Managing outdoor recreation : case studies in the national parks /

• Main Authors: Manning, Robert E., 1946- (Author), Anderson, Laura E., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012.
• Subjects: National parks and reserves > Case studies. > Management > United States; Outdoor recreation > Case studies. > Management > United States; Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000); Land Resources.; Sport and Recreational Activities, (New March 2000); Tourism and Travel.; Case studies.; Management.; National parks.; Nature tourism.; Outdoor recreation.; Electronic books.
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This book addresses the issue of managing outdoor recreation to protect park resources and the quality of the visitor experience. The book is organized into three parts. Part I comprises five chapters that draw on the scientific and professional literature in parks and outdoor recreation to develop...

Table of Contents:

• Parks and Outdoor Recreation
• Impacts of Outdoor Recreation
• Outdoor Recreation Management Practices
• Evaluating Outdoor Recreation Management Practices
• Applying Outdoor Recreation Management Practices
• Treading Lightly on Acadia
• Building a Better Campsite Along the Appalachian Trail
• How Many Visitors is Too Many at Arches?
• Protecting Biscayne's Underwater Treasures
• Turning Off the Lights at Chaco
• Busing Among the Grizzlies at Denali
• Winning the Lottery on the Colorado River
• The Sounds of Silence in Muir Woods
• Stewarding America's Antiquities at Mesa Verde
• What Goes Up Mt Whitney Must Come Down
• Preventing the Petrified Forest from Disappearing
• Bear Etiquette in Katmai
• Don't Pick Up Aquatic Hitchhikers in Voyageurs
• A Mountain with Handrails at Yosemite
• Doing the Zion Shuttle
• The Buzz from Above at Grand Canyon
• Managing Monuments and Memorials at the National Mall
• The Winter Wonderland of Yellowstone
• "Alternative Transportation" at Grand Teton
• "No Bad Trip in Glacier"
• Lessons Learned.