Project Lead

Katie Abrams
Assistant Professor
Department of Journalism and Media Communication
Colorado State University
katie.abrams@colostate.edu
970-491-5315

National Park Service Lead on Project

Sara Melena
Education Specialist
Office of Education & Outreach
Natural Resource Stewardship and Science
National Park Service
sara_melena@nps.gov

Co-Principle Investigator

Tara Teel
Associate Professor
Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Colorado State University
tara.teel@colostate.edu

Recognition of important others involved in this project

Kirsten Leong
Social Scientist
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
(formerly with the National Park Service when she helped initiate this project; she continued to contribute her expertise to the project as-needed)
kirsten.leong@noaa.gov

Graduate students who worked hard on this project in numerous ways: