Specialty Group

Protected Areas

The Protected Areas Specialty Group (PASG) seeks to promote and encourage research, teaching, and service in the field of Protected Areas, which encompass the creation and management of parks, forests, monuments, historic sites, wildlife refuges, conservation areas, preserves, wilderness, sacred spaces, and other landscapes, buildings, or places protected by law or custom in the United States, other countries, and international areas on Earth and other planets.

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Dues

Regular: $7
Student: $1

Leadership

Chair: Denielle Perry, Northern Arizona University

Vice Chair: John Kupfer University of South Carolina

Secretary/Treasurer: Geoffrey L. Buckley, Ohio University

Communications Director: Seth T. Kannarr, University of Tennessee

Board Members:

  • Lynn Resler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Amy Frazier, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Jeffrey Jenkins, University of California, Merced
  • Jason Julian, Texas State University

Student Board Member: Zhijie “ZJ” Zhou, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Past Chair: Xochizeltzin Castaneda-Camacho, St. Olaf College

Contact

ProtectedAreasSG@communities.aag.org

Geography Essentials, Planning and Development, Spatial Narratives

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