From landscapes to soundscapes: understanding and managing natural quiet in the national parks

Robert Manning; William Valliere; Jeffery Hallo; Peter Newman; Ericka Pilcher; Michael Savidge; Dan Dugan

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From landscapes to soundscapes: understanding and managing natural quiet in the national parks

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Authors:

Robert Manning, William Valliere, Jeffery Hallo, Peter Newman, Ericka Pilcher, Michael Savidge, Dan Dugan

Year:

2007

Type:

General Technical Report - Proceedings

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Burns, R.; Robinson, K., comps. Proceedings of the 2006 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium; 2006 April 9-11; Bolton Landing, NY. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-14. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 601-606.

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Abstract

Research at Muir Woods Natural Monument suggests that soundscapes are an important component of parks and outdoor recreation, that human-caused noise is a potentially important indicator of quality for park soundscapes, and that visitors have normative standards for the maximum acceptable level of human-caused noise in parks. Formulating indicators and standards of quality may be a useful way of understanding and managing park soundscapes.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 2006 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Citation

Manning, Robert; Valliere, William; Hallo, Jeffery; Newman, Peter; Pilcher, Ericka; Savidge, Michael; Dugan, Dan. 2007. From landscapes to soundscapes: understanding and managing natural quiet in the national parks. In: Burns, R.; Robinson, K., comps. Proceedings of the 2006 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium; 2006 April 9-11; Bolton Landing, NY. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-14. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 601-606.