Protected Area Conservation & Management
Broadly, my research aims to inform recreation management in protected area settings through the lens of social-ecological systems.
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| Year | Project |
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| 2025 | Rocky Mountain National Park Day Use Visitor Access Monitoring • $15,000 (Rocky Mountain Conservancy) |
| 2024 | Rocky Mountain National Park Day Use Visitor Access Monitoring • $15,000 (Rocky Mountain Conservancy) |
Van Deursen, J., Creany, N., Monz, C. A., & Freimund, W. (2025). "Classifications Of Recreation Specialization: Attitudinal And Behavioral Differences Across Specialization Types In The Nature Reserve Of Orange County, CA, USA". Journal of Park and Recreation Administration. 10.18666/JPRA-2025-12883
Van Deursen, J., Creany, N., Smith, B., Freimund, W., Avgar, T., & Monz, C. A. (2024). "Recreation specialization: Resource selection functions as a predictive tool for protected area recreation management". Applied Geography, 167, 103276. 10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103276
Minehart, K., Antonio, A. D., Creany, N., Monz, C., & Gutzwiller, K. (2024). "Predicting trail condition using random forest models in urban-proximate nature reserves". Environmental Challenges, 15, 100937. 10.1016/j.envc.2024.100937
Creany, N., Monz, C. A., & Esser, S. M. (2024). "Understanding visitor attitudes towards the timed-entry reservation system in Rocky Mountain National Park: Contemporary managed access as a social-ecological system". Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 45, 100736. 10.1016/j.jort.2024.100736
Tomczyk, A. M., Ewertowski, M. W.,Creany, N., Ancin-Murguzur, F. J., & Monz, C. (2023). "The application of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveys and GIS to the analysis and monitoring of recreational trail conditions.". International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 123, 103474. 10.1016/j.jag.2023.103474
Creany, N., Monz, C. A., D’Antonio, A., Sisneros-Kidd, A., Wilkins, E. J., Nesbitt, J., & Mitrovich, M. (2021). "Estimating trail use and visitor spatial distribution using mobile device data: An example from the nature reserve of orange county, California USA". Environmental Challenges, 4, 100171. 10.1016/j.envc.2021.100171
Wesstrom, S.,Creany, N., Monz, C. A., Miller, A., & D’Antonio, A. (2021). "The Effect of a Vehicle Diversion Traffic Management Strategy on Spatio-Temporal Park Use: A Study in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, Usa.". Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 39(1). 10.18666/jpra-2021-10746
Monz, C., Creany, N., Nesbitt, J., & Mitrovich, M. (2021). "Mobile Device Data Analysis to Determine the Demographics of Park Visitors.". Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 39(1) 10.18666/JPRA-2020-10541
Conference Presentation at Camp Reinsehlen, Schneverdingen, Germany
Conference Presentation at The Holiday Inn By The Bay, Portland, Maine, USA
Conference Presentation at Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, Colorado