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Donielle Stevens
 

Public Lands Consulting

 

In my work with Leave No Trace, I consulted with public recreation areas through Leave No Trace's Hot Spot Program. The program was built to advise land managers experiencing heavy use or mistreatment to public lands on behavior change strategies. I worked with land managers like the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, US Forest Service, and State Park on best practices for minimizing impact, effectively educating visitors for sustainable behavior change, developing outreach strategies, and site design considerations.

Parks & Protected Places Consulted Included:

  • Mt. Sneffels Wilderness

  • San Juan National Forest

  • San Juan Islands National Monument

  • White River National Forest

  • San Marcos River Recreation Area

  • Lassen Volcanic National Park

  • Grand Teton National Park

  • Olympic National Park

  • Kasha-Katuwe National Monument

  • Kern River Recreation Area

This experience required:

  • A proven capacity to produce high-quality and policy-oriented analytical reports.

  • Recognized ability to link communication & education strategies to plan wider recreational needs.

  • Excellent analytical skills, including ability to identify complex issues and advise on ways forward respecting the constraints of the organizations involved.

  • Creative and strategic thinking, with proven ability to assemble, assess and organize information, conduct analyses, structure solutions, and propose and implement recommendations..

  • Exceptional collaboration and inter-personal skills; politically savvy and adeptness at negotiating varied relationships and successfully facilitating inter-group collaboration, cooperation, and coordination between a range of partners, government & tribal officials, volunteers, donors, and other stakeholders.

 
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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument

The Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument in north-central New Mexico is well known for its cone-shaped tent rock formations

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Lassen Volcanic National Park

Lassen Volcanic National Park in California is home to jagged peaks, high mountain lakes, meadows filled with wildflowers and numerous volcanoes. In the last couple of years, the park has seen a rise in both frontcountry day-use visitors and overnight visitors in the backcountry.

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Grand Teton National Park

In the last four years, Grand Teton National Park has had a 23% increase in visitation with a record breaking 4.8 million visitors in 2016 alone.

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Kern River

The Kern River stretches 165 miles through the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains. The river is one of California’s most pristine watersheds and home to the state’s three native heritage trout — the Kern River Trout, Little Kern Golden, and the Golden Trout. 

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Blue Lakes; Mt. Sneffels Wilderness

The Blue Lakes in the Mt. Sneffels Wilderness are a spectacular set of cobalt blue lakes situated in a high alpine valley. 

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Lower San Marcos River

Each summer over 80,000 recreationists visit the 3.6 mile-long Lower San Marcos River Recreation Area just east of San Marcos, Texas. The San Marcos River is considered one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in the southwestern United States and is home to several threatened and endangered species including the Texas Blind Salamander, Fountain Darter, and Texas Wild Rice.