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About the ECARP (Environmental Communication, Analysis, and Research
for Policy) Working Group
Located within the School
of Environment and Natural Resources, the ECARP (Environmental
Communication, Analysis, and Research for Policy) Working Group
is a vibrant and multi-disciplinary research, development, and consultation
center staffed by a core group of affiliated faculty members and
graduate research associates representing the social, management,
and natural sciences. In addition to a core of faculty leaders,
ECARP serves as a clearing-house, tailored to particular projects,
by gathering research and support personnel from across the campus
and nation as needed.
The ECARP has five fundamental objectives:
1. To apply technical knowledge and analytical methods to key environmental
and natural resource questions identified by clients such as Federal,
State, and local management agencies and private entities.
2. To advance the state of knowledge and disseminate findings for
concepts and methods concerned with environmental and natural resource
issues.
3. To conduct innovative and valuable research that helps frame
thinking and debate about environmental and natural resource issues.
4. To recruit top-quality graduate students to the School of Natural
Resources and provide students with opportunities to work with faculty
on projects within the ECARP Working Group.
5. To serve as a focus for student and faculty research by applying
for and securing research funding from Federal, State, University,
non-governmental, and other sources.
Some examples of the types of research
and client-based projects the ECARP might undertake include the
research and development of:
• policy analysis tools to gauge the effects of policy instruments
on target populations and the environment
• stakeholder collaboration and citizen participation processes
in natural resources policy
• structured environmental decision making approaches
• cutting edge research in the natural sciences to inform environmental
policy choices
• comprehensive environmental risk communication approaches
• innovative environmental education and interpretive efforts
• courses to be offered in the School of Natural Resources
for students as well as the community of environmental professionals
For More Information
For more information, please contact Dr.
Tomas Koontz.
Analytical Reports
As part of its effort to develop and
disseminate knowledge, ECARP publishes analytical reports related
to environmental and natural resource issues. Click on the links
below to download the report.
Watershed
Groups in Ohio: An Assessment of Current Practice
Elizabeth Moore and Tomas Koontz, June 2002
How
a "Bureaucratic Superstar" Implements Ecosystem Management:
Lessons from the USDA Forest Service
Kelly Butler and Tomas Koontz, November 2002
Impacts
of Federal Lands on Local Government Tax Bases – A Policy
Summary
Jennifer Bodine and Tomas Koontz, October 2003
Landowners,
Land Management, and Conservation Program Participation in Ohio
and Iowa
Brandi Hall and Tomas Koontz, October 2004
Citizen
Participation in Ohio Watershed Groups
Brandi Bowman and Tomas Koontz, September 2005
Watershed
Groups in Ohio: Resources, Activities, and Accomplishments
Rachel Fleishman and Tomas Koontz, September 2005
Government
Involvement in Community-based, Collaborative Watershed Management:
A Study of the Ohio Watershed Coordinator Grant Program
Sara Nikolic and Tomas Koontz, December 2005
Implementing
Ecosystem Management in the Bureau of Land Management: An Organizational
Perspective
Jennifer Bodine and Tomas Koontz, October 2006
What
Can We Learn from the Failure of Adoption of Passive Solar Homes?
Vicki Garrett and Tomas M. Koontz, August 2007
Improving
Collaboration in Watershed Management: Lessons from Northeast Ohio
Scott Hardy and Tomas M. Koontz, September 2007
The
Role of Citizens and Nonprofit Organizations in Clean Ohio's Brownfield
Redevelopment Program
Sarah Beal and Tomas M. Koontz, October 2007
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