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Conversations About Visiting and Managing the National Parks
Crowdsourcing America’s Best Idea
Hardback
December 2024
9781800626744
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- Publisher
CABI - Published
27th December 2024 - ISBN 9781800626744
- Language English
- Pages 208 pp.
- Size 6" x 9"
$130.00
As the popularity of the national parks grows, so do the challenges of visiting and managing them.
This innovative book uses crowdsourcing - postings by park visitors on a range of social media sites - to start 100 conversations on issues associated with visiting and managing the national parks. The authors then use their experience and expertise to prepare short, plainspoken, and engaging essays that respond to the postings and complete the conversations. The book is written for park visitors, managers, and students.
The authors are university professors who teach the history, philosophy, and management of national parks, conduct long-term programs of research for the National Park Service, and have spent years working and living in the national parks.
This inventive, thoughtful, and inviting book addresses a wide range of national park-related issues, guides readers on how to more effectively plan and conduct their national park visits, informs park planners and managers about what visitors think about the parks, introduces the latest scientific and professional information on park management, helps prepare students for careers in park management, and enhances public appreciation and protection of the national parks.
“Preservation of our national parks has always required an active engagement with the public. The authors take this to a new level by responding directly to the many questions and comments posed by visitors on social media with thoughtful and informative responses.”
Jonathan B. Jarvis, eighteenth Director of the National Park Service
Acknowledgements
Introduction to the Book
Crowdsourcing the National Parks
National Parks
Crowdsourcing
Conversations
Park Visitors, Managers, and Students
How the Book is Organized
Part 1: The National Parks
Introduction
1. Names and Titles of the National Parks
2. Geographic Diversity of the National Parks
3. Visits to the National Parks
4. National Parks and Other Public Lands
5. Antiquities Act
6. Organic Act
7. NPS Arrowhead
8. NPS Uniforms
Themes of the National Parks
9. Natural History
10. Cultural History
11. Cultural Landscapes
12. America’s Playground
13. America’s Classroom
14. Civil Rights
15. Contested Landscapes
16. Mechanization, Industry, and Technology
17. Indigenous Peoples
18. Models of Sustainability
19. Urban National Parks
20. Marine Parks
21. Wilderness
22. Spirituality in the National Parks
Other Dimensions of the National Parks
23. The Next National Parks
24. Beyond the National Parks
25. Economics of National Parks
26. Ecosystem Services
27. International Connections
28. National Park Books
29. National Park Films
30. National Heritage Areas
31. World Heritage Sites
32. Biosphere Reserves
Part 2: Visiting the National Parks
Introduction
33. Plan Your Visit
34. Digital NPS
35. Find a Park
36. NPS App
37. Recreation.gov
Activities
38. Hiking
39. Camping
40. Scenic Drives
41. Biking
42. Horses and Stock
43. Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping
44. River Trips
45. Watching Wildlife (Safely!)
46. Off-road Vehicles
47. Immersive Experiences
48. Virtual Visits
49. New Recreation
Learning/Education
50. Visitor Centers
51. Museums
52. Interpretation
53. Junior Ranger Program
Tips
54. Accessibility
55. Avoiding the Crowds
56. Be an Artist-in-Residence
57. Children and Grandchildren
58. Dogs in the National Parks
59. Responsible Recreation
60. Leave No Trace
61. Rules and Regulations
62. Take the Bus in the National Parks
63. Visitor Safety
64. Contacting the NPS
Logistics
65. Entrance Fees
66. Entrance Passes
67. Lodgings
68. Grand Lodges of the National Parks
69. Backcountry Lodging
70. Commercial Services and Concessioners
71. Guidebooks
72. Specialized Services
Part 3: Managing the National Parks
Introduction
73. Preservation Versus Use
74. Common Property Resources
Natural and Cultural Resources
75. Science
76. Climate Change
77. Wildfire
78. Natural Darkness
79. Natural Quiet
80. Human Health and Well-being
81. Dynamic Nature
82. Evolution of Parks and Wilderness
83. New Models of Parks
84. Historic Preservation
Outdoor Recreation
85. Environmental Impacts of Outdoor Recreation
86. Social Impacts of Outdoor Recreation
87. Crowding
88. Conflict Among Recreation Activities
89. Managing Outdoor Recreation
90. Motivations and Benefits in Outdoor Recreation
91. Rationing and Allocating Visit Use
92. Sustainable Transportation
93. Underrepresented Groups/Discrimination
94. International Visitors
95. Park-dependent Recreation
What You Can Do to Help the National Parks
96. Be a National Park Steward
97. Be a Friend of the National Parks
98. Volunteering
99. Work for the NPS
100. National Park Heroes and Heroines
Bibliography
Photograph Attributions
Robert E. Manning
Robert Manning enjoyed a forty-year career as a professor in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont where he advanced to an appointment as the Steven Rubenstein Professor (a prestigious endowed professorship). He taught courses on the history, philosophy, and management of national parks, and conducted a longterm program of research for the U.S. National Park Service. Robert has written extensively about this work, publishing a dozen scholarly books and more than 100 papers in academic and professional journals. He earned the highest awards at the University of Vermont in both teaching and research, along with a number of national awards, and spent four year-long sabbatical leaves working with the National Park Service at selected national parks. His book, A Thinking Person’s Guide to America’s National Parks, was published in 2016 to help celebrate the Centennial of the National Park Service; the book was aimed at both popular and professional audiences and was highly reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
Elizabeth E. Perry
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