2015 National Outdoor Recreation Conference in partnership with the Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Annapolis, – April 12-16, 2015

Final Program April 8, 2015

Sunday, April 12

11:30 am - 6:30 pm – Registration Desk (Lobby)

1:00-1:30 pm - NERR Welcome (Atrium)

Tom Wickham (NERR Chair)

1:30-3:00 pm - Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent 1A (NERR) – Ballroom A

Presenters Title Keywords Tiffany Jungyoung Shin, Elizabeth Cartier The Experience Economy: Regional Fair Segmentation, market segment profiles and Rodney Warnick - University of Attendee Market Segmentation and Massachusetts, Amherst Application Alvin Yu - St. Cloud State University An exploratory study on the meanings of a Festival, sense of community, freelist I-Yen Yin - I-Shou University local fair Elizabeth Cartier, Tiffany Jungyoung Shin Gender Differences in Tourism Event Gender differences, events, memory, travel and Rodney Warnick - University of Experiences: The Relationship between intention Massachusetts, Amherst Memory and Participation Intention Jie Gao and Deb Kerstetter - Penn State Tourist emotion regulation and travel Tourist experience, emotion regulation, University experience satisfaction

Sunday, April 12 1 Concurrent 1B (NERR) – Ballroom B

Presenters Title Keywords Diane Kuehn and Thomas Sharkey - SUNY Perceptions of producers towards Maple producers, agritourism, climate change College of Environmental Science and Forestry climate change Lisa Chase – University of Vermont Ariel Hartman and Paige Viren - East Opening the Road to Tourism: Framing Media Media, Marketing, Minority populations Carolina University to Influence Travel Participation Among Derek Alderman – University of Tennessee Minorities Christopher Wynveen - Baylor University Barriers to adopting pro-environmental Pro-environmental behavior barriers; Great Stephen Sutton – James Cook University behavior in the Great Barrier Reef region Barrier Reef Marine Park; Value-Belief-Norm Theory Lindsay Usher and Ed Gomez - Old Dominion Perceived Crowding and Preferred Surfers, crowding, beach management University Management Scenarios among Surfers

Concurrent 1C (NERR) – Ballroom C

Presenters Title Keywords Gareth Jones, Tian Guo, Katherine Rural Disparities in the Built Environment: Youth, Obesity, Built Environment, Campbell and Michael Edwards – North Implications for Child and Adolescent Obesity Environmental Justice, Rural Carolina State University Katherine Campbell and Michael Edwards – Rural Girls' Perceptions of Success Youth, adulthood, achievement, goals North Carolina State University Shaun McKeon - Michigan State University The Effects of a Conservation Summer Camp Conservation, Youth, Summer Camp Program on Youth Participation in Heritage Sports

Concurrent 1D (NERR) – Thomas Point

Presenters Title Keywords Austin Barrett, Andrew Mowen and Alan The benefits and funding priorities associated Local Parks and Recreation, Benefits, Graefe - Penn State University with local park and recreation services: What Recreation Providers, Elected Officials do recreation providers and residents think?

Sunday, April 12 2 Nick Pitas and Andrew Mowen - Penn State A Qualitative Inquiry of Constituent Attitudes Community recreation, private sponsorship, University Towards Private Sponsorship of Public Sector public private partnership, qualitative research Toni Leichty - University of Illinois, Urbana- Park and Recreation Agencies Champaign Nate Trauntvein – University of New Hampshire Christine Vogt – Michigan State University Programming on the mound: A look at interest Park Programming, Demographics, Activities, David Klenosky - Purdue University in entertainment and outdoor recreation Interests, Cultural destination Stephanie Snyder and Lindsay Campbell – options for Freshkills Park in NYC USDA Forest Service Matthew Brownlee and Kelly Bricker - Seasonality and visitors' sense of place at Sense of place, outdoor recreation University of Utah Yellowstone National Park management, park management

3:00-3:30 pm – Break (Atrium)

3:30-5:00 pm – Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent 2A (NERR) – Ballroom A

Presenters Title Keywords Kelly Bricker and Matthew Brownlee – Roundtable: Finding Common Ground: Ecotourism, outdoor recreation, trends, University to Utah Synergies in Ecotourism and Outdoor research, synergies Deborah Kerstetter - Penn State University Recreation Research Robert Burns - West Virginia University Gyan Nayaupane - Arizona State University

Concurrent 2B (NERR) – Ballroom B

Presenters Title Keywords Ed Gomez - Old Dominion University Place Attachment and Dog Parks Place attachment, dog park Milo Nield, Eric Steffey and Megha Budruk - Exploring the influence of place attachment on Fee acceptance, place dependence, place Arizona State University user fee acceptance at nature parks: A attachment comparative study at two southwestern regional parks

Sunday, April 12 3 Jana Raadrik Cottrell and Stuart Cottrell - Exploring “Elsewhereland”: Places Desired, Second home, elsewhereland, everyday, Colorado State University Remembered and Dwelled on Among memories, place experience Vacationers to Saaremaa Island, Estonia Sharon Todd, Lynn Anderson, Amy Exploring the Relationship Between Nature- Nature, Sense of Place, Outdoor Recreation Shellman and Anderson Young – SUNY based Sense of Place and Well-being in Cortland Outdoor Pursuits Trip Groups Garrett Hutson – Brock University Erik Backlund - St. Lawrence University Perceptions of Success Connecting Children to Environmental Education, Perceptions, Rudy Shuster – US Geological Service Nature at the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Constraints

Concurrent 2C (NERR) – Ballroom C

Presenters Title Keywords Tom Garcia, Mary Allen and David Loomis - Measuring Potential for Conflict among SCUBA PCI, Consensus, Obligations/Sanctions, East Carolina University divers in the Florida Keys Behavior Mark Needham - Oregon State University Interpersonal and Social Values Conflict Conflict, recreation, wildlife, management Brian Szuster - University of Hawaii among Recreationists Swimming with Manta Rays in Hawaii Erin Harper and Jerry Vaske - Colorado State Encounters-Expectations-Crowding: Scuba Crowding, Encounters, Expectations, SCUBA University divers and Snorkelers diving, Snorkelers David Loomis – East Carolina University Mary Allen, Tom Garcia and David Loomis - Connections between SCUBA Diver Recreation specialization, behavior norms, Colorado State University Obligations and Sanctions across obligations, sanctions, SCUBA diving Specialization Levels

Concurrent 2D (NERR) – Thomas Point

Presenters Title Keywords Clinton Begley and Nathan Trauntvein - Understanding Personality, Motivations and Motivations, personality, recreation University of New Hampshire Recreation Preferences preferences, model testing, nature motivations, Elizabeth Coveli-Metcalf - University of consumptive recreation, non-consumptive Montana recreation, high-risk, low-risk, recreation behavior, visitor behavior

Sunday, April 12 4 Tian Guo and Roger Moore - North Carolina Examining Potential Intrapersonal Motivation Goal Setting Theory; Conflict; Recreation State University Conflicts of Trail Users: Integrating Potential Experience Preference for Conflict Index and Other Statistic Analyses Eric Steffey and Megha Budruk - Arizona The role of motivations on park performance Motivations, Intention to Visit, Park State University and visitor’s intentions to revisit: A study of Performance Daniel Plunkett - University of Wisconsin La visitors to a southwestern regional park Crosse system Lisa Groshong and Sonja Wilhelm Stanis - An Exploratory Investigation into the Agritourism, agriculture, tourism, providers, University of Missouri Entrepreneurial Goals & Challenges of survey, entrepreneurial goals, challenges Carla Barbieri - North Carolina State Agritourism Providers in Georgia University

5:00-6:30 pm – Poster Session Reception (NERR and SORP) - Atrium

Presenters Title Keywords KC Bloom - Salem State University Setting the Record Straight: The Practical State parks, self-sufficiency, valuation Realities of Self-Sufficiency in State Parks Management Katharina Brede, Silvia Kainzinger and International Students’ Perceptions of a US- International outdoor recreation research, Robert Burns – West Virginia University based Outdoor Recreation Research Internship internship experience Eick von Ruschkowski - Nature and Experience Biodiversity Conservation Union Arne Arnberger - BOKU, Vienna Katherine Campbell and KC Bloom - Salem After-School Programming: Understanding Youth programming, after-school programs, State University how an organization’s mission drives mission programming and its impact on youth Barry Garst and Ryan Gagnon – Clemson Mapping Overparenting in Youth Program Youth programs, parent involvement, University Settings overparents, program quality Mark Gleason and Mark Schwartz - Grand Partnerships using technology to manage Historical and Cultural Management, Marine Valley State University Historical and Cultural Resources Technology, ROVs, Side Scan Sonar Lisa Groshong, Sonja Wilhelm Stanis, Mark Community Engagement in Missouri State Climate change, extreme weather, visitor, Morgan, Yun Ho, Ojetunde Ojewola, and Parks and Historic Sites: Visitors and Managers manager, state parks Hongchao Zhang - University of Missouri Response to Climate Change Tian Guo, Roger Moore and Erin Seekamp - Adaptive Sampling Design with Pre-specified Visitation estimation, Complex sampling North Carolina State University Rules to Estimate Average Number of People design, Weighted estimation per Vehicle for a Park System

Sunday, April 12 5 Mirza Halim, Carla Barbieri, Duarte Morais - A Proposed Study to Assess the Challenges of Agritourism, female entrepreneurs North Carolina State University Female Farmers involved in Agritourism Christina Hallam - Independent Research Climate Change and the Ski Industry: A Toxic Effects of climate change, economic, human Class at Marriotts Ridge High School Pair behavior Min Kook Kim and David Graefe – Marshall Vegetation Cover Change Detection Using Vegetation, remote sensing University Satellite Remote Sensing: A Study in the Monongahela National Forest Jonas Leveque and Robert Burns – West Crowding perceptions of private boaters and White Water Recreation, Motivations, Virginia University associated management implications on the Crowding, Management Arne Arnberger - BOKU, Vienna Lower Youghiogheny River at Ohiopyle State Park (Pa) Dorothy Morgan– Bureau of Land Outcomes Focused Recreation Planning: Outcomes, Recreation Planning Management Moving the BLM Forward Alison Murray - Penn State University Looking Beyond Brochures: Opportunities in Tourism, privatization, West Virginia, the Privatization of Tourism Sites sustainable tourism, neo-local Chad Pierskalla, Robert Burns, Jeremy Lessons Learned from the Amazon Trails: A Amazon, Trail Design, Best Management Golston, and Benjamin Richardson - West Best Management Benchmarking Study Practices Virginia University Stanley Hinatsu and Larry Randall – USDA Forest Service Nick Pitas and Andrew Mowen - Penn State Preparing the Parent-Coach: Best Practices for Youth development, community recreation, University Parents Coaching Their Own Children extracurricular activities, coaching Azadeh Radmanesh and Alvin Yu - St. Cloud An exploratory study on the motives and Medical tourism, motives, decisive factors, State University decisive factors for medical tourists content analysis Nathan Reigner and Robert Manning - Down of the Count: monitoring experiential Monitoring, Recreation, Trails, Management University of Vermont and resource quality with electronic trail Jeremy Wimpey - Applied Trails Research counters Matt D. Scaccia, Sandra De Urioste-Stone The Future of Destination Selection in a Tourism, Climate Change, Outdoor Recreation, and Emily Wilkins - University of Maine Changing Seasonal Climate: Implications for Travel Behavior, Survey Visitation to Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island, Maine Tony Shillingburg and Natalia Buta - A Recreation Needs Assessment for Jennings Needs Assessment, Recreation, Survey, Frostburg State University Randolph Lake Jennings Randolph Lake, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Sunday, April 12 6 Risa Shimoda – River Management Society National River Recreation Database - Overview National River Recreation Database, River and Update Management Society, , NHD, ESRI, Risa Shimoda David Smaldone - West Virginia University Hikers and Climbers in the New River Gorge - Climbers, hikers, low impact, trust, Comparing Low Impact attitudes and sources management, education of trust Clifton Watts, Nisha Wright and Jesse Jones Improving Recreation Services: A Comparison - East Carolina University of Importance-Performance Approaches in Evaluating Recreation Services Amanda Williams, David Graefe and Brian The Greening of Marshall University: An Campus Conservation, Student Satisfaction Morgan - Marshall University Examination of the effects of Campus-Wide Conservation Projects on the Student Experience Chris Zajchowski and Matthew Brownlee – Heuristics in the wild: The role of ecological Heuristics, ecological rationality, uncertainty, University of Utah rationality in heuristic efficacy within outdoor outdoor recreation pursuits

Dinner on your own

Sunday, April 12 7 Monday, April 13

7:00 am – 5:00 pm – Registration Desk (Lobby)

8:00-9:30 am – Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent 3A (NERR) – Point Lookout

Presenters Title Keywords Andy Holdnak - University of West Florida Gulf Horizon Oil Spill: 5 years later. Impacts Florida, Oil spill, economic impact Kate Price-Howard and Patrick Holiday – on Northwest Florida Coastal Tourism Troy University Joshua Carroll - Radford University From WROS to TOS: Using the Water Recreation, Tourism, Management, Planning Recreation Opportunity Spectrum to Develop a Tourism Opportunity Spectrum Measurement Tool Rod Warnick, Elizabeth Cartier and Experiencing the Event Brand: Examining the Branded experience, regional agricultural fair, Tiffany Jungyoung Shin - University of Brand Images for New England Regional Fair place marketing, visitor/attendee types. Massachusetts, Amherst Jordan Blair and Alison Murray - Penn Recreational Users' Perceptions of Tourism Marine protected areas, tourism State University Development Impacts in a Marine Protected development, perceptions, environmental Area. impacts

Concurrent 3B (NERR) – Ballroom C

Presenters Title Keywords Christopher Goldbecker - Fairfax County The Individual Flow State and Experience and Flow, Satisfaction, Paintball Park Authority Satisfaction of Scenario Paintball Players Ellen Drogin Rodgers, R. Pierre Rodgers, and Brenda Wiggins – George Mason University Ryan Gagnon, Garrett Stone and Barry Competitive Climbing as Serious Leisure Serious leisure, competitive climbing, Garst – Clemson University motivations, sport management, recreation specialization

Monday, April 13 8 Chris Zajchowski, Matthew Brownlee, The relationship between backcountry skiers’ Backcountry skiing, ski resorts, Kelly Bricker and Benjamin Altshuler - environmental values and perceptions about environmental values, development University of Utah development David Graefe – Marshall University Deconstructing Recreation Specialization: A Specialization, Craft Beer, Leisure Andrew Mowen and Alan Graefe – Penn Case Study of Pennsylvania Craft Beer Involvement State University Drinkers

Concurrent 3C (NERR) – Ballroom A

Presenters Title Keywords Laura Schweizer, Andrew Stephenson and Hunters' vs. Non-hunters: Attitudes Toward Hunter, Attitudes, Canada Geese, Nuisance, Craig Miller - Illinois Natural History Survey Canada Goose Management in Illinois Management Craig Miller - University of Illinois Illinois Waterfowl Hunter Expenditures Waterfowl, hunting, expenditures, economic, During the 2012-13 Illinois Waterfowl impact Seasons Xiaohan Zhang and Craig Miller - University Different Influences of Socioeconomic Factors Hunting license sales, fishing license sales, of Illinois on the Hunting and Fishing License Sales in socioeconomic factors Cook County, IL Xiao Xiao, Elizabeth Perry and Robert Expanding Transportation Recreation Transportation Recreation Opportunity Manning - University of Vermont Opportunities for Diversity and Democracy: A Spectrum (T-ROS), race/ethnicity, indicators, Quantitative Measure for the Indicators of recreation experience Transportation Recreation Opportunity Spectrum

Concurrent 3D (NERR) – Ballroom B

Presenters Title Keywords Michael Ferguson, Alan Graefe, Andrew Users Opinions Towards Energy Development, Public Land Mowen and Jordan Blair - Penn State Energy and Communications Related Management, Natural Resource Management, University Infrastructure Development Human Dimensions Jennifer Newton, Peter Newman and Examining perceptions of soundscapes and Soundscapes, first time visitors, potential Derrick Taff - Penn State University potential management actions in Bandelier management action David Weinzimmer - Colorado State National Monument University

Monday, April 13 9 David Klenosky, Linda Prokopy and Two forms of neutrality: ambivalence versus Attitude measurement; land trust Rebecca Perry-Hill - Purdue University indifference in member and non-member organizations; non-profit membership; Nathan Mullendore - Minnesota Dept. of attitudes toward land trust organizations private land conservation Natural Resources Andrew Purrington and Benjamin Revisiting the Influence of Loss Aversion and Resource Management; Decision Making; Hickerson - Penn State University Ownership on Mountain Bikers Behavioral Ownership; Outdoor Recreation Intentions

Concurrent 3E (SORP) - CM | 1.5 – Thomas Point

Presenters Title Keywords Panelists SCORP University Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Kendall Sommers - Delaware Division of Recreation Plans Parks & Recreation Diane Kripas - Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources Andrew Mowen - Penn State University Janit Llewellyn Allen - Virginia Dept. of Conservation & Recreation Terry Bergerson - Oregon Parks & Recreation Dept

Presenters / Moderators: Sergio Capozzi - Red Canoe, LLC Joel Lynch, Martha Droge, Alexis John, and Megan Lang - National Park Service

Concurrent 3F (SORP) – Windmill Point

Presenters Title Keywords Rose Verbos and Matthew Brownlee - Detecting information or infrastructure Off-highway vehicle, supply and demand, University of Utah deficits for Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) natural resource management recreationists: Operationalizing the natural resource matrix Cybil Kho - National Parks Board, Singapore Parks as a Place for Individuals and Social Social interaction; In-situ Park Use; Asian Christine Vogt - Michigan State University Interactions tropics; Urban Green Space; Urban Dwellers

Monday, April 13 10 Holly Eagleston - Virginia Tech Special Events Permitting: Evaluating Special event permitting, recreation ecology, resource impacts from orienteering and protected natural areas competitive running in protected natural areas Richard Holt and Ellen Drogin Rodgers - Parental Influence on the Physical Behavior of Youth, Parental Influence, and Outdoor George Mason University School-age children in a Socio-economically activity diverse Community: Implications for a Collaborative Approach to Promotion of Outdoor Activities

9:30-10:00 am – Break (Atrium)

10:00-11:30 am – Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent 4A (NERR) – Ballroom C

Presenters Title Keywords Thomas More - Independent Researcher Are the National Parks Dying? National parks, recreation policy, visitation, morale William Valliere and Robert Manning – Analyzing the Importance of Night Sky Quality National Parks, Night Skies, management University of Vermont in Two National Parks Elizabeth Perry, Xiao Xiao and Robert The roles of transportation and park identity Awareness, under-represented, racial/ethnic Manning – University of Vermont on visitation to urban national parks minorities, transportation, urban, local population James Absher – USDA Forest Service Socio-demographic, Crowding and Satisfaction Socio-demographics, crowding, satisfaction, Chieh-Lu Li and Shi-Jie Shi-Jie - National Differences among Visitors to Park and Forest cross-cultural, park and recreation Chung Hsing University Area in the US, Hong Kong and Taiwan

Concurrent 4B (NERR) – Ballroom A

Presenters Title Keywords Jonas Leveque and Robert Burns - West Private Boater Monitoring on the Lower White Water Recreation, Motivations, Virginia University Youghiogheny River at Ohiopyle State Park Satisfaction, Crowding Arne Arnberger - BOKU, Vienna (Pa)

Monday, April 13 11 Ashley Popham and Robert Burns - West Wenaha Wild and Scenic River Corridor and Outdoor Recreation, Wild and Scenic Rivers, Virginia University Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness Recreation Wilderness Study Silvia Kainzinger and Robert Burns, West Comparing Whitewater Boaters Preferences Whitewater boating, discrete choice, use Virginia University for Social, Physical and Managerial Factors in levels Arne Arnberger - BOKU, Vienna Low Use and High Use Settings Kenny Wallen and Gerard Kyle - Texas Normative Dimensions and Leave-no-Trace Norms, Leave-no-trace, River boating A&M University Behaviors Carena Van Riper - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign James Absher – USDA Forest Service

Concurrent 4C (NERR) – Ballroom B

Presenters Title Keywords Matt Scaccia, John Daigle and Mark An Examination of the Overlapping State Parks, Constraints, Recreation, Anderson - University of Maine Constraints for Maine Residents Participating Participation, Survey Research in Outdoor Recreation Activities and Visiting Maine State Parks Rick Gage – Marshall University Manager and Visitor Perceptions of Public Conflict, land management, satisfaction Recreation Land Management Hungling Liu - Oklahoma State University Attitudes of Park Visitors toward Wildlife and Wildlife management, black bears, and visitor Ryan Sharp and Michael Bradley - Eastern Black Bear Management: A Case Study of Big management Kentucky University South Fork National River and Recreation Area Alyson Lewis and Hans Vogelsong - East Visitation to Wildlife Refuges: What the Wildlife Refuge, Visitor Expectations, Carolina University Visitor Expects and What Impacts Satisfaction Satisfaction.

Concurrent 4D (SORP) - CM | 1.5 – Thomas Point

Presenters Title Keywords Martha Droge and Alexis John- National SCORP University (Continuation of Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Park Service Concurrent Session 3E) Recreation Plans Sergio Capozzi - Red Canoe LLC

Monday, April 13 12 Concurrent 4E (SORP) – Windmill Point

Presenters Title Keywords Roger Wright and Peter Fix - University of Applying a Community-Based Approach to Partnerships; Community-based planning; Alaska Fairbanks Recreation Planning: Assessing Local Supply Survey research methods; assessing demand; and Demand for Outdoor Recreation interagency collaboration William Hendricks and Jerusha Latino and Non-Latino Support for California Outdoor recreation, facilities, services, Latino, Greenwood – Cal Poly Outdoor Recreation Services and Facilities California Kelly Bricker and Zachery Schwing – University of Utah Eric Thompson and Myron Floyd - North Overcoming Barriers to Urban Outdoor urban, recreation barriers, cultural diversity, Carolina State University Recreation: Manager and Community US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Danielle Ross-Winslow and Natalie Sexton Perspectives Refuges, partnerships, - US Fish and Wildlife Service Alia Dietsch - US Geological Survey

Concurrent 4F (NERR) – Point Lookout

Presenters Title Keywords Matthew Brownlee and Kelly Bricker – Roundtable: Operationalizing park health Health, park resources, research University of Utah resources: An interactive workshop

11:30-1:00 – Lunch on your own

Monday, April 13 13 1:00-3:00 pm – Welcome Plenary (Ballroom)

The City of Annapolis and the larger Chesapeake Bay region have incredible outdoor recreation opportunities and innovative conservation efforts. After a general welcome to the conference from SORP and NERR, the featured speakers of this plenary will provide an overview of outdoor recreation in Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay region, and touch on innovative and collaborative partnerships and efforts related to the sustainability of the area’s natural, cultural, historic, and recreation resources.

Speakers: Sergio Capozzi – President, Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals Dr. Thomas Wickham – Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium Michael Morris – Director, Annapolis Parks and Recreation Dr. Mamie Parker – Chesapeake Conservancy Board Member (retired Assistant Director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service)

3:00-3:30 - Break

3:30-5:00 pm – Opening Plenary (Ballroom)

Agency representatives from two of the largest land management agencies in the , the National Park Service and the US Forest Service, will talk about the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, statewide comprehensive outdoor recreation plans (SCORP), participation trends, the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, the NPS-led initiative to get every 4th grader to a National Park, and other agency efforts that will guide outdoor recreation in the coming years. The SCORP Excellence Award will be presented as part of this session.

Speakers: Joel Lynch – Chief, State and Local Assistance Programs Division, National Park Service Dr. Donald English – National Visitor Use Monitoring Program Leader, USDA Forest Service Jonathan Meade – Deputy Regional Director, National Park Service

6:00-7:00 pm – Live and Silent Auctions (Atrium)

7:00-9:00 pm – Banquet (Ballroom)

Monday, April 13 14 Tuesday, April 14

7:00 am – 5:00 pm – Registration Desk (Lobby)

8:00-9:30 am – Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent 5A (NERR) – Ballroom A

Presenters Title Keywords Laura Anderson - University of Wisconsin, Visitor motivations for technology escape in Visitor motivations, technology escape, forest Stevens Point Wisconsin’s largest state forest recreation Melissa Baker - Northern Highland - American Legion State Forest Lauren Abbott, Jake Benfield, Derrick Taff, The Influence of Natural Sounds on Natural sounds, human health and wellbeing, and Peter Newman - Penn State University Restoration soundscape management Rose Verbos and Matthew Brownlee - How does the weather influence outdoor Weather-dependency framework, outdoor University of Utah recreationists? An exploration of weather recreation, climate change, natural resource dependency. management Laurie Harmon, Wayne Means, Tyler Outdoor Learning: STEM and Collaborative STEM, outdoor learning, collaboration, DuPuis, and Morgan McDougall - University Skill Development playscapes of Wisconsin, La Crosse

Concurrent 5B (NERR) – Ballroom B

Presenters Title Keywords Adam Landon, Gerard Kyle and Ronald Predicting voluntary compliance in a Water conservation, normative feedback, Kasier - Texas A&M University residential water conservation program using behavior change, theory of planned behavior the theory of planned behavior Anna Pechenik Mausolf, Gerard Kyle, Cultivating park stewardship through citizen Stewardship Citizen Science BioBlitz National Adam Landon and Kenneth Wallen – Texas science Parks A&M University Carena Van Riper - University of Illinois Jee In Yoon - Ewha Womans University

Tuesday, April 14 15 Stuart Cottrell - Colorado State University Park Visitor Response to Bark Beetle Visitor Response, Insect outbreaks, Climate Arne Arnberger and Martin Ebenberger – Outbreaks: Cross National Assessment Change BOKU, Vienna Ingrid E. Schneider and Alex Schlueter, University of Minnesota Rob Venette, Stephanie Snyder and Paul Gobster - USDA Forest Service Stuart Cottrell, Kathie Mattor and John Water Provider Versus Watershed Health Climate Change, Beetle Impacts, Water Stedneck - Colorado State University Perspectives of Mountain Pine Beetle Effects Quality, Stakeholder Communication Eric Dickerson - Southern Nevada Water on Water Quality: A Comparative Analysis Authority

Concurrent 5C (NERR) – Ballroom C

Presenters Title Keywords Joshua Baur - San Jose State University Homelessness and Long-term Occupancy in Homelessness; Long-term occupancy; Joann Tynon - Oregon State University National Forests and Grasslands National forests and grasslands; Lee Cerveny - USDA Forest Service environmental and social impacts Ming Gu and Sheng Shu - Minzu University An Examination of the Agritourism Ontology Agritourism, Ontology, China, United States of China between China and the United States Jing Le, Shuangyu Xu and Carla Barbieri - North Carolina State University Charles Nelson, Jenni Lee and Christine Summer 2014 Trail Use and Users on Three Trail use, non-motorized trails Vogt - Michigan State University Northern Lower Michigan Trails

Concurrent 5D (SORP) - CM | 1.5 – Thomas Point

Presenters Title Keywords Diane Kripas and Meredith Hill – Starting up and Sustaining Large Landscape Innovative partnerships, creative approach, Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation & Natural Conservation Projects collaborations, political and community Resources support Scot Grossman and Nancy York – Jefferson Canyons, Raging Rapids and Conservation in Partnerships, Collaboration, Modern Outdoor County Open Space Colorado: The Tale of Two Counties and a Recreation Experiences, Community Support, River Corridor Trail Project of Statewide Political Support, Diversified Funding, Significance Regional Trail

Tuesday, April 14 16 Concurrent 5E (SORP) – Windmill Point

Presenters Title Keywords Daniel Biggs - Weston & Sampson Celebrating the War of 1812 from the Water: Recreational Planning, Water Trail, Paddling, Michael Bayer - Environmental Resources Developing the Star Spangled Banner Natural Resources, Implementation, Management National Historic Water Trail Partnership

Concurrent 5F (SORP) – Point Lookout

Presenters Title Keywords Tom Landers – Nau Media Corporation Managing the planning, internal and public Information Management, GIS Management, information and services needs of your Digital Goods, Social Media Engagement organization Eric Bach - Hipcamp Open Data for Open Lands Open data, API, entrepreneurs, federal contracts

9:30-10:00 am – Break (Atrium)

10:00-11:30 am – Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent 6B (NERR) – Ballroom B

Presenters Title Keywords Elizabeth Cartier and Rod Warnick - The Lifecycle of Ski Films: An Image of Winter Ski, film, recreation, image, place, movement University of Massachusetts Outdoor Recreation, Past and Present Tannaz Soltani, Catalina Palacios and Market Assessment and Feasibility Analysis Feasibility analysis; nature-based park; Lowell Caneday – Oklahoma State University of a Nature-based Park in Oklahoma market assessment; visitor profile I-Chun (Nicki) Wu, Hungling (Stella) Liu, Serving Oklahoma’s General Public: Purpose, Oklahoma State Parks, Purpose and and Lowell Caneday – Oklahoma State Significance, and Issues of the State Park Significant of State Park, Resource University System Management Plan Nathan Reigner and Robert Manning - Monitoring crowding on trails using trail Monitoring, Recreation, Trails, Management University of Vermont counters and time lapse photography - a case Jeremy Wimpey - Applied Trails Research study in the White Mountains.

Tuesday, April 14 17 Concurrent 6C (NERR) – Ballroom C

Presenters Title Keywords Ryan Gagnon, Garrett Stone and Barry Fidelity and Experiential Education: Toward a Program evaluation, program assessment, Garst – Clemson University Scientific Model of Program Evaluation implementation, fidelity, FCPC Jennifer Newton, Peter Newman and Methods Used to Understand Visitor Use, and Novel integrated survey methods, GIS, Derrick Taff - Penn State University Social and Ecological Impacts in Grand Teton Chris Monz and Ashley D’Antonio - Utah National Park State University James Absher - USDA Forest Service Getting Outside (The Box) in Social Carrying Carrying Capacity, recreation experiences Capacity Determination Judy Brookhiser - Murray State University A Successful Model for Experiential Learning Experiential Education, National Parks, in National Parks Course Planning

Concurrent 6D (SORP) – Point Lookout

Presenters Title Keywords Chad Schneckenburger and Dave Lefevre – How LWCF has Supported the National LWCF, NLCS, conservation, public lands, Bureau of Land Management Conservation Lands: An Examination of Two recreation States Rachel Franchina – USDA Forest Service Working Across Agency Lines: the Visitor use management, ROS, LAC, VERP, Interagency Visitor Use Management Council interagency, policy

Concurrent 6E (SORP) – Windmill Point

Presenters Title Keywords Corita Waters - National Park Service Prepare to Launch! River, water, water trail, access, canoe, kayak, Risa Shimoda - River Management Society paddle

Tuesday, April 14 18 Concurrent 6F (SORP) - CM | 1.5 – Thomas Point

Presenters Title Keywords Tarsha Scovens and Keisha Scovens - Let's Diversify? Oh my! How... and why? Diversity, outdoor recreation, sustainability, Go Outdoors conservation

11:30-1:30 – National SORP Awards Presentation & Luncheon (Atrium)

Speaker: Neil Kornze – Director, Bureau of Land Management

1:30-3:00 pm – Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent 7A (SORP) – Thomas Point

Presenters Title Keywords Bill Bryan - Missouri State Parks 100 Missouri Miles: Using Technology to Social media, web site, trails Tim Robyn - Missouri Division of Promote Recreation Information Technology Services Cindy Chance - National Park Service How Interpretive Geocaching Links Partners Geocaching, partnerships, GIS, interpretation, Susan Kelley - Maryland-National Capital and Delivers Visitors to National Historic marketing Parks and Planning Commission Trails Anjela Barnes - Accokeek Foundation at

Concurrent 7B (SORP) - CM | 1.5 – Windmill Point

Presenters Title Keywords Andrew Schwartz and Jennifer Cristobal - Planning and Designing River Access Points National Park Service, river access point, Environmental Planning & Design, LLC on the Upper Delaware Wild and Scenic River universal design, consensus building Janit Llewellyn Allen - Virginia Dept. of Water Trail Planning: Key Steps to Success Water trails, outdoor recreation, river access, Conservation & Recreation lessons learned, community and stakeholder Jean Akers - Conservation Technix engagement

Tuesday, April 14 19 Concurrent 7C (SORP) – Point Lookout

Presenters Title Keywords Jacqui Ulrich, Credell Walls and Kelvin Youth Voices: What Cook County Forest Youth, outreach, diversity Boyd – Forest Preserves of Cook County Preserves Learned from Youth Ambassadors

Concurrent 7D (SORP) - CM | 1.5 – Ballroom C

Presenters Title Keywords Chuck Hunt and John Davy - National Park Partners in Public Access--Implementing the Public access, Chesapeake Bay Watershed Service Chesapeake Bay Agreement Agreement , Partnerships, MOUs, Public Lisa Gutierrez - Maryland Dept. of Natural Access Authorities, SCORP, Chesapeake Bay Resources Public Access Plan Lauren Imgrund - Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources

3:00-3:30 pm – Break (Atrium)

3:30-5:00 pm – Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent 8A (SORP) – Thomas Point

Presenters Title Keywords Wayne Hunt - Hunt Design Group Wayfinding and Signage in Complex Signage, wayfinding, National Mall, National Grady Brown - iZone Imaging Environments: The National Mall Park Service Charlynne Smith and Jenn Beedle - North Visualizing Community Impact: Twenty Years Spatial Analysis, Story Maps, State Funded Carolina State University of the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Grants Timothy Johnson – North Carolina Division Trust Fund of Parks and Recreation

Tuesday, April 14 20 Concurrent 8B (SORP) - CM | 1.5 – Windmill Point

Presenters Title Keywords Robert Burns - West Virginia University Using Data in Recreation Management: The Outdoor recreation planning, social science White Salmon River Case Study data, white-water boating

Concurrent 8C (SORP) – Point Lookout

Presenters Title Keywords Adam Bossi, Steve Carr, John Wilson, and Connections Enhancing collaboration, building Rodney Vese - Maryland Dept. of Natural partnerships and serving out pubic Resources information related to public trails and lands

Concurrent 8D (SORP) – Ballroom C

Presenters Title Keywords Maren Murphy and Chet Crowser - To Be or Not to Be: Classifying and park management; strategic planning; state Montana State Parks Prioritizing Montana’s State Parks parks; resource allocation; budgets Michael Bradley, Ryan L. Sharp, Jamie From Government to Grassroots: Rural and Natural resource tourism, rural tourism, Woolery, Stephanie McSpirit - Eastern Natural Resource Tourism in Kentucky agritourism Kentucky University

Dinner on your own

Tuesday, April 14 21 Wednesday, April 15

8:00 am – 5:00 pm – Field Workshop Options

Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks is partnering with SORP to host a series of field workshops focused on the urban interface with nature. The folks at the National Heritage Area will be our guides.

Take time to explore the opportunities for Wednesday’s day-long field trips culminating at the Baltimore Harbor. Field trips will end at Baltimore’s as a final exploration into public access in an urban waterfront.

Physical activity ranking for each trip: Level 1 – not very taxing Level 2 – moderate exertion Level 3 – you best be in shape and ready for a challenge

Waterfront Partnership

Physical activity ranking: Level 1 Discover how partnerships have grown and are growing the Harbor into a healthy, attractive and accessible resource. Baltimore’s green edges, running paths, trash-free open waters for boating, fishing and swimming along with the shoreline marsh supporting diverse habitats are highlights of the Waterfront Partnership’s Healthy Harbor Initiative. This Baltimore Inner Harbor experience will highlight the Living Classrooms Foundation as well as explore the science lab, water trails and yoga in the park.

Bike Tour Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park to the Inner Harbor

Physical activity ranking: Level 3 From Leakin Park along the Gwynns Falls Trail, this 14-mile bike tour explores programs and partnerships that connected the trail to the Inner Harbor. This is a rain or shine opportunity so come prepared for the weather. Gwynns Falls Park and Leakin Park provide historical context for studying park development and management in an urban setting. Key learning points include park development history, current uses, funding and management challenges. Along the way, cyclists will experience parks and open space with historical and cultural significance.

Jones Falls to Druid Hill Walking

Physical activity ranking: Level 2 (Required – Comfortable walking shoes!) This walking tour explores rich cultural and natural history in an urban context. Sites include the Cylburn , the , Rockrose Garden and . Learning opportunities are centered on the history of urban park areas, management challenges and the growing interest in local, urban agriculture. Dinner on your own

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7:00 am – 5:00 pm – Registration Desk (Lobby)

8:00-9:30 am – Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent 9A (SORP) – Ballroom A

Presenters Title Keywords Terry Bergerson - Oregon Parks and The 2014 Oregon Statewide Trail User Survey Oregon Statewide Trails Plan Survey Recreation Dept. Natalia Buta - Frostburg State University Assessment of Satisfaction with Site Recreation resource management; visitor Conditions and Preferred Management satisfaction; outfitters and guides; Actions among Visitors and Tour Operators at management actions El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico Yue Cui - Michigan State University Geo-spatial insights for campers using USACE Camping, Market Segmentation, Kathleen Perales and Scott Jackson - US campgrounds Geodemographics, Army Corps of Engineers

Concurrent 9B (SORP) - CM | 1.5 – Ballroom B

Presenters Title Keywords Glenn Haas - Aukerman, Haas, and International Management of Parks and International Parks and Protected Area Associates Protected Areas: Austria, Germany, Brazil and Management; Sustainable Communities; Arne Arnberger - University of Natural the Caribbean Revenue Generation and Funding, Visitor Resources and Life Sciences Vienna Management, Interpretation Silvia Kainzinger and Robert Burns - West Virginia University

Concurrent 9C (SORP) – Ballroom C

Presenters Title Keywords Elaine Wilson and Seth Wheat - Kentucky Kentucky Trail Town Program Trail Towns, partnerships, connectivity, Office of Adventure Tourism community development

Thursday, April 16 23 Renee Tkach - Friends of the Columbia Gorge Gorge Towns to Trails, Making the Land and Water Conservation Funding, land Connection: The Past and Future of LWCF in trust, non-profit organization, Columbia River the Columbia River National Scenic Area Gorge National Scenic Area, trails, economic development, community outreach

Concurrent 9D (SORP) – Thomas Point

Presenters Title Keywords Steven Selin - West Virginia University Public Engagement Methods Come of Age-- Public engagement; methods; trends; lessons Lessons Learned from Conservation Planning learned; new horizons Mark Gleason - Grand Valley State University Public Input for the creation of water trails Public involvement, Water trails Leslie Connelly - Washington State The Recreation Economy in Washington Economy, Outdoor Recreation, Participation Recreation & Conservation Office State: Big Money, Big Players, Who Wins? Rates

Concurrent 9E (SORP) – Point Lookout

Presenters Title Keywords David Tyahla - National Recreation and Park An overview of the LWCF stateside Coalition's Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, Association goals for reauthorization and an assessment LWCF, reauthorization, stateside funding Susan Moerschel - National Association of of the political climate surrounding the State Outdoor Recreation Liaison Officers program in the new Congress (NASORLO) Lewis Ledford - National Association of State Park Directors

9:30-10:00 am – Break (Atrium)

10:00-11:30 am – Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent 10A (SORP) – Ballroom A

Presenters Title Keywords Jon Benson - USDA Forest Service Camper Cabins on Public Land Camper Cabins

Thursday, April 16 24 Sophie Sarkar - National Park Service The Lower Delaware Canoemobile: Urban Rivers, Youth Engagement, Urban Chad Dayton - Wilderness Inquiry Empowering Youth to Rediscover their Urban Outreach, Gateway Experiences, Pyramid of Waterways Engagement

Concurrent 10B (SORP) – Ballroom B

Presenters Title Keywords Kendall Sommers - Delaware Division of Building Healthy and Active Communities Partnerships, Active Living, Public Health, Parks & Recreation Through Partnerships Children’s Health, Land Use Planning, Built Patricia Miller - Nemours Health and Environment, Healthy Communities Prevention Services Priscilla Geigis - Massachusetts Dept. of Outdoor Kitchen: Get Naturally Healthy Outdoor Kitchen, Specialty Crops, Cooking Conservation and Recreation Julie Martin - Mass Parks

Concurrent 10C (SORP) – Ballroom C

Presenters Title Keywords Stephanie Grigsby - Design Workshop The Art of Charrettes and Stakeholder Charrette, facilitation, toolbox, cutting edge Engagement social media Katy Amon - LEEs+Associates Natural Area Trails Management – Toronto’s Next practices, natural area management, Natural Environment Trail Strategy innovative engagement, award winning, high tech, public access, community ownership

Concurrent 10D (SORP) – Point Lookout

Presenters Title Keywords Lina Oliveros and Bob Campbell – National Roundtable: New Approaches in ADA-compliant, universal access, adaptive, Park Service Accessibility Recreation youth, job skills Nicki Fiocco – Anne Arundel County Chass Seymour – Maryland Conservation Jobs Corps Fred Banks - Maryland Conservation Jobs Corps Program

Thursday, April 16 25 11:30-1:30 – Lunch on your own

1:30-3:00 pm – Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent 11A (SORP) – Ballroom A

Presenters Title Keywords Richard Dolesh - National Recreation and Connecting Kids to Nature and the Outdoors Technology; connecting; kids; cool; Park Association through Technology innovative; stewardship; nature; outdoors; apps; conservation Michael Land - National Park Service Using Digital Media (Web, Mobile, Social) to Web, mobile, social media, responsive web Entice Recreational (Trail) Users design, structured data / metadata, user experience, content strategy

Concurrent 11B (SORP) – Ballroom B

Presenters Title Keywords Gloria Tom - Navajo Nation, Fish & Wildlife Challenges to Outdoor Recreation Facility Navajo Nation, outdoor recreation facility Dept. Development on Tribal Land development, Wheatfields Lake Recreation Area Charles Nelson - Michigan State University Linking Wildlife Habitat Restoration and Partnerships, wetlands, outdoor recreation Outdoor Recreation: Lessons from Implementing the North American Waterfowl Management Plan in Michigan

Concurrent 11C (SORP) – Ballroom C

Presenters Title Keywords Margaret Bailey - CHM - Government Evolving Trends in the Boating, Paddlesports, Recreation Equipment Trends, Recreational Services RV and Camping Industry Vehicle, Marinas, Paddlesports, Boating, Ivan Levin - The Outdoor Foundation Camping James Ashurst - Recreational Vehicle Industry Association Robert E. Newsome - National Marine Manufacturers Association

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Concurrent 11D (SORP) - CM | 1.5 – Point Lookout

Presenters Title Keywords Dee Merriam - Centers for Disease Control Measuring the Health Impacts of Parks and Health, parks, trails, park and trail system and Prevention Trails - A Roundtable Discussion planning, metrics, inclusion, funding, Courtney Schultz - North Carolina State constituency building, access, outdoor University recreation, planners, planning, recreation, Attila Bality - National Park Service measures, benefits, experts, NPS, CDC, NC State

3:00-3:30 – Break (Atrium)

3:30-5:00 pm - Plenary Session (Ballroom)

National Outdoor Recreation Outlook Forum – hosted by George Mason University

This session comprises an esteemed panel of experts who have been challenged to address key perspectives on the next 5-10 years in Outdoor Recreation. Who will be our visitors? What will be the changing nature of our urban parks? How will we address increasing demands for accountability? What challenges will we face in provision of opportunities? What role will collaborative partnerships play in funding our services? How do we prepare the next generation of stewards? The panel will provide a glimpse into the future with ample opportunities for audience participation and sharing of perspectives.

Panelists: Jayne Miller - Superintendent, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Dr. Don English - Program Leader, National Visitor Use Monitoring Program, USDA Forest Service Rich Dolesh - Vice President for Conservation and Parks, National Recreation and Park Association

Facilitator: Dr. Ellen Drogin Rodgers - Associate Dean, George Mason University

5:00 pm – Closing Remarks (Ballroom)

Dinner on your own

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