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):

Fountain Bluff

Petroglyphs east of the Mississippi River in Illinois.

From Wikipedia:  Archaeologists believe that petroglyphs found at Fountain Bluff were carved sometime between 1000 and 1250 AD. 

Relatively easy to find on decent roads.

In 1953 this photo was taken.

Peithmann, I. (1955). A Petroglyph Site at Fountain Bluff, Jackson County, Illinois. Central States Archaeological Journal, 11-13.  URL https://www.jstor.org/stable/43140611

Here is mine taken today.

More from 1953 survey.

and same view today.

For more information on Native American Rock Art Sites in Illinois, go here.

Remember to take only photos, leave nothing but footprints and waste nothing but time.

Appalachian Trail Bibliography

 Here is a list of my papers and presentations that deal with the Appalachian Trail.

Bristow, R. S., Judkins, J., & Schottanes, J. (2022). Appalachian Trail Communities: a 100 year model of regional planning. Chapter 2 in Slocum, S. L., Wiltshier, P., & Read IV, J. B. (Eds.). Transformations in Protected Area Management and Gateway Communities: Alternative Approaches to Tourism and Community Engagement (pp. 10-23). CABI.

Bristow, R. S. (2022). Herding 6,000 Volunteers.  Chapter 9 in Holmes, K., L. Lockstone-Binney, K. Smith & R. Shipway (eds.) Handbook of Volunteering in Events, Sport and Tourism (pp. 112-121). Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780367815875-11

Bristow, R. S. (2021). Adventure Voluntourism: Help Manage Your Park.  Tourism Cases. CABI. https://tourism.cabi.org/casestudies/adventure-voluntourism-help-manage-your-park/summary/20210272603/

Bristow, R. S. (2019). Altruistic Adventure Voluntourism: help manage the park you visit. in Jenkins, I.  Adventure Tourism (pp. 145-154). CABI. 

Bristow, R. S. (2019). Appalachian Trail Cultural Resource Stewardship Manual prepared for the Appalachian Trail, Berkshire Chapter AT Committee, Appalachian Mountain Club.

Bristow, R. S., & Therien, A. (2019). Discovering archaeological landscapes in parks and protected areas. North American Archaeologist.  Volume 40 Issue 2, pp. 99–115   doi: 10.1177/0197693119868912

“Cultural Resource Monitoring of the Appalachian Trail with LiDAR” Paper presented at the New England – St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society Conference, Framingham, MA October 2019.

“Industrial Archaeology: Protection of Heritage Sites in Parks and Protected Areas.” Paper presented at the National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium, Annapolis, MD. April 2018.

Bristow, R. S. (2004).  Volunteer-based Recreation Land Management: The Eyes and Ears for the Appalachian Trail.  Global Challenges of Parks and Protected Area Management. Ignazio Camarda, editor.  Sassari, Italy:  Università degli Studi di Sassari. p. 71-78.

Bristow, R. S., Knoettner, G. & Wagner, R.   (1998).   "Monitoring Appalachian Corridors".  Proceedings of the Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium-1997. USDA-FS General Tech. Report NE-241, pp. 268-271.  http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/17192.

Bristow, R. S. (1998). Volunteer-Based Recreation Land Management.  Parks and Recreation.  August. pp. 70-76.

INCREASED SEISMIC ACTIVITY ON THE REYKJANES PENINSULA

 Iceland

Land of fire and ice.

Right now the town of Grindavik has been evacuated due to the chance of something big.  I have visited the town twice on my visits to Iceland, and would recommend it.

Here is what the town looks like from the north.

The foreground looks like Mars of course.

According to the local Met office "Approximately 1,700 earthquakes have been recorded in the last 24 hours."  Read and listen here.

Geography Awareness Week 2023

 Time again to think about Geography.

Tonight on the Westfield State University Campus!