Katie conducts applied, place-based research to examine pressing socio-ecological issues. Her current research projects focus on large-scale renewable energy siting processes, co-location of solar and agriculture, public perceptions of invasive species control, and private landowner interest in sustainable forestry practices in the Northeast, U.S.
Select Publications
Stedman, R.C., A.
Armstrong, K.B. Walsh, and N. Connelly. 2024. Private Landowner willingness to manage their
land for carbon sequestration in New York State. Journal of Forestry. Vol.
122, Issue 4, 373-382. https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvae007
Wilmer, H., D.
Ferguson, M. Dinan, E. Thacker, P.B. Adler, K.B. Walsh, J.B. Bradford, M. Brunson, J.D. Derner, E. Elias, A. Felton, C. Gray,
C. Greene, M. McClaran, R.K. Shriver, M. Stephenson, and K.N. Suding. 2024. Resilience
is not enough: Toward a more meaningful rangeland adaptation science. Rangeland
Ecology and Management. Vol. 95, 56-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2024.04.003
Walsh, K.B. and J. Rose. 2022. A review of restoration techniques
and outcomes for rangelands affected by oil and gas production in North America. Ecological Restoration. Vol 40,
No. 4, 259-269. doi:10.3368/er.40.4.259
Taylor, S., K.B. Walsh, G.L. Theodori, J. Jacquet,
A. Kroepsch, and J.H. Haggerty. 2021. Addressing research fatigue in energy
communities: New tools to prepare researchers for better community engagement. Society
and Natural Resources. Vol. 34, Issue 3, 403-408. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2020.1866724
Walsh, K.B., J.H. Haggerty, J.B. Jacquet, G.T. Theodori, and A. Kroepsch.
2020. Uneven impacts and uncoordinated studies: A systematic review of research
on unconventional oil and gas development in the United States. Energy Research and Social Science. Vol.
66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101465
Walsh, K.B. and J.H. Haggerty. 2020. Social
license to operate during Wyoming’s coalbed methane boom: Implications of private
participation. Energy Policy. Vol. 138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111217
Walsh, K.B. and J.H. Haggerty. 2019. I’d do it again in a
heartbeat: Coalbed methane development and satisfied surface owners in Sheridan
County, Wyoming. The Extractive
Industries and Society. Vol. 6, Issue 1, 85-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2018.08.014
Haggerty,
J.H., K.K. Smith, J. Weigle, T.W. Kelsey, K.B.
Walsh, R. Coupal, D.L. Kay, and P. Lachapelle. 2019. Tradeoffs, balancing,
and adaptation in the agricultural-oil and gas nexus: Insights from farmers and
ranchers in the United States. Energy
Research and Social Science. Vol. 47, 84-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.08.012
