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Peer-reviewed Scientific Publications

• - Shifting demand for winter outdoor recreation along the North Shore of Lake Superior under variable rates of climate change: A finite-mixture modeling approach. (2016). Ecological Economics, 123 , 1-13.
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• - Building coastal climate readiness along the North Shore of Lake Superior. (2015). Michigan Journal of Sustainability, 3, 111-119.

Topical Fact Sheets

• - Current and Future Visitation to the North Shore
• - Local Perceptions of Climate Change on the North Shore
• - Visitor Expenditures on the North Shore
• - Future Hydroclimatic Conditions on the North Shore

Survey Results

• - A comprehensive report presenting the findings from both the summer and winter surveys of North Shore visitors

Site-specific Survey Results

• - Beaver Bay (Summer)
• - Caribou Highlands Lodge (Winter)
• - Cascade River State Park (Summer)
• - Crosby-Manitou State Park (Summer)
• - Finland Co-op (Summer)
• - Gooseberry Falls State Park (Summer)
• - Grand Marais (Summer)
• - Grand Portage State Park (Summer)
• - Lake County Historical Society (Summer)
• - Magney State Park (Summer)
• - Highway 61 Scenic Waysides (Summer)
• - Split Rock Lighthouse (Summer)
• - Sugar Loaf Cove Nature Preserve (Summer)
• - Temperance River State Park (Summer)
• - Tettegouche State Park (Summer)
• - Trail Center Lodge (Winter)

Presentations

• - Predicting visitors’ willingness-to-pay for climate change adaptation planning in a nature-based tourism destination. (2017, June). Paper presented at the International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Umea, Sweden.
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• - Using social media data to identify valued recreation resources and inform climate change adaptation planning. (2017, April). Paper presented at the the George Wright Society Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites, Norfolk, Virginia.
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• - Integrating stakeholders from nature-based recreation-dependent communities into a climate change risk assessment through participatory GIS. (2016, June). Paper presented at the International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Houghton, Michigan.
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• - Parameterizing agent based models of contingent trip-taking behavior with on-site survey data. (2016, June). Paper presented at the International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Houghton, Michigan.
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• - Hydrating the agents: Integrating the spatial and temporal availability of freshwater resources into agent based models. (2016, March). Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers’ Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.
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• - Climate readiness on Lake Superior's North Shore: Perspectives on preserving place in a changing climate. (2016, March). Paper presented at the Heart of the Continent Partnership Science Symposium, International Falls, Minnesota.
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• - Social values & social media: Understanding place meanings in coastal regions through the Instagram lens. (2016, February). Paper presented at the Social Coast Forum 2016, Charleston, South Carolina.
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• - Now is the winter of our discontent: Climate variability and community readiness on the North Shore of Lake Superior. (2016, February). Paper presented at the University of Minnesota's Water Resources Sciencences Seminar, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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• - Climate change adaptation perspectives in tourism-dependent communities on Lake Superior’s North Shore. (2016, January). Poster presented at the 2016 Minnesota Climate Change Adaptation Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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• - Climate models, place meanings, and risk perceptions: Understanding the influences on nature-based tourism in coastal communities. (2015, November). Paper presented at the International Congress on Coastal and Marine Tourism, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i.
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• - Climate change in Minnesota’s North Shore. (2015, October). Poster presented at the University of Minnesota’s Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering Annual Fall Showcase, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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• - Uncertain futures for coastal communities: Using climate change models to anticipate shifts in tourism demand. (2015, June). Paper presented at the International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Charleston, South Carolina.
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• - Climate resilience in tourism-dependent communities on Lake Superior’s North Shore. (2015, June). Poster presented at the International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Charleston, South Carolina.
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• - Assessing the climate readiness of Minnesota’s nature-based tourism-dependent North Shore region through a spatial analysis of local resource management plans. (2015, April). Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers’ Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
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• - Challenges, limitations and opportunities in survey design. (2015, March). Poster presented at the Southeastern Recreation Research Symposium, Asheville, North Carolina.
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• - Projecting visitor responses to climate change: Winter recreation and tourism on Minnesota’s North Shore. (2015, March). Paper presented at the Southeastern Recreation Research Symposium, Asheville, North Carolina.
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• - Building climate readiness in nature-based tourism-dependent communities along the North Shore of Lake Superior: Project overview and development of an adaptation plan evaluation matrix. (2015, January). Paper presented at the 95th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.
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• - An integrated, interdisciplinary and multi-method process for building climate readiness in coastal communities. (2014, February). Paper presented at the Social Coast Forum 2014, Charleston, South Carolina.

Theses and Dissertations

• - Exploring local knowledge and capacities to address climate risk and adaptation along the North Shore of Minnesota. (2015). Completed by Karly Bitsura-Meszaros for an MS degree in Natural Resources at NC State University.