Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member

Mr. Charles Bettigole

Charlie Bettigole
Master's
Phone: (802) 656 - 3388
Email: cbettigo@uvm.edu

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Education

  • BA Middlebury College 2005

Biography

Charlie received his B.A. in Environmental Studies with a focus in Conservation Biology from Middlebury College in 2005.  Since graduating, he has worked as a GIS analyst for a variety of conservation groups including The Wildlands Project and Two Countries, One Forest.  Charlie has lived the past few years in Portland, Oregon, but he is excited to be back in Vermont to work with Terri Donovan in the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Cooperative Research Unit.  He spends his free time climbing, hiking, fishing, paddling, and playing ultimate frisbee when its warm, and backcountry skiing and mountaineering in the snowier months.. Conservation Biology, Conservation Planning, Functional Connectivity.

Research Publications Publication Date
Trombulak, S.C., M.G. Anderson, R.F. Baldwin, K. Beazley, J. Ray, C. Reining, G. Woolmer, C. Bettigole, G. Forbes, and L. Gratton. 2008. The Northern Appalachian/Acadian Ecoregion: Priority Locations for Conservation Action. Two Countries, One Forest / Deux Pays, Une Forêt Special Report 1. January 2008
Reining, C., K. Beazley, P. Doran and C. Bettigole. 2006. From the Adirondacks to Acadia: A Wildlands Network Design for the Greater Northern Appalachians. Wildlands Project Special Paper No. 7. Richmond, VT: Wildlands Project. 58 pp., 2006 January 2006
Espenshade, J., J. D. Murdoch, T. M. Donovan, R. E. Manning, and C. A. Bettigole. 2018. Public acceptability of development in the Northern Forest of Vermont, USA – the influence of wildlife information, recreation involvement, and demographic characteristics. PLoS ONE 13(12):e0203515. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website December 2018
Bettigole, C., T. M. Donovan, R. Manning, and J. Austin. 2013. Normative standards for land use in Vermont: Implications for biodiversity. Biological Conservation. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website August 2013
Bettigole, C., T. Donovan, R. Manning, J. Austin, and R. Long. 2013. Acceptability of residential development in a regional landscape: Potential effects on wildlife occupancy patterns. Biological Conservation. | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website October 2013
Project Completion Date
Structured Decision Making for Land Use Planning in Vermont: Integrating Social and Ecological Objectives March 2015
Technical Publications Publication Date
Ryan, P., S. Trombulak, A. Beck, N. Benjamin, C. Bettigole, J. Cubley, J. Hanley, K. Hines, J. Overman, H. Reed, C. Webster, and A. Wineman. 2004. Tree growth and soil chemistry in the Green Mountains of Vermont: an evaluation of forest sensitivity to acid deposition. Environmental Science practicum research report: Environmental Studies Program, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. January 2004