2001 GWS Conference Proceedings

Crossing Boundaries in Park Management: Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Research and Resource Management in Parks and on Public Lands
Edited by David Harmon

The 2001 GWS Conference Proceedings

Crossing Boundaries in Park Management is the proceedings of the 2001 GWS Conference. The book is available as a paperback ($20) or on CD ($10) postpaid to US & Canadian addresses (additional shipping elsewhere). Order on-line

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1. Editor’s introduction
David Harmon
2. Crossing boundaries in park management: conference opening remarks
Bob Krumenaker

Part I
Crossing boundaries on the ground …
… through partnerships with other agencies and the public

3. Managing what you don’t own: the special challenge of marine protected areas
Brad Barr
4. Site conservation planning for the Potomac River Gorge: a partnership between two national parks and The Nature Conservancy
Olin Allen, Dan Sealy, Dianne Ingram, and Stephanie Flack
5. West Nile virus and other fears: opportunities to foster partnerships
James Ebert
6. Crossing boundaries at Haleakala: addressing invasive species through partnerships
Lloyd L. Loope and Donald W. Reeser
7. Getting to the bottom of things at Crater Lake National Park
William M. Brock
8. Partnerships for management of noise intrusions
Marvin O. Jensen, Richard L. Ernenwein, O. Howie Thompson, and Stephen Oppermann

… with technologies

9. Remotely sensed burn severity mapping
Don Bertolette and Dan Spotskey
10. Remote sensing technique for microtopography in endangered species habitat
Frank Partridge
11. Spatial decision support systems for assessing impacts of landscape change in greater ecosystems
Tony Prato
12. Preserving paleontological resources using photogrammetry and geographic information systems
Brent H. Breithaupt and Neffra A. Matthews

… to manage wildlife

13. Effects of fenced transportation corridors on pronghorn antelope movement in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Charles Van Riper III, Jan Hart, and Jill Bright
14. Human impacts on golden eagles in northeastern Arizona
Mike Britten
15. An adaptive approach to elk management in Rocky Mountain National Park
Therese L. Johnson and Ryan Monello

… to protect native species

16. Controlling non-indigenous vegetation at eight national parks in Virginia
James Åkerson, Matthew Patterson, Norman Forder, Carolyn Davis, and Zachary Bolitho
17. Exotic species threat assessment in Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite national parks
Peggy E. Moore and John D. Gerlach, Jr.
18. Horse-mounted sprayers: an innovative tool for backcountry weed treatment
Sandee Dingman
19. Crossing boundaries at Haleakala: The struggle to get improved quarantine protection prior to expansion of Maui’s airport
Donald W. Reeser

… to restore species and habitats

20. Bighorn sheep restoration in Badlands National Park, South Dakota: lessons for cooperation
Michelle A. Bourassa
21. Jumping the gun: island fox recovery efforts at Channel Islands National Park
Timothy J. Coonan
22. Ecological restoration in a giant sequoia grove
Athena Demetry and Jeff Manley
23. Meeting resource management objectives with prescribed fire
Tonja Opperman, MaryBeth Keifer, and Laura Trader
24. Reintroduction of bison into the Rocky Mountain parks of Canada: historical and archaeological evidence
Charles E. Kay and Clifford A. White
25. Plains bison restoration in the Canadian Rocky Mountains? Ecological and management considerations
Clifford A. White, E. Gwyn Langemann, C. Cormack Gates, Charles E. Kay, Todd Shury, and Thomas E. Hurd
26. Crossing boundaries to increase nesting by Kemp’s ridley sea turtles at Padre Island National Seashore and in South Texas
Donna J. Shaver
27. Nuts and bolts of BAER soil and watershed assessments
Marsha Davis and Chris Holbeck

… to protect park resources from visitor impacts

28. Our public lands in twenty years: national parks or amusement parks?
Sean Smith, Katy Rexford, and Russell Long
29. Federal lands: agencies need to assess the impact of personal
watercraft and snowmobile use
Brian Estes
30. Winning and losing in court: the great Denali snowmachine debate
Michael J. Tranel
31. Minimum group sizes: allowing public access and increasing safety
Wayne Tucker
32. Mountain lion-human interactions on the Colorado Plateau: the effects
of human use areas on mountain lion movements, behavior, and
activity patterns
Elaine Leslie

… to promote understanding between countries

33. Crossing international boundaries in park management—a survey of transboundary cooperation
Dorothy C. Zbicz
34. International transboundary cooperation: some best practice guidelines
Lawrence S. Hamilton
35. Crossing boundaries to promote stewardship through international
partnerships and exchange
Jessica Brown and Brent Mitchell
36. A cross-national comparison of protected natural area systems in
Russia and the Baltic states: diverging systems ten years after the fall
of the Soviet Union
David Ostergren

Part II
Crossing boundaries in the mind…
… to see old ideas in a new light

37. Emscher Park, Germany – expanding the definition of a “park”
Judith M. LaBelle
38. Bioprospecting as a conservation tool: history and background
Preston Scott
39. Getting the job done: protecting marine wilderness
Brad Barr
40. Geoindicators: a tool for monitoring the ecosystem and understanding
the resources
Robert D. Higgins and James Wood
41. Implementation of the principles for environmental management in
the West: the Enlibra Process and reclamation of the Atlas Uranium
Mill tailings
Dan B. Kimball

… to learn from native cultures

42. Inclusion in NPS management at Grand Canyon: tribal involvement and
integration
Janet R. Balsom
43. Taking the pulse of collaborative management in Canada’s national
parks and national park reserves: voices from the field
Viviane Weitzner and Micheline Manseau
44. Overview of subsistence in Alaska
William E. Brown
45. Managing subsistence activities in the national parks: general
prohibitions vs. local sensitivities
Frank Norris
46. Living cultures, subsistence, and the inhabited wilderness
Hollis Twitchell
47. On common ground: an enduring wilderness as cultural landscape and
biotic reserve
Steve Ulvi

… to coordinate cultural and natural resource management

48. Viewing the Civil War through a natural resource window
Robert D. Higgins and Deanna Greco
49. Integrating NHPA section 106 compliance and prescribed fire: a model
Amy Horn
50. Resource stewardship—rebuilding a house divided: The Pacific West
Region’s resource stewardship strategy for 2000 and beyond
Bob Martin, Rick Potts, William M. Brock, Terry Hofstra, Frank Dean, Scot
MeElveen, Jay Goldsmith, and Jay Wells

… to envision parks as part of larger landscapes

51. Determination of ecological boundaries for the establishment and
management of Canadian national parks
Micheline Manseau, Frances Rennie, and Claude Mondor
52. The Algonquin to Adirondack Conservation Initiative: a key macrolandscape
linkage in eastern North America
Bill Stephenson

Part III
Crossing boundaries among disciplines…
… to share information

53. More than a database: the National Park Service’s Cultural Landscapes
Inventory improves resource stewardship
Nancy Brown, David Hasty, Tom Keohan, and Lee Terzis
54. Managing data to bridge boundaries
Abigail B. Miller
55. Using community and museum collections to interpret industrial
history
Abby sue Fisher

… to make better planning, management, and policy decisions

56. Using economics to inform national park management decisions: a
case study on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Leah Greden Mathews, Susan Kask, Laura Rotegard, and Steven Stewart
57. External economic pressures and park planning: a case study from
Dominica
Barry Allen and Lee Lines
58. NPS Management Policies 2001
Chick Fagan, Marcia Keener, and Bob Karotko
59. Paleontology data and NPS collections: unbounded resources, or,
between managers and scientists
Theodore J. Fremd
60. The nexus of science and protected area policy making: a case study of
Russian scientists, national parks, and zapovedniks, 1970-2000
David Ostergren
61. The National Park Service natural resources management trainee
program: 20 years later—looking back to the future
Allan F. O’Connell, Jr., William H. Walker, Jr., William R. Supernaugh, Jr.,
Steven Chaney, David Manski, and Jon Jarvis

… to understand our natural and cultural heritage

62. Great Sand Dunes eolian system archaeological program research
through multiple disciplines and multiple partners
Fred Bunch, Marilyn A. Martorano, Adrienne Anderson, Pegi Jodry, Richard
Madole, Ted Hoefer III, and David White
63. Crossing park boundaries in the study of ancient ecosystems
Anthony R. Fiorillo and Vincent L. Santucci
64. Melrose, a multifaceted jewel in the NPS crown: interdisciplinary
contributions to historic preservation and museum collection
management
Kathleen M. Jenkins
65. Implementing wetland protection for agricultural lands in Cuyahoga
Valley National Park, Ohio
Kevin L. Skerl

… to protect park resources and visitors

66. The next evolution of resource stewardship
Clayton Jordan and Ken Johnson
67. Protecting public health at Lake Powell
Mark Anderson, Lewis Boobar, William Moellmer, and John Ritenour
68. Integrated pest management: What is it? What has it done for the
National Park System?
Jerry McCrea and Carol L. J. DiSalvo

… to keep track of changes in park ecosystems

69. An approach to identifying “vital signs” of ecosystem health
Katherine L. Jope
70. Simulation of long-term monitoring sample designs in Denali National
Park
Trent McDonald, Carl Roland, Jessica Fried, Sara Goeking, and Karen L.
Oakley
71. Recommended features of protocols for long-term ecological
monitoring
Karen L. Oakley, Susan L. Boudreau, and Sioux-z Humphrey
72. Expanding single-species monitoring toward system management: an
example from Santa Barbara Island, California
Catherin A. Schwemm and Timothy J. Coonan