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Kevin L. Pope, PhD

Kevin is currently the Acting Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Chief.

Research Interests

Complex Social-Ecological Systems, with emphasis on inland recreational fisheries

Professional Experience

  • Acting Chief, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Headquarters, 2024-

  • Unit Leader, Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 2019-2024

  • Assistant Unit Leader, Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 2005-2019

Education and Certifications

  • Ph D South Dakota State University 1996

  • MS Auburn University 1993

  • BS Texas A&M University 1991

Science and Products

Pollinators

Species We Study: Pollinators

Ecosystems—whether agricultural, urban, or natural—depend on pollinators, great and small. Pollinators in the form of bees, birds, butterflies, bats, and even moths provide vital, but often invisible services, from contributing to biodiverse terrestrial wildlife and plant communities to supporting healthy watersheds. Pollinator declines worldwide have been noted as land-use and climate changes...
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Cooperative Research Units, Species Management Research Program
Species We Study: Pollinators

Species We Study: Pollinators

Ecosystems—whether agricultural, urban, or natural—depend on pollinators, great and small. Pollinators in the form of bees, birds, butterflies, bats, and even moths provide vital, but often invisible services, from contributing to biodiverse terrestrial wildlife and plant communities to supporting healthy watersheds. Pollinator declines worldwide have been noted as land-use and climate changes...
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Filter Total Items: 76

Complexity and integration of recreational fisheries Complexity and integration of recreational fisheries

Recreational fisheries are interconnected, complex, adaptive systems characterized by multiple direct and indirect interactions among ecological and human subsystems. This is important for many reasons, including that feedbacks between the social and ecological dimensions lead to difficult-to-predict, often entirely unexpected, outcomes and because many management and governance systems...
Authors
Abigail Lynch, Len M. Hunt, A. Ben Beardmore, Brett T. van Poorten, Kevin L. Pope, Robert Arlinghaus
By
Cooperative Research Units

Best practices for understanding recreational fishers Best practices for understanding recreational fishers

In this closing chapter of our edited book, we summarize what we believe are best practices for understanding recreational fishers. Fishers are an integral part of the recreational fishery social-ecological system, and we emphasize the importance of placing them in that context. We begin with an overview of the process of developing a project and conclude with some broad suggestions for
Authors
Brett van Poorten, Len M. Hunt, E. Arlo Richardson, Abigail Lynch, Kevin L. Pope
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Preface Preface

Despite more than 50 years of research into the human dimensions of recreational f isheries, there is no textbook to present the theoretical grounding, operationalisation, and interpretation of the most elemental social components involved in fisheries management – namely, outcomes and trade-offs, behaviours (and antecedents or predictors of it), and the relationships among actors...
Authors
Kevin L. Pope, Robert Arlinghaus, Len M. Hunt, Abigail Lynch, Brett T. van Poorten
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Valuing recreational fishing using creel survey statistics Valuing recreational fishing using creel survey statistics

Recreation demand analysis has relied on mail and internet surveys to collect information on individual recreators. However, conducting these surveys is costly and time-consuming. Alternative sources that report aggregate visitation may go unused due to a lack of information about trip starting points. We set up and solve a system of equations that predict reservoir visits and the home...
Authors
Luke Boehm, Richard T. Melstrom, Kevin L. Pope
By
Cooperative Research Units

U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units program U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units program

This fact sheet provides a 10-year overview of the U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units program. It highlights long term accomplishments for the program's mission of applied research, graduate education and technical assistance to the partners.
Authors
Elise R. Irwin, Tess M. McConnell, Donald E. Dennerline, Kevin L. Pope, Jonathan R. Mawdsley
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Cooperative Research Units

U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units Program—A hawk’s view of 2024 U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units Program—A hawk’s view of 2024

Introduction The U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units (USGS CRU) program was established in 1935 and codified by Congress in 1960 to enhance graduate education in wildlife and fisheries sciences and to facilitate research and technical assistance among natural resource agencies and universities on fisheries and wildlife management topics of mutual concern...
Authors
Elise R. Irwin, Tess M. McConnell, Donald E. Dennerline, Kevin L. Pope, Jonathan R. Mawdsley
By
Ecosystems Mission Area
10-Year Overview of the CRU Program

10-Year Overview of the CRU Program

This fact sheet provides a 10-year overview of the U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units program. It highlights long term accomplishments...

Read Article
U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units Program—A Hawk’s View of 2024

U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units Program—A Hawk’s View of 2024

The U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units program was established in 1935 and codified by Congress in 1960 to enhance...

Read Article

Science and Products

Pollinators

Species We Study: Pollinators

Ecosystems—whether agricultural, urban, or natural—depend on pollinators, great and small. Pollinators in the form of bees, birds, butterflies, bats, and even moths provide vital, but often invisible services, from contributing to biodiverse terrestrial wildlife and plant communities to supporting healthy watersheds. Pollinator declines worldwide have been noted as land-use and climate changes...
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Cooperative Research Units, Species Management Research Program
Species We Study: Pollinators

Species We Study: Pollinators

Ecosystems—whether agricultural, urban, or natural—depend on pollinators, great and small. Pollinators in the form of bees, birds, butterflies, bats, and even moths provide vital, but often invisible services, from contributing to biodiverse terrestrial wildlife and plant communities to supporting healthy watersheds. Pollinator declines worldwide have been noted as land-use and climate changes...
Learn More
Filter Total Items: 76

Complexity and integration of recreational fisheries Complexity and integration of recreational fisheries

Recreational fisheries are interconnected, complex, adaptive systems characterized by multiple direct and indirect interactions among ecological and human subsystems. This is important for many reasons, including that feedbacks between the social and ecological dimensions lead to difficult-to-predict, often entirely unexpected, outcomes and because many management and governance systems...
Authors
Abigail Lynch, Len M. Hunt, A. Ben Beardmore, Brett T. van Poorten, Kevin L. Pope, Robert Arlinghaus
By
Cooperative Research Units

Best practices for understanding recreational fishers Best practices for understanding recreational fishers

In this closing chapter of our edited book, we summarize what we believe are best practices for understanding recreational fishers. Fishers are an integral part of the recreational fishery social-ecological system, and we emphasize the importance of placing them in that context. We begin with an overview of the process of developing a project and conclude with some broad suggestions for
Authors
Brett van Poorten, Len M. Hunt, E. Arlo Richardson, Abigail Lynch, Kevin L. Pope
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Preface Preface

Despite more than 50 years of research into the human dimensions of recreational f isheries, there is no textbook to present the theoretical grounding, operationalisation, and interpretation of the most elemental social components involved in fisheries management – namely, outcomes and trade-offs, behaviours (and antecedents or predictors of it), and the relationships among actors...
Authors
Kevin L. Pope, Robert Arlinghaus, Len M. Hunt, Abigail Lynch, Brett T. van Poorten
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Valuing recreational fishing using creel survey statistics Valuing recreational fishing using creel survey statistics

Recreation demand analysis has relied on mail and internet surveys to collect information on individual recreators. However, conducting these surveys is costly and time-consuming. Alternative sources that report aggregate visitation may go unused due to a lack of information about trip starting points. We set up and solve a system of equations that predict reservoir visits and the home...
Authors
Luke Boehm, Richard T. Melstrom, Kevin L. Pope
By
Cooperative Research Units

U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units program U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units program

This fact sheet provides a 10-year overview of the U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units program. It highlights long term accomplishments for the program's mission of applied research, graduate education and technical assistance to the partners.
Authors
Elise R. Irwin, Tess M. McConnell, Donald E. Dennerline, Kevin L. Pope, Jonathan R. Mawdsley
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Cooperative Research Units

U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units Program—A hawk’s view of 2024 U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units Program—A hawk’s view of 2024

Introduction The U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units (USGS CRU) program was established in 1935 and codified by Congress in 1960 to enhance graduate education in wildlife and fisheries sciences and to facilitate research and technical assistance among natural resource agencies and universities on fisheries and wildlife management topics of mutual concern...
Authors
Elise R. Irwin, Tess M. McConnell, Donald E. Dennerline, Kevin L. Pope, Jonathan R. Mawdsley
By
Ecosystems Mission Area
10-Year Overview of the CRU Program

10-Year Overview of the CRU Program

This fact sheet provides a 10-year overview of the U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units program. It highlights long term accomplishments...

Read Article
U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units Program—A Hawk’s View of 2024

U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Research Units Program—A Hawk’s View of 2024

The U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units program was established in 1935 and codified by Congress in 1960 to enhance...

Read Article
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