The popularity of outdoor recreation and ecotourism continues to grow worldwide. However, there is little systematic information on how to manage outdoor recreation in ways that protect park resources and the quality of the visitor experience. This book develops classification systems of outdoor recreation-related problems and management strategies and practices and combines them into a series of matrices that can help guide park and outdoor recreation management. The book then uses a series of case studies drawn from the U.S. National Park System that illustrate a range of successful management approaches that can be applied globally. The book concludes with a series of principles for managing parks and outdoor recreation.
Graduate and undergraduate students in outdoor recreation and park management practitioners.
Introduction
Part 1 - Managing Outdoor Recreation
1. Parks and Outdoor Recreation
2. Impacts of Outdoor Recreation
3. Outdoor Recreation Management Practices
4. Evaluating Outdoor Recreation Management Practices
5. Applying Outdoor Recreation Management Practices
Part 2 - Case Studies in the National Parks
6. Treading Lightly on Acadia
7. Building a Better Campsite Along the Appalachian Trail
8. How Many Visitors is Too Many at Arches?
9. Protecting Biscayne's Underwater Treasures
10. Turning Off the Lights at Chaco
11. Busing Among the Grizzlies at Denali
12. Winning the Lottery on the Colorado River
13. The Sounds of Silence in Muir Woods
14. Stewarding America's Antiquities at Mesa Verde
15. What Goes Up Mt. Whitney Must Come Down
16. Preventing the Petrified Forest from Disappearing
17. Bear Etiquette in Katmai
18. Don't Pick Up Aquatic Hitchhikers in Voyageurs
19. A Mountain with Handrails in Yosemite
20. Doing the Zion Shuttle
21. The Buzz from Above at Grand Canyon
22. Managing Monuments and Memorials at the National Mall
23. The Winter Wonderland of Yellowstone
24. "Alternative Transportation" at Grand Teton
25. "No Bad Trip in Glacier"
Part 3 - Conclusions
26. Lessons Learned
Appendix A1 - Management Practices for Limiting Use
Appendix A2 - Management Practices for Increasing Supply
Appendix A3 - Management Practices for Reducing the Impact of Use
Appendix A4 - Management Practices for Hardening Resources and the Visitor Experience
Appendix B - An Interactive Management Tool
"Manning and Anderson (both, Univ of Vermont) have written a timely, pragmatic, and useful work, a must read for managers of all lands visited by tourists/outdoor enthusiasts, students in land management programs, and policy makers. Highly recommended – E. J. Delaney, formerly, National Park Service, CHOICE
Anderson is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. As a member of the university's Park Studies Laboratory, she conducts research that addresses planning and management of outdoor recreation in parks, wilderness, and related areas. She has been fortunate to visit many units of the U.S. national park system and has conducted field research in Acadia, Great Smoky Mountains, Grand Canyon, and Glacier National Parks. Laura is an author of several research papers, has served as a reviewer for a number of academic journals, and is an Associate Editor for Leisure Sciences. She is a graduate of Wittenberg University (B.A.), the Ohio State University (M.S.), and University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Ph.D.).
Manning is a Professor in the Parks, Recreation and Tourism Program at the University of Vermont where he is also Director of the university's Park Studies Laboratory. He teaches and conducts research on the history, philosophy and management of parks, wilderness and related areas. He has conducted a long-term program of research for the US National Park Service and other park and outdoor recreation agencies, and has spent four year-long sabbatical leaves with the National Park Service. He is the author of over a hundred journal articles and several books, including 'Studies in Outdoor Recreation: Search and Research for Satisfaction (Third Edition)' (Oregon State University Press), 'Parks and People: Managing Outdoor Recreation at Acadia National Park' (University Press of New England), and 'Parks and Carrying Capacity: Commons without Tragedy' (Island Press). He has received a number of awards, including being named a University Scholar (University of Vermont), the Social Science Achievement Award (George Wright Society), the Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation Research (National Recreation and Park Association), the George V. Kidder Outstanding Faculty Award (University of Vermont), the Louis F. Twardzik Outstanding Alumni Award (Michigan State University) and the National Literary Award (National Recreation and Park Association).