Robert M. Muth
Department of
Natural Resources Conservation
Holdsworth
Hall
University of
Massachusetts at Amherst
Amherst, MA
01003
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Professional Preparation
B.A. 1973 History,
University of Washington, Seattle, modern European history
M.P.A. 1975 Public
Administration, University of Washington, Seattle, natural resources option
Ph.D. 1985 Forest
Management, University of Washington, Seattle, social and policy sciences
Appointments
1996 - present Associate Professor, Department of Natural
Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
1990-1996 Assistant Professor, Department of
Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
1979-1990 Regional Social Scientist, U.S.D.A.
Forest Service, Alaska Region, Juneau, Alaska.
1978-1979 National Social Impact Assessment
Coordinator, Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE II) Core Team, USDA
Forest Service, Washington, D.C.
1976-1977 Research Associate, College of
Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle.
1970-1976 Social Science Research Technician,
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station,
Wildlife Recreation Research Project, Seattle.
Five Relevant Publications in Interdisciplinary Research and
Five Additional Publications
Muth,
R.M. 2002. Subsistence and artisanal use of forest,
fisheries, and wildlife resources in Russia:
Implications for natural resource planning and management. In Larson, J.S. and V. Litvienov, eds., Ecological
and Economic Issues in Land Management (Vol. I, Technical Series Title,
Development and Land and Property Management, IV vols.) Novgorod, Russia: Novgorod State University.
Muth, R.M.,
R.E. Dick, and K. A. Blanchard.
2001. Subsistence use of wildlife
and Native People's wildlife issues.
Chapter 17 in Decker, D.J.,
T.A. Brown, and W.F. Siemer, eds., Human
Dimensions of Wildlife Management in North America. Bethesda:
The Wildlife Society.
Muth, R.M. and
W.V. Jamison. 2001. On the destiny of deer camps and duck
blinds: The rise of the animal rights
movement and the future of wildlife conservation. Wildlife Society Bulletin,
28(4):841-851.
Muth, R.M. and
J.F. Bowe, Jr. 1998. Illegal harvest of renewable natural
resources in North America: Toward a
topology of motivations for poaching. Society
and Natural Resources, 11:5-20.
Muth, R.M., D.A. Hamilton, J.F.
Organ, D.J. Witter, M.E. Mather, and J.J. Daigle. 1998.
The future of wildlife and fisheries policy and management: Assessing the attitudes and values of
wildlife and fisheries professionals. Transactions,
63rd North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, p.
604-627.
Muth,
R.M. 1995. Use of fisheries resources for
subsistence: Contemporary patterns in
southeast Alaska, USA. Pp. 523-533 in Meyer, R.M., C. Zhang, M.L. Windsor,
B.J. McCay, L.J. Hushak, and R.M. Muth, eds., Fisheries Resource Utilization
and Policy. Proceedings of the World
Fisheries Congress, Theme 2. Oxford and
IBH Publishing Co., Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India.
Muth,
R.M. 1995. Subsistence and artisanal fisheries
policy: An international
assessment. Pp. 76-82 in Meyer, R.M., C. Zhang, M.L. Windsor,
B.J. McCay, L.J. Hushak, and R.M. Muth, eds., Fisheries Resource Utilization
and Policy. Proceedings of the World
Fisheries Congress, Theme 2. Oxford and
IBH Publishing Co., Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India.
Meyer, R.M.,
C. Zhang, M.L. Windsor, B.J. McCay, L.J. Hushak, and R.M. Muth, eds. 1995. Fisheries
Resource Utilization and Policy.
Proceedings of the World Fisheries Congress, Theme 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India.
Muth, R.M. and
K. Fairey. 1995. Managing social conflict in outdoor
recreation settings: Implications for
curriculum development in the human dimensions of leisure. Trends, 32(4):4-8.
Glass, R.J.,
R.M. Muth, T.A. More, and J. Kruse.
1995. Assessing developmental
impacts on subsistence fishing:
complications attributable to a mixed economic system. Society and Natural Resources, 8:
431-442.
Synergistic
Activities
Organized,
co-organized and/or chaired several panel sessions at professional conferences
(World Fisheries Congress, Annual Conference of the American Fisheries Society,
International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Northeast Fish and
Wildlife Conference). As member of a
faculty exchange program, visited Novgorod State University (2001) in Russia,
delivered three guest lectures, participated in technical assistance
activities. Member, Social Science
Advisory Committee (advises the New England Fisheries Management Council on
socioeconomic issues). Instructor,
National Youth Science Camp (1999, 2000).
Faculty advisor, student chapter of The Wildlife Society (2001-2003). Served as associate editor for North
American Journal of Fisheries Management, Society and Natural Resources,
International Journal of Wilderness.
At the University of Massachusetts, organized and taught: 1) graduate
seminars on social conflict and natural resource policy, natural resource
policy and administration, 2) undergraduate courses on society and the
environment, natural resource policy and administration, human dimensions of
natural resources.
Selected Recent
Projects
1998-2004 Evaluation of the Effects of the
Massachusetts Wildlife Protection Act on Public Attitudes Towards Wildlife
1997-1998 Attitudes and Values of Wildlife and
Fisheries Conservation Professionals
1993-1997 The Socioeconomic Value of Furbearer
Resources: A Study of Furbearer Harvest
in Six Northeastern States.
Collaborators
in Past 48 Months
John Daigle
(University of Maine, Orono), Jan Dizard (Amherst College), Jack Finn (University
of Massachusetts at Amherst), Wesley Jamison (Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA),
Sandra Jonker (Cornell University), Martha Mather (University of Massachusetts
at Amherst), Craig Nicolson, (University of Massachusetts at Amherst), John
Organ (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), Charles Schweik (University of
Massachusetts at Amherst), Mike Sutherland (University of Massachusetts at
Amherst), Rodney Zwick (Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT).
Graduate Student Advisees
John F. Bowe,
Jr. (Cornell Cooperative Extension), John Daigle (University of Maine, Orono), Samantha
Horn (Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife), Sandra Jonker
(Cornell University), Laurae Lyster-Mensh (affiliation unknown), Dee Mazzarese
(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), Jay Odell (The Nature Conservancy)
Graduate
Advisors
Dr. Robert G.
Lee, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle (Ph.D.).
Dr. Fremont J.
Lyden, Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle
(M.P.A.).