NICHOLAS J. REO, Ph.D.
NICHOLAS J. REO, Ph.D.
RESEARCH
I conduct participatory research with American Indian tribes and their neighbors, addressing questions about the management and use of natural resources. My formal training links applied ecology and the human dimensions of natural resource management. My research interests focus on the ecological, social and political dimensions of ecosystem management, subsistence harvests and tribal guardianship of culturally significant resources.
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS
Reo, NJ, JW Karl and MB Walters. Northern red oak regeneration following competitor removal and low white-tailed deer densities (submitted)
Reo, NJ, D Kramer, J Liu and S Yaffee. From conflict to cooperation: evolution of a successful tribal-state resource management relationship
CURRENT PROJECTS
Eastern Upper Peninsula Fire Project: an initiative that facilitates restoration of integrated human and natural systems and evaluates its results for ecosystems, wildlife and tribal communities. The project aims to restore fire to fire-dependent ecosystems, rebuild fire-management knowledge within an Ojibwe community and strengthen relationships between tribal, federal and other parties, facilitating cross-boundary management.
Tribal Land Acquisition and Forest-Based Business Planning: a School of Natural Resources and Environment Masters Group Project working with the Hannahville Indian Community in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
REsearch Fellow, school of natural resources and environment
SEE YOU THERE:
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, Connecticut June 2012
Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon Aug 2012
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Tribal Natural Resource Management
Cross-Boundary Management Involving Tribes and First Nations
The Nature of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)
Linking Restoration Ecology & TEK
Guardianship of Culturally-Significant Species & Lands
Using Historical Ecology, Ecological Science and TEK to Understand Socio-Ecological Systems