Dr. McFarlane is a Senior Human Dimensions Specialist with Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service (CFS). She is head of Non-timber Valuation and Public Values research for the CFS. Some of her research interests include forest recreation, values and attitudes of stakeholders, public preferences for forest and recreation management, and perceptions of risk associated with forest management. Some current research initiatives include the impact of wild fire on recreation values, homeowners’ perceptions of risk from wild fire at the wildland-urban interface and the factors that influence mitigation activities by homeowners, stakeholders’ perspectives of mountain pine beetle management in national parks, and human dimensions of biodiversity conservation. Dr. McFarlane is an adjunct professor in the Dept. of Rural Economy, University of Alberta. 

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