of progress
• Alan E. Watson, H. Ken Cordell, Lawrence A. Hartmann. 1989. Characteristics of wilderness users in outdoor recreation assessments
• Joseph W. Roggenbuck, Alan E. Watson. 1989. Wilderness recreation use: the current situation
• Alan E. Watson. 1989. Outdoor Recreation Benchmark 1988: Proceedings of the National Outdoor Recreation Forum
• Alan E. Watson, Joseph W. Roggenbuck. 1985. Approximating recreation site choice: the predictive capability of a lexicographic semi-order model

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bachelors, 1978
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Masters, 1980
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Ph.D., 1983