1999 GWS Conference Proceedings
On the Frontiers of Conservation is the proceedings volume from the 1999 GWS Biennial Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites. The book is available as a paperback ($18) postpaid to US & Canadian addresses (additional shipping elsewhere). GWS members get a 25% discount off these prices. Order on-line
CITATION
Harmon, David, ed. 1999. On the Frontiers of Conservation: Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on Research and Resource Management in Parks and on Public Lands. Hancock, Michigan: George Wright Society.
Plenary Addresses
Aldo Leopold and Environmental Citizenship / Susan Flader
The American Civil Rights Movement: Preserving the Legacy / Robert R. Weyeneth
Interagency and Community Partnerships
Canada–U.S. Clean Air Partnerships for Protected Areas / David Welch and Erik Hauge
Sharing a World of Resources / Toni Dufficy
The Government Performance and Results Act Survey: Results from Selected Programs of the National Park Service / Michael A. Schuett, Steven J. Hollenhorst, and Steven A. Whisman
A Consensus Approach to Management Planning: An Evaluation of Effectiveness for Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada / Graham Dodds and Greg Fenton
Achieving Diversity in Natural Resources / Danette Woo
The Banff–Bow Valley Study: Breaking the Public Policy Grid Lock / Douglas W. Hodgins and J. Douglas Cook
Planning for Visitor Impacts
The Development of a Cooperative Climbing Management Plan at Stone Mountain State Park, North Carolina / Marshall Ellis
Identification and Management of Visitor Impact Problems within Protected Areas in Costa Rica and Belize / Tracy A. Farrell and Jeffrey L. Marion
Understanding the Visitors' Experience at Fort Sumter National Monument / Rudy Schuster and William E. Hammitt
The NPS Visitor Survey Card: First-Year Survey and Implications for Park Management / Terry R. Bergerson
Acadia National Park Historic Hiking Trail System: Planning for Management and Maintenance / J. Tracy Stakely and Margie Coffin
Mountain Biking and Soil Erosion: User Preference of Factors of Erosion and Management Techniques / Mathew C. Symmonds, William E. Hammitt, and Virgil L. Quisenberry
Inventory and Monitoring Case Studies
Inventory and Monitoring Program Along the Appalachian Trail / Kent Schwarzkopf and Holly Buchanan
The Suitability of Bus Drivers for Monitoring Large Mammal Abundance / Sherman L. Burson III, Jerrold L. Belant, Karen A. Fortier, and Warren C. Tomkiewicz III
How Do We Discover What We Don't Know in the Smokies? / Karen P. Wade
Is Great Smoky Mountains National Park Acting as a Population Source for Wood Thrushes? / George L. Farnsworth and Theodore R. Simons
Nutrient Loads Traced to Interbasin Groundwater Transport at Buffalo National River, Arkansas / David N. Mott, Mark R. Hudson, and Tom Aley
Ecosystem Management
Missing Link In Ecosystem Management: The Role Of Geology / Stuart P. Hughes, James H. Popenoe, and Judy Geniac
Geological Science: Where Does it Fit in Ecosystem Management? / Vera Smith
Places of Discovery: Paleontology, Research, and Natural Areas / Ted Fremd
Integrating Human Dimensions with Ecosystem Management at Canadian National Parks in Ontario / William R. Stephenson and Julie M. Poirier
A Review of Science and Ecosystem Management in the U.S. National Parks / William L. Halvorson
The Importance of Inventory and Monitoring Data Sets in Resolving Ecosystem Management Problems at Mammoth Cave National Park / Rick Olson and Teresa Leibfreid
Marine and Coastal Environments
Counting Sand Grains in a Sandstorm: The Evolving Lessingia germanorum Monitoring Program in the Presidio, Golden Gate National Recreation Area / Marc E. Albert, Katherine A. Bode, and Pete Holloran
Optimal Use of Beaches and the Preservation of Endangered Species in the Greek Islands / Ioannis K. Kaltsas
Marine Protected Areas in the Gulf of Maine: Providing a Framework for an Ecosystem Approach to Management / Samuel D. Brody and Betsy Nicholson
Impacts of Vessel Groundings to the Natural Resources in Biscayne National Park, 1995-1997 / Karen Battle
I&M&M(anagement): Getting from Inventory and Monitoring to Management-Cabrillo National Monument's Evolving Intertidal Tale / Samantha Weber
Planning Across Boundaries
The Role of the National Park Service in the Northwest Forest Plan / James F. Milestone and Jim Shevock
National Parks and Gateway Communities: Three Case Studies / Warren Brown and Karen Steer
Completing Canyonlands: Establishing Boundaries That Make Sense / Mark R. Peterson
Transboundary Cooperation Between Internationally Adjoining Protected Areas / Dorothy C. Zbicz
Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area: Environmental Organizations' Perspectives on Maintaining Wild Bison in Yellowstone National Park / Jeanne-Marie Souvigney and Mark R. Peterson
Restoration of Species and Ecosystems
Restoring Fishing Bridge Campground: The Challenges of "Undevelopment" in America's Oldest National Park / Sue Consolo Murphy and Daniel P. Reinhart
Ecological Restoration of a Wilderness and Cultural Landscape, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico / Brian F. Jacobs
Ecological Restoration and Park Development as Interpretative and Public Education Tools in the Urban–Suburban Matrix: Furstenberg Nature Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan / Lee R. Skabelund and David Borneman
Restoring the Gray Wolf to Olympic National Park: Background Information and Current Status / Patti Happe
Ecological Restoration in Parks and Protected Areas: Facing up to Scientific Understanding and Social Demands / Leon F. Neuenschwander, Richard C. Taplin, Calvin A. Farris, Kobe C. Harkins, and Dennis M. Coyle
Plant Community Re-establishment in Former High-Elevation Campsites in Yosemite National Park / Sean Eagan and Peter Newman
Building an Inventory and Monitoring Program
The National Park Service I&M Program: Current Status and New Initiatives / Gary L. Williams
Monitoring Natural Resources in National Parks: Determining What and How to Monitor / Steven G. Fancy
Using Analytical Tools for Decision-Making and Program Planning in Natural Resources: Breaking the Fear Barrier / David L. Peterson and Daniel L. Schmoldt
Channel Islands National Park Inventory and Monitoring Program Data Management Web Site Demonstration and Teaching Model / Linda C. Dye
Metadata Implementation in the National Park Service Midwest Region / Scott Barnwell
Monitoring Change in Protected Areas: Problems of Scope, Scale, and Power / Russell J. Hall
Status of Butternut, Juglans cinerea, on Lands Administered by the National Park Service and a Proposal for a Servicewide Management Strategy / Dan Sealy
Cultural Landscapes
Reinterpreting the Cultural Landscape of Chalmette Battlefield: Landscape Management Strategies for Parks with Multiple Layers of History / Kevin Risk
Ethnographic Landscapes in Alaska: Preservation and Conservation Redefined / Tonia Woods Horton
Rethinking the Cultural Landscape: A Study of Thomas's Wharf on the Eastern Shore of Virginia / Bonny A. Lewandowski
Vegetation Dynamics: Disturbance and Invasive Species
Visitor Impact at Logan Pass, Glacier National Park: A Thirty-Year Vegetation Study / Ernest A. Hartley
Post-Hurricane Vegetation Dynamics in Old-Growth Forests of Congaree Swamp National Monument / Bruce P. Allen and Rebecca R. Sharitz
Climatic and Hydrologic Effects on the Establishment of Tamarix ramosissima in the Cold Desert of Northern Wyoming (Bighorn Lake) / Laura E. Hudson and Paul B. Alaback
The North Rim Complex: Integrating Wildland Fire Use and Resource Management at Grand Canyon National Park / Amy Horn-Wilson and Tonja Opperman
Post-Fire Erosion Control and Vegetation Recovery Monitoring at Point Reyes National Seashore / Leslie J. Allen, Sara Koenig, Barbara J. Moritsch, V. Kimberly Cooper, and Tom Nichols
Plant Community Mapping and Classification at Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area / Barbara J. Moritsch, Leslie J. Allen, Sarah Allen, and Todd Keeler-Wolf
Building a Program of Exotic Vegetation Management / James Åkerson
Development of Park Policy: Historical and Analytical Perspectives
On the 1967 Proposal for an Adirondack Mountains National Park / Thomas L. Cobb
An Overview and Annotated Bibliography of Resource Management Policy Recommendations for the U.S. National Park Service (1988-1997) / Charles C. Chester
Federal Protected Area Policy Deficiency and the Growth of The Nature Conservancy / David Ostergren and Steve Hollenhorst
The Wilderness Act and National Park Service Wilderness Policies / Richard L. Anderson
Overflight and Noise Issues
Management of Commercial Air Tourism Over National Parks / Wesley Henry, Rick Ernenwein, Howie Thompson, and Steve Oppermann
Balancing Operational and Environmental Requirements for Military Ranges and Airspace / Thomas H. Lillie
The Protection of the Soundscapes of the South Florida Parks / William B. Schmidt
Management and Design Challenges: Concepts, Techniques, and Models
Fundamental Principles of Sustainability for Parks and Public Lands / Neil J. Andrew
Trends in Stewardship Internationally / Brent Mitchell and Jessica L. Brown
Management of the First Full 3D Seismic Operation in a National Park Service Property: Lessons from Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Louisiana / Sandee Dingman
Adaptive Management on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon: Lessons and Challenges / Robert A. Winfree
Reserve Design for Grasslands: Considerations for Bird Populations / Douglas H. Johnson and Maiken Winter
Third-Party Compliance Monitoring of Special Park Uses Provides a Valuable Tool to Resource Managers / Sandee Dingman
A Hydrostratigraphic Model for the Perched Aquifer Systems Located at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument / Charles Neal Farmer
Managing and Evaluating Scientific Research in Protected Areas
A Science Review Process for National Parks / Neil Munro
Research Administration in Wilderness: Defining the "Minimum Requirement" Exception / Richard L. Anderson
Regulating National Park Service Research and Collecting: A Fifty-Year Search for a Legal, Flexible, and Standardized Approach / Jonathan Bayless
Integrating Science and Management in Canadian National Parks / David Welch and Neil Munro
Rethinking Park Boundaries: Working Across Lines on the Map
Venturing Beyond Our Boundaries: Rocky Mountain National Park's Involvement in Adjacent Land Use Issues / Lawrence H. Gamble
The Rhetoric of Land Health / Eric T. Freyfogle
Removing the Blinders: A Call for National Park Service Involvement in Regional Development Issues / Dennis Glick
Working Across Lines on the Map: Lessons from New York's Adirondack Park / Thomas Pasquarello
Influencing Land Use Decisions on Lands Adjacent to Your Park or Protected Area: A Planning Commissioner's Point of View / George N. Wallace
Mapping History
Resource Management and Monitoring Using Large-format Photography and GPS and GIS Technology / James Stein
The Historic American Buildings Survey and GPS / Jack E. Boucher
Applying GPS to Historic Preservation and Architectural Surveys / Deidre McCarthy and James Stein
Designing Protected Area Systems
Policies and Strategies for the Sustainable Management of Protected Areas in Vietnam / Le Van Lanh
United States National Park Service Assessment of Haiti National Parks in the Context of Ecotourism / Brooke Shearer, Marc Koenings, Gary Cummins, John Donahue, and Paul Monaghan
Expanding Protected Natural Areas in Times of Social Change: The Russian Zapovednik (Strict Nature Preserve) and National Park Systems from 1991 to 1998 / David Ostergren