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PRR 448, Class 2

PRR 448, Class 2. Class meeting time: once or twice per week? Monday or Wednesday or other? Class 1 continued: importance of NR-based rec. ANGEL assignment discussion Answers to questions from readings Drop box: state park laws Sources for assignment 1 of rec. mgt. plan

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PRR 448, Class 2

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  1. PRR 448, Class 2 • Class meeting time: once or twice per week? Monday or Wednesday or other? • Class 1 continued: importance of NR-based rec. • ANGEL assignment discussion • Answers to questions from readings • Drop box: state park laws • Sources for assignment 1 of rec. mgt. plan • Hawk Island & Sleepy Hollow overview: review content of Angel

  2. PRR 448: Definitions, Importance, Trends • Recreation • Wildland/Outdoor/Nature or Natural Resource Based? • A continuum of naturalness • Includes urban environments • Management: of what?

  3. Historic Societal Changes that helped create NR Based Recreation Resources • Scarcity • Economic development • Nationalism • Technology • Equipment • Information

  4. Importance in American life • 2000 OR & Tourism Trends Symposium • Nat’l. Survey on Rec. & the Environment • 95% of all Americans recreate outdoor • Exceeded pop’n growth 1982-1994 • Several other national studies since

  5. Changes in supply & demand for rec. resources

  6. Rec. & tourism factoids Outdoor Recreation -- • 1/3 of U.S. – public lands/waters • 20,000 year round state park employees; 5,000 local park & rec. depts. • >30,000 rec. businesses • Tourism: world’s largest industry-$3.6 trillion (before 9/11/01); 1/12 jobs • Tourism: in least developed countries, the 2nd largest source of foreign exchange after oil

  7. Most popular outdoor recreation activities (2004) Walking for pleasure 82.5% Outdoor family gathering 74.2% Gardening for pleasure 64.9% Swimming in lakes/streams 54.2% Picnicking 54.1% Driving/sightseeing 52.7% Boating 44.2% Bird watching 39.8% Biking 37.6 % Fishing 30.9% Camping 31.1%

  8. Increases in participation1984-2004 Bird watching +155% Hiking +93.5% Backpacking +72.5% Downhill skiing +58.5% Primitive camping +58.2% Off road driving +43.8% Walking +42.8% Motor boating +39.9% Sightseeing +39.5% Swimming +38.2%

  9. Hawk Island County Park Willis Bennett, Manager Ph: 749-3176 wbennett@ingham.org

  10. Sleepy Hollow State Park Tim Machowicz, Unit Supervisor (517) 651-6217 email: machowit@michigan.gov

  11. Rec. Mgt. Plan Defined • Provides the basic long-term direction and strategies for resolving issues and attaining the classic conflicting goals of park management: resource protection & public use • Components (see syllabus) • Purpose & significance • Public participation strategy • Resource & visitor use management directions • Indicators, standards & monitoring techniques • Implementation schedule for monitoring • Appendices • Modeled after • National Park Service General Mgt. Plans (GMPS) except we do not evaluate alternatives • Michigan State Parks Rec. Mgt. Planning process (Paul Curtis)

  12. Plan Purpose & Significance Pointers • See ANGEL: Lessons/Rec. Mgt. Plans • Explain why the park or rec. area exists • Significance: explain what’s unique but don’t make it sound like an inventory of resources (see Zion NP handout) • Don’t quote legislation • Make it specific to unit in question; if the purpose could be applied anywhere, it should be rewritten • Can have more than 1 purpose and significant features • Your governing body, administrator, staff, team (everyone) should understand and accept the purpose, so this part may take awhile to develop

  13. Sources for assignment 1 of rec. mgt. plans (continued) • www.michiganlegislature.org (state only); also City of Lansing, Ingham Co. • Box in Room 151 NR • Seasonal employee manual • Grant applications (e.g., inland fisheries) • 1998 Grant Application for Hawk Island • Annual report • Maps, brochures, blueprints • Etc. (look in the box!) • ANGEL: Lessons/Rec. Mgt. Plans • Previous plans from PRR 448

  14. Sources for assignment 1 of rec. mgt. plans (continued) • www.michiganlegislature.org (state only); also City of Lansing, Ingham Co. • Box in Room 151 NR • Seasonal employee manual • Grant applications (e.g., inland fisheries) • 1998 Grant Application for Hawk Island • Annual report • Maps, brochures, blueprints • Etc. (look in the box!) • ANGEL: Lessons/Rec. Mgt. Plans • Previous plans from PRR 448

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