{"id":863,"date":"2025-12-02T14:38:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/christinacavaliere\/?p=863"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:42:16","slug":"alexis-r-foster-advances-to-phd-candidacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/christinacavaliere\/alexis-r-foster-advances-to-phd-candidacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexis R. Foster Advances to PhD Candidacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is with great enthusiasm that The Cavaliere Critical Conservation Lab announces that Alexis R. Foster has advanced from PhD student to PhD candidate. On December 1, 2025, Alexis presented her dissertation topic of \u201cOvertourism Challenges in Two Northern Colorado Recreational Areas: Understanding community perspectives and management approaches in Lory State Park and Horsetooth Reservoir.\u201d This research takes place within the community of Larimer County, specifically Fort Collins and Bellevue, Colorado focused on overtourism perspectives and management approaches at these two locally significant protected areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"937\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/christinacavaliere\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/2025\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/christinacavaliere\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/2025\/12\/image.png 937w, https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/christinacavaliere\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/2025\/12\/image-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/christinacavaliere\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/2025\/12\/image-768x433.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In conjunction with the Lab, Alexis will be investigating overtourism communication strategies employed by management authorities, evaluate how overtourism is addressed within existing management strategies, and will assess park stakeholder concerns regarding overtourism impacts at the two parks. Email Alexis at Alexis.Foster@colostate.edu if you are interested in participating in an interview!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with great enthusiasm that The Cavaliere Critical Conservation Lab announces that Alexis R. Foster has advanced from PhD student to PhD candidate. On December 1, 2025, Alexis presented her dissertation topic of \u201cOvertourism Challenges in Two Northern Colorado Recreational Areas: Understanding community perspectives and management approaches in Lory State Park and Horsetooth Reservoir.\u201d &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/christinacavaliere\/alexis-r-foster-advances-to-phd-candidacy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Alexis R. Foster Advances to PhD Candidacy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":267,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[73,53,57,69,64,72,71,70,32,68],"class_list":["post-863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tcl-partnerships","tag-bellevue","tag-cavaliere-critical-conservation-lab","tag-colorado","tag-dissertation","tag-dr-christina-t-cavaliere","tag-fort-collins","tag-horsetooth-reservoir","tag-lory-state-park","tag-overtourism","tag-phd-candidacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/christinacavaliere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/christinacavaliere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/christinacavaliere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/christinacavaliere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/christinacavaliere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/christinacavaliere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":866,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/christinacavaliere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863\/revisions\/866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/christinacavaliere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/christinacavaliere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/christinacavaliere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}