Drew Bennett
Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources
Whitney MacMillan Professor of Practice, Private Lands Stewardship Program
Education
PhD Geography, Oregon State University (2015)
MA Geography, University of Texas at Austin (2007)
MBA, University of Denver (2005)
BS Environmental Science, University of Denver (2005)
Background and expertise
Drew Bennett is the Whitney MacMillan Professor of Practice of Private Lands Stewardship in the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources at ĂŰŃżTV. Drew's work focuses on strategies to balance agricultural production and the conservation of wildlife and other natural resources on private lands in the American West. He has previously worked with The Nature Conservancy on a cattle ranch in eastern Colorado, and for the Mesa Land Trust in western Colorado where he assisted landowners in exploring conservation opportunities for their land.
View the Private Land Stewardship Program website.
Read the Fall 2023-Summer 2024 MacMillan Private Lands Stewardship Program's Annual Report.
Selected Publications
“.” Whittman, T., and D. E. Bennett. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 93:62-71. 2024.
“.” Paolini, K., A. Sisneros-Kidd, N. Gautier, R. Bonnie, K. E. Wallen, and D. E. Bennett. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 47:e1496. 2023.
“Agricultural water users’ preference for addressing water shortages in the Colorado River Basin.” Bennett, D., M. Lewis, H. Mahowald, M. Collins, T. Brammer, H. Byerly Flint, L. Thorsness, W. Eaton, K. Hansen, M. Burbach, and E. Koebele. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY: Ruckelshaus Institute of Environmental and Natural Resources. 2023.
“.” Bennett, D. E. and T. Brammer. 2023. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 47:e1477.
“.” Middleton, A., T. Stoellinger, D. E. Bennett, T. Brammer, L. Gigliotti, H. Byerly Flint, S. Maher, and B. Leonard. Wyoming Law Review 22(2): 237-301. 2022.
“.” Brammer, T. A., and D. E. Bennett. Rangelands 44(4): 281-290. 2022.
“.” Davis, K., J. Heinrichs, E. Fleishman, P. Iranah, D.E. Bennett, J. Berger, and L. Pejchar. Conservation Letters e12846. 2022.
“.” Wittman*, T.M, and D.E. Bennett. Rangeland Ecology and Management 78:155-164. 2021. (*undergraduate co-author).
“.” Bennett, D.E., C. Knapp, R.L. Knight, and E. Glenn. Conservation Science and Practice e257. 2020.
“.” Barton, E., D.E. Bennett, and W. Burnidge. Rangelands 42(5): 143-150. 2020. 
“.” Bonnie, R., D. Bennett, E.P. Diamond, and E. Rowe. Duke University, Durham, NC: Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. 2020. 
“Landowner perspectives on big game migration corridor conservation in Wyoming.” Bennett, D.E., and N.M. Gautier. University of Wyoming. Laramie, WY: Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources. 2019. 
“.” Jimenez, M., T. Laverty, S. Bombaci, K. Wilkins, D.E. Bennett, and L. Pejchar. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1030-1033. 2019. 
“.” Bennett, D.E., L. Pejchar, B. Romero, R. Knight, and J. Berger. Biological Conservation 227: 152-159. 2018.
“.” Romulo, C., S. Cousins, S. Posner, J. Hoyle, D. Bennett, H. Huber-Stearns, R. Richards, and R. McDonald. Nature Communications 9: 4375. 2018. 
“." H Huber-Stearns, D. Bennett, S Posner, R Richards, J Hoyle, S Cousins, and C Romulo. Ecology and Society 22(1):18. 2017.
"." M Nielsen-Pincus, P Hickson, D. Bennett, H Gosnell, and R Parker. Society and Natural Resources 30(12):1423–1441. 2017.
“." D.E. Bennett and H Gosnell. Ecological Economics 116:172–181. 2015.
“." D. Bennett, A Nielsen-Pincus, A Ellison, A Pomeroy, H Burright, H Gosnell, C Moseley, and L Gwin. Ecosystem Workforce Program Working Paper 49. University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. 2014.
"." D.E. Bennett, H Gosnell, S Lurie, and S Duncan. Ecosystem Services 8:56–64. 2014.
