nicole and stefan

Dynamics of human-ungulate interactions in a high-visitation alpine area

Nichole Nageotte, PhD is a Community Research and Evaluation Manager at Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance. Her research interests include exploring and understanding people’s values, connections, and behaviors towards wildlife and the environment.

Dr. Stefan Ekernas is the Director of Colorado Field Conservation for Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance and provides strategic leadership in planning, implementing and evaluating the Zoo’s statewide conservation programs. Stefan has over two decades of conservation experience spanning bison, bighorn sheep, boreal toads, pika, white-tailed jackrabbits, wild horses, Grant’s gazelle, blue monkeys, and argali.