SERR 2026 CFP

 Forwarded CFP

SERR 2026 - Call for Presentations! We invite your participation in the 48th Annual Southeastern Recreation Research (SERR) Conference, scheduled for March 29-31, 2026 at Lake Guntersville State Park in north Alabama.  Graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, agency planners, land managers, and researchers are all encouraged to attend the conference and submit a proposal for an oral or poster presentation. Presentation Proposals Abstracts (consisting of a completed form* and a 500-word abstract) for oral and poster presentations at the 2026 SERR Conference are now being sought.  Presentations should be of an empirical, conceptual, or theoretical nature related to recreation or the environment, and one or more of the following topics: Education Programs and Services Human Behavior Economics Policy Planning and Management Health Methodological Approaches Diversity, Access & Participation Technology Sustainability Environmental Justice Ecosystem Services Climate Adaptation Travel & Tourism Authors are encouraged to give presentations focusing on completed empirical research, as well as conceptual papers on innovative models or theories, perspectives, or methods. Presentations detailing innovative recreation programs or other applied practices within the field are also encouraged. Submissions should include a component addressing policy, planning, or management implications. As always, graduate student research will be an important part of the conference. Graduate student attendance and submissions are strongly encouraged! Oral presentations will be given in a conference room setting. Audiovisual support will be available in the form of a laptop (with a USB port) and a projection unit. Each oral presenter will be given 15 minutes for presenting their work and 5 minutes for discussion. Authors presenting planned or uncompleted research may be asked to make their presentations in the form of a poster. Abstract Submission Please submit your proposal using this link: https://auburn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_39IXY7a0yo485Rs Abstract Deadline - January 9th, 2026 *For your submission, be prepared to provide the following information: Presentation title, Author(s) name(s), position title(s), and affiliation Your (or the corresponding author’s) email address. Your preferred session type: oral presentation or poster presentation Your general topic area (see first bulleted list above) Your presentation abstract: Limited to 500 words. Your abstract should be sufficiently detailed to permit judgment of the paper's quality. Abstracts of empirical papers should include a problem statement, methods (including analysis), results, and address policy, planning, or management implications. Abstracts of conceptual and theoretical papers should include a problem statement and discussion with a system of organization like that of the empirical papers. A list of references is not required. Selection Selection of abstracts for presentation will be based upon review by two peers of the SERR community. Authors with accepted abstracts are expected to present their papers at the conference. In case of multiple authorships, at least one author must be present. Abstracts submitted are expected to meet professional standards. Deadline All proposals must be submitted by Friday, January 9, 2026. Authors will receive notification of acceptance or rejection by January 30, 2026. A list of presenters with session titles will be available on the SERR Conference website (http://serrconference.org) by the end of February 2026. Student Scholarships We will be offering a limited number of student scholarships for undergraduate and/or graduate students to attend this year's SERR conference. The scholarship amounts will vary but will only cover a portion of the costs of attending the conference (registration, travel, etc.). Interested students need to email a one‐page letter (as an attached MS Word or PDF file) to the conference co‐chairs (see below) describing how they believe their academic and professional interests will be enhanced by their attendance. ____________________________ More information, along with the abstract submission link, can be found on our website, www.serrconference.org. Registration and lodging information will be posted soon. We look forward to seeing you in Alabama! The SERR Planning Committee

35th National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium (NERR)

 the 35th National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium (NERR), March 30 to April 1, 2025. We look forward to seeing you in Virginia Beach, VA! 

Here are a few important reminders:

Early Bird Registration: Don’t miss the early bird rate—register by February 15, 2025 (2025 NERR Registration)

Hotel Reservations: Book your stay at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront to enjoy the special conference rate of $139/night and discounted parking (NERR Symposium Hotel).

You’ll find more details about registration, hotel accommodations, and the conference schedule on our website: http://nerrsymposium.org

Become a Special Issue Reviewer: We’re seeking reviewers for the JPRA special issue featuring Research Notes from the 2025 NERR Symposium. If you’re interested in reviewing during late spring/summer 2025, we’d love to have your expertise—please contact special issue co-editors: Kofan Lee (klee18@olemiss.edu), Stella Liu (hliu35@gmu.edu), and Ellen Drogin Rodgers (erodger1@gmu.edu).  

 

2025 National Environment and Recreation Research (NERR) Symposium

 The call for abstracts and scholarships for the 2025 National Environment and Recreation Research (NERR) Symposium is open. The 2025 symposium will be held  March 30 – April 1, 2025 in stunning Virginia Beach! As in the past, NERR will focus on innovative research and practical applications spanning a breadth of topics within recreation, tourism, and environmental management.

Key information:

Abstracts Submission: 

Deadline:  November 25, 2024

Submission Link:  https://ecu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5ABasPee6yM1ggu

Types of presentations:  Oral presentations, poster presentations, Roundtable Sessions.

Format: Word format or PDF with two pages: The first page should be the abstract (maximum 500 words) plus title and the second page could be used for references, tables, and/or figures.

Scholarship Application:: 

Deadline:  November 25, 2024

Application link:  https://ecu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6VxK4kcUV1VdXWS

Format: Students should upload two required documents: (1) a cover letter; (2) a recommendation letter from faculty. Please include the student’s name in each file name (e.g., Smith_cover; Smith_faculty letter).

Questions? Please, contact:

RE Abstracts or symposium: Dr. Hung-Ling (Stella) Liu (hliu35@gmu.edu) or Dr. Ellen Drogin Rodgers (erodger1@gmu.edu) co-chairs

RE Scholarships: Dr. SammiePowers (spower5@gmu.edu).

Looking forward to you at NERR! 

Southeast Environment and Recreation Research (SERR)

 Early Call for Papers (CFP)

Please mark your calendars for the 2025 Southeast Environment and Recreation Research (SERR) conference being held at beautiful Unicoi State Park & Lodge in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia. We are excited about having the conference back at a state park where there will be ample opportunities for outdoor adventures as well as social gatherings around the lodge campfire. Don't worry, everyone will have individual hotel-style rooms and Wi-Fi.

When: March 23-25, 2025

Where: Uncoi State Park & Lodge outside of Helen, GA

What: Sessions at SERR include empirical, conceptual, or theoretical work related to:

• Sustainable tourism
• Leisure and recreation behavior
• Management of leisure programs and services
• Methodological aspects of recreation and tourism research
• Nature-based travel and tourism
• Outdoor recreation and education
• Park, protected area, and equivalent reserves planning & management
• Parks, physical activity, and health
• Recreation economics or policy
• Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management

Who: Graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, agency planners, land managers, and researchers are all strongly encouraged to attend the conference and submit a proposal for an oral or poster presentation.

A call for abstracts will be made in the upcoming weeks. More details will be available

at: https://serrconference.org 

Personal Note:  I attended this conference in the late 1980s and found it very useful in my academic career.  

"Validation of Recreation Quality Monitoring Measurements by River Zones.” Annual Southeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Asheville, NC. February 1988.

"Monitoring Recreation Quality River Zones.” Annual Southeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Asheville, NC. February 1987.

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