RICHARD L. KNIGHT

Professor of Wildlife Conservation

Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources

Warner College of Natural Resources

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO 80523

(970) 491-6714

knight@cnr.colostate.edu

EDUCATION

Degree

BSc

MSc

PhD

Institution

North Carolina State University

University of Washington

University of Wisconsin

Major/Minor

Wildlife Science

Wildlife Science

Wildlife Ecology/ Zoology/ Veterinary Science

Dates

1971-74

1974-77

1981-84

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

Institution

Colorado State University

Colorado State University

Colorado State University

University of Colorado-Boulder

University of Nevada-Reno

Colorado State University

University of Washington

University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin

Washington Dept. Game

Washington Dept. Game

Position

Emeritus Professor

Professor

Associate Professor

Adjunct Professor

Adjunct Professor

Assistant Professor

Postdoctoral Fellow (with Dr. Gordon Orians)

Postdoctoral Fellow (with Dr. Stanley Temple)

Research Assistant

Coordinator, eagle study

Team Leader, Nongame Wildlife Program

Dates

2017-present

1996-2017

1989

1994-1996

1994-1996

1987-1989

1986

1985

1981-84

1979-81

1977-1979

CERTIFICATIONS AND AWARDS

• Certified Wildlife Biologist (The Wildlife Society); Certified Ecologist (The Ecological Society of America); Elective Member (American Ornithologist’s Union);
• Phi Kappa Phi; Gamma Sigma Delta; Sigma Xi
• Jack E Cermak Outstanding Advisor Award at Colorado State University (1993)
• Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow (Packard Foundation & Ecological Society of America)(1999)
• Students Choice for Outstanding Faculty Member in the College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University (1995, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2015)
• Board of Governor’s Excellence in Teaching Award, Colorado State University (2007)
• Quivira Coalition’s Outstanding Leadership Award (2008)
• Harry E. Troxell Distinguished Service To Students Faculty Award (2008, 2017)
• Colorado Book Award for Anthology (2008)
• Association for Publishing & Media 2012 “EXCEL Award for General Excellence in Journal Publishing” for editing an issue of Rangelands on ecosystem services. Gold award category (2012)

OFFICES, CHAIRMANSHIPS, COMMITTEES

• President, and Secretary of the Zoology Club (Iowa State University)
• Chairman; Paul L. Errington Memorial Lecture (Iowa State University)
• Cochairman, The Interagency Committee on the Bald Eagle
• Member, Pacific State Bald Eagle Recovery Team
• Vice President, The Pacific Northwest Bird & Mammal Society
• Executive Secretary, The Colorado/Wyoming Academy of Sciences
• Editor, The Journal of the Colorado/Wyoming Academy of Sciences
• Chairman, Student Awards Committee, The Society for Conservation Biology (1991)
• Board of Directors, Fort Collins Audubon Society (1989-1993)
• Chairman, Awards Committee, The Society for Conservation Biology (1991-1995)
• Board member, Awards Committee, The Society for Conservation Biology (1996 – 1999)
• Board member, AIBS Committee on Society Interactions (1993-1994)
• Board member, City of Boulder Open Space Ecosystem Advisory Committee (1991-1995)
• Board of Governors, The Society for Conservation Biology (1992-1996; 1997-2003)
• Board member, Scientific Advisory Group for The Nature Conservancy in Colorado (1995-2002)
• Board member, Hammerstrom Award Committee (1995-2000)
• Board member, Edward T. LaRoe III Memorial Award Committee (1995-2000)
• Board member, Advisory Board, University of Colorado Law School’s Natural Resources Law Center (1996-2005)
• Board member, Advisory Board, University of Colorado’s The Center for the American West (1996-2000)
• Board member, Environmental Advisory Board, The San Rafael Valley Association, Patagonia, Arizona (1997-1998)
• Board member, Laramie Foothills Advisory Board, The Nature Conservancy, Livermore, Colorado (1997-present)
• Board member, Open Space Review Board, Great Outdoors Colorado, Denver, Colorado (1994-1999)
• Board of Editors and Assigning Editor, Conservation Biology (1997-2011)
• Board member, Advisory Board, Island Press Consortium on Environmental Text and Teaching Materials (1998-present)
• Chairman, Annual Conference Committee, Society for Conservation Biology (1999- 2003)
• Board member, Malpai Borderlands Science Advisory Committee (2000-present)
• Board member, Board of Governors, Colorado Wildlife Federation (2000-2002)
• Board member, Board of Directors, Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust (2000-present)
• Board member, Board of Directors, The Wild Rockies Field Institute, Missoula, Montana(2001-2003)
• Board member, Advisory Committee, Association for Biodiversity Information’s “Land-Use Analysis,” Arlington, Virginia (2001-2005)
• Board member, Advisory Board, Consortium on Biodiversity and Land Use (2001-2005)
• Board member, Advisory Board, Environmental Law Institute (2002-2005)
• Board member, Rocky Mountain Land Library, (2002-present)
• Board member, Leopold Conservation Award Selection Committee, Sand County Foundation and the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association, (2002-2007).
• Board member, Board of Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University (2002-2004)
• Board member, Board on Ecological Literacy, Aldo Leopold Foundation (2003-2007)
• Co-founding member, Executive Committee, The Radical Center: Toward a West That Works
• Board member, Aldo Leopold Memorial Award Committee (The Wildlife Society), (2003 – 2004)
• Board member, Quivira Coalition Executive Board (2006-2012)
• Board of Editors and Assigning Editor, Ecological Application (2006-2016)
• Board member, The Nature Conservancy’s Colorado Council (2006-2015)
• Contributing Editor, Working Ranch magazine (2007-2014)
• Board member, The Diablo Trust (2008-2015)
• Board member, Land Conservation Assistance Network (formerly Resources First Foundation) (2008-present)
• Board member, Rancher’s Stewardship Alliance (2009-2015)
• Board member, Tejon Ranch Conservancy Science Advisory Panel (2011-2017)
• Fellow, Center for Collaborative Conservation, Colorado State University (2016-2017)

SYMPOSIA, NATIONAL AND INTERANTION MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS AND FORUMS ORGANIZED (Note: All done in collaboration with others!!!)

Washington Bald Eagle Symposium, 1980, Seattle, Washington.

Symposium on Biodiversity in the Rocky Mountains, 1991, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Impacts of Recreationists on Birds in Wilderness, 1990, Christchurch, New Zealand (in conjunction with the International Ornithological Congress)

Impacts of Recreationists on Wildlife in Wilderness, 1991, Calgary, Alberta (in conjunction with the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference).

Water Rights, Human rights, and the Rights of Nature: A Water Forum, 1991, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Storm on the Range: Societal and Environmental Implications When Ranches Die, 1992, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

The Graduate Student Experience in Applied Ecology, 1992, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado (in conjunction with the University of Wyoming).

Science and Policy in Natural Resources Management: The Role of Land-Grant Universities, 1992, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Subdividing the West: Environmental Implications of Population Growth in the American West, 1994, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Impacts of Human Activities on Birds, 1994, Vienna, Austria (in conjunction with the International Ornithological Congress)

Paradigms in Transition: Natural Resources Management in the New Century, 1995, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, 1995, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Stewardship Across Boundaries, 1997, Victoria, British Columbia (in conjunction with the Society for Conservation Biology).

Outdoor Recreation and Biological Diversity, 1997, Las Vegas, Nevada (in conjunction with the Desert Tortoise Council).

Forest Fragmentation in the Central Rocky Mountains, 1997, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

A Celebration of A Sand County Almanac, 1999, Austin, Texas (in conjunction with The Wildlife Society).

The Culture, Ecology, and Economics of Ranching West of the 100th Meridian, 2000, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Ecological Restoration and the Great Basin, 2001, Gallatin Writers, Gallatin Gateway, Montana.

A West That Works, 2003, The 19th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Elko, Nevada.

Forging A West That Works, 2003, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Land-Use Planning and Biodiversity Protection: Thinking Outside of the Box, 2003, Duluth, Minnesota.

Teaching Ecosystem Management, 2003, Duluth, Minnesota.

Ranching in the Radical Center, 2004, The 20th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Elko, Nevada.

The Rural-Urban Divide, 2005, The 21st National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Elko, Nevada.

The Radical Center: Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide, 2006, The Quivira Coalition Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Ecology, Economics, and Culture of Ranching That Works, 2007, The 23rd National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Elko, Nevada.

People and Land in a New Century: A Blueprint for Conservation That Works, 2007, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Trails Beyond Boundaries: The Natural-Cultural Landscape of a Shared Environment, 2011, Douglas, Arizona.

Stepping Toward the Future: Marketing Environmental Services on Working Land of the American West, 2011, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Conservation Development Workshop, 2011, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Ranching and a West That Works, 2014, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Stitching the West Back Together: Collaborative Conservation on the Range. 2015. National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Elko, Nevada.

Environmental History, Ecology, and Sustainability on Public Lands. 2015. Fort Collins, Colorado.

America’s Grassland Conference: Partnerships for Grassland Conservation. 2015. Fort Collins, Colorado.

Change on the Range: Annual science meeting of the Malpai Borderlands Group. 2016. Rodeo, New Mexico.

Keeping Working Lands in Working Hands. 2017. National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Elko, Nevada.

INVITED LECTURES

“Habitat Requirements of Wintering Bald Eagles in the Pacific Northwest,” 1983, Oregon

State University, Corvallis, OR.

“Foraging Behavior of Wintering Bald Eagles,” 1984, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND.

“Pirating and Scavenging of Wintering Bald Eagles,” 1985, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

“The Avian Salmon-Scavenging Guild in the Pacific Northwest,” 1986, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MI.

“Effects of Recreational Disturbance on Birds of Prey: A review,” 1986, Southwest Raptor Management Symposium, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

“Scientific and Educational Values of Urban Wildlife Research: A Case Study,” 1986, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

“The Avian Salmon-Scavenging Guild in the Pacific Northwest,” 1986, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

“Riparian Habitat and Birds of Prey: A Review,” 1987, Riparian Wildlife and Forestry Interactions Symposium, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

“What Avian Scavengers Can Tell Us About Community Ecology,” 1987, Keynote Address, Sigma Xi, University of Wyoming chapter, Laramie, WY.

“Food Finding and Acquisition by Wintering Bald Eagles,” 1988, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

“Dynamics of the Avian Salmon-scavenging Guild in the Pacific Northwest,” 1988, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC.

“Aspects of Food Finding and Acquisition in Wintering Bald Eagles” and “Coexistence Mechanisms of Wintering Bald Eagles and Other Scavengers,” 1989, Boise State University, Boise, ID.

“Dynamics of the Avian Salmon-scavenging Guild in the Pacific Northwest,” and “Impacts of Human Perturbations on Avian-scavenging Guilds,” 1989, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.

“Impacts of Recreationists on Biotic Diversity in Wilderness,” 1990, Wilderness Symposium, Utah State University, Logan, UT.

“Ecological Principles as They Apply to Biotic Diversity in Urban Ecosystems,” 1990, Ecology of Urban Ecosystems Symposium, Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, CO.

“An Evaluation of Two Hazing Methods for Urban Canada geese,” 1990, The 1990 Urban Wildlife Open Exchange, National Institute for Urban Wildlife, Denver, CO.

“What’s So New About Conservation Biology,” 1990, Society of American Foresters, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“What’s So New About Conservation Biology,” 1991, Colorado Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Fort Collins, CO.

“Conservation biology: the next generation,” 1991, Environmental Protection Agency, Denver, CO.

“Impacts of Human Activities On an Avian-Scavenging Guild,” 1991, 12th Annual Bald Eagle Conference, Kalamath Falls, OR.

“What’s So New About Conservation Biology,” 1991, Banquet address, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Denver, CO.

Response to Dr. Niles Eldredge, “The Biodiversity Crisis and the Changing Place of Homo sapiens in Nature,” 1991, Conference on Biology, Ethics, and the Origins of Life, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“If Trees Have Standing, Does Water Have Rights?” (with John Stednick) 1991, Forum on Water in the Colorado Plateau titled “Water Rights, Human Rights, and the Rights of Nature,” Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“Ecological Issues Pertaining to Conservation Biology and Biological Diversity” 1991, The President’s Council on Environmental Quality forum titled “Habitat, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity,” Denver, CO.

“Ecological Implications When Ranches Fail,” 1992, Forum on livestock grazing titled “Storm on the Range: Societal and Environmental Implications When Ranches Die,” Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“From Genes to Ecosystems: Ecological Issues Relative to Conservation Biology,” 1992, Federal University of Vicosa, Brazil.

“Wildlife and Recreation: What Does the Future Hold?,” 1992, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO.

“Temperate Wildlife in Protected Areas,” 1992, United Nations University Conference on the Definition and Measurement of Sustainability, World Bank, Washington, D.C.

“Ecological Issues of Conservation Biology and Livestock Grazing in the American West,” 1992, Department of Range Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, CO.

“Conservation Biology and Natural Resources Management: Common Ground and New Directions,” 1992, Keynote address at the annual meeting of the Nebraska Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Valentine, NE.

“The Myth and Reality of Wilderness,” 1992, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“What Do We Want From the Land: An Ecologist’s Perspective,” 1992, annual meeting of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association, Colorado Springs, CO.

“A Conceptual Model for Wildlife Management,” 1993, Colorado Division of Wildlife, Denver, CO.

“Outdoor Recreation and Its Impacts on Wildland Biological Diversity,” 1993, Keynote Address at the Annual Meeting of the National Parks, Monuments and Recreation Areas in the Colorado Plateau, Zion National Park, Springfield, UT.

“And Now the Rest of the Story: Biological Diversity in the Southern Rocky Mountains,” 1993, Keynote Address at the annual meeting of USDS Forest Service Region Two biologists, Rapid City, SD.

“Ecological Consequences When Ranches Die,” 1993, San Juan and Rio Grande National Forests, Durango, CO.

“Managing for Wildlife and Biological Diversity: The Evolution of a Discipline,” 1993, Ecosystem Management: Beyond the Rhetoric, Fort Collins, CO.

“Commodities? Amenities, or the Environment?” Annual meeting of The Wyoming Chapter of The Wildlife Society, 1993, Douglas, WY.

“Prairie Dogs in the New and Old American West,” Prairie Dogs: Today and Tomorrow, 1993, Colorado Division of Wildlife & City of Boulder Open Space, Denver, CO.

“Management Challenges of an Urban Island Wildlife Refuge,” The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Symposium, 1994, Denver, CO.

“Ecosystem Management: Commodities, Amenities, or the Environment?” Sigma Xi Lecture, 1994, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“Whither Ecosystem Management?” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1994, Washington, D.C.

“Ecosystem Management: New Soup or Old Wine?” Society for Range Management, 1995, Phoenix, AZ.

“Natural Resources Management in the New Century,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1995, Albuquerque, NM.

“Is Outdoor Recreation Benign?” The Nature Conservancy, 1995, Boulder, CO.

“Outdoor Recreation and Biological Diversity: Are They Compatible?” U.S. Forest Service, 1995, Fort Collins, CO.

“Commodities, Amenities, or the Environment?” Keynote address for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1996, Washington, D.C.

“Outdoor Recreation is Not for the Birds,” Distinguished Lecture Series, Colorado Bird Observatory, 1996, Denver, CO.

“Managing Beyond the Boundaries,” Keynote address, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Society, 1996, San Francisco, CA.

“A Report from the New American West,” The Wallace Stegner Symposium, 1996, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

“A Sense of Place in the New American West,” Keynote Address, Utah State University’s Natural Resources Symposium, 1996, Utah State University, Logan, UT.

“Outdoor Recreation and Biodiversity,” Wildlife and Trail Recreation: Integrating Demands in the Wild-Urban Interface, San Juan National Forest Association, 1996, Durango, CO.

“Outdoor Recreation and Ecosystem Management,” Annual meeting of the Colorado/Wyoming State Society of American Foresters, 1996, Laramie, WY.

“Aldo Leopold: Harmony Between Man and the Land,” Acceptance speech for the Huge Hammond Bennett Award on behalf of the late Aldo Leopold, Soil and Water Conservation Society annual meeting, 1996, Keystone, CO.

“Building Trust to Ensure Success in Ecosystem Management,” Meeting the Challenge to Change: Ecosystem Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1996, Savannah, GA.

“The National Forest Management Act and Ecosystem Management,” The National Forest Management Act in a Changing Society, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law, 1996, Boulder, CO.

“Wildlife and Recreation in the South Platte River Watershed” Bring the River Back…to the Future: Urban and Rural Watershed Management, The South Platte Forum, 1996, Northglen, CO.

“Who Will Speak For the Land?” Keynote address, annual meeting of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 1996, Albuquerque, NM.

“The Contribution of Roads and Trails to Habitat Fragmentation in the Southern Rockies,” White River National Forest, 1996, Glenwood Springs, CO.

“A Field Report From the New American West,” Society for Conservation Biology, 1996, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“Colorado’s Public Lands: Preserves or Playgrounds,” Colorado Environmental Coalition, 1996, Leadville, CO.

“Commodities, Amenities, or the Environment?”, Keynote address, annual meeting of Colorado’s Resource Advisory Councils, 1997, Lakewood, CO.

“An Overview of Outdoor Recreation and Its Effects on Wildlife,” Desert Tortoise Council Meeting, 1997, Las Vegas, NV.

“If the Future is Outdoor Recreation, Does Wildlife Lose?” Tourism in the West: Seeing and Being Seen, Center of the American West, 1997, Boulder, CO.

“Birds and Trails: Tales of Recreation,” Research Excellence in Our Backyard, City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks Research Conference, 1997, Boulder, CO.

“Wildlife and Recreationists: Challenging the Assumption that Recreation is Benign,” Colorado Outdoor Recreation Resource Project, 1997, Denver, CO.

“The Nature of Wildland Use and Important Trends,” Translating Visitation Into Conservation, 1997, The Nature Conservancy and The National Outdoor Leadership School, Ten Sleep, WY.

“Recognizing Impacts From Outdoor Recreation,” Translating Visitation Into Conservation,

The Nature Conservancy and The National Outdoor Leadership School, 1997, Ten Sleep, WY.

“Living Well Ecologically,” Environment 2000, 1997, Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

“Forest Fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains,” 1997, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

“Outdoor Recreation and Biological Diversity,” 1997, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

“Toward A West That Works,” 1997, Colorado Historical Society, Fort Collins, CO.

“Impediments to Ecosystem Management,” 1997, Keynote address to the 59th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Milwaukee, WI.

“The Ecological Costs of Outdoor Recreation,” 1998, Seminar to Dept. EPO, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

“The Old West, The New West, the Next West,” 1998, Front Range Forum, Fort Collins, CO.

“Subdividing the West: Ecological Costs of Growth,” 1998, Sierra Club, Fort Collins, CO.

“Exploring Aldo Leopold’s Legacy,” 1998, Wallace Stegner Center, University of Colorado Law School, Salt Lake City, UT.

“Outdoor Recreation and Biodiversity,” 1998, Thorne Ecological Institute Annual Meeting, Glenwood Springs, CO.

“Rural Hosing Development: Ecological Costs,” 1998, Thorne Ecological Institute Annual Meeting, Glenwood Springs, CO.

“Outdoor Recreation and Public Lands: Policy and Practice,” 1998, Lake Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, South Lake Tahoe, CA.

“Outdoor Recreation and Evolving Policy Issues,” 1998, Keynote Address, Outdoor Recreation: Promise and Peril in the New West, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

“The Land and Its Advocates,” 1998, Keynote Address, Wyoming and Dakota Chapters of The Nature Conservancy, Spearfish, SD.

“Working Towards A West That Works,” 1998, Wyoming Geographic Institute, Laramie, WY.

“How To Grow The West Without Spoiling It,” 1998, The Rotarians, Fort Collins, CO.

“The Old West, the New West, the Next West,” 1998, The Fort Collins Sierra Club, Fort Collins, CO.

“Land Use Planning and the Future of Colorado,” 1999, The League of Women Votes of Larimer County, Fort Collins, CO.

“Putting the Pieces Together: Ecosystem Management at the Century’s End,” Keynote Address, 1999, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, St. Louis, MI.

“Natural Heritage of the West at the End of a Century,” Keynote Address, 1999, Western Stewardship Conference, The Nature Conservancy, Denver, CO.

“A Fifty Year Celebration of A Sand County Almanac,” 1999, The Wildlife Society, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“Leopold’s Land Ethic: Case Studies From the Field,” 1999, Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic: A Legacy for Public Land Managers, National Conservation Training Center, Shepardstown, WV.

“Leopold and Land Use in the American West,” 1999, Montana Water Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

“Old West or New West, Workscape or Playscape?,” 1999, Gallatin Writers, Bozeman, MT.

“Wild horses in Our Future,” 1999, Vision of the West: The Wild Horse, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY.

“The Transition From the Old West to the Next West,” 1999, Environmental Economics and Policy Analysis, Bozeman, MT.

“Stewardship and Wilderness: An Idea for a New Century,” Keynote Address, 1999, Wilderness in the New Millennium, Estes Park, CO.

“Conservation Education: Consilience in the Academy,” Plenary Address, 1999, Conservation for a New Century: Building on Leopold’s Legacy, Madison, WI.

“Creation and Recreation on Our Public Lands,” Keynote Address, 1999, Recreation or Wreckreation: What’s It Going to be in the Greater Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon Trust,

Flagstaff, Az.

“Benign Neglect: Impacts of Outdoor Recreation,” 1999, Recreation or Wreckreation: What’s It Going to be in the Greater Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon Trust, Flagstaff, AZ.

“Stewardship Across Administrative Boundaries,” 1999, Congress on Recreation and Resource Capacity, Snowmass, CO

“Stewardship Across Boundaries,” 2000, Xi Sigma Pi, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“The Role of Science in Community-based Conservation,” 2000, Malapi Borderlands Group, Douglas, AZ

“Policy and Recreation in the New West,” 2000, state chapter of The Wildlife Society winter meeting, Fort Collins, CO.

“How Recreation Affects Biodiversity,” 2000, state chapter of The Wildlife Society, Fort Collins, CO.

“Winter Recreation and Wildlife,” 2000, annual meeting of Project Wild and Project Learning Tree, Granby, CO.

“Recreation and Exurban Development: Stressors on the West’s Biodiversity,” 2000, Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, UT.

“Re-Creating the American West,” 2000, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.

“Stewardship Across Boundaries,” 2000, Xi Sigma Pi, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“Bridging the Cultural Divide: Journalism and Conservation Biology,” 2000, University of Montana, Missoula, MT.

“All the Little, Live Things,” 2000, Plymouth Congregational Church, Fort Collins, CO.

“Speaking Western: How to Live in the New West,” 2000, Life Sciences Workshop for Classroom Teachers, Fort Collins, CO.

“Conservation Biology: Rediscovering the Land Ethic,” Opening Plenary Lecture, 2000, Fulfilling the Wildlife First Promise, National Conservation Training Center, WV.

“Outdoor Recreation and the Still Unlovely Mind,” Opening Plenary Lecture, 2000,

Thinking Like a Mountain, San Juan Mountain Association, Durango, CO.

“Leopold and the Land Ethic: Utilization, Recreation, and Education,” Keynote Address, 2000, Vermont’s First Wildlife Congress, Burlington,VT.

“Creating Partnerships Between Communities and Public Land Managers,” 2000, Necklace or Noose? Development at the Doorsteps of America’s Public Lands, Yellowstone National Park, WY.

“Recreation and Exurban Development: Stressors on Western Landscapes,” 2000, Changing Landscapes of Rural America, Yellowstone National Park, WY.

“The Changing Face of the American West: Today and Tomorrow and What We Can Do About It,” 2000, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

“Who Will Speak for the Land?,” Commencement Address, 2000, USFWS Refuge Academy, Shepardstown, WV.

“The Future of Western Rangelands,” Keynote Address, 2000, Wyoming Chapter of the Society for Range Management, Laramie, WY.

“Wildlife and Recreationists: Conflict or Coexistence?,” 2000, Louisville Environmental Action Forum and Louisville Citizens Open Space Advisory Board, Louisville, CO.

“The Future of Western Ranglelands,” 2001, Malpai Borderlands Group, Douglas, AZ.

“Rural Land-use Change and Wildlife,” 2001, Addressing Growth Decisions, Fort Collins, CO.

“The Old West, the New West, and the Next West,” 2001, Gamma Sigma Delta, Fort Collins, CO.

“Cheat Takes Over the West: Ecological Restoration at the Crossroads?,” 2001, Gallatin Writers, Gallatin Gateway, MT.

“Change in the American West: An Ecological Perspective,” 2001, Department of Ecosystem Rangeland Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“Can Biodiversity be Protected in a Ranchette Landscape?” 2001, The Arid Lands Grazing Network, The Nature Conservancy, Medno-Zapata Ranch, CO.

“Change on the Range: The Future of the New West,” 2001, Adams State College, Monte Vista, CO.

“Speaking Western: Honest Conversations in the New West,” 2001, Keynote Address, Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Park City, UT.

Panelist for “The Environmental Ethics Broadcast,” 2001, National Conservation Training Center, Shepardstown, WV.

“A West That Works,” 2001, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

“Land Use, Biodiversity, and Livestock Grazing,” 2001, Wyoming Woolgrowers and Stockgrowers Winter Meeting, Casper, WY.

“Beauty and the West,” 2001, Island Press, Washington, D.C.

“Recreation and Residential Development: The New Uses of the New West,” 2002, The Nature Conservancy, Boulder, CO.

“Biodiversity Across Western Land Uses,” 2002, The Quivira Coalition, Albuquerque, NM.

“Speaking Western: Honest Conversations in the New West,” 2002, Western State College, Gunnison, CO.

“Land Management in a Time of Change,” 2002, U.S. Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO.

“Ranching, Biodiversity, and Ranchettes: Which is Better?” 2002, Malpai Borderlands Group, Douglas, AZ.

“A Better West,” Keynote address to the Colorado Native Plant Society, 2002, Glenwood Springs, CO.

“A Private Lands Conservation Act,” 2002, Aldo Leopold Foundation, Baraboo, WI.

“A West That Works,” The Starker Lecture, 2002, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

“Fragmenting the West: Exurban Development and Outdoor Recreation,” 2003, Society for Range Management, Casper, WY.

“The American West and Four Truths,” 2003, High Country News Foundation, Fort Collins, CO.

“Biodiversity and Land Use in the New West,” 2003, Larimer County Commissioners, Fort Collins, CO.

“Taking Back the Radical Center,” 2003, Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“How Science Informs Management of Public and Private Lands in the American West,” 2003, Front Range Student Ecology Symposium, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“Speaking Western: Honest Conversations in the New West,” The Henry Adams Memorial Lecture, 2003, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.

“Wildlife’s Case for Land-Use Planning,” 2003, Society for Conservation Biology, Duluth, MN.

“Speaking Western: Honest Conversations in the New West,” 2003, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, CO.

“Home, Land, and Security: The Need for Healthy Human and Natural Communities,” The Leu Lecture, 2003, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.

“Rangelands, Land Use, and Biodiversity,” The Colorado Chapter of the Society for Range Management, 2003, Fort Collins, CO.

“Ranching in the Radical Center,” 20th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, 2004, Elko, NV.

“Speaking Western: Honest Conversations in the New West,” 2004, William Ruckelshaus Institute on the Environment and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.

“Speaking Western: Honest Conversations in the New West,” 2004. High Altitude Revegetation Workshop, Fort Collins, CO.

“The Impact of Rural Residential Development on Plant and Animal Communities,” 2004, 1000 Friends of Oregon, Prineville, OR.

“Speaking Western: Honest Conversations in the New West,” 2004, The McCall Lecture, Part I. 1000 Friends of Oregon, Bend, OR.

“Speaking Western: Honest Conversations in the New West,” 2004, The McCall Lecture, Part II, 1000 Friends of Oregon, Portland, OR.

“Ecological Values of Ranches, Protected Areas, and Exurban Development,” 2004, 1000 Friends of Oregon, Portland, OR.

“Truths and Mythologies in the New West,” 2004, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY.

“Ranching West of the 100th Meridian,” 2004, Using the Landscape as a Classroom, Douglas, WY.

“Wildlife and Recreationists in Wilderness Areas,” 2004, Poudre River Wilderness Volunteers, Fort Collins, CO.

“Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic: Is It Enough?” 2004, University of Maine, Orno, ME.

“Ravens, Snowy Plovers, and Cows: Whose Home on the Range?” 2004, Point Reyes National Seashore, Olema, CA.

“Maintaining a Way of Life in a Cluttered Landscape,” 2004, USFS Centennial Conference, Fort Collins, CO.

“Ranching into the Future: Challenges in the 21st Century,” 2005, Malpai Borderlands Science Conference, Douglas, AZ.

“Home, Land, Security,” 2005, The 21st National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Elko, NV.

“Land, People, and Animals: Ranching Into the Future,” 2005, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.

“For the Good of the Land and the Animals,” 2005, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

“Peace on the Range: The End of the Public-Land Grazing Wars?” 2005, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.

“Indicator-based Monitoring of Western Rangelands,” 2005, Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable, Ardmore, OK.

“Following in Leopold’s Footsteps: Lessons from Our Elders,” Plenary Address, 2005. The Wildlife Society, Madison, WI.

“Ranchers as Keystone Species in the American West,” 2005. U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Washington, D.C.

“Land Use and Land Health in the New American West,” 2005, Ruidoso, NM.

“People and Land in a New Century,” 2005. Plenary Address, Greater Yellowstone Public Lands, Yellowstone National Park, WY.

“Conservation That Works,” 2005, Keynote Address, Wyoming Association for Conservation Districts, Riverton, WY.

“Aldo Leopold and a New Conservation Ethic,” 2005. Colorado Chapter of the Society for Range Management, Fort Collins, CO.

“The Radical Center: Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide,” 2006, Quivira Coalition Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.

“Ranching: An Old Way of Life in a New West,” 2006, National Association of Conservation Districts, Houston, TX.

“Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide,” 2006, Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“The Decline of Federalism; The Rise of Regionalism,” 2006, Future Range of Variation, Glenwood Springs, CO.

“Federal Conservation Agencies in a New Century,” 2006, Keynote address, Rangeland Management for Line Officers, Grey Towers, PA.

“Finding Common Ground Among Rural and Urban Communities in the New West,” 2006, Keynote address. Idaho Land-Use Summit, Nampa, ID.

“Home Land: Conservation and a West That Works,” 2006, Keynote address, Washington Association of Conservation Districts, Spokane, WA.

“Grazing on Public Lands: Only Half a Loaf?”, 2007, Malpai Borderlands Annual Science Meeting, Douglas, AZ.

“Public and Private Lands in the West: Their Common Destiny,” 2007, Quivira Coalition Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.

“Home Land: Ranching and a West That Works,” 2007, 24th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Elko, NV.

“Food, Water, and Open Space: Building Bridges Across the Rural-Urban Divide,” 2007, Keynote, annual meeting of the North Poudre Irrigation Company, Fort Collins, CO.

“Ranchers as a Keystone Species,” 2007, Plenary Address, annual meeting of the Society for Range Management, Reno, NV.

“Home, Land, and Security,” 2007, Keynote Address, annual meeting of the Family Farm Alliance, Las Vegas, NV.

“Home, Land, and Security,” 2007, Banquet address, T-Bone Club, Eaton, CO.

“Conservation That Works,” 2007. Keynote Address, USFS Line Officer Training Academy, Albuquerque, NM.

“Food and Open Space: Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide,” 2007. People and Land in a New Century, Fort Collins, CO.

“Ranchers as a Keystone Species,” 2007. Okanogan Valley Land Council, Riverside, WA.

“Food and Open Space: Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide,” 2007. The Nature Conservancy, Waterville, WA.

“The American West as Living Space,” 2007, The Explorer’s Club, Manhattan, NY.

“The Wisdom of the Sierra Madre: Leopold, Apaches, and the Land Ethic,” 2007, The Wildlife Society, Tucson, AZ.

“Ranchers as a Keystone Species,” 2007. Keynote address, Oregon Cattleman’s Association, Bend, OR.

“The Radical Center: Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide,” 2008, North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition, Grand Forks, ND.

“Outdoor Recreation and Exurban Development: Fragmenting the Countryside,” 2008. Keynote address, North Dakota Wildlife Society, Grand Forks, ND.

“Taking the ‘Wreck’ Out of Outdoor Recreation,” 2008. Keynote address, The Diablo Trust Annual Meeting, Flagstaff, AZ.

“Ranchers as a Keystone Species,” 2008. Keynote address, Middle Park Stockgrowers and Middle Park Conservation District, Grand Lake, CO.

“Food and Open Space: Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide,” 2008, Livermore Women’s Club, Livermore, CO.

“Coming Home to Eat: Open Space and Open Hearts,” 2008, Legacy Land Trust, Fort Collins, CO.

“Conservation in a New Century,” 2008, Friends of Malta, Malta, MT.

“Ranchers as a Keystone Species in a West That Works,” 2008, Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, Matador Ranch, MT.

“Then and Now: Reflections on a Life Reconciling Human and Natural Dimensions,” 2008. Keynote address, Pathways to Success: Increasing Human Capacity for Global-Wildlife Coexistence, Estes Park, CO.

“Ranchers: A Keystone Species in a West That Works,” 2008. Malpai Borderlands Group annual meeting, Douglas, AZ.

“Ranching: The Salvation of Economy, Ecology, and Culture of the West,” 2008. National Western Stock Show, and the Colorado Cattleman’s Agricultural Land Trust, Denver, CO.

“Ecosystem Services: Ranching That Pays,” 2009. Diablo Trust annual meeting, Flagstaff, AZ.

“Economic Collapse and Sustainability: A Window of Opportunity,” 2009. Keynote address. Coconimo County Community Conversation, Flagstaff, AZ.

“A Sea Change in How Conservation is Practiced: Healthy Human Communities and Land Health,” 2009. Keynote address. Solutions Summit on Conservation and Ranching, Salt Lake City, UT.

“Ranching as a Public Use of Public Lands,” 2009. Evening Address, Montana Law Review James R. Browning Symposium, University of Montana Law School, Missoula, MT.

“Ranching That Works: Ecologically, Economically, and Culturally,” 2009. Morning address, Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust, Saratoga, WY.

“Conservation for a New Generation,” 2009, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“Linking Collaborative Conservation With Local Food Initiatives,” 2009. Bridging the Gap: Collaborative Conservation from the Ground Up, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“Aldo Leopold and the Still Unlovely Mind,” 2009. Plenary Lecture, Quivira Coalition, Albuquerque, NM.

“Ranchers: Leading Change in the New West,” 2009. Morning Plenary, California Rangeland Trust, and joint meeting of the California and Nevada Cattlemen, Reno, NV.

“Working Wildlands,” 2010. Society for Range Management annual meeting, Denver, CO.

“Lines Across the Land,” 2010. Open Space & Grasslands: Science and Management Symposium, Society for Range Management annual meeting, Denver, CO.

“Ranchers: Leading Change in the New West,” 2010. Producer Forum, Society for Range Management annual meeting, Denver, CO.

“Honest Conversations in a West that Works,” 2010. Plenary Address. U.S. Forest Service Line Officers meeting, Portland, OR.

“Above All is the Land,” 2010. Plenary Address, Wildlands Restoration Volunteers, Fort Collins, CO.

“Bread and Beauty Grow Best Together,” 2010. Response to Plenary Address, Soil and Water Conservation Society annual meeting, Denver, CO

“Ecosystem Services Through the Filter of Aldo Leopold,” 2010. Center for Collaborative Conservation, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“Public-Private Land: Public-Private Responsibilities,” 2010. Rural Voices for Collaborative Conservation, Portland, OR.

“Working Landscapes,” 2011. Malpai Borderlands Group annual meeting, Douglas, AZ.

“Agricultural as a Provider of Environmental Services,” 2011. The National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

“Wetlands Created by Agriculture: Capturing Their Value,” 2011. Water Tables, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“The Laramie Foothills Project,” 2011. Keynote Address, annual meeting of Diablo Trust, Flagstaff, AZ.

“Conservation at the Scale of Landscapes,” 2011. Plenary Address, annual meeting of Montana Soil and Water Conservation Society, Helena, MT.

“Ranching as a Legitimate Land Use in the American West,” 2011. Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Eugene, OR.

“Land: The Human, Ecological, and Cultural Dimensions.” 2011. NRCS Mountains to Plains Regional Meeting, Fort Collins, CO.

“The American West as Living Space,” 2011. Keynote Address, Gunnison Sage Grouse

Summit, Gunnison, CO.

“Food and Open Space: Embracing Northern Colorado,” 2011. Embrace Northern Colorado, Windsor, CO.

“Building Resilient Human Communities Around Land Health,” Magisterial Address, 2011, Second Grassland Management Congress, Chihuahua City, Mexico.

“Ecology, Economics, and Social Dimensions of the Urban-Rural Interface,” 2011, Conference on Cities and Nature, Haifa, Israel.

“Wildlife Conservation: Moving Beyond Single-Species Management,” 2011, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“Reflections on Water in an Arid Land,” 2011, Luncheon speaker, Colorado Agricultural Water Alliance, Loveland, CO.

“Payments for Ecosystem Services: Economic Wealth from Land Health,” 2012, annual meeting of Malpai Borderlands Group, Douglas, AZ.

“Conservation for a New Generation,” 2012, Keynote address, The Utah Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Springdale, UT.

“The Wisdom of the Sierra Madre: Leopold, Apaches, and the Land Ethic,” 2012. “My Favorite Lecture” Series, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“Green Fire: The Life of Aldo Leopold,” 2012. USDA Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, CO.

“Outdoor Recreation and the Still Unlovely Mind,” 2012. Pitkin County, Colorado Open Space Program. Carbondale, CO.

“The American West as Living Space,” 2012, Keynote address. USFS Line Officer School. Reno, NV.

“Dogs and Wildlands: Still Man’s Best Friend?,” 2013. Banquet address. Poudre Wilderness Volunteers, Fort Collins, CO.

“The Oldest Task in Human History,” 2013. IGNITE presentation, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

“The American West as Living Space,” 2014. Luncheon address. Conservation NGO Beef Summit, Fort Collins, CO.

“Outdoor Recreation and Wildland Values,” 2014. Dinner address. Nordic Rangers, Fort Collins, CO.

“For the Good of People and Land,” 2014. Ranching and a West That Works Conference. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“Wild by Law: Aldo Leopold and Wilderness,” 2014. Keynote. Fiftieth Anniversary of The Wilderness Act, USFS, Silverthorne, CO.

“The History of Conservation,” 2014. Ending address. Center for Collaborative Conservation Fellows. Phantom Canyon Preserve, CO.

“Aldo Leopold and Conservation in the Southwest,” 2014. Keynote. One-hundredth Anniversary of the New Mexico Wildlife Federation, Albuquerque, NM.

“Outdoor Recreation and the Still Unlovely Mind,” 2014. School of Forestry, University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ.

“Wildlife and Recreation: Can They Coexist?” 2014. College of the Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

“Good News in Hard Times: How Collaboration is Healing the Range.” 2015. National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Elko, NV.

“Ranchers on the Range—Implications for Open Spaces.” 2015. USFS Line Officers Training, Golden, CO.

“The Wisdom of the Sierra Madre: Apaches, Leopold and the Land Ethic.” Keynote. 2015. Wilderness Ranger Academy. Gunnison, CO.

“Wildlife and Recreation: Coexistence or Conflict?” 2015. Wilderness Ranger Academy. Gunnison, CO.

“Wilderness With a Capital “W.” Keynote.” 2016. USFS Wilderness Managers Winter Meeting. Fort Collins, CO.

“Conservation for a New Generation: Reflections on Teaching, Research, and Outreach.” 2016. Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“Working in the Radical Center: Conservation That works.” 2016. Xi Sigma Pi, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“Some Reflections on Collaborative Conservation.” 2016. Center for Collaborative Conservation Fellows Retreat, Colorado State University’s Mountain Campus, Pingree Park, Colorado.

“The Wisdom of the Sierra Madre: Leopold, Apaches, and the Land Ethic.” 2016. The Colorado State University chapters of the Society for Conservation Biology & The Wildlife Society, Fort Collins, CO.

“The Wisdom of the Sierra Madre: Leopold, Apaches, and the Land Ethic,” 2017. The Colorado State University Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Fort Collins, CO.

“You’re the Lucky Ones,” Commencement Address. 2017. Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

“Outdoor Recreation and the Still Unlovely Mind,” 2017. Habitat Partnership Program Annual Meeting, Grand Junction, CO.

REVIEWER OF PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING:

Assigning Editor – Ecological Applications (10 years)

Assigning Editor – Conservation Biology (14 years)

and

American Naturalist, Animal Behavior, Animal Conservation, Auk, Behaviour, Biological Conservation, Canadian Field-Naturalist, Canadian Geographic, Canadian Journal of Zoology, Condor, Conservation Biology, Conservation Biology in Practice, Ecology, Ecological Applications, Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution, Great Basin Naturalist, Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Human Dimensions of Wildlife, Journal of Wildlife Management, Murrelet, Northwest Science, Northwestern Naturalist, Prairie Naturalist, Journal of Raptor Research, Society and Natural Resources, Southwestern Naturalist, Western Birds, Wildlife Society Bulletin, Wildlife Society Monographs, Wilson Bulletin, Journal of Field Ornithology

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

1. Knight, R. L., & K. J. Gutzwiller, eds. 1995. Wildlife and recreationists: coexistence through management and research. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 384pp

2. Knight, R. L., & S. F. Bates, eds. 1995. A new century for natural resources management. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 432pp

3. Knight, R. L., & P. B. Landres, eds. 1998. Stewardship across boundaries. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 371pp.

4. Meine, C. & R. L. Knight. eds. 1999. The essential Aldo Leopold. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin. 362pp

5. Knight, R.L., F.W. Smith, S.W. Buskirk, W.H. Romme, &W.L. Baker, eds. 2000. Forest fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colorado. 474pp.

6. Knight, R.L., W.C. Gilgert, and E. Marston, eds. 2002. Ranching west of the 100th meridian. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 259pp.

7. Knight, R. L., and S. Riedel, eds. 2002. Aldo Leopold and the ecological conscience. Oxford University Press, New York, N.Y. 190pp.

8. Meffe, G. K., L. A. Nielsen, R. L. Knight, and D. A. Schenborn. 2002. Ecosystem management: adaptive, community-based conservation. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 304pp.

9. Pritchett, L., R. L. Knight, and J. Lee, eds. 2007. Home land: Ranching and a West that works. Johnson Press, Boulder, Colorado.

10. Knight, R. L., and C. White, eds. 2008. Conservation for a new generation: Redefining natural resources management. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Articles in Refereed Journals

1. Knight, R. L., & A. W. Erickson. 1976. High incidence of snakes in the diet of nesting red-tailed Hawks. Raptor Research 10:108-111.

2. Knight, R. L., & A. W. Erickson. 1977. Ecological notes on the long-eared and great horned owls along the Columbia River. Murrelet 58:2-6.

3. Knight, R. L., & A. W. Erickson. 1977. Objects incorporated within clutches of Canada geese. Western Birds 8:108.

4. Knight, R. L., & A. W. Erickson. 1978. Marmots as a food source of golden eagles along the Columbia River. Murrelet 59:28-30.

5. Knight, R. L., & A. W. Erickson. 1978. Canada goose, great blue heron and great horned owl nesting associations. Wilson Bull. 90:456-457.

6. Knight, R. L., D. Every, & A. W. Erickson. 1979. Seasonal food habits of upland gamebirds along the north-central Columbia River. Murrelet 60:58-66.

7. Knight, R. L., J. A. Athern, J. J. Brueggeman, & A. W. Erickson. 1979. Observations on wintering bald and golden eagles on the Columbia River. Murrelet 60:99-105.

8. Knight, R. L., J. Skriletz, & D. C. Ryan. 1980. Owl mortality and abandoned fishing line. Raptor Research 14:40

9. Knight, R. L., & D. C. Ryan. 1980. An unusual case of barn swallow mortality. Western Birds 11:201.

10. Knight, R. L., J. Skriletz, & D. C. Ryan. 1980. Four additional cases of bird mortality on barbed-wire fences. Western Birds 11:202.

11. Pruett-Jones, S. G., M. A. Pruett-Jones, & R. L. Knight. 1980. The white-tailed kite in North and Middle America: current status and recent population changes. American Birds 34:682-688.

12. Pratt, J. A., & R. L. Knight. 1981. Abnormal incisor growth in a hoary marmot. Murrelet 62:92.

13. Knight, R. L., & D. G. Smith. 1982. Raptor nesting ecology in a Washington coulee. Northwest Science 56:303-309.

14. Knight, R. L., D. G. Smith, & A. W. Erickson. 1982. Ecology of nesting raptors along the Columbia River, Washington. Murrelet 63:2-8.

15. Marr, V. N., & R. L. Knight. 1982. Raven predation on feral rock dove eggs. Murrelet 63:25.

16. Anthony, R. G., R. L. Knight, G. T. Allen, B. R. McClelland, & J. I. Hodges. 1982. Habitat use by nesting and roosting bald eagles in the Pacific Northwest. North American Wildl. Nat. Res. Conf. 47:332-342.

17. Knight, R. L., & V. N. Marr. 1983. New distributional records of ticks (Ornithodoros concanensis and O. kelleyi) in Washington. Northwest Science 57:310-311.

18. Knight, S. K., & R. L. Knight. 1983. Aspects of food finding by wintering bald eagles. Auk 100:477-484.

19. Docherty, D. E., R. I. Romaine, & R. L. Knight. 1983. Isolation of a herpes virus from a bald eagle nestling. Avian Disease 27:1162-1165.

20. Marr, V. N., & R. L. Knight. 1983. Food habits of golden eagles in eastern Washington. Murrelet 64:73-77.

21. Knight, R. L., & R. E. Jackman. 1984. Food-niche relationships between great horned owls and common barn-owls in eastern Washington. Auk 101:175-179.

22. Knight, R. L., & S. K. Knight., 1984. Responses of wintering bald eagles to boating activity. J. Wildl. Manage. 48:999-1004.

23. Knight, R. L. 1984. Responses of nesting ravens to human beings in areas of different human densities. Condor 86:345-346.

24. Knight, R. L., D. G. Smith, & A. W. Erickson. 1984. Mourning dove nesting ecology in fruit orchards in north-central Washington. Northwest Science 58:230-236.

25. Knight, R. L., S. Kim, & S. A. Temple. 1985. Predation of red-winged blackbird nests by mink. Condor 87:304-305.

26. Knight, R. L., & R. E. Fitzner. 1985. Human disturbance and nest site placement in black-billed magpies. J. Field Ornithol. 52:153-157.

27. Knight, R. L., S. A. Temple, K. G. Olesen, & C. R. Stearns. 1985. An inexpensive event recorder for field studies. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 13:332-335.

28. Knight, R. L., & S. A. Temple. 1986. Methodological problems in studies of avian nest defence. Animal Behaviour 34:561-566.

29. Knight, R. L., & S. A. Temple. 1986. Nest defence in the American goldfinch. Animal Behaviour 34:887-897.

30. Knight, R. L., & S. A. Temple. 1986. Why does avian nest defense increase during the nesting cycle? Auk 103:318-327.

31. Santana C., E., R. L. Knight, & S. A. Temple. 1986. Parental care at a red-tailed hawk nest tended by three adults. Condor 88:109-110.

32. Knight, S. K., & R. L. Knight. 1986. Vigilance patterns of bald eagles feeding in groups. Auk 103:263-272.

33. Knight, R. L., D. J. Grout, & S. A. Temple. 1987. Nest defense behavior of the American crow in urban and rural areas. Condor 89:175-177.

34. Yasukawa, K., R. L. Knight, & S. K. Skagen Knight. 1987. Is courtship intensity a signal of male parental care in red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus)? Auk 104:628-634.

35. Knight, R. L., & S. A. Temple. 1987. Why does avian nest-defense intensity increase: response to Ronald M. Coleman. Auk 104:792-793.

36. Knight, R. L. 1987. Book review: Helpers at birds’ nests by A. F. Skutch. Wildl. Review 207:659.

37. Knight, R. L., & S. A. Temple. 1988. Nest-defense behavior in the red-winged blackbird. Condor 90:193-200.

38. Knight, R. L., & S. Knight Skagen. 1988. Agonistic asymmetries and the foraging ecology of bald eagles. Ecology 69:1188-1194.

39. Knight, R. L. 1988. Effects of supplemental food on the breeding biology of the black-billed magpie. Condor 90:956-958.

40. Knight, R. L., D. E. Andersen, M. Bechard, & V. N. Marr. 1989. Geographical variation in the nest-defence behaviour of the red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis. Ibis 131:22-26.

41. Bechard, M. J., R. L. Knight, D. G. Smith, & R. E. Fitzner. 1990. Nest sites and habitats of sympatric hawks (Buteo spp.) in Washington. J. Field Ornithol. 61:159-170.

42. Wiemeyer, S. N., R. G. Anthony, R. W. Frenzel, B. R. McClelland, & R. L. Knight. 1989. Environmental contaminants in blood of western bald eagles: comparisons among areas and ages. J. Raptor Res. 23:140-146.

43. Knight, R. L., & D. P. Anderson. 1990. Effects of supplemental feeding on an avian scavenging guild. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 18:388-394.

44. Knight, R. L., P. J. Randolph, G. T. Allen, L. S. Young, & R. J. Wigen. 1990. Diets of nesting bald eagles, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, in western Washington. Can. Field-Nat. 104:545-551.

45. Knight, R. L., D. P. Anderson, & N. V. Marr. 1991. Responses of an avian scavenging guild to anglers. Biol. Conserv. 56:195-203.

46. Skagen, S. K., R. L. Knight, & G. H. Orians. 1991. Human disturbance of an avian scavenging guild. Ecol. Appl. 1:215-225.

47. Aguilera, E., R. L. Knight, & J. L. Cummings. 1991. An evaluation of two hazing methods for Canada geese. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 19:32-35.

48. Fowler, A. C., R. L. Knight, T. L. George, & L. C. McEwen. 1991. Effects of avian predation on grasshopper populations in North Dakota grasslands. Ecology 72:1775-1781.

49. Knight, R. L., & D. N. Cole. 1991. Effects of recreational activity on wildlife in wildlands. North American Wildl. Nat. Res. Conf. 56:238-247.

50. Cole, D. N., & R. L. Knight. 1991. Wildlife preservation and recreational use: conflicting goals of wildland management. North American Wildl. Nat. Res. Conf. 56:233-237.

51. George, T. L., A. C. Fowler, R. L. Knight, & L. C. McEwen. 1992. Impacts of a severe drought on grassland birds in western North Dakota. Ecol. Appl. 2:275-284.

52. Knight, R. L. 1992. Book review: Hawks, eagles, & falcons of North America by P. A. Johnsgard. J. Wildl. Manage. 56:408-409.

53. Kenney, S. P., & R. L. Knight. 1992. Flight distances of black-billed magpies in different regimes of human density and persecution. Condor 94:545-547.

54. Knight, R. L., & J. Y. Kawashima. 1993. Consequences of human landscape perturbations on two bird species. J. Wildl. Manage. 57:266-271.

55. Kralovec, M. L., R. L. Knight, G. Craig, & G. McLean. 1993. Breeding biology of bald eagles in Colorado and southeastern Wyoming. Southwestern Naturalist 37:356-361.

56. Knight, R. L. 1993. On improving natural resources and environmental sciences: a comment. Journal of Wildlife Management 57:182-183.

57. Camp, R. J., R. L. Knight, H. A. L. Knight, & M. W. Sherman. 1993. Food habits of nesting common ravens in the eastern Mojave Desert. Southwestern Naturalist 38:165.

58. Miller, C. K., & R. L. Knight. 1993. Does predator assemblage affect reproductive success in songbirds? Condor 95:712-715.

59. Camp, R. J., R. L. Knight, & J. Freilich. 1993. Common raven populations in Joshua Tree National Monument, California. Western Birds. 24:198-199.

60. Holmes, T. L., R. L. Knight, L. Stegall, & G. R. Craig. 1994. Responses of wintering grassland raptors to controlled disturbances. Wildlife Society Bulletin 21: 461-468.

61. Knight, R. L., H. A. L. Knight, & R. J. Camp. 1994. Raven populations and land use patterns in the Mojave Desert, California. Wildlife Society Bulletin 21:461-468.

62. McKinstry, M. C., & R. L. Knight. 1994. Foraging ecology of wintering black-billed magpies. Auk 110:632-635.

63. Joy, S. M., R. T. Reynolds, R. L. Knight, & R. W. Hoffman. 1994. Feeding ecology of sharp-shinned hawks nesting in deciduous and coniferous forests in Colorado. Condor 96:455-467.

64. Adams, J. S., R. L. Knight, L. C. McEwen, & T. L. George. 1994. Reproductive biology of vesper sparrows exposed to experimental food reduction. Condor 96:739-748.

65. Ruefenacht, B., & R. L. Knight. 1995. The influences of corridor continuity and width on survival and movement of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). Biological Conservation 71:269-274.

66. Knight, R. L., G. R. Craig, M. HY. Smith, J. W. Grier, & R. G. McLean. 1995. Genetic variation and nesting bald eagles. Condor 97:282-283.

67. Knight, R. L., G. N. Wallace, & W. E. Riebsame. 1995. Ranching the view: subdivisions versus agriculture. Conservation Biology 9:459-461.

68. Miller, C. K., R. L. Knight, L. C. McEwen, & T. L. George. 1995. Responses of nesting savanna sparrows to fluctuations in grasshopper densities in interior Alaska. Auk 111:962-969.

69. Knight, R. L., H. A. L. Knight, & R. J. Camp. 1995. Common ravens and number and type of linear right-of-ways. Biological Conservation 74:65-67.

70. Knight, R. L. 1995. Ecosystem management and Aldo Leopold. Rangelands 17:182-183.

71. Knight, R. L. 1996. Book review: Fundamentals of conservation biology by M. L. Hunter, Jr. Ecoscience 3:239.

72. Miller, J. R., L. Joyce, & R. L. Knight. 1996. Forest roads and landscape structure in the southern Rocky Mountains. Landscape Ecology 11:115-127.

73. Howe, F. P., R. L. Knight, L. C. McEwen, & T. L. George. 1996. Direct and indirect effects of insecticide applications on growth and survival of nestling passerines. Ecological Applications 6:1314-1324.

74. Knight, R. L. 1996. Aldo Leopold, the land ethic, and ecosystem management. Journal of Wildlife Management 60:471-474.

75. Camp, R. J., & R. L. Knight. 1997. Bird and plant cliff communities in Joshua Tree National Park, California. Natural Areas Journal 17:110-117.

76. Camp, R. J., D. T. Sinton, & R. L. Knight. 1997. Viewsheds: A complementary management approach to buffer zones. Wildlife Society Bulletin 25:612-615.

77. Knight, R. L., & G. K. Meffe. 1997. Ecosystem management: Agency liberation from command and control. Wildlife Society Bulletin 25:676-678.

78. Miller, S. G., R. L. Knight, & C. K. Miller. 1998. Influence of recreational trails on breeding bird communities. Ecological Applications 8:162-169.

79. Knight, R. L., R .J. Camp, & H. A. L. Knight. 1998. Ravens, cowbirds, and starlings at springs and stock tanks, Mojave National Preserve, California. Great Basin Naturalist 58:393-395.

80. Knight, R.L. 1998. Ecosystem management and conservation biology. Landscape and Urban Planning 40:41-45.

81. Camp, R. J., & R. L. Knight. 1998. Effects of rock climbing and cliff plant communities at Joshua Tree National Park, California. Conservation Biology 12:1302-1306.

82. Whittaker, D., & R. L. Knight. 1998. Understanding wildlife responses to humans. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26:312-317.

83. Knight, R. L. 1998. A celebration of A Sand County Almanac. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26:695-696.

84. Knight, R.L. 1998. Aldo Leopold: blending conversations about public and private lands. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26:725-731.

85. Camp, R.J., & R.L. Knight. 1998. Rock climbing and cliff bird communities at Joshua Tree National Park, California. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26:892-898.

86. Knight, R.L. 1999. Private lands: the neglected geography. Conservation Biology 13:223-224.

87. Knight, R. L. 1999. The role of private and public lands in the development of Aldo Leopold’s land ethic. Journal of Land, Resources, and Environmental Law 19:9-18.

88. Knight, R.L., R.J. Camp, W.I. Boarman, & H.A.L. Knight. 1999. Predatory bird populations in the east Mojave Desert, California. Great Basin Naturalist 59:331-338.

89. O’toole, L.T., P.L. Kennedy, R.L. Knight, & L.C. McEwen. 1999. Postfledging behavior of golden eagles. Wilson Bulletin 111:472-477.

90. Knight, R.L. 2000. Book review: Let the cowboy ride: cattle ranching in the American West by P. F. Starrs. Rangelands 22:27-28.

91. Howe, F.P., R.L. Knight, L.C. McEwen, & T.L. George. 2000. Diet switching and food delivery by shrubsteppe passerines in response to an experimental reduction in food. Western North American Naturalist 60:139-154.

92. Yackel Adams, A.A., S.K. Skagen, & R.L. Knight. 2000. Functions of perch relocations in a communal night roost of wintering bald eagles. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78:809-816.

93. Knight, R. L. 2000. Book review: Cliff ecology: pattern and process in cliff ecosystems. American Scientist 88:463.

94. Davidson, A. S., & R. L. Knight. 2001. Avian nest success and community composition in a western riparian forest. Journal of Wildlife Management 65:334-344

95. Miller, S. G., R. L. Knight, & C. K. Miller. 2001. Wildlife responses to pedestrians and dogs. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29:124-132.

96. Odell, E.A., & R.L. Knight. 2001. Songbird and medium-sized mammal communities associated with exurban development in Pitkin County, Colorado. Conservation Biology 15:1143-1150.

97. Maestas, J., R.L. Knight, & W. Gilgert. 2002. Biodiversity across rural land uses in the Mountain West. Geographical Review 91:509-524.

98. Mitchell, J. F., R. L. Knight, & R. J. Camp. 2002. Landscape attributes of subdivided ranches. Rangelands 24:3-9.

99. Maestas, J. D., R. L. Knight, & W. C. Gilgert. 2002. Cows, condos, or neither: what’s best for rangeland ecosystems? Rangelands 24:36-42.

100. Tisdale-Hein, R. E., & R. L. Knight. 2003. Densities of brown-headed cowbirds in riparian and rangeland areas, with and without cattle present, along the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico. Studies in Avian Biology 26:152-156.

101. Odell, E. A., D. M. Theobald, & R. L. Knight. 2003. Incorporating ecology into land use planning: the songbird’s case for clustered development. Journal of the American Planning Association 69:72-82.

102. Taylor, A. R., & R. L. Knight. 2003. Wildlife responses to recreation and associated visitor perceptions. Ecological Applications 13:951-963.

103. Maestas, J. D., R. L. Knight, & W. C. Gilgert. 2003. Biodiversity across a rural land-use gradient. Conservation Biology 17:1425-1434.

104. Delap, J. H., & R. L. Knight. 2003. Response of an avian scavenging guild to construction activity. Natural Areas Journal 23:274-277.

105. Taylor, A. R., & R. L. Knight. 2003. Behavioral responses of wildlife to human activity: terminology and methods. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31:1263-1271.

106. Graham, L., & R. L. Knight. 2004. Cliff plant communities of the Colorado Front Range. Plant Ecology 170:223-234.

107. Delap, J. H., & R. L. Knight. 2004. Wildlife response to anthropogenic food. Natural Areas Journal 24:112-118.

108. Hansen, A. J., R. L. Knight, J. Marzluff, S. Powell, K. Brown, P. Hernandez, & K. Jones. 2005. Effects of exurban development on biodiversity: patterns, mechanisms, research needs. Ecological Applications 15:1893-1905.

109. Spiering, D. J., & R. L. Knight. 2005. Snag density and use by cavity-nesting birds in managed stands of the Black Hills National Forest. Forest Ecology and Management 214:40-52.

110. Rossi, L. G., & R. L. Knight. 2006. Cliff attributes and bird communities in Jefferson County, Colorado. Natural Areas Journal 26:331-338.

111. Hastings, B. A., R. L. Knight, & W. C. Gilgert. 2006. Conservation value of clustered housing developments. Conservation Biology 20:1445-1456.

112. Talbert, C. B., R. L. Knight, & J. E. Mitchell. 2007. Private ranchlands and public land grazing in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Rangelands 29:5-8.

113. Knight, R. L. 2007. Ranchers as a keystone species in a West that works. Rangelands 29:1-7.

114. Knight, R. L. 2007. To save the earth or to save a watershed: Optimism versus hope. Conservation Biology 21:1397-1398.

115. Lenth, B. E., R. L. Knight, & M. E. Brennan. 2008. The effects of dogs on wildlife communities. Natural Areas Journal 28:218-227.

116. Sayre, N. F., & R. L. Knight. 2010. Potential effects of United States-Mexico border hardening on ecological and human communities in the Malpai Borderlands. Conservation Biology 24:345-348.

117. Leinwand, I. I. F., D. M. Theobald, J. Mitchell, & R. L. Knight. 2010. Landscape dynamics at the public-private interface: A case study in Colorado. Landscape and Urban Planning 97:182-193 .

118. Goldstein, J. H., Presnall, C., L. Lopez-Hoffman, G. P. Nabhan, , R. L. Knight, G. Ruyle, & T. P. Toombs. 2011. Beef and beyond: Paying for ecosystem services on Western US rangelands. Rangelands 33:4-12.

119. Knight, R. L., J. Thorpe, & L. Hidinger. 2011. Rangelands and ecosystem services: Economic wealth from land health? Rangelands 33:2-3.

120. Knight, R. L. 2012. Book review: Grass: In search of human habitat by J. C. Truett. Quarterly Review of Biology 87:383-384.

121. Sueltenfuss, J. S., D. J. Cooper, R. L. Knight, & R. L. Waskom. 2013. The creation and maintenance of wetland ecosystems from irrigation canal and reservoir seepage in a semi-arid landscape. Wetlands 33:799-810.

122. Goad, E. H., L. Pejchar, S. E. Reed, & R. L. Knight. 2014. Mammalian habitat use along an exurban development gradient in northern Colorado. Biological Conservation 176:172-182.

123. Bennett, D., L. Pejchar, B. Romero, R. Knight & J. Berger. Submitted. Expanding the private lands toolbox: Practitioner perceptions on the conservation approaches. Conservation Letters

Chapters, Proceedings, and Magazine articles

1.  Knight, R. L. 1979. An annotated bibliography on raptors and the common raven in Washington. Publications in Nongame Wildlife Biology, Washington Department of Game, Olympia. 68pp.

2. Knight, R. L., L. E. Stream, & R. H. Harkins. 1979. A working bibliography for the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in Washington. Publications in Nongame Wildlife Biology, Washington Department of Game, Olympia. 25pp.

3. Knight, R. L., J. W. VandenBos, & B. B. Dickes. 1980. Results of a recreational consumer questionnaire applied on the Skagit River during the winter of 1980. Publications in Nongame Wildlife Biology, Washington Department of Game, Olympia. 14pp.

4. Allen, G. A., R. L. Knight, & M. V. Stalmaster. 1980. An annotated bibliography on bald and golden eagles in Washington. Publications in Nongame Wildlife Biology, Washington Department of Game, Olympia. 66pp.

5. Knight, R. L., G. T. Allen, M. V. Stalmaster, & C. W. Servheen, eds. 1980. Proceedings of the Washington Symposium on the bald eagle. The Nature Conservancy, Seattle. 254pp.

6. Knight, R. L., & M. Call. 1980. The common raven. BLM Tech. Note No. 344, USDI, Denver. 60pp

7. Knight, R. L., T. P. D’Acci, & R. C. Friesz. 1980. Summary of the Mid-Winter Bald Eagle Survey in Washington, 1979-1981. Pp. 123-131 in R. L. Knight, G. T. Allen, M. V. Stalmaster, & C. W. Servheen, eds. Proc. Washington Bald Eagle Symposium, The Nature Conservancy, Seattle.

8. Smith, D. G., & R. L. Knight 1981. Winter population trends of raptors in Washington from Christmas bird counts. Publications in Nongame Wildlife Biology, Washington Department of Game, Olympia. 76pp.

9. Grubb, T. G., R. L. Knight, D. M. Rubink, & C. H. Nash. 1983. A five-year comparison of bald eagle productivity in Washington and Arizona. Pp. 35-45 in D. M. Bird, ed. Biology and Management of Bald Eagles and Ospreys, Harpell Press, Quebec.

10. Knight, R. L. (editor). 1982. Special issue of Raptor Research devoted to golden eagles. 16:97-140.

11. Stalmaster, M. V., R. L. Knight, B. L. Holder, & R. J. Anderson. 1985. The bald eagle. Chapter 13 in R. Brown, ed. Management of Wildlife and Fish Habitats in Forests of Western Oregon and Washington. U.S. Dept. Agric., Portland, OR, Publ. No. R6-FW-192-1985.

12. Bartels, R., J. D. Dell, R. L. Knight, & G. Schaefer. 1985. Dead and down woody material. Chapter 8 in R. Brown, ed. Management of Wildlife and Fish Habitats in Forests of Western Oregon and Washington. U.S. Dept. Agric., Portland, OR, Publ. No. R6-FW-192-1985.

13. Steenhof, K., R. G. Anthony, F. Dobler, D. Flath, G. Herron, B. Holder, R. M. Jurek, R. L.Knight, R. Norell, R. Oakleaf, & R. Opp. 1987. Pacific states bald eagle recovery plan. Pacific States Bald Eagle Recovery Team, USFWS, Portland, Oregon. 84pp.

14. Knight, R. L., & S. K. Skagen Knight. 1988. Effects of recreational disturbance on birds of prey: a review. R. Glinski, ed. Proc. of the Southwest Raptor Management Symposium, National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C.

15. Knight, R. L. 1988. Riparian habitat and birds of prey in the Pacific Northwest: an overview. K. Raedeke & S. D. West, eds. Proc. of the Riparian Wildlife and Forestry Interactions Symposium, University of Washington, Seattle.

16. Cole, D. N., & R. L. Knight. 1990. Impacts of recreationists on biodiversity of wilderness areas. Proc. of Wilderness Areas: Their Impact Symposium. Utah State Univ., Logan.

17. Knight, R. L. 1991. Ecological principles applicable to the management of urban ecosystems. Proc. of the Ecology of Urban Ecosystems Symposium. Denver Mus. of Natural History, Denver, Colorado.

18. Knight, R. L., & D. N. Cole. 1995. Wildlife responses to recreationists. Chapter 4 in R. L. Knight & K. J. Gutzwiller, eds. Wildlife and Recreationists: Coexistence through Management and Research. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

19. Knight, R. L., & D. N. Cole. 1995. Factors that influence wildlife responses to recreationists. Chapter 5 in R. L. Knight & K. J. Gutzwiller, eds. Wildlife and Recreationists: Coexistence through Management and Research. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

20. Knight, R. L., & S. A. Temple. 1995. Origin of responses of wildlife to recreationists. Chapter 6 in R. L. Knight & K. J. Gutzwiller, eds. Wildlife and Recreationists: Coexistence through Management and Research. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

21. Knight, R. L., & S. A. Temple. 1995. Wildlife and recreationists: coexistence through management. Chapter 20 in R. L. Knight & K. J. Gutzwiller, eds. Wildlife and Recreationists: Coexistence through Management and Research. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

22. Knight, R. L., & T. L. George. 1995. New approaches, new tools: conservation biology. Chapter 16 in R. L. Knight & S. F. Bates, eds. A New Century for Natural Resources Management. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

23. Knight, R. L. 1995. Sustainable management of temperate wildlife: a conceptual model. Chapter 24 in Defining and measuring sustainability: the biogeophysical foundations. The World Bank, Washington, D.C.

24. Knight, R. L. 1995. Managing for biological diversity. R. Martin, L. R. Rittenhouse, J. R. Jones, eds. Ecosystem management: beyond the rhetoric. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

25. Knight, R. L. 1997. Lines across the land. Pages 307-308 in G. K. Meffe and C. R. Carroll. Principles of conservation biology. Second edit. Sinauer Assoc., Sunderland, Massachusetts.

26. Knight, R. L., and J. Mitchell. 1997. Subdividing the west. Pages 272-274 in G. K. Meffe and C. R. Carroll. Principles of conservation biology. Second edition. Sinauer Assoc., Sunderland, Massachusetts.

27. Knight, R. L. 1997. Field report from the new American West. Pages 181-200 in C. Meine, ed. Wallace Stegner and the continental vision. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

28. Knight, R. L., and T.W. Clark. 1998. Boundaries between public and private lands: defining obstacles, finding solutions. Pages 175-191 in R. L. Knight and P.B. Landres, eds. Stewardship across boundaries. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

29. Landres, P.B., R.L. Knight, S.A.T. Pickett, and M.L. Cadenasso. 1998. Ecological effects of administrative boundaries. Pages 39-64 in R.L. Knight and P.B. Landres, eds. Stewardship across boundaries. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

30. Scott, J.M., E.A. Norse, H.Arita, A. Dobson, J.A. Estes, M. Foster, B. Gilbert, D.B. Jensen, R.L. Knight, D. Mattson, and M.E. Soule. 1999. The issue of scale in selection and designing biological reserves. Pages 19-37 in M.E. Soule and J. Terborgh, eds. Continental conservation: scientific foundations of regional reserve networks. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

31. Groom, M., D.B. Jensen, R.L. Knight, S. Gatewood, L. Mills, D. Boyd-Heger, L.S. Mills, and M.E. Soule. 1999. Buffer zones: benefits and dangers of compatible stewardship. Pp. 171-197. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

32. Knight, R.L. 1999. Leopold and the “Still Unlovely Mind,” Pages 32-44 in Meine, C. and R.L. Knight, eds. The essential Aldo Leopold. Univ. Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin.

33. Gotz, J.R., J. Asher, B. Holder, R. Knight, R. Naiman, G. Raines, P. Stine, and T. Wigley. 1999. An ecosystem approach for understanding landscapes diversity. in R.C. Szaro, N.C. Johnson, W.T. Sexton, and A.J. Malk, eds. Ecological stewardship. Elsevier Science, Oxford, England.

34. Buskirk, S.W., W.H. Romme, F.W. Smith, and R.L. Knight. 2000. An overview of forest fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Pages 3-14 in Knight, R.L., F. W. Smith, S.W. Buskrik, W.H. Romme, and W.L. Bakers, eds. Forest fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colorado.

35. Baker, W.L., and R.L. Knight. 2000. Roads and forest fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Pages 97-122 in Knight, R.L., F. W. Smith, S.W. Buskrik, W.H. Romme, and W.L.Bakers, eds. Forest fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colorado.

36. Knight, R.L. 2000. Forest fragmentation and outdoor recreation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Pages 135-153 in Knight, R.L., F. W. Smith, S.W. Buskrik, W.H. Romme, and W.L.Bakers, eds. Forest fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colorado.

37. Ruefenacht, B., and R.L. Knight. 2000. Songbird communities along natural forest edges and forest clear-cut edges. Pages 249-269 in Knight, R.L., F. W. Smith, S.W. Buskrik, W.H. Romme, and W.L. Bakers, eds. Forest fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colorado.

38. Lowsky, J.F., and R.L. Knight. 2000. Effects of wilderness designation on the landscape structure of a national forest. Pages 285-309 in Knight, R.L., F. W. Smith, S.W. Buskrik, W.H. Romme, and W.L. Bakers, eds. Forest fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colorado.

39. Romme, W.H., R.L. Knight, W.L. Baker, F.W. Smith, and S.W. Buskirk. 2000. What have we learned about forest fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains? Pages 423-430 in Knight, R.L., F. W. Smith, S.W. Buskrik, W.H. Romme, and W.L. Bakers, eds. Forest fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colorado.

40. Knight, R.L., J. Mitchell, E.A. Odell, and J.D. Maestas. 2001. Subdividing the West. In G.K. Meffe, M. Groom and C.R. Carroll, eds. Principles of conservation biology. Second edition. Sinauer Assoc., Sunderland, Massachusetts.

41. Knight, R.L. 2001. Lines across the land. In G.K. Meffe, M. Groom and C.R. Carroll, eds. Principles of conservation biology. Second edition. Sinauer Assoc., Sunderland, Massachusetts.

42. Marzluff, J.M., K.J. McGowan, R. Donnelly, and R.L. Knight. 2001. Causes and consequences of expanding American crow populations. Pages 331-361 in J.M. Marzluff, R. Bowman and R. Donnelly, eds. Avian ecology and conservation in an urbanizing world. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, Massachusetts.

43. Knight, R.L. 2002. The ecology of ranching. Pages 123-144 in R.L. Knight, W.C. Gilgert and E. Marston, eds. Ranching west of the 100th meridian. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

44. Knight, R.L. 2002. Aldo Leopold: Blending conversations about private and public land. Pages 34-45 in R.L. Knight and S. Riedel, eds. Aldo Leopold and the ecological conscience. Oxford University Press, New York, N.Y.

45. Knight, R.L., and PB. Landres. 2002. Central concepts and issues of biological conservation. Pages 22-33 in K.J. Gutzwiller, ed. Applying landscape ecology in biological conservation. Springer, New York.

46. Knight, R. L. 2002. Speaking Western: Honest conversations about the New West. Pages 61-72 in C. White, ed. The new ranch at work. Quivira Coalition, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

47.Maestas, J. D., R. L. Knight, and W. C. Gilgert. 2003. Biodiversity on ranches, developments, and protected areas. Chapter 13 in B. H. Johnson, ed. Foraging a West that works: An invitation to join the radical center. Quivira Coalition, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

48. Knight, R. L., J. Mitchell, E. A. Odell, and J. D. Maestas. 2005. Subdividing the West. Pages 241-243 in M. J. Groom, G. K. Meffe and C. R. Carroll, eds. Principles of conservation biology. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, Massachusetts.

49. Knight, R. L. 2006. Conservation that works: Yellowstone and the future of hope. Pages 94-98 in A. W. Biel, ed. Greater Yellowstone public lands: A century of discovery, hard lessons, and bright prospects. National Park Service, Wyo.: Yellowstone Center for Resources.

50. Talbert, C. B., and R. L. Knight. 2007. Private ranchlands and public-land grazing in the Southern Rocky Mountains. The Quivira Coalition Journal 30:27-30.

51. Knight, R. L. 2007. Husbandry and stewardship: The legacy of ranching? Working Ranch 2:66-67.

52. Knight, R. L. 2007. Bridging the great divide: reconnecting rural and urban communities in the New West. Pages 13-25 in L. Pritchett, R. L. Knight and J. Lee, eds. Home Land: Ranching and a West That Works. Johnson Books, Boulder, Colorado.

53. Knight, R. L. 2008. Food and open space: Bridging the rural-urban divide. Pages 193-206 in R. L. Knight and C. White, eds. Conservation for a New Generation. Island Press, Washington, D.C. Knight, R. L. 2009. The wisdom of the Sierra Madre: Aldo Leopold, Apaches, and the Land Ethic. Pages 264-273 in L. Lopez-Hoffman, E. D. McGovern, R. G. Varady and K. W. Fiessa, eds. Conservation of Shared Environments: Learning from the United States and Mexico. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

55. Knight, R. L. 2009. Ranching: Good news for the economy, culture, and ecology of the American West. Preface in Ranches of Colorado by John Fielder, Westcliffe Publishers, Boulder, Colorado.

56. Knight, R. L. 2011. The great awakening: Transitioning from top-down to bottom-up conservation. Pages 101-106 in Nowak, P. and M. Schnepf, eds. Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Environmental Quality II: Achieving More Effective Conservation. Ankeny, IA: Soil and Water Conservation Society.

57. Knight, R. L., C. Meine, G. P. Nabhan, & S. A. Temple. 2012. Listening to the next generation. The Leopold Outlook 12: 17-19.

58. Nabhan, G. P., S. Charney, & R. L. Knight. 2014. The biodiversity that protected areas can’t capture. How private ranch, forest, and tribal lands sustain biodiversity. Pages 33-47 in S. Charnley, T. E. Sheridan, and G. P. Nabhan, eds. Saving the Wide Open Spaces. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.

59. Nabhan, G., L. Lopez-Hoffman, H. Gosnell, J. Goldstein, R. L. Knight, C. Presnall, L. Gwin, D. Thilmany, & S. Charnley. 2014. Payments for ecosystem services: Keeping working landscapes productive and functioning. Pages 275-294 in S. Charnley, T. E. Sheridan, and G. P. Nabhan, eds. Saving the Wide Open Spaces. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.

60. Meunier, J., E. Santana-Castellon, & R. L. Knight. 2015. Aldo Leopold’s “Full and Fair Test”: Revisiting conservation strategies on the U.S.-Meixcan border. in W. Forbes and T. Trusty, eds. Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic and Emerging Cultures of Sustainability. Stephen F. Austin State University Press, Nacogdoches.

61. Knight, R. L. In press. Bridging the great divide: Reconnecting rural and urban communities through land use and land health. In T. Trusty & W. Forbes, eds. Rethinking Leopold’s Land Ethic: Emerging cultures of sustainability. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison.

62. Combat biology. 2015. Range Magazine. Summer: 40.

63. Outdoor recreation and the still unlovely mind. 2016. Western Confluence. Winter: 42-45.

64. Knuffman, L., A. Glasser, A. Panjabi, and R. Knight. 2016. America’s Grasslands Conference: Partnerships for grassland conservation. Proceedings of the third Biennial Conference on the Conservation of America’s Grasslands. Fort Collins, CO.

Videos Produced

1. Candler, G., and R. L. Knight. 1993. Conservation biology and natural resources management: seeking common ground and new directions. 40 minutes. Instructional Services, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

2. Knight, R. L., and S. Hibbitt. 1995. Subdividing the west: implications of population growth. 40 minutes. Instructional Services, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

3. Knight, R. L., and S. Hibbitt. 1995. Saving the west: protecting open space. 40 minutes. Instructional Services, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

4. Knight, R. L. S. Hibbitt, and R. Bend. 1996. Natural resources management for a new century. 40 minutes. Instructional Services, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

5. Knight, R. L., and R. Bend. 1998. Human causes of forest fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. 30 minutes. Instructional Services, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

6. Knight, R. L., and R. Bend. 1998. Natural causes of forest fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. 31 minutes. Instructional Services, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

7. Knight, R. L., and R. Bend. 1998. The biodiversity responses to forest fragmentation in the Southern Rocky Mountains. 34 minutes. Instructional Services, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

8. Knight, R. L., and R. Bend. 2002. Ranching West of the 100th Meridian: Culture. 38 minutes. Instructional Services, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

9. Knight, R. L., and R. Bend. 2002. Ranching West of the 100th Meridian: Ecology. 40 minutes. Instructional Services, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

10. Knight, R. L., and R. Bend. 2002. Ranching West of the 100th Meridian: Economics. 40 minutes. Instructional Services, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

11. Knight, R. L., and R. Bend. 2002. Jack Ward Thomas on Managing Across Public-Private Land Boundaries. 40 minutes. Instructional Services, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.