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Chris A. Armatas, PhD

Chris A. Armatas, PhD

Research Social Scientist

Rocky Mountain Research Station

0000-0003-0806-0190

christopher.armatas@usda.gov

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Jaclyn Rushing, Kira Hefty, Teresa Hollingsworth, Amanda E. Cravens, Chris A. Armatas, Clare Boerigter, Kellie Carim, Shelley D. Crausbay, Olga Helmy, David J. Lawrence, Lauren Redmore, Gregor W. Schuurman, Eric J. Taylor, Jennifer Nifer L. Wilkening, Katherine Zeller, Sean A. Parks. 2026. Wicked problems in practice: Responding to ecological transformation in wilderness
Hayley A. Johnson, William R. Rice, Chris A. Armatas, Jennifer M. Thomsen. 2026. Typologies of wilderness backpackers based on perspectives of wilderness character tradeoffs: Implications for campsite selection
Lee K. Cerveny, Alyssa Thomas, Chris A. Armatas, Abigail Kaminski, Kristina Randrup. 2026. Building resilient landscapes: Post-fire restoration on the Mendocino National Forest - Summary of Public Input: 2023, 2024
William L. Rice, Miranda J. Foster, Soyoung Park, Chris A. Armatas. 2026. Are wilderness recreation experiences more regulated? Measuring and mapping recreation confinement in wilderness and other protected areas in Colorado
Michael G. Sorice, Marc J. Stern, James Freeman, Chris A. Armatas. 2026. How trust manifests in a natural resource partnership
Andrea Watts, Chris A. Armatas. 2026. First come, first served or lottery - Informing recreation allocation strategies with visitor preferences
Kelsey E. Phillips, Chris A. Armatas, William L. Rice, Sharon Suiwen Zou, Nicholas Pitas. 2026. Muddling through it: Analyzing public land manager perspectives on recreation allocation
Hayley A. Johnson, William L. Rice, Jennifer M. Thomsen, Chris A. Armatas. 2025. Visitor use and the wilderness experience in the Stephen Mather Wilderness, North Cascades National Park: Final report
Chris A. Armatas, Taylor Mudford, Jennifer Thomsen, Scott Baggett. 2025. Visitor survey on the recreation segment of the Salmon Wild and Scenic River System
Vance G. Martin, Alan E. Watson, Chris A. Armatas, Amy Lewis. 2025. International wilderness in the Twenty-First Century: A global review (Chapter 3)
Abigail Fuesler, William L. Rice, Chris A. Armatas, Hayley A. Johnson. 2025. Alpine Lakes Wilderness: Recreation allocation study
Abigail Fuesler, William L. Rice, Chris A. Armatas, Kelsey E. Phillips, Phoebe Omolara. 2025. Palomar Ranger District: Recreation allocation study
Sue Miller, Chris A. Armatas. 2025. Co-producing science with managers: Finding the right time-and-effort balance for those involved
Jaclyn Rushing, Elena R. Thomas, Jennifer M. Thomsen, Chris A. Armatas, William L. Rice. 2025. Negotiating constraints to recreation in Everglades National Park among underserved South Florida residents
William L. Rice, Kelsey E. Phillips, Chris A. Armatas, Nicholas A. Pitas, Suiwen Sharon Zou, Abigail Fuesler. 2025. A systematic review of visitor preferences concerning recreation allocation
Clarita Lefthand-Begay, Lauren Redmore, Chris A. Armatas, Jesse Brisbois, Kunsang Choden, Dara Craig, Angelo Baca, Jaime Martin, Michael Ross, Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, Alfred Lomahquahu, Monte Mills. 2025. From paternalism to self-determination: Examining evolving tribal-federal relationships and co-management arrangements through three case studies
Lauren Redmore, Jaclyn Rushing, Chris A. Armatas, Vita Wright, Olga Helmy. 2025. Examining and strengthening the role of science in wilderness decision-making
Chris A. Armatas, Teresa Hollingsworth, Caspen Black, Jason J. Taylor. 2025. Reflecting on the co-production ideal through practice
Chris A. Armatas, William T. Borrie. 2025. A pragmatist ecological economics - Normative foundations and a framework for actionable knowledge
Taylor I. Mudford, William L. Rice, Jennifer Thomsen, Chris A. Armatas. 2024. A visitor use study of the Wilderness Areas of Everglades National Park
Kelsey E. Phillips, William L. Rice, Chris A. Armatas, Nick Pitas, Suiwen (Sharon) Zou. 2024. Allocating recreation with fairness at the forefront: A research-based planning and management guidebook
William L. Rice, Chris A. Armatas. 2024. Wildland encounter norms across time and activity type: Stable preferences and shifting thresholds
William L. Rice, Chris A. Armatas. 2024. Answering the dam question: Visitor perspectives on removing and maintaining dams in wilderness
Elena R. Thomas, William L. Rice, Chris A. Armatas, Jennifer M. Thomsen. 2024. The effect of place attachment and leisure identity on wildland stewardship
Elena R. Thomas, Jaclyn Rushing, William L. Rice, Jennifer M. Thomsen, Chris A. Armatas. 2023. Exploring underserved communities’ perspectives on wilderness character in Everglades National Park
Jason J. Taylor, Teresa Hollingsworth, Chris A. Armatas, Kellie Carim, Kira Hefty, Olga Helmy, Lisa M. Holsinger, Danette Paige, Sean A. Parks, Lauren Redmore, Jaclyn Rushing, Erana J. Taylor, Katherine Zeller. 2023. The future of wilderness research: A 10-Year wilderness science strategic plan for the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
Li Peng, Linsi He, Mengting Shen, Min Zhao, Chris A. Armatas. 2023. Understanding stakeholder perceptions of environmental justice: A study of tourism in the Erhai Lake basin, Yunnan province, China
Jennifer M. Thomsen, William L. Rice, Jaclyn Rushing, Chris A. Armatas. 2023. U.S. wilderness in the 21st century: A scoping review of wilderness visitor use management research from 2000 to 2020
William T. Borrie, Chris A. Armatas. 2022. Environmental values and nature’s contributions to people: Towards methodological pluralism in evaluation of sustainable ecosystem services
Elena R. Thomas, William L. Rice, Jaclyn Rushing, Jennifer M. Thomsen, Chris A. Armatas. 2022. Constraints to wilderness recreation: A scoping review of existing research
Evan Hjerpe, Chris A. Armatas, Michelle Haefele. 2022. Amenity-based development and protected areas in the American West
Chris A. Armatas, Jimmy Gaudry, Bill Hodge, Heather MacSlarrow, Michelle Mitchell, Nancy Taylor. 2021. Wilderness shared stewardship: Exploring partnerships through empathy
William L. Rice, Chris A. Armatas, Jennifer M. Thomsen, Jaclyn Rushing. 2021. Distribution of visitor use management research in U.S. Wilderness from 2000 to 2020: A scoping review
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
Chris A. Armatas. 2020. Hearing every voice in the room: Social science for public engagement during forest planning
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
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
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
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
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

University of Montana, Ph.D., Forestry and Conservation Sciences, 2019
University of Montana, M.S., Resource Conservation, 2012
St. Lawrence University, B.A., Economics, 2005

Last updated March 10, 2026

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