DVORAK, ROBERT

Biography

Bob’s professional teaching and research interests include wilderness and protected area management, examining visitor use issues in parks and wilderness, and understanding the relationships and attachments people form with wilderness and protected areas.

He received his Ph.D. in Forestry from the University of Montana in 2007 where his research focused on visitor use trends in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. His most recent research collaboration has been with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, investigating visitor use management and carrying capacity related to polar-viewing and tourism on Barter Island. He has also been a scientific reviewer for the Interagency Visitor Use Management Framework, Visitor Capacity Guidebook, and Monitoring Guidebook. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Wilderness ( www.ijw.org).