
Working Papers (Selected)
Smith, A.P., Martin, J.V., Kwait, T., Anderson, R., Epstein, K., Charnley, S., Gosnell, H. (2025). Cowboying for Coexistence? Range riding in the New West. Frontiers in Conservation Science. (Accepted, In press).
Smith, A.P., Metcalf, E.C., Yung, L. (2025). Situating ‘structures’: How government programs and public lands grazing permits shape adaptation on U.S. working rangelands. Society and Natural Resources. (Under Review).
Smith, A.P., Kearney, S., Peirce, E., Gosnell, H., Gordon, E. (2025) Unpacking the Social and Ecological Drivers of Change in Grazing Lands: Linking Ranchers' Management Decisions with Remote Sensing Data. (In preparation).
Gordon, E., Smith, A.P., Gosnell, H., Hodbod, J. (2025). Relational values in ranching and implications for regenerating rangelands. (In preparation).
Publications
Smith, A.P., Gordon, E., Gosnell, H., Hodbod, J. (2025) Monitoring on U.S. Pasture and Rangelands: Highlighting the Value of Informal Approaches for Practical Use. Rangeland Ecology and Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2025.07.005
Gordon, E., Hargreaves-Mendez, M., Smith A.P., Gosnell, H., Hodbod, J., Himes, A., Mathisonslee, M., Pitts, H., Vivas, J. (2025) Relational values in regenerative agriculture: a systematic review and checklist for transformative potential. Agriculture and Human Values. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-025-10736-x
Smith, A. P., Sundstrom, A., & Burnham, M. (2025). Understanding Diverse Perspectives on Grizzly–Livestock Conflict and Conflict‐reduction Tools across Southwest Montana Ranching Communities. The Journal of Wildlife Management 89, no. 3. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22709.
Smith, A.P., Metcalf, A.L., Metcalf, E.C. et al. (2024). U.S. beef producer perspectives on “sustainable beef” and implications for sustainability transitions. Discover Sustainability 5, 91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-024-00253-y
Snitker, A.J., Yung, L., Metcalf, E.C. Bocinsky, R.K., Hassanein, N., Jensco, K., Smith, A.P., Shuver, A. (2024). How agricultural producers use local knowledge, climate information, and on-farm “experiments” to address drought risk. Agriculture and Human Values. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-024-10582-3
Smith, A. P., Vallury, S., & Metcalf, E. C. (2023). Social dimensions of adaptation to climate change in rangelands: a systematic literature review. Climatic Change, 176(12), Article 180. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-023-03648-4
Smith, A. P., Metcalf, E. C., Metcalf, A. L., & Yung, L. (2023). A Revised Adaptive Decision-Making Framework for Rangeland Management. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 91, 30–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2023.07.003
Smith, A.P., Metcalf, E., Nesbitt, H., Leonard, H., Cummins, T., Metcalf, A., Graefe, A. (2022). Confidence, Community, & Conservation: Exploring the relationship between self-efficacy and experience in female hunters. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 40(2022), 100568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2022.100568
Vallury, S., Smith, A.P., Chaffin, B., Nesbitt, H., Lohani, S., Gulab, S., Banerjee, S., Floyd, T., Metcalf, A., Metcalf, E., Twidwell, D., Uden, D. Williamson, M., Allen, C. (2022). “Adaptive capacity beyond the household: a systematic review of empirical social-ecological research. Environment Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac68fb
Smith, A. P., Epstein, K., & Gosnell, H. (2021). Grazing the Fire – Poetry of Rangeland Science: A Review. Society & Natural Resources, 0(0), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2021.2018077
Smith, A. P., Yung, L., Snitker, A. J., Bocinsky, R. K., Metcalf, E. C., Jencso, K., & Smith, A. P. (2021). Scalar Mismatches and Underlying Factors for Underutilization of Climate Information: Perspectives From Farmers and Ranchers. Frontiers in Climate. 3(April). https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2021.663071
Nesbitt, H., Metcalf, A. L., Lubeck, A. A., Metcalf, E. C., Beckman, C., Smith, A.P., & Cummins, T. (2021). Collective factors reinforce individual contributions to human-wildlife coexistence. Journal of Wildlife Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22061
Smith, A. P. (2020). Land, Language, and Food Literacy: Co-Creating a Curriculum at Lach Klan School with Gitxaała Nation. Collaborative Anthropologies. 13.1: 46-76. https://doi.org/10.1353/cla.2020.0000