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2015 Conference Program 2015 National Outdoor Recreation Conference in partnership with the Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium Annapolis, Maryland – 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 maple 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
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