Presenter(s): Brooke Mckinney − Environmental Studies
Faculty Mentor(s): Sarah Wald
Poster 169
Research Area: Social Science
The Modern Era of conservation and the conservation movement is extensive in political, racial, social, ethical, and ecological controversies. To understand the definition and benefits or setbacks of conservation my research seeks to explain the effects of conservation on racial issues and ecological issues in order to create a comprehensible timeline of events. Important components to this collective timeline are to identify effects of conservation on tribal communities and the environment in the US and in Oregon from literature, legislation, and creation of National Parks and how racial, social, and ecological issues changed conservation and its efforts from 1964 to the present. The timeline will be used by the organization Bark to help educate the public of the history of conservation and in training within the organization. My research is important because it intends to educate the public on how conservation efforts and legislation often lacks input from tribal communities, has historically excluded those communities from benefiting from these efforts and National Parks, and how conservation has, and could, change for the future.