Wilderness Theses

Asterisk (*) after year denotes honors thesis.

1994

• Charles Bosworth Kellet, Defining "Wilderness Lake" for Vermont

1997

• Rachael Beddoe, An Ecofeminist Analysis of "Wilderness Women"
• * Mike Donohue, Wilderness Education: The Development and Implementation of a Course at the University of Vermont

1998

• Ben Genshaft, Volunteer Wilderness Medicine in Vermont: Medical, Legal and Ethical Perspectives

1999

• Jennifer A. Wilkinson, Wilderness Training: A Critical Analysis of Professional Development and Outdoor Experiential Training Programs From an Environmental Perspective

2001

• * Katie Moss, Wilderness: A Vermont Tradition

2002

• John Kinney, Preservation in Literature: The Desert Landscape in the Prose of Edward Abbey

2003

• * Kristine Mazur, Western Canada Wilderness Committee: Grassroots Efforts to Protect Ancient Wilderness and Biodiversity in British Columbia

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

2005

• Rebecca Schweigart, Motivations of Long Distance Hikers: Case Study on The Long Trail
• Jonathan Tomb, Exploring Wilderness and a Sense of Place in the Bristol Cliffs Wilderness Area, Bristol, Vermont

2006

• Robert Kelly, Backcountry Shelter Removal, Resource Rehabilitation, and Recreation Impact Mitigation on the Long Trail, Vermont
  

  2007

• Nicholas Miller, At the Trail’s End: A Collection of Essays and Poems Based on Wilderness Adventures and Meditations on Life and the Natural World
  

  2008

• Gerard Ganey  –  Traversing the Adirondack High Peaks: Outdoor Leadership and Environmental Education While Backpacking
  
• Bryan Gill  –  Land Management for the 21st Century: An Analysis of Jay Peak Ski Resort, Vermont, and the White River National Forest, Colorado
  

  2010

• Sarah Alicia Sotomayor  –  Conservation in the 21st Century: Restoring Wholeness to Lands and People through Wildlands Philanthropy
  

  2011

• Julie Bellino  –  Finding Forever Wild: Identifying and Mapping Land Suitable for Conservation by the Northeast Wilderness Trust
  

  2012

• Sean Donovan – Field Technician Intern 2011 with Northwest Connections, Swan Valley, Montana
• Patrick Intolubbe-Chmil – There and Back Again: From the Savannas of East Africa to the Mountains of New England: An Observational Study of Biophilia
• Daniel Lane – In the Shadow of the Mountains: Philosophy of Hiking and Skiing in Vermont's Green Mountains
• Abby R. Okoniewski – Backpack, Books, and Blue Hat: The Narratives of Winter

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