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Nature · 2025 · en

Responding to Ecological Transformation in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah: Employee Perspectives from Pilot Interviews from the Cross-Park Resist-Assist-Direct Project

by Amanda E. Cravens, Zachary B. Hough Solomon, Julia B. Goolsby

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This report explores how employees at Capitol Reef National Park understand and respond to ecological transformation. Drawing on pilot interviews, it examines the relationship between changing environmental conditions, the park's resources, and the practical decisions faced by people working in different management roles.

The analysis considers responses over emergency, short-term, and longer-term timeframes. It brings together interviewees' accounts of internal organisational factors, outside influences, regulatory constraints, and opportunities for cooperation across divisions.

Readers will find a qualitative study of resource management rather than a general visitor guide. The report identifies areas of agreement and disagreement and discusses topics for further conversation within the park. Its appendices preserve the interview protocol and analytical codebook, allowing readers to understand how the findings were developed and how this pilot investigation relates to the wider Resist-Assist-Direct project.

Amanda E. Cravens; Zachary B. Hough Solomon; Julia B. Goolsby; Heather M. Yocum; Stefan Gabriel Tangen; Wylie Carr. Responding to Ecological Transformation in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah: Employee Perspectives from Pilot Interviews from the Cross-Park Resist-Assist-Direct Project. U.S. Geological Survey, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20255103. Public domain U.S. Government publication. Original agency, author and photograph credits retained.