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Building Partners For A Sustainable Kankakee River Basin Future, Brian D. Anderson
Building Partners For A Sustainable Kankakee River Basin Future, Brian D. Anderson
Kankakee River Watershed Conference
No abstract provided.
Setting The Record Straight: The Practical Realities Of Self-Sufficiency In State Parks Management, Kc Bloom
Setting The Record Straight: The Practical Realities Of Self-Sufficiency In State Parks Management, Kc Bloom
National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium
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Manager And Visitor Perceptions Of Public Recreation Land Management, Rick Gage
Manager And Visitor Perceptions Of Public Recreation Land Management, Rick Gage
National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium
This paper presents the results of semi-structured interviews with key informants representing both users and managers of a public recreation area in West Virginia investigating perceptions of visitor and manager goals and objectives, and their relationship to user-manager recreation conflict. Preliminary analysis indicates that management goals are not as diverse as expected and there seems to be a much stronger emphasis on development and visitor satisfaction than protection of natural resources. Further, it appears to be the case that both visitors and managers experience and can identify user-manager conflict at this recreation area. Results of these interviews will be used …
Exurban Residents’ Perceptions Of Naturally Returning Predators: Connecticut Case Study, Margaret E. Sackrider, Susan G. Clark, Isaac M. Ortega
Exurban Residents’ Perceptions Of Naturally Returning Predators: Connecticut Case Study, Margaret E. Sackrider, Susan G. Clark, Isaac M. Ortega
Yale Day of Data
As a result of reforestation, growth of exurban areas and wildlife adaptation, it is believed that the public is currently encountering more human-wildlife conflicts than ever before. The key to balancing wildlife conservation and human development is understanding the dynamic relationship between humans and carnivores. Specifically, gaining insight into the complexity of this relationship will aide in the creation of more effective conservation policy and outreach.
Reforestation throughout Connecticut has supported a tremendous population growth of pray species and subsequently the growth of predator populations including coyotes, Canis latrans, and black bears, Ursus americanus. According to some biologists, …
Evaluating The Status Of Cave Wilderness, Patricia Seiser
Evaluating The Status Of Cave Wilderness, Patricia Seiser
National Cave and Karst Management Symposium 2013
In 1964 the United States government passed landmark legislation creating a National Wilderness Preservation System to preserve and protect natural landscapes for primitive use. Despite four attempts to create a Cave Wilderness designation, two by the Cave Research Foundation, one by the National Speleological Society and one by a unit within the National Park Service system, no Wilderness designation has been made to protect and preserve a specific cave, region within a cave or a karst region. The question remains: if and when will the US declare a cave or portion of a cave/cave system as Wilderness? Two federal acts …