2005 GWS Conference Proceedings
People, Places, and Parks is the proceedings volume from the 2005 GWS Biennial Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites. The book (488 pp.) is available as a paperback ($35) or on CD ($10) postpaid to US & Canadian addresses (additional shipping elsewhere). GWS members get a 25% discount off these prices. Order on-line
You can also download individual papers from the book at no charge (PDF format). Links below.
CITATION:
Harmon, David, ed. 2006. People, Places, and Parks: Proceedings of the 2005 George Wright Society Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites. Hancock, Michigan: The George Wright Society.
Contents
Introduction and Acknowledgments
David Harmon
Integrated Management of Cultural and Natural Resources
At the Crossroads of Nature and Culture: Laboratory and Field Studies for Vegetation Management at Historic Sites
Judith J. Bischoff, Ron Dean, Jennifer K. Herrmann, Amy James, Kyle LaFollette, Steven M. O’Neill, Janna Scott, and Heather Smith
The Nature of Battle: Contesting Ideals of Ecology and History at Gettysburg
Brian Black
Wilderness
Wilderness Zoning: Should We Purposely Manage to Different Standards?
David N. Cole and Troy E. Hall
Reconciling Tradeoffs in Wilderness Management: A Comparison of Day and Overnight Visitors’ Attitudes and Preferences Concerning Management of the Okefenokee Swamp Wilderness
Steven R. Lawson, Aurora Moldovanyi, Joseph Roggenbuck, and Troy E. Hall
Our Nationwide National Wilderness Preservation System
Douglas W. Scott
Exotic, Invasive, and Other “Problem” Species
Tackling Exotic Plants as a Team: Cooperate, Collaborate, and Contract
James Åkerson and Norman Forder
Prioritize Your Exotic Plant Battles: Get Focused
James Åkerson
An Assessment of White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and Feral Hog (Sus scrofa) Populations at Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas
Pedro M. Chavarria, Roel R. Lopez, Gillian Bowser, and Nova J. Silvy
Regional Integrated Management of Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis spp.) along the Natchez Trace Parkway
James T. Vogt, Douglas A. Streett, Jian Chen, Larry G. Thead, Kenneth Ward, Rufina Ward, and Jason A. Oliver
Riparian System Recovery after Removal of Livestock from Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park, California
Joel Wagner, Kate Roney Faulkner, Sarah Chaney, and Michael Martin
Interacting with Communities / Civic Engagement
Partnerships and Protected Landscapes: New Conservation Strategies that Engage Communities
Jessica Brown and Nora Mitchell
Resource Stewardship and Community Engagement at George Washington Birthplace National Monument
Carol Cook, Vidal Martinez, and Wink Hastings
Environmental Youth Programming in Chicago: Urban Parks Make Their Impact with Place-Based Education
Dayna Decker
Examining the Role of Community Participation in Biological Resource Management: Human Dimensions of Deer Issues in Northeastern National Park Service Units
Kirsten M. Leong, Daniel J. Decker, and Margaret A. Wild
Bringing Civic Engagement into Richmond National Battlefield Park: The Story of Lincoln’s 1865 Visit
Cynthia MacLeod
What Does the Soviet Gulag Have to Do with the National Park Service?
Louis Hutchins
Restoration and Reclamation
Big Egg Marsh Experimental Restoration in Jamaica Bay, New York
George W. Frame, M. Kathryn Mellander, and Douglas A. Adamo
Five-Year Post-Reconstruction Kingman Marsh Monitoring Project: Vegetation
Richard S. Hammerschlag and Cairn C. Krafft
Reclamation is a Long-Term Prospect: Lessons Learned at Prince William Forest Park, Virginia
Jennifer Lee
Snake River Restoration Efforts in Grand Teton National Park
Susan E. O’Ney
Native Plant Restoration at Stones River National Battlefield
John Vandevender
Sense of Place, Sense of Identity
Place Identity, Place Dependence and Place-Based Affect: Examining Their relationship to Participation in Educational and Interpretive Programs at Isle Royale National Park
Laurlyn K. Harmon, Harry C. Zinn, and Mark Gleason
Quality of Life Indicators in Two Small Towns in the Blue Ridge Heritage Area
Molly Levin
Between Utopia and Total Institution: Structural and Secondary Adjustments in the Andean Identity Market
Pellegrino A. Luciano
A Social Landscape Perspective on People and Places in Amenity-Rich Rural Regions
A.E. Luloff, D.R. Field, and R.S. Krannich
Neighborhood Park Uses by Phoenix Residents: An Exploration of Sociodemographic Differences
Louis G. Machabée, Jacob J. Oleson, and Ann P. Kinzig
Preservation and Politics: A National Park in North Cyprus
Jonathan Warner
Climate Change
How Will Climatic Change Affect Air Quality in Parks and Wilderness?
Donald McKenzie, Susan M. O’Neill, Narasimhan K. Larkin, and Robert A. Norheim
Climate Change Adaptation for Park Managers
David Welch
Indigenous Peoples
Native Plant Gathering Along the Village Chain Routes of Yosemite Genealogical Family Use Districts
Sandra Gaskell, Anthony C. Brochini, Jay Johnson, Les James, William H. Leonard, and Danette Johnson
Anthropological Perspectives of Transboundary Park Impact: People of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, Southern Africa
Natalie Grimé
Protected Areas, Indigenous Peoples, and the Western Idea of Nature
Dennis Martinez
Evaluating Effectiveness in Parks: Does Indigenous Co-Management Make a Difference?
Joleen Timko
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta: Understanding the Basis for Natural Resource Management
Guillermo E. Rodríguez-Navarro
Tourism and Visitor Use
Conservation Units, Tourism and Environmental Impacts in the Bragantina Region, São Paulo, Brazil
João Luiz Hoeffel, Almerinda A. B. Fadini, Micheli K. Machado, and Fabio Bueno de Lima
Making Your Visitors Count: Collecting and Archiving Visitation Data in U.S. Protected Areas
Jessica Robinson, Yu-Fai Leung, and Paul F. J. Eagles
Denali Air Taxis: Unique Relationships with the Park and Visitors
Michael J. Tranel
Cave and Karst Ecosystems
Implementing the National Cave and Karst Research Institute Vision
Louise D. Hose and Penelope J. Boston
The World Above, the World Below: The Three-Dimensional, Interdisciplinary Nature of Cave and Karst Stewardship
Louise D. Hose, Patricia Seiser, Thomas R. Strong, and Penelope J. Boston
Evaluation of Cave and Karst Programs
Kathleen H. Lavoie
Stewardship of a Hidden Landscape
Patricia E. Seiser
Vertebrate Species Use of Cave Resources in the Carlsbad Caverns Region of the Chihuahuan Desert
Thomas R. Strong
Assessing the State of Natural Resources and Resource Impacts
Hurricanes Winds, Tropical Storm Winds, and Tree Fragmentation
James N. Burch
New River Gorge Natural Resource Assessment: Methodology and Critique
Carolyn G. Mahan
The Ecological Effects of Lock and Dam No. 6 in Mammoth Cave National Park
Rick Olson
Visual Assessment of Stream Bank Conditions at Prince William Forest Park
James Pieper
Environmental Contaminant Exposure Data and Monitoring Priorities for Wild Terrestrial Vertebrates at National Parks in Coastal and Estuarine Habitat
Barnett A. Rattner, Betty K. Ackerson, Karen M. Eisenreich, and Moira A. McKernan
Assessing the Potential Plant Community Impacts of Not Having Grazing in a Small Prairie Park
Amy J. Symstad
Nature-GIS: Unification of Nature Protection in Europe—Building a Unified Information System
Pavel Vanis
Environmental Quality and Environmental Health
Atmospheric Deposition Effects on Water Quality in High-Elevation Lakes of the Teton Range, Wyoming, U.S.A.
Jennifer Corbin, Scott Woods, and Susan O’Ney
The Importance of Soundscapes in National Park Management
Bob Rossman
The Science of Sound: Acoustics and Soundscape Measurement
Bob Rossman
Resource Management Concepts and Methods
Ecosystem Management Concepts: Connecting the Dots among the Sciences as Viewed from an Integrated Science Perspective
Robert Higgins, Judy Geniac, and Jim Wood
Neoclassical Economics and the “Cult” of Economic Efficiency: Understanding the Ghosts of the Past
Lisi Krall
Using Interns for Research and Resource Management at Mesa Verde National Park: A Success Story
Sarah Bishop
Organizational Learning in Wildland Fire
Paula Nasiatka
Realizing Efficiencies through Simultaneous Implementation of Vegetation Research
Paul Petersen
Disease as a Factor in the Adaptive Management of Park Aquatic Resources
Frank M. Panek
Coastal and Nearshore Marine Issues
Is Coral Recruitment Limited by Sedimentation at War in the Pacific National Historical Park?
Ian Lundgren and Dwayne Minton
Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Sediment Collection Rates on Coral Reefs at War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Territory of Guam
Dwayne Minton, Ian Lundgren, Anna Pakenham, Jenny Drake, and Holly Tupper
Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Nesting Increasing in Texas
Donna J. Shaver
Science and Management: Two Solitudes?
Basing Management Decisions on Science: How Does it Really Work?
Margaret W. Weesner
Overcoming Barriers to the Use of Science in National Parks (Session Summary)
Vita Wright
The Marriage of Science and Management: Eternal Bliss or Misery?
Robert E. Bennetts
National Park Service Museums: Innovative Legacy, Innovative Future
A Century of Innovation in NPS Museums
Ann Hitchcock
Rustic Trailside Museums and Modern Visitor Centers: America’s Most Popular Museums
Sarah Allaback
National Park Service Museum Collections: Documentation Equals Access
Kathleen Byrne
An Interpretive Media Perspective
Neil Mackay
Notable Conservation Solutions
Brigid Sullivan Lopez
Changing Ideas and Perceptions
Virginia Salazar-Halfmoon
National Parks and the Interpretive Message Since 1990
Dwight T. Pitcaithley
Program and Operations Updates
Renewal of the U.S. Man and the Biosphere Program (Session Summary)
Susan M. Schexnayder
The Continental Divide Research Learning Center: The First Four Years
Terry Terrell
Low-Carb Planning: Challenges in Streamlining the National Park Service’s Approach to General Management Planning
Warren Lee Brown
Issues in Cultural Resource Management
Lake Mead’s Cold War Legacy: The Overton B-29
Bob Chenoweth, Rosie Pepito, Gary Warshefski, and Dave Conlin
The Freedom of Information Act and Protecting Cultural Resources
Ann Hitchcock
Archaeology and the Warriors Project: Exploring a Buffalo Soldier Campsite in the Guadalupe Mountains of Texas
Eleanor King
Developing Sustainable Design Guidelines for a Dynamic Landscape
Paul Schrooten
Fortifications: Identifying Their Significance
Milagros Flores