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Lynne M. Westphal, PhD

Former Employee

Research Social Scientist, Emerit

Northern Research Station

0000-0003-1861-5372

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Lynne M. Westphal, Brian R. R. Sturtevant, Gordon Reese, Kathleen M. Quigley, Jason Crabtree, David N. N. Bengston, Forrest D. Fleischman, Joshua S. Plisinski. 2023. Preparing for an uncertain future: Merging the strategic foresight toolkit with landscape modeling in northeast Minnesota’s forests
Dexter H. Locke, Sonya Sachdeva, Lynne M. Westphal, Laura S. Kenefic, Michael Dockry, Cherie LeBlanc Fisher. 2023. Spatially Explicit Assessment of the USDA Forest Service as a Representative Bureaucracy
Sonya Sachdeva, Lynne M. Westphal, Laura S. Kenefic, Michael J. Dockry, Dexter H. Locke, Cherie LeBlanc Fisher. 2023. Despite Workforce Diversity Efforts, Career Metrics Differ for Some Demographic Groups in the USDA Forest Service
Michael J. Dockry, Sonya Sachdeva, Cherie LeBlanc Fisher, Laura S. Kenefic, Dexter H. Locke, Lynne M. Westphal. 2022. Student trainee and paid internship programs have positive results but do little to influence long-term employee diversity in the USDA forest service
Lynne M. Westphal. 2022. The future of recreation on public lands: a horizon scan
Marie-Annick Amyot, David N. N. Bengston, Jason Crabtree, Forrest Fleischman, Jason Garcia, Carolyn Mann, Bryson Perrin, Lynne M. Westphal, Melissa Wheeler. 2022. Strategic foresight in forestry: How Canada and the United States use a neglected tool to build a green, healthy and resilient future
Lynne M. Westphal, David N. N. Bengston, Jason Crabtree. 2022. Strategic foresight: applications for COVID-19 and wildland fire management
Lynne M. Westphal, Michael Dockry, Laura S. Kenefic, Sonya Sachdeva, Amelia Rhodeland, Dexter H. Locke, Christel C. Kern, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Michael R. Coughlan. 2022. USDA Forest Service Employee Diversity During a Period of Workforce Contraction
David N. N. Bengston, Lynne M. Westphal, Michael J. Dockry, Jason Crabtree. 2022. A "serious game" to explore alternative forestry futures
Andy Hines, Bes P. Baldwin, David N. N. Bengston, Jason Crabtree, Keri Christensen, Nina Frankowski, Laura Schlehuber, Lynne M. Westphal, Lena Young. 2021. Monitoring Emerging Issues: A Proposed Approach and Initial Test
Michael J. Dockry, David N. N. Bengston, Lynne M. Westphal. 2020. Drivers of change in forests and forestry: an introduction
Michael J. Dockry, David N. N. Bengston, Lynne M. Westphal. 2020. Drivers of change in U.S. forests and forestry over the next 20 years
David N. N. Bengston, Lynne M. Westphal, Michael J. Dockry. 2020. Back from the Future: The Backcasting Wheel for Mapping a Pathway to a Preferred Future
Liam Heneghan, Lynne M. Westphal, Kristen A. Ross, Cristy Watkins, Paul H. H. Gobster, Basil V Iannone, Madeleine Tudor, Joanne Vining, Alaka Wali, Moira Zellner, David H. Wise. 2020. Institutional Diversity in the Planning Process Yields Similar Outcomes for Vegetation in Ecological Restoration
Michelle Johnson, Dexter H. Locke, Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Lynne M. Westphal, Michele Romolini, Morgan Grove. 2019. Context matters: influence of organizational, environmental, and social factors on civic environmental stewardship group intensity
Ming Kuo, Matthew H. E. M. Browning, Sonya Sachdeva, Kangjae Lee, Lynne M. Westphal. 2018. Might School Performance Grow on Trees? Examining the Link Between “Greenness” and Academic Achievement in Urban, High-Poverty Schools
Shannon Lea Watkins, Jess Vogt, Sarah K. Mincey, Burnell C. Fischer, Rachael A. Bergmann, Sarah E. Widney, Lynne M. Westphal, Sean Sweeney. 2018. Does collaborative tree planting between nonprofits and neighborhood groups improve neighborhood community capacity?
Matthew H.E.M. Browning, Ming Kuo, Sonya Sachdeva, Kangjae Lee, Lynne M. Westphal. 2018. Greenness and school-wide test scores are not always positively associated – A replication of "linking student performance in Massachusetts elementary schools with the 'greenness' of school surroundings using remote sensing"
Stanley T. Asah, David N. N. Bengston, Lynne M. Westphal, Catherine H. Gowan. 2018. Mechanisms of children's exposure to nature: Predicting adulthood environmental citizenship and commitment to nature-based activities
Paul H. H. Gobster, Kristin Floress, Lynne M. Westphal, Cristy A. Watkins, Joanne Vining, Alaka Wali. 2016. Resident and user support for urban natural areas restoration practices
J. Amy Belaire, Lynne M. Westphal, Emily S. Minor. 2016. Different social drivers, including perceptions of urban wildlife, explain the ecological resources in residential landscapes
Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Dana R. Fisher, James Connolly, Michelle Johnson, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Dexter H. Locke, Lynne M. Westphal, Cherie LeBlanc Fisher, Morgan Grove, Michele Romolini, Dale Blahna, Kathleen Wolf. 2016. Stewardship mapping and assessment project: a framework for understanding community-based environmental stewardship
Cristy Watkins, Lynne M. Westphal. 2015. People don't talk in institutional statements: A methodological case study of the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework
J. Amy Belaire, Lynne M. Westphal, Christopher J. Whelan, Emily S. Minor. 2015. Urban residents' perceptions of birds in the neighborhood: Biodiversity, cultural ecosystem services, and disservices
Christy Watkins, Lynne M. Westphal, Paul H. H. Gobster, Joanne Vining, Alaka Wali, Madeleine Tudor. 2015. Shared principles of restoration practice in the Chicago wilderness region
Lynne M. Westphal, Cristy Watkins, Paul H. H. Gobster, Liam Heneghan, Kristen Ross, Laurel Ross, Madeleine Tudor, Alaka Wali, David H. Wise, Joanne Vining, Moira Zellner. 2014. Social Science Methods Used in the RESTORE Project
Lynne M. Westphal, Amelie Y. Davis, Cindy Copp, Laurel M. Ross, Mark J. Bouman, Cherie L. Fisher, Mark K. Johnston. 2014. Characteristics of stewardship in the Chicago Wilderness Region
Ryan. C. Atwell, Lisa. A. Schulte, Lynne M. Westphal. 2011. Tweak, adapt, or transform: Policy scenarios in response to emerging bioenergy markets in the U.S
Lynne M. Westphal, Jennifer Hirsch. 2010. Engaging Chicago residents in climate change action: Results from Rapid Ethnographic Inquiry
Lynne M. Westphal, Paul H. H. Gobster, Matthias Gross. 2010. Models for renaturing brownfield areas [Chapter 19]
Cherie LeBlanc Fisher, Lynne M. Westphal, Mario Longoni. 2010. Fish consumption risk perception among anglers in an industrial urban area
Ryan C. Atwell, Lisa A. Schulte, Lynne M. Westphal. 2010. How to build multifunctional agricultural landscapes in the U.S corn belt: add perennials and partnerships
Ryan C. Atwell, Lisa A. Schulte, Lynne M. Westphal. 2009. Linking resilience theory and diffusion of innovations theory to understand the potential for perennials in the U.S. Corn Belt
Jacqueline W.T. Lu, Megan Shane, Erika Svendsen, Lindsay K. Campbell, Cristiana Fragola, Marianne Krasny, Gina Lovasl, David Maddox, Simon McDonnell, P. Timon McPhearson, Franco Montalto, Andrew Newman, Ellen Pehek, Ruth A. Rae, Richard Stedman, Keith G. Tidball, Lynne M. Westphal, Tom Whitlow. 2009. MillionTreesNYC, Green infrastructure, and urban ecology: building a research agenda
Christopher A. De Sousa, Changson Wu, Lynne M. Westphal. 2009. Assessing the effect of publicly assisted brownfield redevelopment on surrounding property values
Ryan C. Atwell, Lisa A. Schulte, Lynne M. Westphal. 2009. Landscape, community, countryside: linking biophysical and social scales in US Corn Belt agricultural landscapes
Lynne M. Westphal, Mario Longoni, Cherie LeBlanc Fisher, Alaka Wali. 2008. Anglers' appraisals of the risks of eating sport-caught fish from industrial areas: lessons from Chicago's Calumet region
Esteban Fernandez-Juricic, Patrick A. Zollner, Cherie LeBlanc Fisher, Lynne M. Westphal. 2007. Responses of nestling black-crowned night herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) to aquatic and terrestrial recreational activities: a manipulative study
Lynne M. Westphal, Michael E. Ostry. 2006. Decisions at the water's edge: sustaining riparian landscapes in the midwest
Daniel Boyd Kramer, Stephen Polasky, Anthony Starfield, Brian J. J. Palik, Lynne M. Westphal, Stephanie Snyder, Pamela J. Jakes, Rachel Hudson, Eric J. Gustafson. 2006. A Comparison of Alternative Strategies for Cost-Effective Water Quality Management in Lakes
Lynne M. Westphal, Jeffery M. Levengood, Alaka Wali, David Soucek, Douglas F. Stotz. 2005. Brownfield redevelopment: a hidden opportunity for conservation biology
Paul H. H. Gobster, Lynne M. Westphal. 2004. The human dimensions of urban greenways: planning for recreation and related experiences
Lynne M. Westphal. 2003. Water, water everywhere... integrated riparian research in the North Central Region
Lynne M. Westphal. 2003. Social Aspects of Urban Forestry: Urban Greening and Social Benefits: a Study of Empowerment Outcomes
Lynne M. Westphal, J. G. Isebrands. 2001. Phytoremediation of Chicago's brownfields: consideration of ecological approaches and social issues.
Lynne M. Westphal. 2000. Increasing the trustworthiness of research results: the role of computers in qualitative text analysis
Lynne M. Westphal. 1999. Growing Power?: Social Benefits From Urban Greening Projects
Paul H. H. Gobster, Lynne M. Westphal. 1998. People and the river: perception and use of Chicago waterways for recreation.

University of Illinois at Chicago, Ph.D., Public Policy Analysis and Urban Planning., 1999
Northeastern Illinois University, M.A., Geography and Environmental Studies, 1992
University of Wisconsin, Madison, B.A., South Asian Studies, 1982

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