Jeffrey Brooks
Division of Conservation Planning and Policy
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7
1011 E. Tudor Road, M/S 231
Anchorage, AK 99503
(907) 786-3839
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Research Interests
Jeff Brooks worked as a postdoctoral Social Science Analyst from July 2004 to September 2006. During fall 2006, Jeff was invited by the U. S. Forest Service, International Programs Office to work with a team of specialists on a technical assistance mission in Cross River State, Nigeria.
Jeff is interested in research, teaching, and application in the social sciences and human dimensions of natural resource management with a special interest in outdoor recreation management, public relations, communication, and outreach for public and private lands managers. Other areas of interest include landscape and environmental meanings, sense of place, philosophy of science, quantitative and qualitative social science methodologies, human-wildlife interactions, cross-cultural values and attitudes, conservation biology, indigenous peoples and conservation, collaborative processes, and community-based resource management.
Selected Projects
Recreation and Tourism
Selected Publications
- Brooks, J. J., Wallace, G. N., & Williams, D. R. 2007. Is This a One-night Stand or the Start of Something Meaningful? Developing Relationships to Place in National Park Backcountry. USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS, 451-459.
- Brooks, J. J., Wallace, G. N., & Williams, D. R. 2006. Place as Relationship Partner: An Alternative Metaphor for Understanding the Quality of Visitor Experience in a Backcountry Setting. Leisure Sciences, 28:331-349.
- Jeffrey J. Brooks, Hannah Brenkert, Judy E. Serby, Joseph G. Champ, Tony Simons, and Daniel R. Williams. 2006. Integrating Social Science into Forestry in the Wildland Urban Interface. Fire Management Today, 66:35-43.
- Brooks, J. J., Patricia A. Champ. 2006. Understanding the Wicked Nature of "Unmanaged Recreation" in Colorado’s Front Range. Environ Manage 38:784–798.
- Brooks, Jeffrey J.; Bujak, Alexander N.; Champ, Joseph G.; Williams, Daniel R. 2006. Collaborative capacity, problem framing, and mutual trust in addressing the wildland fire social problem: An annotated reading list. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-182. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 27 p.
- Brooks, J. J., Wallace, G. N., & Williams, D. R. (2006). Place as relationship partner: An alternative metaphor for understanding the quality of visitor experiences in a backcountry setting. Leisure Sciences, 28, 331-349.
- Brooks, J. J., Brenkert, H., Serby, J. E., Champ, J. G., Simons, T., & Williams, D. R. (2006). Integrating social science into forestry in the wildland/urban interface. Fire Management Today, 66, 35-43.
- Brooks, J. J., J. P. Titre, and G. N. Wallace. (2004). What does it mean to visit a place like Rocky Mountain National Park? Visitors tell their stories in Colorado. Carlo Delfino (Ed.) In Global Challenges of Parks and Protected Area Management. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management. Sardinia, Italy.
- Brooks, J., R. Warren, M. Nelms, and M. Tarrant. (1999). Visitor attitudes toward and knowledge of restored bobcats on Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia. Wildlife Society Bulliten, vol. 27, no. 4.
Discussion Papers
Discussion Papers report work in progress. They are written to share ideas, concepts, and theories as well as preliminary empirical data, and have not been peer reviewed or approved for publication. Comments are welcome.
- Brooks, Jeffery J. and Patricia A. Champ. 2005. The Social Context of Unmanaged Recreation on National Forest Lands. RMRS - RWU 4851
- Brooks, Jeffery J., Joseph G. Champ, and Daniel R. Williams. 2004. Toward Understanding Public-Professional Communication about Wildland Fire and Fuels Management in Colorado's Front Range. RMRS - RWU 4851
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