Laurie Yung
Biographic Data
| ID | 213993 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laurie Yung |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laurie |
| FAMILY NAME | Yung |
| SIGNATURE | YUNG L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Montana |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6309-1515 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Institutional Interactions: How Government Programs and Public Lands Grazing Permits Influence Ranchers’ Adaptation to Drought
For ranchers in the U.S., adaptation to drought and climate-related events is not entirely autonomous: it is shaped by the nested institutional context within which ranchers operate, including both formal institutions (e.g. government policies, programs, regulations) and informal institutions (e.g. social norms, social interactions). This study, based on a quantitative survey (n = 450) and in-depth interviews (n = 34), examines Montana ranchers’ …
Response to Reynolds et al. (2024), Accurately Characterizing Climate Change Scenario Planning in the U.S. National Park Service
How agricultural producers use local knowledge, climate information, and on-farm “experiments” to address drought risk
Understanding Perceptions of Climate Change Scenario Planning in United States Public Land Management Agencies
As climate change increasingly challenges the capacity of traditional decision-making modalities to contend with mounting complexities and uncertainties, natural resource management agencies have increasingly turned to nontraditional modes of planning and decision-making such as 'futuring. Futuring methods, such as scenarios, have been increasingly utilized around the world. In the US, however, there has been a limited uptake of these tools acros…
Developing leaders to tackle wicked problems at the nexus of food, energy, and water systems
The multiscale, complex challenges at the nexus of food, energy, and water systems (FEWS) demand approaches to graduate education beyond traditional disciplinary training. Here, we present a vision for training FEWS leaders developed by faculty and students from interdisciplinary graduate training programs focused on the FEWS nexus. We discuss the imperative to create interdisciplinary, next-generation FEWS leaders and the core skills and profici…
Collective factors drive individual invasive species control behaviors: Evidence from private lands in Montana, USA
Lubeck, A. A., A. L. Metcalf, C. L. Beckman, L. Yung, and J. W. Angle. 2019. Collective factors drive individual invasive species control behaviors: evidence from private lands in Montana, USA. Ecology and Society 24(2):32. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10897-240232
Engaging Communities and Climate Change Futures with Multi-Scale, Iterative Scenario Building (Misb) in the Western United States
Current projections of future climate change foretell potentially transformative ecological changes that threaten communities globally. Using two case studies from the United States Intermountain West, this article highlights the ways in which a better articulation between theory and methods in research design can generate proactive applied tools that enable locally grounded dialogue about the future, including key vulnerabilities and potential a…
Drought Adaptation and Climate Change Beliefs among Working Ranchers in Montana
Agricultural producers may be particularly vulnerable to climate impacts, such as drought. To better understand how ranchers respond to ongoing drought and the relationship between climate change beliefs and drought adaptation, in-depth interviews with working ranchers were conducted. Ranchers described drought conditions as unprecedented and detailed the interacting impacts of drought and nonclimatic stressors. They viewed adaptation as critical…
The Faithful Skeptics: Evangelical Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Climate Change
Polling data has indicated that evangelical Christians tend toward skepticism about the existence of anthropogenic climate change. Recognizing that evangelical Christians compose a politically influential population, we conducted interviews with pastors and lay members of churches in Dallas, Texas to assess the relationship between their religious beliefs and their views on climate change. In-depth interviews showed more complex relationships bet…
Blackfeet Belong to the Mountains: Hope, Loss, and Blackfeet Claims to Glacier National Park, Montana
While relationships between indigenous groups and protected areas have been extensively documented internationally, research on Native Americans and US National Parks is surprisingly sparse. Based on in-depth interviews with Blackfeet Indians, this article examines the complex contemporary relationship between the Blackfeet and Glacier National Park. According to the Blackfeet, tribal relationships with the park landscape are sustained through on…
Place Mapping and the Role of Spatial Scale in Understanding Landowner Views of Fire and Fuels Management
Place mapping is emerging as a way to understand the spatial components of people's relationships with particular locations and how these relate to support for management proposals. But despite the spatial focus of place mapping, scale is rarely explicitly examined in such exercises. This is particularly problematic since scalar definitions and configurations have implications for research results. In this study, we examine the relationship betwe…
Traditional Wisdom: Protecting Relationships with Wilderness as a Cultural Landscape
Watson, A., R. Matt, K. Knotek, D. Williams, and L. Yung. 2011. Traditional wisdom: protecting relationships with wilderness as a cultural landscape. Ecology and Society 16(1): 36. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04003-160136
Rural Community Views on the Role of Local and Extralocal Interests in Public Lands Governance
Based on in-depth interviews with residents on the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana, this article examines how disagreements about the appropriate role of local interests influence local conflict over public lands. Residents who advocated that local interests should be privileged framed the conflict in terms of class, social standing, and fairness. While some residents were clearly venue shopping (advocating the level of decision making where they…
Private Property Rights and Community Goods: Negotiating Landowner Cooperation Amid Changing Ownership on the Rocky Mountain Front
The cooperative practices of private landowners, while critical to cross-boundary conservation, are not well understood. Based on research along the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana, we document the ways that established customs governing cooperation between ranchers meet both individual and community needs. While ranchers argued for landowner control of private property, in practice, rancher property boundaries were permeable and contingent with …
The Politics of Place: Understanding Meaning, Common Ground, and Political Difference on the Rocky Mountain Front
A major challenge of forest policy and management is effectively understanding different people's viewpoints on natural resource use and conservation, and how those viewpoints contribute to conflict and conflict resolution. In response to this challenge, the concept of place is gaining currency in natural resource research. The study of place promises an integrative approach to understanding people's relationships with particular areas. Realizing…
Private Property Rights and Community Goods: Negotiating Landowner Cooperation Amid Changing Ownership on the Rocky Mountain Front
The cooperative practices of private landowners, while critical to cross-boundary conservation, are not well understood. Based on research along the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana, we document the ways that established customs governing cooperation between ranchers meet both individual and community needs. While ranchers argued for landowner control of private property, in practice, rancher property boundaries were permeable and contingent with …
The Faithful Skeptics: Evangelical Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Climate Change
Polling data has indicated that evangelical Christians tend toward skepticism about the existence of anthropogenic climate change. Recognizing that evangelical Christians compose a politically influential population, we conducted interviews with pastors and lay members of churches in Dallas, Texas to assess the relationship between their religious beliefs and their views on climate change. In-depth interviews showed more complex relationships bet…
Blackfeet Belong to the Mountains: Hope, Loss, and Blackfeet Claims to Glacier National Park, Montana
While relationships between indigenous groups and protected areas have been extensively documented internationally, research on Native Americans and US National Parks is surprisingly sparse. Based on in-depth interviews with Blackfeet Indians, this article examines the complex contemporary relationship between the Blackfeet and Glacier National Park. According to the Blackfeet, tribal relationships with the park landscape are sustained through on…
Traditional Wisdom: Protecting Relationships with Wilderness as a Cultural Landscape
Watson, A., R. Matt, K. Knotek, D. Williams, and L. Yung. 2011. Traditional wisdom: protecting relationships with wilderness as a cultural landscape. Ecology and Society 16(1): 36. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04003-160136
Rural Community Views on the Role of Local and Extralocal Interests in Public Lands Governance
Based on in-depth interviews with residents on the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana, this article examines how disagreements about the appropriate role of local interests influence local conflict over public lands. Residents who advocated that local interests should be privileged framed the conflict in terms of class, social standing, and fairness. While some residents were clearly venue shopping (advocating the level of decision making where they…
Understanding Perceptions of Climate Change Scenario Planning in United States Public Land Management Agencies
As climate change increasingly challenges the capacity of traditional decision-making modalities to contend with mounting complexities and uncertainties, natural resource management agencies have increasingly turned to nontraditional modes of planning and decision-making such as 'futuring. Futuring methods, such as scenarios, have been increasingly utilized around the world. In the US, however, there has been a limited uptake of these tools acros…
Collective factors drive individual invasive species control behaviors: Evidence from private lands in Montana, USA
Lubeck, A. A., A. L. Metcalf, C. L. Beckman, L. Yung, and J. W. Angle. 2019. Collective factors drive individual invasive species control behaviors: evidence from private lands in Montana, USA. Ecology and Society 24(2):32. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10897-240232
Place Mapping and the Role of Spatial Scale in Understanding Landowner Views of Fire and Fuels Management
Place mapping is emerging as a way to understand the spatial components of people's relationships with particular locations and how these relate to support for management proposals. But despite the spatial focus of place mapping, scale is rarely explicitly examined in such exercises. This is particularly problematic since scalar definitions and configurations have implications for research results. In this study, we examine the relationship betwe…
The Politics of Place: Understanding Meaning, Common Ground, and Political Difference on the Rocky Mountain Front
A major challenge of forest policy and management is effectively understanding different people's viewpoints on natural resource use and conservation, and how those viewpoints contribute to conflict and conflict resolution. In response to this challenge, the concept of place is gaining currency in natural resource research. The study of place promises an integrative approach to understanding people's relationships with particular areas. Realizing…
Private Property Rights and Community Goods: Negotiating Landowner Cooperation Amid Changing Ownership on the Rocky Mountain Front
The cooperative practices of private landowners, while critical to cross-boundary conservation, are not well understood. Based on research along the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana, we document the ways that established customs governing cooperation between ranchers meet both individual and community needs. While ranchers argued for landowner control of private property, in practice, rancher property boundaries were permeable and contingent with …
Rural Community Views on the Role of Local and Extralocal Interests in Public Lands Governance
Based on in-depth interviews with residents on the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana, this article examines how disagreements about the appropriate role of local interests influence local conflict over public lands. Residents who advocated that local interests should be privileged framed the conflict in terms of class, social standing, and fairness. While some residents were clearly venue shopping (advocating the level of decision making where they…
Place Mapping and the Role of Spatial Scale in Understanding Landowner Views of Fire and Fuels Management
Place mapping is emerging as a way to understand the spatial components of people's relationships with particular locations and how these relate to support for management proposals. But despite the spatial focus of place mapping, scale is rarely explicitly examined in such exercises. This is particularly problematic since scalar definitions and configurations have implications for research results. In this study, we examine the relationship betwe…
Traditional Wisdom: Protecting Relationships with Wilderness as a Cultural Landscape
Watson, A., R. Matt, K. Knotek, D. Williams, and L. Yung. 2011. Traditional wisdom: protecting relationships with wilderness as a cultural landscape. Ecology and Society 16(1): 36. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04003-160136
The Faithful Skeptics: Evangelical Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Climate Change
Polling data has indicated that evangelical Christians tend toward skepticism about the existence of anthropogenic climate change. Recognizing that evangelical Christians compose a politically influential population, we conducted interviews with pastors and lay members of churches in Dallas, Texas to assess the relationship between their religious beliefs and their views on climate change. In-depth interviews showed more complex relationships bet…
Blackfeet Belong to the Mountains: Hope, Loss, and Blackfeet Claims to Glacier National Park, Montana
While relationships between indigenous groups and protected areas have been extensively documented internationally, research on Native Americans and US National Parks is surprisingly sparse. Based on in-depth interviews with Blackfeet Indians, this article examines the complex contemporary relationship between the Blackfeet and Glacier National Park. According to the Blackfeet, tribal relationships with the park landscape are sustained through on…
Drought Adaptation and Climate Change Beliefs among Working Ranchers in Montana
Agricultural producers may be particularly vulnerable to climate impacts, such as drought. To better understand how ranchers respond to ongoing drought and the relationship between climate change beliefs and drought adaptation, in-depth interviews with working ranchers were conducted. Ranchers described drought conditions as unprecedented and detailed the interacting impacts of drought and nonclimatic stressors. They viewed adaptation as critical…
Engaging Communities and Climate Change Futures with Multi-Scale, Iterative Scenario Building (Misb) in the Western United States
Current projections of future climate change foretell potentially transformative ecological changes that threaten communities globally. Using two case studies from the United States Intermountain West, this article highlights the ways in which a better articulation between theory and methods in research design can generate proactive applied tools that enable locally grounded dialogue about the future, including key vulnerabilities and potential a…
Collective factors drive individual invasive species control behaviors: Evidence from private lands in Montana, USA
Lubeck, A. A., A. L. Metcalf, C. L. Beckman, L. Yung, and J. W. Angle. 2019. Collective factors drive individual invasive species control behaviors: evidence from private lands in Montana, USA. Ecology and Society 24(2):32. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10897-240232
Developing leaders to tackle wicked problems at the nexus of food, energy, and water systems
The multiscale, complex challenges at the nexus of food, energy, and water systems (FEWS) demand approaches to graduate education beyond traditional disciplinary training. Here, we present a vision for training FEWS leaders developed by faculty and students from interdisciplinary graduate training programs focused on the FEWS nexus. We discuss the imperative to create interdisciplinary, next-generation FEWS leaders and the core skills and profici…
Understanding Perceptions of Climate Change Scenario Planning in United States Public Land Management Agencies
As climate change increasingly challenges the capacity of traditional decision-making modalities to contend with mounting complexities and uncertainties, natural resource management agencies have increasingly turned to nontraditional modes of planning and decision-making such as 'futuring. Futuring methods, such as scenarios, have been increasingly utilized around the world. In the US, however, there has been a limited uptake of these tools acros…
How agricultural producers use local knowledge, climate information, and on-farm “experiments” to address drought risk
Response to Reynolds et al. (2024), Accurately Characterizing Climate Change Scenario Planning in the U.S. National Park Service
Institutional Interactions: How Government Programs and Public Lands Grazing Permits Influence Ranchers’ Adaptation to Drought
For ranchers in the U.S., adaptation to drought and climate-related events is not entirely autonomous: it is shaped by the nested institutional context within which ranchers operate, including both formal institutions (e.g. government policies, programs, regulations) and informal institutions (e.g. social norms, social interactions). This study, based on a quantitative survey (n = 450) and in-depth interviews (n = 34), examines Montana ranchers’ …
Geography (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Environmental resource management (8 works) · Climate change (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Business (5 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Environmental Science (5 works) · Climate change impacts on agriculture (4 works)