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James Tricker - Visiting GIS Specialist
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	James received a M.Sc. in GIS from the University of Leeds in 2009, where he became interested in wilderness attribute mapping. For his thesis, he developed a spatial model to identify suitable areas for marine wilderness protection. After a brief stint as an assistant researcher for the Wildland Research Institute, he was contracted to work on a wilderness character mapping project with the Leopold Institute in September 2010. The aim of this on-going project is to develop a spatial model, using 40 data inputs and existing monitoring strategies, to produce a set of maps depicting wilderness character at Death Valley National Park; it will also investigate how different planning alternatives impact spatially on wilderness character quality. James has also worked for the National Trust for Scotland as a GIS officer at various highland estates.

Selected Presentations:

Conceptualising wildness in marine protected areas: new geographies for evaluating wild seascapes.
James Tricker and Steve Carver - School of Geography, University of Leeds.
Presenttion at WILD9, 9th World Wilderness Congress. Merida, Mexico, November 2009

Current Project:

Developing GIS tools and modeling approaches that will be used to make the concept of wilderness character spatially explicit for use in planning and monitoring

Mapping Wilderness Character in Death Valley National Park - Final Report

Mapping Wilderness Character in Death Valley National Park - Technical Report and Methodology

Recent Publications:

Tricker, James; Landres, Peter; Dingman, Sandee; Callagan, Charlie; Stark, John; Bonstead, Leah; Fuhrman, Kelly; and Steve Carver. 2012. Mapping wilderness character in Death Valley National Park. Natural Resource Report NPS/DEVA/NRR-2012/503. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. 82p.
Leopold Publication Number 765

Tricker, James. 2012. Mapping Wilderness Character: New Tools for New Concepts. International Journal of Wilderness 18(1) 25, 40.
Leopold Publication Number 763

Contact Information:

Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
790 E. Beckwith Ave.
Missoula, MT 59801
Phone: 406-542-4194
Fax: 406-542-4196
E-mail: jamestricker@hotmail.com

The Leopold Institute is administered by the Rocky Mountain Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service
and operates under an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service,
U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Land Management,
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service.