Lab member Kaitlyn Anderson, a second-year master’s student, has been awarded the PASG Graduate Student Paper Award for her research “Ecological Fragmentation: Road Networks in U.S. National Parks and Forests.” This award is presented by the Protected Areas Specialty Group (PASG) of the American Association of Geographers (AAG).
The PASG Graduate Student Paper Award recognizes exceptional research that contributes to the understanding and management of protected areas. Kaitlyn’s work highlights the impact of road networks on ecological fragmentation within Appalachian national parks and forests, offering valuable insights for conservation efforts.
The award is competitive, open to graduate students (M.A., M.S., and PhD) that presented during the 2025 AAG Annual Meeting that address a topic of relevance in line with PASG’s mission: 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.