Recreation Theses

Asterisk (*) after year denotes honors thesis.

• 2001 Joshua Worley, Promoting a Positive Relationship Between Rock Climbing and Ecosystem Integrity: A Bouldering Guidebook Design for the Bolton Notch Road, Bolton, Vermont

• 2003 Andrew Fowler, Ecological Impact Mitigation of Backcountry Skiing: The Development of Management Recommendations for the Mount Mansfield Natural Area, Vermont
• 2003 Amanda Holmgren, The Territorial Responses of Six Songbirds to Ski Trails at Smugglers Notch Resort and Stowe Mountain Resort, Vermont
• 2003 Adam Endecott Sherer, Golf and the Environment: An Integrated Approach to Golf Course Design and Landscape Ecology
• 2003 Eli Sebastian Worley, Managing Rock Climbing to Promote Environmental Integrity: A Draft Climbing Management Plan for the Bolton Notch Road Cliffs

• 2004 * Peter S. Antos-Ketcham, The Backcountry Sanitation Manual: A Challenge Cost Share Project of the USDI National Park Service, Appalachian Trail Conference, and Green Mountain Club
  
• 2004 James Coyne, Monitoring Mansfield: An Assessment of Management Techniques for Alpine Vegetation at Four Locations along the Ridgeline of Mount Mansfield
  
• 2004 Michelle L. Mowery, The H. Lawrence Achilles Natural Area: A Paddling Guide to Shelburne Pond

• 2006 Alexandra Carlson, Sustainable Ski Resort Development and Management: A Handbook: How the Ski Industry Can Have a Positive Impact on Community Development, Health, and the Relationship Between Humans and their Environments
  
• 2006 Rachel Charow, Participant Satisfaction with Community Collaborative Planning: A Case Study of the Spruce  Peak Ski Area Expansion Project, Stowe, Vermont
• 2006 * Katie Folts, A Walk Through Time: Understanding the Adirondacks via and Interpretive Trail at Meacham Lake Campground
• 2006 Robert Kelly, Backcountry Shelter Removal, Resource Rehabilitation, and Recreation Impact Mitigation on the Long Trail, Vermont
• 2006 William Kramen, Backpacking Towards Environmental Awareness: A Case Study of Outdoor Environmental Education in Arizona and Utah
  
• 2006 Jeremy Leffert, The Construction of an Interpretative Field Guide: Camel’s Hump, Burrows Trail
• 2006 Spencer Morton, Trout Management in Vermont: Environmental Concerns and a Fly Fishing Guide to Vermont’s Trout and their Streams
• 2006 Dave Santucci, Ways Policy Can Integrate Visitor Diversity into the National Parks
• 2006 Rebecca Schweigart, Motivations of Long Distance Hikers: Case Study on The Long Trail 2006
• 2006 Allison Yeary, Dog Friendly Salt Lake City: Sniffing out the Best Places to Run, Hike, and Play with Your Best Friend
  
  
• 2007 Michaela Best – Best EcoTours: A Business Plan for a Samll Scale Ecotour Operation Company in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont
  
• 2007 Laura Angell Evangelista, Sailing and the City of Burlington: Building Community through a Shared Waterfront
• 2007 Lindsay Fromme, Horseback Riding Instructor’s Guide: An Integrated Approach Aimed at Promoting Environmental Awareness and Connection with Nature
• 2007 Matthew Hannon, The Future of the Vermont Ski Industry: A Comparative Study of Sugarbush Resort and Stowe Mountain Resort
• 2007 Matt Hawes, A Comparative Analysis of the Management Practices for Alpine Ecosystems in the Northeastern United States
• 2007 Anna DeForest Meyer, Conservation of Public Interests through Private Ownership: The Pingree Forest Partnership as an Example of a Working Forest Conservation Easement with Diverse Benefits
• 2007 Brian Sengebush, The Alpine Ski Industry and the Environment: Practices, Impacts, and Transformations
• 2007 Kris Willkes, Design Plan and Recommendations for a New Recreational Trail Linking the Charlotte School, Local Neighborhood, and Pease Mountain Natural Area, Charlotte, Vermont
  
  
• 2008 Mary Carter,  Black Bears and Okemo Mountain: Using Environmental Education to Increase Community Awareness
• 2008 Nicole Driscoll, "SOS"  – Save Our Snow": A Green Snowboarding Event Plan
  
• 2008 Heather Durkel,  Discovering a Sense of Place: Field Guides to Three Pittsford Trails
  
• 2008 Hillary Foster,  Horses and the Natural Environment: An Interactive, Experiential Learning Program for Underprivileged and At-Risk Children
  
• 2008 Bryan Gill,  Land Management for the 21st Century: An Analysis of Jay Peak Ski Resort, Vermont, and the White River National Forest, Colorado
  
  
• 2009 Olympia Bowker, Vermont in Winter: The Season of Subtle Splendor: A Photographic Documentation of Sense-of-Place in Vermont State Parks and Forests
• 2009 * Jason Gold, Residents’ Attitudes Toward the Development of Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Vermont: A Community Impact Study
• 2009 * Claire Frashier Johnson, Outdoor Challenge: Adventure in Wild Therapy: A Ten Week Internship with the Howard Center of Vermont
• 2009 David Purcell, Greening Athletics: Understanding and Managing the Environmental Impacts of Athletics Programs in Higher Education
  
• 2009 Jamel Torres, A Landscape Design Project: Designing the Future Expansion of River Run Campground, Brownfield, Maine
  
  
• 2010 Alyssa Catalano  –  Green Yoga?: Explorations in Environmental Connections to Yoga
  
• 2010 Ryan Chandler  –  Vacation or Degradation: Assessing the Relationship Between Small Island Tourism and the Coral Reefs of Belize
  
• 2010 Brydon Mitchell  –  Skiing Towards Sustainability: A Case Study of Mountain Operations at Sugarbush Resort, Warren, Vermont
  
• 2010 Michael Nathan  –  Effects of Development and Recreation on Sensitive Alpine Communities: A Comparative Case Study of Camel’s Hump and Jay Peak, Vermont
  
  
• 2011 Emilyn Fox  –  Greening Rosie's Girls: Incorporating Environmental Education at a Trades Based Summer Camp
  
• 2011 Kyle E. Gaffney  –  Endurance Sport as an Approach toward Harmonious Relationship Development: Exploring Behavioral Outcomes through Value Development Investigation of Endurance Sport Athletes
  
• 2011 Alexander B. McManus  –  One Golf Course, With One Outcome: Becoming More Ecological
  
• 2011 * Christina Newman  –  A DREAM for a World Without HIV/AIDS: An Analysis of a Non-Governmental Organization and its Adaptation of a Local HIV/AIDS Education Program
  
• 2011 * Elijah William Sobel  –  Where the River Deepens: Exploring Place-Based Relationships through the Swimming Hole Experience
  
• 2011 Mima L. Wellington  –  The Greening of Camp Susquehannock
  
• 2012 Katie Deppen – Learning How to be a Sustainable Sports Turf Manager by Interning with the Philedelphia Eagles Grounds Crew
  
  

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