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Abstract
The Georgia Forestry Commission in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service instituted the Forest Stewardship Program (FSP) in 1991. A growing component of the FSP is recreation, which is the component least understood by stewardship planners. A survey was developed to better understand the needs of planners with regard to developing forest recreation plans, and the results will be used to create an Internet-based educational resource. Less than half of the forest planners surveyed had experience with writing recreation plans, and only 31 percent had previously written aesthetic plans. The results indicate a strong desire for a database of fact sheets related to all facets of natural resources. Based on the survey findings, the planned tutorial-style Website was changed to a fact sheet database for stewardship planners.
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Citation
van Dijk, J. Daniel; Green, Gary T.; Miller, Craig A. 2009. Listening to your audience: developing an educational tool to assist with recreation planning on private lands. In: Klenosky, David B.; Fisher, Cherie LeBlanc, eds. Proceedings of the 2008 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium; 2008 March 30 - April 1; Bolton Landing, NY. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-42. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 67-70.
