Joint Appointment in the School of Forestry,
and the Center for Environmental Sciences and Education.

Research Interests

Public Lands Policy, Wilderness Policy, International Protected Area Policy, Social Justice and Natural Resource Management.

My research focuses on public lands policy making and implementation. As an associate professor with a joint appointment I work across disciplines and pay particular attention to the natural science -- policy interface. My specific research areas include the Russian zapovednik and national park systems, US Wilderness policy, and social justice issues surrounding natural resource management. My teaching interests include environmental policy, federal lands policy, energy policy and other duties as assigned.

Education

B.S. University of Minnesota, Duluth.1982
M.Ed. University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1992
M.A. West Virginia University, 1997
Ph.D. West Virginia University, 1997

Contact Information

Past Courses Taught

Selected Publications

Ostergren, D.M. and Ruther, E.J (In Press 2005). Public knowledge, opinion and support of forest restoration: a survey of residents in northern Arizona. In Charles van Riper III and David J. Mattson, editors. Proceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

Ostergren, D. M. (2005 forthcoming). Making connections: the tactics, art and science of building political support for protected natural areas. Book chapter in ed. Jeffery McNeely, New Sources of Support for Protected Areas the Vth World Parks Congress. Gland, Switzerland. IUCN.

Ostergren, D.M., F. I. Solop & K.K. Hagen. 2005. National Park Service Fees: Value for the Money or a Barrier to Visitation? Journal of Park and Recreation Administration Vol. 23(1):18-36.

Ostergren, D. M. & P. Jacques 2002. A Political Economy of Russian Nature Conservation Policy: Why Scientists have Taken a Back Seat. Global Environmental Politics, 2(4):102-124.

Poirier R. & D. M. Ostergren. 2002. Evicting people from nature: indigenous land rights and national parks in Australia, Russia and the United States. Natural Resources Journal. Spring, 42(2):331-352.

Ostergren, D. M. 2001. An organic act after a century of protection: the context, content and implications of the 1995 Russian Federation law on specially protected natural areas. Natural Resources Journal, 41(1):125-152.

Ostergren, D. M. & S. J. Hollenhorst. 1999. Convergence in protected area policy: a comparison of the Russian zapovednik and American wilderness systems. Society and Natural Resources: an International Journal. 12(4):293-313.

Personal web page: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~dmo2

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 09 July 2008 )