Although several studies have examined attitudes towards cougars, little research has been done to specifically address the perceptions on cougar-related interpretive media. The purpose of this study was to examine whether hikers read the available signage pertaining to cougars and examine the hikers' perceptions of current signs and cougar-human interactions in general. A qualitative approach was employed in which a number of themes emerged from interviews with people recreating in and around the City of Fort Collins, Colorado. The four main themes that emerged were: responsibility, recognition, familiarity, and general education and interpretation. Study participants believed that cougar-related education could be extended and varied to better educate hikers from all backgrounds. strategies for recreationists. Prior to this study, the perceptions of cougar-related interpretive media have never been explored in Colorado.This study included trails located in the City of Fort Collins Natural Areas (FCNA) and within Roosevelt National Forest (RNF) (Table 1). Both used interpretive signage both at the trailhead and along the trail as a medium for cougar information and FCNA also provided pamphlets at select trailheads that cover living in cougar habitat. According to one pamphlet, behaviors recreationist can do to hike responsibly in cougar habitat included hiking with others, keeping children close, and avoiding being out during dusk and dawn. A warning sign located in RNF detailed actions one can take in the event of a cougar encounter. Such actions included talking loudly, appearing physically larger, and fighting back if attacked. The research reported here focused on the effectiveness of the current interpretive media related to cougars, explored perceptions Downloaded by [University of Ulster Library] at 09:40 17 November 2014 58 K. M. GREESON AND R. R. JURIN

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The new Master of Science in Sustainable Food Systems (MSFS) program at Prescott College was re-envisioned as part of the preferred teach out partnership with Green Mountain College that closed in 2019. In collaboration with faculty from both colleges, the new MSFS program was developed to intentionally center social justice and offer students a Food Justice concentration. Food justice is a growing movement that seeks to shift global, industrial food systems toward more equitable, just, and sustainable foodways. Using this definition, students in the Food Justice core course uncovered how forms of institutional oppression prevent certain communities from accessing healthy and culturally appropriate food. This course was designed and taught from an anti-racist, anti-colonial, and culturally sustaining pedagogical framework. The Food Justice course frames students' investigation of the current food system and how issues of privilege, access, and identity relate to food justice throughout the MSFS program. Through experiential learning, students were asked to develop and implement a project that aligns with social justice values. In this perspective paper, we describe our experiences as sustainable food systems educators in making structural changes to the master's program. We share the values and assumptions that led to the development of the Food Justice concentration and course; detail our pedagogical frameworks; and highlight students' projects as a manifestation of the student experience.

It is well documented that feral pigs ranging through Hawaii's upland forests today bear little physical or cultural resemblance to the smaller, domesticated pigs brought to the islands by voyaging Polynesians. It remains a popular misconception that pigs are native to Hawaiian forests and that pig hunting was a common practice in ancient Hawai'i. This paper will briefly compare the traditional role of pigs in Hawaiian culture with the largely western practice of hunting feral swine in modern Hawai'i today. Origins and traditional relationshipsPigs are not native to Hawai'i. The first pigs were brought to the Hawaiian Islands by Polynesians as early as the fourth century A.D. i Skeletal remains of pigs and recorded traditional knowledge sources indicate that pua'a (the Polynesian pig) was a much smaller animal than the feral pigs of today. ii Historical evidence and genetic studies trace the ancestry of these animals to wild Asiatic swine (Sus scrofa subsp. vittatus).

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