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ALWRI welcomes Clare Boerigter
Clare Boerigter is joining ALWRI through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) as a Wilderness Fire Research Fellow. Clare is a science writer who specializes in wildland fire. Between 2012 and 2015, she served as a wildland firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service for several years. Since then, Clare has written about fire, forestry, environmental research and more for the...
ALWRI welcomes Social Scientist, Jaclyn Rushing
Jaclyn is a social scientist who focuses on outdoor recreation, parks, and protected area management with a specific interest in relevance, diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is energized by relationships with practitioners, stakeholders, and fellow scientists. Jaclyn has worked for municipal, state, and national parks and has a background in basic and applied mixed-methods and...
New General Technical Report explores benefits of Wilderness
Over the past six decades, since the Wilderness Act was signed into law, the U.S. population increased significantly, as did its diversity. During that same time, federally designated wilderness also increased—an order of magnitude—from 9 to roughly 112 million acres. Today, more people than ever before are spending time outside. A new General Technical Report, “A Perpetual Flow of Benefits:...
