Last post of 2023?

 so how about a photo montage of events this year?

Tracking Santa

 For live Tracking see Official NORAD Tracks Santa (noradsanta.org).

Rain is predicted for the Mid West US, so I hope they have an umbrella!

A good way to learn some geography using the 2D map too.

Peace my Friends!

White Christmas?

 Well, were not getting snow in the Midwest, so time to see some snow pics from New England.

and two of the front of our house from 2021.

Best wishes for a Happy New Year!

More Gas Stations around the World part two.

 Another sample for your enjoyment:

See also Recreation Geography: Gas Stations of the World

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND RECREATION RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

 UMass hosted the papers for a few years and notice the name change.

Browse the contents of National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium:

Proceedings of the 2017 National Environment and Recreation Symposium

Proceedings of the 2015 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Proceedings of the 2014 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Proceedings of the 2013 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Proceedings of the 2012 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Proceedings of the 2011 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Proceedings of the 2010 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

 Fisher, Cherie LeBlanc; Watts, Clifton E., Jr., eds. 2012. Proceedings of the 2010 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-94. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 261 p.

The list is here:

• Big game hunting practices, meanings, motivations and constraints: a survey of Oregon big game hunters
• Differences in reported satisfaction ratings by consumptive and nonconsumptive recreationists: A comparative analysis of three decades of research
• Place attachment and recreation demand on the west branch of the Farmington River
• Motivations and sensation seeking characteristics of recreational storm chasers
• Korean American males' interracial contact experiences during serious leisure activity
• The multiple meanings associated with the football tailgating ritual
• An application of importance-performance analysis to recreational storm chasing
• Physical activity in Georgia state parks: A pilot study
• Valuing state parks: Accounting for diverse visitor perspectives
• Agrileisure: Exploring the "fun" of local food
• A naturalistic inquiry into the social world of whitewater kayakers
• An exploratory study of the application of sense of community in a local festival
• Constraints and motivations related to fishing along the Lake Ontario coast
• Conflict and normative sanctions among Galapagos fishermen
• Angler segmentation using perceptions of experiential quality in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
• Perceptions of relative attractiveness of nature-based tourism assets: A comparison between CVB directors and visitors
• Perceptions of public forest managers concerning trail use by off-highway vehicle riders in the northeast United States
• A visitation-based profile of agritourism farms in Missouri
• The leisure style of Canadian rural recreation participants: An analysis based on three different rural leisure settings
• Managing outdoor recreation conflict on the Squamish, British Columbia Trail Network
• How place attachments influence recreation conflict and coping behavior
• Perceived community benefits from recreation resources: From scale development to validation
• Measuring the educational impact of Promoting Environmental Awareness in Kids (PEAK): The development and implementation of a new scale
• Recreation partnerships on national forests: The influences of institutional commitment and urban proximity on agency capacity
• Enjoying green cities: Assessing visitors' attitude and preferences of urban forests in Washington, D.C.
• Mapping urban tourist experience zones in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina
• Determinates of clustering across America's national parks: An application of the Gini coefficients
• Exploring the relationship between outdoor recreation activities, community participation, and environmental attitudes
• The impact of park development on the lives of local inhabitants within Gros Morne National Park
• Roadside camping on forest preserve lands in the Adirondack Park: A qualitative exploration of place attachment and resource substitutability
• Classification of forest-based ecotourism areas in Pocahontas County of West Virginia using GIS and pairwise comparison method
• Parks and the urban heat island: A longitudinal study in Westfield, Massachusetts
• Climate change and environmentally responsible behavior on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
• Australian community members' attitudes toward climate change impacts at the Great Barrier Reef
• Purchase decision involvement: Event management segments and related event behavior
• Reinventing "retrotels": using engaged scholarship to market nostalgia tourism in rural New Hampshire

Proceedings of the 1994 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

 Vander Stoep, Gail A.; Editor 1995. Proceedings of the 1994 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-198. Radnor, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-263

and the free papers are:

• Measuring and improving customer satisfaction with government services
• The resource and the storyline: an interpretive balancing act
• Current trends and issues: Pennsylvania State Parks
• Estimating dispersed recreational use on Michigan's state and national forests
• Identified recreation opportunities and preferences for the lower Penobscot River, Maine
• Outdoor recreation opportunities and land use change in Vermont's Lake Champlain Basin
• Indicators of standards of the quality of the visitor experience at a heavily-used national park
• Monetary and social impact measures of visitor experience and the effects of a piping plover recovery program on visitor experience
• Angler specialization among salmon and trout anglers on Lake Ontario
• Effect of experience, expectation and resource availability on perceptions of crowding among trout anglers in Pennsylvania
• Human relationships with wildlife in Vermont
• Specific responsible environmental behavior among boaters on the Chesapeake Bay: a predictive model part II
• Potential revenues from a new day-use fee
• The development of a recreational land classification system
• People's perceptions of managed and natural landscapes
• The relationship of recreation specialization to the setting preferences of mountain bicyclists
• Advancing environmental stewardship in New York state parks and historic sites
• Educational training and attitudes towards recycling among campground managers in Iowa
• Validity of using photographs to simulate visible qualities of forest recreation environments
• Factors impacting the satisfaction of private campsite owners with campground recreation operations
• Recreation conflicts on Mt. Evans
• Selected leisure lifestyles of residents in rural tourist and non-tourist communities in Massachusetts
• Rural influentials' perceptions of tourism and its potential for economic development: a qualitative study
• Time series analysis of travel trends in Vermont
• The New England travel market: changes in generational travel patterns
• The effect of verbal interpretive message on day user impacts at Mount Rainer National Park
• Factors affecting the value of a wilderness visit: a contingent valuation study of Caribou-Speckled Mountain Wilderness users
• Sector analysis of economic impacts from heritage centers
• Techniques for assessing extramarket values
• The integrated business information system: using automation to monitor cost-effectiveness of park operations
• Gender differences in the use of public parks in Northeast Ohio
• Examining African American and white outdoor recreation participation after demographic standardization on selected characteristics
• Frontcountry encounter norms among three cultures
• Effect of involvement level on mail panel survey response rates
• Forecasting outdoor recreation participation: a cohort-component projection model for Illinois residents
• The outdoor situational fear inventory: a newer measure of an older instrument
• Regional trade market analysis: resort marketing approaches
• Understanding seasonal home use: a recommended research agenda
• Environmental ethics and wilderness management: an empirical study
• Concern with the rural environment: urban views on the use of agricultural pesticides and chemicals
• The 1992 Vermont recreation survey and environmental index: Vermonters' perceptions of recreational and environmental issues in Vermont
• Identifying criteria and establishing parameters for forest-based ecotourism in Northern Ontario, Canada
• Boating opportunities: a geographical analysis of travel patterns and motivations
• Partnerships panel: the use of contractors and partnerships in public forest recreation: some considerations
• Partnerships panel: the New Jersey coastal heritage trail route: a partnership in action
• Partnerships panel: natural, resource partnerships: literature synthesis and research agenda
• Changes in federal agencies panel: human dimensions research and ecosystem management: policy and research implications for recreation research efforts
• Travel and tourism trends
• A case study of the impacts of "all inclusive pricing" on resort recreation participation
• Steps in the open space planning process
• Natural resource managers: their role in international tourism and rural development
• Environmental factors in golf course development: a case study
• Attitudes toward sustainability and regulation of striped bass by Chatham fishermen

Proceedings of the 1991 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

 Citation is:

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.

And the papers are:

• 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

Fountain Bluff 2

 Here some more pics from my short visit to Fountain Bluff yesterday.

Here is a LiDAR image of the area courtesy of IL Elevation Finder (illinois.gov):