Education:
- M.S. Recreation Resources - Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO. December 2002.
Thesis: Evaluating Normative Acceptance of Fire Management Actions: An Examination of Situational Influences..
- B.S. Recreation Management - The University of Montana, Missoula, MT. May 2001.
Background:
Katie grew up in the rolling Palouse hills of eastern Washington. Her relationship with the natural environment developed in her youth while hiking and camping throughout the Pacific Northwest with her family. Katie spent her undergraduate years at the University of Montana studying Recreation Management and running for the Griz on a cross-country and track scholarship. After graduating from UM in 2001, Katie moved to Colorado to pursue her Master’s degree at Colorado State University. While studying at CSU, she worked as a Research Assistant in the Human Dimensions in Natural Resources Unit. Her Master’s project at CSU focused on recreationists’ acceptability norms towards fire management and was funded by the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. After completing her Master’s degree in Recreation Resources in 2002, Katie decided to continue pursuing her research interests by accepting a position as a Research Associate with the Leopold Institute in 2003. She now works as a Social Science Analyst, incorporating her research interests and experience in wilderness management, recreation management, fire management and social science research methods.
Current Projects:
Completed Projects:
Professional Presentations:
Knotek, K., Christensen, C., & Watson, A.E. (2006, June 3-8). Contrasting experience orientations at Denali National Park and Preserve. Presentation at the International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Knotek, K., &. Watson, A.E. (2006, March 28-30). Organizational characteristics that contribute to success in engaging the public to accomplish fuels management at the wilderness/non-wilderness interface. Paper presented at the 1st Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, Fuels Management-How to Measure Success, Portland, OR.
Knotek, K., Watson, A.E., Borrie, W.T., & Liljeblad, A. (2005, November 1-3). Monitoring trust as an evaluation of the success of collaborative planning in a landscape-level fuel hazard reduction treatment project in the Bitterroot Valley, MT. Presentation at the Joint Fire Science Program Principal Investigators Workshop, San Diego, CA.
Knotek, K., Watson, A.E., & Miller, C. (2005, October 13-16). Management efforts to aid human adaptation to a fire-prone environment along the Rocky Mountain Front. Presentation at the Society for Human Ecology 20th Anniversary Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
Knotek, K. (2005, September 30-October 6). A model for understanding social elements of change in wilderness fire stewardship. Paper presented at the 8th World Wilderness Congress, Anchorage, AK.
Kneeshaw, K., Miller, C., & Watson, A. (2004, June 2-6). Social elements influencing the use of fire in wilderness. Paper presented at the 10th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Keystone, CO.
Kneeshaw, K., Vaske, J.J., Bright, A.D., & Absher, J.D. (2004, June 2-6). Acceptability norms toward wildland fire management. Paper presented at the 10th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Keystone, CO.
Kneeshaw, K., & Glaspell, B. (2004, May 19-23). Understanding visitors' orientations toward Alaskan wilderness. Paper presented at the 5th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences, Fairbanks, AK.
Kneeshaw, K., Vaske, J.J., Bright, A.D., & Absher, J. D. (2003, Novemer 16-20). Situational influences of acceptable wildland fire management actions. Paper presented at The 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress, Orlando, FL.
Kneeshaw, K., Watson, A., Glaspell, B., & Christensen, N. (2003, October 9-12). The use of qualitative and quantitative research in identifying experience dimensions and factors of influence at Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. Paper presented at the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources in the Western U.S. conference, Sun Valley, ID.
Kneeshaw, K., Bright, A.D., Vaske, J.J., & Absher, J.D. (2002, June 2-5). Scale development and predictive validity of fire management value orientations. Paper presented at the 9th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Bloomington, IN.
Recent Publications and Project Reports:
Knotek, K., & Watson, A.E. (2006). Managing with mindfulness: learning from high reliability organizations to improve public outreach fore fire and fuels management, final project report. Final report on file at: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Missoula, MT. 135 p.
Leopold Institute Report 110
Knotek, K. (In Press). Organizational characteristics that contribute to success in engaging the public to accomplish fuels management at the wilderness/non-wilderness interface. In B.W. Butler and P.L. Andrews (comps.), Fuels Management-How to Measure Success: Conference Proceedings. 2006 28-30 March; Portland, OR. Proceedings RMRS-P-000. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Knotek, K. (2006). Understanding social influences on wilderness fire stewardship decisions. International Journal of Wilderness, 12 (1), 22-25.
Leopold Institute Publication 574
Knotek, K. (2005). Social and institutional influences on wilderness fire stewardship. International Journal of Wilderness, 11 (3), 30 & 12.
Leopold Institute Publication 563
Watson, A.E., Knotek, K., & Christensen, N. (2005). Voices from Denali "It's bigger than wilderness." International Journal of Wilderness, 11 (2), 4-7.
Leopold Institute Publication 554
Christensen, N., Watson, A.E., & Kneeshaw, K. (2005). Denali National Park and Preserve fly-in recreation visitor study, final project report. Final report on file at: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Missoula, MT. 427 p.
Watson, A.E., Kneeshaw, K., & Glaspell, B. (2004). A taste of the north: Voices from the wilderness about the wilderness character of Alaska. International Journal of Wilderness, 10(2), 4-8.
Leopold Institute Publication 520
Kneeshaw, K., Vaske, J.J., Bright, A.D., & Absher, J.D. (2004). Acceptability norms toward fire management in three national forests. Environment and Behavior, 36(4), 592-612. Erratum (2004). Environment and Behavior, 36(6), 868-871.
Kneeshaw, K., Vaske, J.J., Bright, A.D., & Absher, J.D. (2004). Situational influences of acceptable wildland fire management actions. Society and Natural Resources, 17, 477-489.
Kneeshaw, K., Watson, A., & Glaspell, B. (2004). Understanding wilderness visitor experiences at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in the Alaska Regional Context: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve Summer 2003 Visitor Study. Final report on file at: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Missoula, MT.
Glaspell, B., Watson, A., Kneeshaw, K., & Pendergrast, D. (2003). Selecting indicators and understanding their role in wilderness experience stewardship at Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. The George Wright Forum, 20(3), 59-71.
Leopold Institute Publication 482
Kneeshaw, K., Watson, A., Christensen, N., Glaspell, B., & Liljeblad, A. (2003). Providing scientific input to indicators and standards: A focus on wilderness experience stewardship at Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve, Phase II Report. Final report on file at: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Missoula, MT.
Bright, A.D., Vaske, J.J., Kneeshaw, K., & Absher, J. D. (2003). Scale development of wildfire management basic beliefs. In P.J. Jakes (Comp.), Homeowners, communities, and wildfire: Science findings from the National Fire Plan, Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (pp. 18-25); 2002, June 2-5; Bloomington, IN. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-231. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station.
Contact Information:
Powell Ranger District
Powell Ranger Station
Lolo, MT 59847
Phone: 208-942-0302
E-mail: kknotek [at] fs.fed.us
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