Proceedings of the 1991 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Abstract

Contains 48 research and management papers on the following subjects: social science in resource management; outdoor recreation planning and management; fisheries and wjldlife management; specialization theory; travel, tourism and community development; urban recreation; and geographic information systems.

Titles contained within Proceedings of the 1991 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

• Social science in the national park service: an evolving mission and program
• Gardening as a subversive activity
• The grassroots reach for the sky
• An exploratory study of the changes in benefits sought during an outward bound experience
• Black/white outdoor recreation preferences and participation: Illinois State Parks
• The spiritual aspect of nature: a perspective from depth psychology
• The extent & types of recreational opportunities within the state of Maine for people with disabilities
• Implications of Boy Scout group use of public lands for natural resource managers: a regional comparison
• Recreational programming in a family campground: an exploratory study
• Fear in the outdoor environment: description and modification through recreation programs
• Monitoring the visitor experience at Buck Island Reef National Monument
• Shorebird and boater impact management planning
• Vermont lakes and ponds: a pilot recreation planning process
• Environmental glasnost: protecting a resource you do not own
• Lakes and ponds recreation management: a state-wide application of the visitor impact management process
• River recreation management opportunities in hydroelectric relicensing
• Maryland Department of Natural Resources Camp Initiatives Program
• What makes dissatisfied state park campers?
• Resident perceptions of Vermont State Parks
• Measuring users' response to higher recreation fees
• Economic effects of state park recreation in Pennsylvania
• Impact of user fees on day use attendance at New Hampshire state parks
• Counting visitors at national parks: concepts and issues
• The effect of trends in forest and ownership characteristics on recreational use of private forests
• Wilderness management through voluntary behavior change: an evaluation of the Pemigewasset Wilderness Management Plan
• Use of paired management action grids for ease in depicting differences between users' and managers' perceptions of problems
• Anglers' beliefs about tag-and-release programs
• Trappers in New York and Vermont: comparisons of social characteristics and motivations
• New Hampshire recreational oyster harvesters: profile, perceptions, and attitudes
• Measuring the economic value of wildlife: a caution
• Toward a comprehensive understanding of angler involvement
• The angler specialization concept applied: New York’s Salmon River anglers
• A reassessment of the angler specialization concept
• Recreation specialization and the analysis of angler differences according to age cohort
• Effects of alternative silvicultural methods on scenic and recreational quality
• Opportunity potential matrix for Atlantic Canadians
• Family structure and its relationship to travel
• Observing the differences between West German overseas pleasure travel markets to the U.S. and Canada through the novelty vs. familiarity theory
• The substantative knowledge base for travel and tourism: a systems model
• Outdoor recreation activity trends by volume segments: U.S. and Northeast market analyses, 1982-1989

Citation

Vander Stoep, Gail A., ed. 1992. Proceedings of the 1991 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium; 1991 April 7-9; Saratoga Springs, NY. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-160. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 234 p.