PRR 448, Class 2  Class meeting time: once or twice per week? Monday or Wednesday or other?  Class 1 continued: importance of NR- based rec.  ANGEL assignment discussion –Answers to questions from readings –Drop box: state park laws  Sources for assignment 1 of rec. mgt. plan  Hawk Island & Sleepy Hollow overview: review content of Angel

PRR 448: Definitions, Importance, Trends  Recreation  Wildland/Outdoor/Nature or Natural Resource Based?  A continuum of naturalness  Includes urban environments  Management: of what?

Historic Societal Changes that helped create NR Based Recreation Resources  Scarcity  Economic development  Nationalism  Technology –Equipment –Information

Importance in American life  2000 OR & Tourism Trends Symposium  Nat’l. Survey on Rec. & the Environment –95% of all Americans recreate outdoor –Exceeded pop’n growth  Several other national studies since

Changes in supply & demand for rec. resources midlate% 1980's1990'sincrease Fed./State public rec. lands, MM acres, not Alaska % National Wild and Scenic Rivers, river miles 7,00010,81755% Full-time state park employees 18,00018,9805% Part-time state park employees 24,50029,86122% Local park & rec. depts. (1993) 4,528 Select Recreation Businesses 29,05032,46212% Feds, MM visitor days % State Parks, MM visits % Went bicycling, MM Americans 57 Fed, observed or photographed wildlife, MM Amer. 63

Rec. & tourism factoids Outdoor Recreation --  1/3 of U.S. – public lands/waters  20,000 year round state park employees; 5,000 local park & rec. depts.  >30,000 rec. businesses  Tourism: world’s largest industry-$3.6 trillion (before 9/11/01); 1/12 jobs  Tourism: in least developed countries, the 2 nd largest source of foreign exchange after oil

Most popular outdoor recreation activities (2004) Walking for pleasure82.5% Outdoor family gathering74.2% Gardening for pleasure64.9% Swimming in lakes/streams54.2% Picnicking54.1% Driving/sightseeing52.7% Boating44.2% Bird watching39.8% Biking37.6 % Fishing 30.9% Camping31.1%

Increases in participation Bird watching+155% Hiking +93.5% Backpacking+72.5% Downhill skiing+58.5% Primitive camping+58.2% Off road driving+43.8% Walking+42.8% Motor boating+39.9% Sightseeing+39.5% Swimming+38.2%

Hawk Island County Park Willis Bennett, Manager Ph:

Sleepy Hollow State Park Tim Machowicz, Unit Supervisor (517) gov

Rec. Mgt. Plan Defined  Provides the basic long-term direction and strategies for resolving issues and attaining the classic conflicting goals of park management: resource protection & public use  Components (see syllabus) –Purpose & significance –Public participation strategy –Resource & visitor use management directions –Indicators, standards & monitoring techniques –Implementation schedule for monitoring –Appendices  Modeled after –National Park Service General Mgt. Plans (GMPS) except we do not evaluate alternatives –Michigan State Parks Rec. Mgt. Planning process (Paul Curtis)

Plan Purpose & Significance Pointers  See ANGEL: Lessons/Rec. Mgt. Plans  Explain why the park or rec. area exists  Significance: explain what’s unique but don’t make it sound like an inventory of resources (see Zion NP handout)  Don’t quote legislation  Make it specific to unit in question; if the purpose could be applied anywhere, it should be rewritten  Can have more than 1 purpose and significant features  Your governing body, administrator, staff, team (everyone) should understand and accept the purpose, so this part may take awhile to develop

Sources for assignment 1 of rec. mgt. plans (continued)  (state only); also City of Lansing, Ingham Co.  Box in Room 151 NR –Seasonal employee manual –Grant applications (e.g., inland fisheries) –1998 Grant Application for Hawk Island –Annual report –Maps, brochures, blueprints –Etc. (look in the box!)  ANGEL: Lessons/Rec. Mgt. Plans  Previous plans from PRR 448

Sources for assignment 1 of rec. mgt. plans (continued)  (state only); also City of Lansing, Ingham Co.  Box in Room 151 NR –Seasonal employee manual –Grant applications (e.g., inland fisheries) –1998 Grant Application for Hawk Island –Annual report –Maps, brochures, blueprints –Etc. (look in the box!)  ANGEL: Lessons/Rec. Mgt. Plans  Previous plans from PRR 448