(with William J. Ripple, Guillaume Chapron, José Vicente López-Bao, Sarah M. Durant, David W. Macdonald, Peter A. Lindsey, Elizabeth L. Bennett, Robert L. Beschta, Jeremy T. Bruskotter, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Chris T. Darimont, Richard T. Corlett, Amy J. Dickman, Rodolfo Dirzo, Holly T. Dublin, James A. Estes, Kristoffer T. Everatt, Mauro Galetti, Varun R. Goswami, Matt W. Hayward, Simon Hedges, Luke T. B. Hunter, Graham Kerley, Taal Levi, John C. Morrison, Michael Paul Nelson, Thomas M. Newsome, Luke Painter, Robert M. Pringle, Christopher J. Sandom, John Terborgh, Adrian Treves, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, John A. Vucetich, Aaron J. Wirsing, Arian D. Wallach, Christopher Wolf, Rosie Woodroffe, Hillary Young, Li Zhang, et al.) BioScience, 66(10):807-812.
Should We Preserve the Wolves of Isle Royale? An Empirical Assessment of Public Input
(Michelle L. Lute, Chelsea Batavia, and Jeremy T. Bruskotter).
Ecological value and the US Endangered Species Act: Comment on Waples et al. (2015)
(with John A. Vucetich and Jeremy T. Bruskotter), in Endangered Species Research, Vol. 30, 2016, pp.187-190.
Heroes or thieves? The ethical grounds for lingering concerns about new conservation
(with Chelsea Batavia), Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2016, early on line
Wolf recovery in Oregon can become a success story
(with Robert L. Beschta), Oregon Statesman Journal, March 2, 2016, on line here
Conceptual Ambiguities and Practical Challenges of Ecological Forestry: a Critical Review
(with Chelsea Batavia) in Journal of Forestry, 2016, 114(5):572-581.
In a Forest with Wolves
short piece in Terra: A world of research and creativity at Oregon State University, Winter 2016, on line here
Michigan Mute Swan Management: A Case Study to Understand Contentious Natural Resource Management Issues
(with Corey Jager, Lissy Goralnik, and Meredith Gore) in Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 2016, 21(3):189-202.
Emotions and the Ethics of Consequence in Conservation Decisions: Lessons from Cecil the Lion
(with Jeremy T. Bruskotter, John A. Vucetich, and Guillaume Chapron), in Conservation Letters, July/August 2016, 9(4), 302–306.
To a Future without Hope
in Ecology, Ethics, and Hope, edited by Andrew T. Brei, London, Rowman and Littlefield, pp. 129-33, 2016.
Moral Dimensions of Human-Wildlife Conflict
(with Michelle Lute, Carlos Navarro, and Meredith Gore), Conservation Biology, 2016, 30(6):1200-1211.
Mainstreaming the Social Sciences in Conservation
(with Nathan Bennett, Robin Roth, Carina Wyborn, Rebecca Thomas, Tara Teel, Richard Stedman, Graham Epstein, Georgina Cullman, Douglas Clark, Sarah Klain, Alison Greenberg, John Sandlos, Diego Verissimo, Deborah Curran, and Kai Chan) early on line in Conservation Biology.
H.J. Andrews Forest Discovery: A Conceptual Framework for Interdisciplinary Interpretation and Empathy Development
(with Goralnik, L., O’Connell, K.B., and Schulze, M.), 2016, Proceedings of the 2015 Symposium for Experiential Education Research (SEER), Portland, OR. pp. 30-34.
Empathy and Agency in the Isle Royale Field Philosophy Experience
(with Lissy Goralnik) in the Journal of Sustainability Education. Vol. 10, November 2015, ISSN: 2151-7452.
Report: “Does Nature Possess Intrinsic Value? An Empirical Assessment of American’s Beliefs"
Jeremy T. Bruskotter, Michael Paul Nelson, John A. Vucetich
Hunted Predators: Intrinsic Value
(with Jeremy T. Bruskotter and John A. Vucetich) Science 349(6254):1294-5, September 2015.
Does Nature have Value Beyond What it Provides Humans?
(with Jeremy T. Bruskotter and John A. Vucetich), October 2, 2015, The Conversation, [on line]
Triumph, Not Triage
(with John A. Vucetich), in The Environmental Forum, 32(5) September/October 2015, pp. 32-35.
The Pope Plays His Trump Card: teaching the power of moral actions
(with Kathleen Dean Moore), June 23, The Conversation, [on line]
Environmental Ethics
(with Leslie A. Ryan), in Oxford Bibliographies in Environmental Science. Ed. Ellen Wohl. New York: Oxford University Press, DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199363445-0025, March 2015 [on line]