Van Butsic

Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist

Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison: Ph.D., in Forestry Thesis: “Land Use and Conservation: Causal Policy Analysis and Coupled Modeling on the Social-Ecological Interface.” University of Wisconsin-Madison: M.S., Agricultural and Applied Economics Thesis: “Land Conservation and Development: An Economic Analysis of Lakefront Change.” Reed College: B.A., Economics Thesis: “Valuing Water Rights in Douglas Country Oregon, Using the Hedonic Pricing Method.”

Research Interests / Specializations:

Land systems science, conservation, environmental economics and policy, coupled human natural systems, GIS applications

Selected Publications

Butsic, V., D. Lewis, and V.C. Radeloff. “Reserve Selection with Land Market Feedbacks.” Journal of Environmental Management, in press. Radeloff, V. C., F. Beaudry, T. M. Brooks, V. Butsic, M. Dubinin, T. Kuemmerle, and A. M. Pidgeon. “Hot Moments for Biodiversity Conservation.” Conservation Letters, in press. Butsic, V., V. C. Radeloff, T. Kuemmerle, and A. M. Pidgeon. 2012. “Analytical Solutions to Trade-Offs Between Size of Protected Areas and Land-Use Intensity.” Conservation Biology, 26 (5): 883-893. Radeloff, V. C., E. Nelson, A. J. Plantinga, D. J. Lewis, D. Helmers, J. J. Lawler, J. C. Withey, F. Beaudry, S. Martinuzzi, V. Butsic, E. Lonsdorf, D. White, and S. Polasky. 2012. “Economic-Based Projections of Future Land Use in the Conterminous United States Under Alternative Policy Scenarios.” Ecological Applications, 22 (3): 1036-1049. Butsic, V., J.W. Gaeta, and V. C. Radeloff. 2012. “The Ability of Zoning and Land Acquisition to Increase Property Values and Maintain Largemouth Bass Growth Rates in an Amenity Rich Region.” Landscape and Urban Planning, 107 (1): 69–78.

Honors and Awards

Alexander von Humboldt Award for Post-Doctoral Researchers Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship Award Vespucci Imitative IGERT Scholarship