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Phone: (505) 646-4806
Office: 104, Breland Hall
E-mail: jowright@nmsu.edu
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EDUCATION:
- Ph.D. Geography. University of
California at Berkeley, 1990.
Dissertation: Conserving Rocky Mountain Places: The Planning,
Development, and Protection of Privately-Owned Lands in
Colorado and Utah.
- M.A. Geography. University of
Montana, 1983.
Thesis: A Lake on a Mountain Pass: Land-Use Capability
of the Georgetown Lake Area, Montana.
- B.A. Geography. University of
Massachusetts at Amherst, 1973.
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RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Environmental Planning
- Parks and Biological Reserves
- Landscape Conservation
- Cultural Geography
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
- Wright, John B. In Press. Saving
the Ranch: Conservation Easements in the American West.
Book with Island Press, Washington, DC. Co-authored with
Anthony Anella.
- ___ In Press. "The Increasing
Role of Agricultural Organizations in Land Conservation,"
In Press. Book Chapter, in Advancing Land Conservation:
The Economics, Ethics, and Politics of Protecting Private
Land." Edited by Julie Gustanski and Elizabeth Brabec,
Island Press, Washington, DC.
- ___ 2003. "Land Tenure: The
Spatial Musculature of the American West," Book Chapter,
in Western Places,
American Myths," Edited by Gary Hausladen. University
of Nevada Press, Reno. Pgs. 85-110.
- ____2002. "El Santuario de
Chimayo: New Mexico's Lourdes." Focus. Pgs. 9-14.
American Geographical
Society.
- ____2001. "Conservation's
Radical Center in Geography," The Geographical Review.
Special Issue:
"Doing Fieldwork." Vol. 91, Nos. 1&2, Pgs.
9-18.
- ____ 2000. Montana Places. Book
- environmental essays. University of Minnesota Press,
Minneapolis.
- ____ 2000. "The Santa Fe
Conservation Trust: Protecting Northern New Mexico's Complex
Land Tenure
Pattern," Book Chapter, in: Protecting the Land:
Conservation Easements Past, Present and Future.
Pgs. 443-450. Editors, Julie Gustanski & Rod Squires,
Island Press, Washington DC.
- _____2000. and Robert J. Czerniak.
2000. "The Rising Importance of Voluntary Methods
of Land Use Control in Planning," Journal of Planning
Education and Research, Vol. 19: 419-423.
- _____1998. Montana Ghost Dance:
Essays on Land and Life. Book. University of Texas Press,
Austin.
- _____ 1998. "The Role of
Conservation Easement Sites in Biogeographic and Biological
Research,"
Environmental Conservation, Vol. 25, No. 2, pgs 95-98.
- ____ and Robert Czerniak. 1998
"Open Space in New Mexico: An Analysis of Land Trusts
and Land-Use Regulations." Southwestern Geographer,
Vol. 2, pgs 1-14.
- ____ 1997. "Hispano Forestry,
Land Grants and the U.S. Forest Service in Northern New
Mexico."
Focus, Vol. 44, No. 1, pgs 10-14.
- _____1994, "Tax Implications
of Conservation Easements." Real Estate Review. Vol
25, No.2, pgs 75-78.
- _____1994. "Designing and
Applying Conservation Easements." Journal of the
American Planning Association. Vol. 50, No.3, pgs 380-388.
- _____1993. Rocky Mountain Divide:
Selling and Saving the West, Book on environmental planning,.
University of Texas Press, Austin.
- _____1993. "Conservation
Easements: An Analysis of Donated Development Rights.
Journal of the American Planning Association." Vol.
59, No. 4., pgs. 487-493.
- _____1993. "Cultural Geography
and Land Trusts in Colorado and Utah." Geographical
Review. Vol. 83, No.3, Pgs 269-279.
- _____1993. "The Real River
That Runs Through It: Montana's Imperilled Blackfoot."
Focus. Vol 43, No.1,
Pgs 18-21.
- _____ and Stewart Hilts, 1993.
"An Overview of Landscape Conservation Efforts in
the United States and Canada." Operational Geographer.
Vol. 11, No.3: pgs 10-14
- _____ 1992. " Land Trusts
in the USA," Land Use Policy, Vol. 9 No.2, pgs. 82-86,
Survey, England.
- _____ and Anita Miller, 1991.
" Preservation of Agricultural Land and Open Space,"
Urban Lawyer, Vol. 23, No. 4, pgs 821-844.
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GRANTS AND CONTRACTS:
GRANTS
- Solely responsible for research
and proposal writing which resulted in:
- $400,000 Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant;
Alberton, Montana; 1980
- $400,000 HUD Community Development
Block Grant; St. Regis, Montana; 1979
- $322,000 HUD Community Development
Block Grant; Superior, Montana, 1979
- $128,000 Various grants from
the Economic Development Administration, Montana Department
of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Montana State Forester's
Office, Montana Highway Department, the Burlington
Northern Railroad, and other sources; 1978-1982
- $ 27,500 Montana Coal Tax
Parks Program Grant, Land Conservation Strategy Preparation;
Missoula County, Montana; 1985
- $ 25,000 Land and Water Conservation
Fund grants for various recreation planning and park
development projects; 1978-1982
- $ 23,000 Historic Preservation
Grant from the State of Montana; DeBorgia, Montana;
1981
- $ 22,000 HUD Land-Use Planning
grants for various projects; 1975-1982
- $1,347,500 Total Grants
CONSULTING CONTRACTS
- Over 100 landowner clients
related to Conservation Easement Design
- Dona Ana County, New Mexico
County Comprehensive Plan Project - $105,000, 1993,
with Robert Czerniak
- Warner Brothers Studios
Technical Advisor on Environmental Issues for the
films,
The Hour of Blue, The Core - with Mark Medoff
- The Nature Conservancy
40 conservation easement projects and 14 other ecological
baseline studies in Colorado, Wyoming and Montana
- The Montana Land Reliance
16 conservation easement projects
- The Land Trust Alliance
Design of national survey of land trust activities
- 1984
- Land Trusts and Private Landowners
Master plans, land-use assessments, ranch management,
open space strategies, conservation easement consulting,
Southern Rockies Agricultural Land Trust
- Corporations
Land exchange facilitation, Superfund analysis
- Cities and Counties
Land conservation strategies, conservation easements,
agricultural land preservation programs, training
seminars
- Montana Department of Fish,
Wildlife, and Parks
Training workshops, procedural manual preparation,
training workshops on voluntary techniques in land
conservation
- U.S. Forest Service
Land exchange facilitation
- Bureau of Land Management
Land exchange facilitation
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TEACHING INTERESTS:
- Survey of Geography (GEOG 120)
- Introduction to Planning and Community
Development (PLN 201)
- New Mexico and the American West
(GEOG 325G)
- Cultural Geography ( GEOG 363G)
- Biogeography (GEOG 557)
- Environmental Planning (GEOG 351)
- Field Methods - graduate level
(GEOG 583)
- Research Design - graduate level
(GEOG 501)
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PERSONAL INFORMATION AND OTHER LINKS:
Awards, Honors, and Fellowships:
- J.B. Jackson Prize - Association
of American Geographers, 1993,
for: Rocky Mountain Divide: Selling and Saving the
West
- Outstanding Publication of
the Year - Geographic Society of Chicago, 1993,
for: Rocky Mountain Divide: Selling and Saving the
West
- Spur Award - Finalist, Western
Writers of America, 1993,
for: Rocky Mountain Divide: Selling and Saving the
West
- 28th International Geographical
Congress - Convener
The Hague, Netherlands. August, 1996
- Mesilla Valley Economic Development
Alliance - Award for Excellence in Agricultural
and Land Use Committee - 1999, 2000, 2001
- Regents Fellowship, University
of California at Berkeley, 1985-1989
Professional Associations:
- President, New Mexico Geographical
Society
- Board Member - New Mexico
Land Conservation Collaborative
- American Planning Association
- Association of American Geographers
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