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EPISODE · Apr 27, 2026 · 5 MIN

Trails and Tails: Using smart-phone GPS data to balance recreation and wildlife management

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Did you know your cellphone's GPS locations can help us decipher how recreationists and wildlife overlap in time and space? Mark Ditmer, a research ecologist at the Rocky Mountain Research Station, and colleagues harnessed this cellphone-derived human mobility data to explore how managers can enhance recreation and protect wildlife in sensitive habitats. Music courtesy of Souvenir Thread. Read the Science You Can Use and access the related content on Treesearch.

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