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Tommy L. Brown
Senior Research Associate

122F Fernow Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Ph: 607-255-7695
Fx: 607-254-2299
e.mail: tlb4@cornell.edu
Tommy L. Brown

M.S. - University of Minnesota - 1969
B.S. - University of Minnesota - 1967

Tom Brown joined the Department of Natural Resources in 1970. His research and extension efforts include a broad array of human dimensions topics, including social and economic impact analyses, citizen participation processes, outdoor recreation trends, tourism, and social research methods. The overall goal of his research program is to apply these research skills to important natural resource policy questions to determine impacts of policy alternatives on various stakeholders.

Research

Examples of recent research have been (1) trends in hunting participation and implications for management of white-tailed deer; (2) economic impacts of fluctuation water levels on marinas and recreational boating; (3) community learning and deer management; and (4) determinants of response rates to mail surveys on natural resources topics.

Extension

The general objective of his partial extension appointment is to get the research results of the Human Dimensions Research Unit to appropriate audiences. More specifically, he has recently worked to train fisheries professionals in choosing appropriate citizen participation processes for obtaining informed public input.

Selected Publications

  • Brown, T.L., and D.J. Decker (2005) Research needs to support community-based wildlife management: Global perspectives. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 10, 137-140.

  • Raik, D.B., T.B. Lauber, D.J. Decker, and T.L. Brown (2005) Managing community controversy in suburban wildlife management: Adopting practices that address value differences. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 10, 109-122.

  • Decker, D.J., T.L. Brown, J.J. Vaske, and M.J. Manfredo (2004) Human dimensions of wildlife management. Pgs. 187-198 in M.J. Manfredo et al. Society and Natural Resources: A Summary of Knowledge. Modern Litho, Jefferson, MO.

  • Brown, T.L. (2004) Recreational fisheries: Ecological, economic, and social evaluation. Book review. Trans. North Amer. Fisheries Soc. 133, 233-234.

  • Riley, S.J., D.J. Decker, J.W. Enck, P.D. Curtis, T.B. Lauber, and T.L. Brown (2003) Deer populations up, hunter populations down: Implications of interdependence of deer and hunter population dynamics on management. Ecoscience 10,455-461.