NRM 61 – Outdoor Recreation Management

1. NRM 61 – Outdoor Recreation Management • Introduction – Course Syllabus/Instructor Intro • Class/Student Pre-test • Quick student intro!!

2. Outdoor Recreation • Pretest!! • On a blank piece of paper, answer the following: • Give a definition of outdoor recreation. • Who provides outdoor recreation services? • What types of jobs are available in the field? • What is your ‘dream job’ in this field?

3. History of Outdoor Recreation

4. Historical Context of Outdoor Recreation • Frontier period 1500’s-1890 • Acquisition period 1782-1867 • Transfer and disposal period 1802-1934 • Reservation Period 1872-1934 • Custodial, Extensive and Intensive Management 1905 - Present

5. Outdoor recreation history • Frontier period 1500’s-1890 • Conquer nature, make profitable

6. Outdoor recreation history • Acquisition period 1782-1867 -Lewis & Clark

7. Outdoor recreation history • Transfer and disposal period 1802-1934

8. Custodial Era • The Yellowstone National Park Act of 1872 opened the door for the establishment of large areas of land for public purposes, including recreation. • Lands were to be held in reserve – to be protected but not necessarily utilized. • Held in ‘custodial’ state. (Little access, no facility development, no sense of urgency for management)

9. Outdoor recreation history • Preservation Period 1872-1934 • Some areas have unique and special values and should be set aside rather than disposed of

10. Custodial Era (Con’t) • National Park Service was established in 1916, however, there was very little change in public land use and recreational use. • Stephen Mather, first director, was building a constituency for parks and wilderness as opposed to forests. • Industrial Revolution brought people to cities.

11. Outdoor recreation history • Custodial Management • Money, personnel, expertise • First rangers were soldiers

12. 1920’s & 1930’s • Battle between the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service with Olympic National Park and Grand Teton NP. • 1930’s – CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) • Upgrade of the economy with WWII. • Period of economic prosperity • People had more money and time than every before. • People began to seek pleasurable leisure experiences, particularly in outdoor settings.

13. Extensive Management Era • 1950’s & 1960’s – Public land use expanded greatly. • Increase of facilities and access in order to accommodate more people. • Increased logging accelerated the construction of what has become many thousands of miles of coincidental access to formerly isolated areas.

14. Extensive Management Era (Con’t) • Main Emphasis – Increasing the supply of recreational opportunities. • Two major programs • Resource Management • Site Protection and maintenance • Silvicultural treatment of overstory vegetation • Recreation road construction • Visitor Management • Informational services • Concession services • Expansion of Interpretive Programs • Public Safety

15. At the end of the Extensive Management Era (Con’t) • New kinds of recreational equipment becoming available. (snowmobiles, trail bikes and ATV’s) • Time to update the program

16. Outdoor recreation participation

17. Intensive Management Era • Coordinate the capability of the resource with the perceived needs of visitor. • Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission (ORRRC) 1962 • Providing outdoor recreation is the responsibility of the government

18. Intensive Management Era • 3 Major new forces in outdoor recreation • Flood of new laws • Nat’l Wilderness Preservation Act, Nat’l Trails System Act, Nat’l Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, Nat’l Env. Policy Act, Endangered Species Act, etc. • Increased public participation • Better educated, more widely traveled, more vocal public • Increased confrontation • Lawsuits, funding conflicts, crime in urban parks, public-private partnerships

19. Intensive Management Era • Coordinate the capability of the resource with the perceived needs of visitors. • Update and develop data on the effect of visitor participation and the type of use. • Visitor perception of the “Recreation Experience”

20. Intensive Management Era (Con’t) • Management by Objectives – Recreation manager required to develop specific management objective for each newly planned area. • Hence . . . The role of the manager!!! • User Recreational Opportunity Recreational Experience Satisfaction! • The role of the manager is to provide the recreational opportunity

21. Providers of Recreation • Think in terms of JOBS!! • Cities, open space areas, County, State and Federal Agencies, Private/For Profit

22. Executive branch of Federal Government; U.S. Political System for NRM and Environmental Protection

23. Agency “Missions” will Differ • Forest Service Mission Statement: • US Forest Service - Caring for the land and serving people • The National Park Service Mission • The National Park Service - Our Mission • Bureau of Land Management Mission: • http://www.nv.blm.gov/wilderness/WSA_mission_statement.pdf • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mission: • www.CorpsLakes.us - Corps Lakes Gateway • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mission: • Who We Are: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service • Bureau of Reclamation • Bureau of Reclamation: About Us • .

24. Parks for the People Delimma • Get with a partner. • Introduce yourselves • Discuss your ideas/solutions for managing a National Park with the ‘multiple purpose’ Mission Statement. • Prepare ideas for sharing with entire class.