Lee K. Cerveny, PhD
Research Social Scientist and Team Leader
lee.cerveny@usda.gov
Treesearch Publications
- Lee K. Cerveny, Dale Blahna. 2026. Sustainable outdoor recreation: Definition, conceptual development, and future directions
- James E. Powell, Lee K. Cerveny, Abigail Kaminski, Peggy Wilcox, Steve Colt. 2025. Social and economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on tourism-based communities in Southeast Alaska
- Lee K. Cerveny, Rebecca J. McLain, Kristen Wright. 2025. Exploring the composition of forest collaboratives in northeastern Oregon
- Jackie Delie, Kelly Biedenweg, Lee K. Cerveny. 2025. Co-occurrence of landscape values and activities in three protected areas
- Abigail Kaminski, Lee K. Cerveny, Mary M. Rowland, Michael Wisdom, Darren A. Clark, Dale Blahna, Matthew Helmer. 2024. Importance and satisfaction of motivation and setting factors among elk and deer hunters
- Sylvia Kantor, Lee K. Cerveny, Monika Derrien. 2024. Beyond the battlefield: Public lands as healing spaces for military veterans
- Monika Derrien, Gregory N. Bratman, Lee K. Cerveny, Chaja Levy, Dale Blahna, Paulo Frank, Naomi Serio. 2024. Public nature and health for homeless populations: Professionals’ perceptions of contingent human benefits and harms
- Hailey Wilmer, Abigail R. Kaminski, Kendra Wendel, Nicole Grewe, Tracy Hruska, Lee K. Cerveny, J. Ryan Bellmore, Chanda L. Meek, Kellen Nelson. 2024. Southeast Alaskans want food sovereignty and reimagined rural futures
- Monika Derrien, Samantha G. Winder, Spencer A. Wood, Lesley Miller, Emilia H. Lia, Lee K. Cerveny, Sarah Lange, Sonja Kolstoe, Grace McGrady, Anna Roth. 2024. Where wilderness is found: Evidence from 70,000 trip reports
- Nabin Baral, Lee K. Cerveny, Brooke Penaluna, Brett B. Roper, Daniel Shively, Shelly Witt. 2024. Variations in mentorship across grade levels and career stages among public management professionals
- Monika Derrien, Lee K. Cerveny, Gregory N. Bratman, Chaja Levy, Paulo Frank, Naomi Serio, Dale Blahna. 2023. Unsheltered homelessness in public natural areas across an urban-to-wildland system: Institutional perspectives
- Lee K. Cerveny, Nabin Baral, Brooke Penaluna, Brett Roper, Daniel Shively, Shelly Witt. 2023. Mentoring in the USDA Forest Service: A survey of aquatic professionals
- Lee K. Cerveny, Monika Derrien, David G. Havlick, Kerrick Robinson. 2023. Evaluating diversity, equity, and inclusivity in outdoor programs for veterans on public lands
- Lee K. Cerveny, Rebecca McLain, David Banis, Matthew Helmer. 2022. National forest visitation preferences and avenues to participation for urban Hispanic recreationists in the Portland metropolitan area (USA)
- Natasha Vizcarra, Adelaide C. Johnson, Lee K. Cerveny. 2022. Old-growth wood for cultural uses: Sustaining native lifeways in southeast Alaska
- Lee K. Cerveny, Monika Derrien, Caleb Meyer, Anna B. Miller. 2022. Four dimensions of sustainable governance for National Scenic Trails
- Dale Blahna, Steve Selin, Wade Morse, Lee K. Cerveny. 2022. Implementing the Great American Outdoors Act in the era of sustainable recreation: Time for a mission 2030?
- Lee K. Cerveny, R.J. McLain, D. Banis, A. Todd. 2022. The use of socio-spatial data for sustainable roads planning: a national forest case study
- Wayde C. Morse, Lee K. Cerveny, Dale Blahna. 2022. Coordinating and standardizing outdoor recreation supply and demand databases to facilitate management and promote conservation, health, and accessibility
- Lee K. Cerveny, Monika Derrien, Anna B. Miller, Caleb Meyer. 2021. Partnership and community engagement models for stewarding national scenic trails: A social-ecological systems perspective
- Andrea Watts, Lee K. Cerveny. 2021. Making a home in the forest: Nonrecreational camping on national forests and grasslands
- David G. Havlick, Lee K. Cerveny, Monika Derrien. 2021. Therapeutic landscapes, outdoor programs for veterans, and public lands
- Adelaide C. Johnson, Audrey E. Clavijo, Glenn Hamar, Deborah-Aanutein Head, Andrew Thoms, Wayne Price, Arianna Lapke, Justin S. Crotteau, Lee K. Cerveny, Hailey Wilmer, Lillian Petershoare, Andrea Cook, Sienna Reid. 2021. Wood products for cultural uses: Sustaining native resilience and vital lifeways in Southeast Alaska, USA
- Matthew Helmer, Jennifer Lipton, Grant Snitker, Steven Hackenberger, Mallory Triplett, Lee K. Cerveny. 2020. Mapping heritage ecosystem services in ecological restoration areas: A case study from the East Cascades, Washington
- Brooke Penaluna, Dan Shively, Brett B. Roper, Lee K. Cerveny, Shelly Witt, John Rothlisberger. 2020. Mentoring relates to job satisfaction for fish biologists: a longitudinal study of the USDA Forest Service
- Lee K. Cerveny, Monika Derrien, Anna B. Miller. 2020. A research strategy for enhancing sustainable recreation and tourism on public lands
- Monika Derrien, Lee K. Cerveny, David G. Havlick. 2020. Outdoor programs for veterans: Public land policies and practices to support therapeutic opportunities
- Anna B. Miller, Lee K. Cerveny, Monika Derrien, Steven Selin, Dale Blahna. 2020. A research strategy to ignite the science of outdoor recreation on public lands
- Lee K. Cerveny, Monika Derrien, Anna B. Miller. 2020. Shared stewardship and national scenic trails: Building on a legacy of partnerships
- Steven Selin, Dale Blahna, Lee K. Cerveny. 2020. Chapter 14: How can collaboration contribute to sustainable recreation management?
- Steven Selin, Lee K. Cerveny, Dale Blahna, Adam Milnor, Francisco Valenzuela, Mike Schlafmann. 2020. Chapter 13: Organizational change and operationalizing sustainable recreation—lessons learned from two natural resource governance cases
- Dale Blahna, Lee K. Cerveny, Daniel R. Williams, Jeffrey D. Kline, Matthew Helmer, Stephen F. McCool, Francisco Valenzuela. 2020. Chapter 5: Rethinking “outdoor recreation” to account for the diversity of human experiences and connections to public lands
- Lee K. Cerveny, José J. Sánchez, Matthew Helmer, Adam Milnor. 2020. Chapter 8: Public lands, tourism, and community connections
- Dale Blahna, Francisco Valenzuela, Steven Selin, Lee K. Cerveny, Mike Schlafmann, Stephen F. McCool. 2020. Chapter 1: The shifting outdoor recreation paradigm: Time for change
- Lee K. Cerveny, Steven Selin, Dale Blahna, Noelle Meier, James R. Barborak, Stephen F. McCool. 2020. Chapter 2: Agency capacity for effective outdoor recreation and tourism management
- José J. Sánchez, Lee K. Cerveny, Dale Blahna, Francisco Valenzuela, Mike Schlafmann. 2020. Chapter 3: Recreation opportunities and human connections on public lands: Constraints that limit recreation participation
- Steven Selin, Lee K. Cerveny, Dale Blahna, Anna B. Miller. 2020. Igniting research for outdoor recreation: linking science, policy, and action
- Monika Derrien, Lee K. Cerveny, Michiko Martin, Matt Arnn. 2019. To share and sustain: Stewarding recreation resources in the US Forest Service
- Patricia L. Winter, Steven Selin, Lee K. Cerveny, Kelly Bricker. 2019. Outdoor recreation, nature-based tourism, and sustainability
- Lee K. Cerveny, Joshua R. Baur. 2019. Homelessness and nonrecreational camping on national forests and grasslands in the United States: Law enforcement perspectives and regional trends
- Thomas Spies, Jonathan W. Long, Susan Charnley, Paul F. Hessburg, Bruce G. Marcot, Gordon Reeves, Damon B. Lesmeister, Matthew Reilly, Lee K. Cerveny, Peter Stine, Martin G. Raphael. 2019. Twenty‐five years of the Northwest Forest Plan: what have we learned?
- Kelly Biedenweg, Katherine Williams, Lee K. Cerveny, Diane Styers. 2019. Is recreation a landscape value?: Exploring underlying values in landscape values mapping
- Joshua W.R. Baur, Lee K. Cerveny. 2019. Social impacts of homelessness and long-term occupancy on national forests and grasslands: A national study of U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officers
- C. M. Ryan, Lee K. Cerveny, T. L. Robinson, Dale Blahna. 2018. Implementing the 2012 forest planning rule: Best available scientific information in forest planning assessments
- Diane M. Styers, G. Rebecca Dobbs, Lee K. Cerveny, Isaac T. Hayes. 2018. Geovisualization of socio-spatial data on outdoor activities and values in the Southern Appalachians
- Emily J. Davis, Lee K. Cerveny, Donald R. Ulrich, Meagan L. Nuss. 2018. Making and breaking trust in forest collaborative groups
- Lee K. Cerveny, Emily Jane Davis, Rebecca McLain, Clare M. Ryan, Debra R. Whitall, Eric M. White. 2018. Chapter 9: Understanding our changing public values, resource uses, and engagement processes and practices
- Susan Charnley, Delilah Jaworski, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Eric M. White, Elisabeth Grinspoon, Rebecca J. McLain, Lee K. Cerveny. 2018. Chapter 10: Environmental justice, low-income and minority populations, and forest management in the northwest forest plan area
- Thomas Spies, Jonathan W. Long, Peter Stine, Susan Charnley, Lee K. Cerveny, Bruce G. Marcot, Gordon Reeves, Paul F. Hessburg, Damon B. Lesmeister, Matthew Reilly, Martin G. Raphael, Raymond J. Davis. 2018. Chapter 12: Integrating ecological and social science to inform land management in the area of the northwest forest plan
- Geoff Koch, Lee K. Cerveny. 2018. Going beyond the biophysical when mapping national forests
- John Harner, Lee K. Cerveny, Rebecca Gronewold. 2017. Participatory mapping in Browns Canyon National Monument, Colorado (USA)
- Emily Jane Davis, Eric M. White, Lee K. Cerveny, David N. Seesholtz, Meagan L. Nuss, Donald R. Ulrich. 2017. Comparison of USDA Forest Service and stakeholder motivations and experiences in collaborative federal forest governance in the Western United States
- Rebecca J. McLain, David Banis, Alexa Todd, Lee K. Cerveny. 2017. Multiple methods of public engagement: Disaggregating socio-spatial data for environmental planning in western Washington, USA
- Lee K. Cerveny, Kelly Biedenweg, Rebecca McLain. 2017. Mapping meaningful places on Washington's Olympic Peninsula: Toward a deeper understanding of landscape values
- Katherine Williams, Kelly Biedenweg, Lee K. Cerveny. 2017. Understanding ecosystem service preferences across residential classifications near Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington (USA).
- Geoffrey Donovan, Lee K. Cerveny, Demetrios Gatziolis. 2016. If you build it, will they come?
- R. McLain, Lee K. Cerveny, Paul M. Montesano, André Beaudoin, Guoqing Sun, Hans Andersen, Michael A. Wulder, S. Rohdy. 2015. Mapping human environment connections on the Olympic Peninsula: an atlas of landscape values
- Richard J. Pringle, Lee K. Cerveny, Gordon A. Bradley. 2015. Implementation of the Forest Service Open Space Conservation Strategy in Washington State: Exploring the Role of the National Forest System
- Kelly Biedenweg, Lee K. Cerveny, Rebecca J. McLain. 2014. Values mapping with Latino forest users: Contributing to the dialogue on multiple land use conflict management
- Diane T. Besser, Rebecca McLain, Lee K. Cerveny, Kelly Biedenweg, David Banis. 2014. Mapping landscape values: issues, challenges and lessons learned from fieldwork on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington
- Rebecca McLain, Melissa Poe, Kelly Biedenweg, Lee K. Cerveny, Diane Besser, Dale Blahna. 2013. Making sense of human ecology mapping: an overview of approaches to integrating socio-spatial data into environmental planning
- Jenna H. Tilt, Lee K. Cerveny. 2013. Master-planned in exurbia: examining the drivers and impacts of master-planned communities at the urban fringe
- Teressa Trusty, Lee K. Cerveny. 2012. The role of discretion in recreation decision-making by resource professionals in the USDA Forest Service
- Allie E. McCreary, Erin Seekamp, Lee K. Cerveny. 2012. Recreation partnerships on national forests: The influences of institutional commitment and urban proximity on agency capacity
- Susan Charnley, Lee K. Cerveny. 2011. US Forest Service experimental forests and ranges: an untapped resource for social science
- Erin Seekamp, Lee K. Cerveny, Allie McCreary. 2011. Institutional, individual, and socio-cultural domains of partnerships: a typology of USDA Forest Service recreation partners
- Michael J. Mortimer, Marc J. Stern, Robert W. Malmsheimer, Dale Blahna, Lee K. Cerveny, David N. Seesholtz. 2011. Environmental and social risks: defensive National Environmental Policy Act in the US Forest Service
- James W. Freeman, Marc J. Stern, Michael Mortimer, Dale Blahna, Lee K. Cerveny. 2011. Interdisciplinary collaboration within project-level NEPA teams in the US Forest Service
- Lee K. Cerveny, Dale Blahna, Marc J. Stern, Michael J. Mortimer, S. Andrew Predmore, James Freeman. 2011. The use of recreation planning tools in U.S. Forest Service NEPA assessments
- Lee K. Cerveny, Dale Blahna, Marc J. Stern, Michael J. Mortimer, James W. Freeman. 2011. Forest Service interdisciplinary teams: size, composition, and leader characteristics
- Erin Seekamp, Lee K. Cerveny. 2010. Examining USDA Forest Service recreation partnerships: institutional and relational interactions
- Clare M. Ryan, Lee K. Cerveny. 2010. Science exchange in an era of diminished capacity: recreation management in the U.S. Forest Service
- Erin Seekamp, Lee K. Cerveny. 2010. Conceptualization of interactions between partners and the U.S. Forest Service
- Mac J. Stern, Dale Blahna, Lee K. Cerveny, Michael J. Mortimer. 2009. Visions of success and achievement in recreation-related USDA Forest Service NEPA processes
- Lee K. Cerveny, Clare M. Ryan. 2008. Agency capacity for recreation science and management: the case of the U.S. Forest Service.
- Lee K. Cerveny. 2007. Sociocultural effects of tourism in Hoonah, Alaska.
- Lee K. Cerveny. 2005. Tourism and its effects on southeast Alaska communities and resources: case studies from Haines, Craig, and Hoonah, Alaska.
- Lee K. Cerveny. 2004. Preliminary research findings from a study of the sociocultural effects of tourism in Haines, Alaska.
- Syracuse University, Ph.D., Anthropology, 2004
- Northern Arizona University, M.A., Anthropology, 1993
- Dartmouth College, B.A., History, 1987
Last updated March 10, 2026