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Population projections for Illinois predicts lower growth, an older population, and increased racial diversity. If percent of the population participating in outdoor recreation activities by age and race remains at present levels, cohort-component projection models suggest that with projected changes in the population between 1990 and 2025, the number of Illinois participants engaging in many outdoor recreation activities will increase at a slow rate or decrease. Future participants will be older and increasingly from non-white groups.

Existing normative studies have focused on backcountry encounter norms reported by North Americans. This study extends previous research by comparing encounter norms reported by three different cultures - North Americans, Europeans, and Japanese - in a frontcountry day use recreation area. Data were obtained from on-site surveys distributed at the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park. Results indicated that European and Japanese respondents were more likely to have an encounter norm than the North Americans. Although the tolerance limits did not vary by culture, consistent with...

A panel survey of golfers, skiers and windsurfers was conducted using mail questionnaires which were distributed three times over the course of a calendar year; in-season, off-season, and preseason. Respondents' levels of enduring activity involvement were measured using Laurent and Kapferer's (1985) Involvement Profile scale. No support was found for the hypothesis that panel dropouts would be less involved with the activity than would those who completed all three data collection phases.

Ninety state park and historic site managers were engaged in a cooperative problem-solving training exercise to identify what they suggest needs to be done to more effectively manage and protect the natural and cultural resources of the New York State Park System. The QtP (Quality-through-Participation) management process was used for this purpose, and proved effective in determining primary needs and action strategies to facilitate implementation of stewardship ideals and principles on a regional and/or park-specific basis.

In surveying managers of Iowa's campgrounds to determine their attitudes and behavior regarding recycling, it was found that attitudes were related to the type of educational backgrounds. For example, managers with park and recreation degrees had less strong conservation orientation than those with educational training in natural sciences which tended to develop the strongest conservationist orientation.

Forest recreation managers and researchers interested in conserving and improving the visual quality and recreation opportunities available in forest environments must often resort to simulations as a means of illustrating alternatives for potential users to evaluate. This paper reviews the results of prior research evaluating the validity of using photographic simulations to represent forest environments (i.e. comparing responses obtained in the field to those of photographic representations). The findings of three previously unreported validity tests conducted in northeastern forests are...

This project investigated the satisfaction of private campsite owners with their campground recreation operations. Regression analysis found five items impacted the overall satisfaction of campsite owners: overall impression of the campground, staff training for both recreation and aquatics staff, noise, and fees and charges. The impacts of these items varied depending upon user group.

This study examines recreation conflict at Mt. Evans, Colorado; a high visibility area that attracts both hunters and non-hunters. Two types of conflict were distinguished: goal interference and conflict of values. Data were obtained from a series of on-site and mailed surveys. For hunting related events (e.g. seeing an animal being shot, hearing guns being fired), 70% or more of both hunters and non-hunters experienced no conflict. Among non-hunters, conflicts in values (between 24 and 27%) were more evident than goal interference problems (1 to 5%). For the hunters, less than 15%...

The Lifestyle Zip Code Analyst was used as a secondary data source to compare selected lifestyle characteristics of the adult populations in 21 tourist and 45 non-tourist towns in the commonwealth of Massachusetts. Towns were rural in nature, with populations under 25,000. All tourist communities within the state were included in the survey. Non-tourist communities were randomly selected from towns with populations no less than 2,500 and no more than 25,000 in size. Adult participation rates were found to be higher for a number of leisure/culturally related activities in tourist communities...

Rural residents' perceptions of tourism and its associated impacts are likely to be important in planning, development, marketing, and operation of existing and future tourism projects. This study examines rural influentials' perceptions of tourism as a tool for economic revitalization in Pennsylvania's rural counties, its present impact, and its potential for rural economic development in the future.