United States Department of Agriculture Proceedings of the Pacific Southwest Research Station Symposium on Social Aspects General and Recreation Research Technical Report PSW-GTR-132 February 19-22, 1992, Ontario, California Chavez, Deborah J., technical coordinator. 1992. Proceedings of the Symposium on Social Aspects and Recreation Research, February 19-22, 1992, Ontario, California. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-132. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 96 p. The growing demand for recreation at the wildland-urban interface throughout the United States poses new challenges for natural resource managers. To enable resource managers and researchers to exchange information and ideas, the first Symposium on Social Aspects and Recreation Research was held. The format of the symposium offered various opportunities for interactive communication among attendees. The proceedings contain a keynote address, abbreviated versions of 27 oral presentations, and summaries of sessions covering poster presentations, simulated field trips, and round table discussions. Issues addressed include these: access, land stewardship and ethics, cultural diversity of recreationists, service delivery strategies, agency-visitor interaction, conflict, partnerships, and data collection techniques. Retrieval Terms: conflict, cultural diversity, land ethics, land stewardship, service delivery strategies Technical Coordinator: Deborah J. Chavez is Project Leader in charge of the Station's Wildland Recreation and the Urban Culture Research Unit headquartered at the Forest Fire Laboratory, 4955 Canyon Crest Dr., Riverside, CA 92507. Publisher: Pacific Southwest Research Station Albany, California (Mailing address: P.O. Box 245, Berkeley, CA 94701-0245 Telephone: 510-559-6300) June 1992 Proceedings of the Symposium on Social Aspects and Recreation Research February 19-22,1992, Ontario, California Deborah J. Chavez, Technical Coordinator Contents Preface ...........................................................................................................................................................................iv Keynote Address John J. Moeller ............................................................................................................................................................1 Papers From First Concurrent Session, Thursday Morning........................................................................5 Access Initiatives ........................................................................................................................................................5 National Research, Technology and Training: Implementing Recreation Design Concepts Edward J. Hamilton ..............................................................................................................................................6 Access to Public Recreation Facilities and Universal Design R. Brian Kermeen ..................................................................................................................................................8 Improving Access to America's Great Outdoors Through Partnerships and Volunteers: A Call for Involvement Kenneth J. Kunert ............................................................................................................................................... 11 The Camping Experience Among Families Who Have a Child With a Disability Laura McLachlin ................................................................................................................................................ 13 Fire Safety, Education, Multicultural Environments, and Land Stewardship in the Wildland-Urban Interface ......................................................................................................................15 A Qualitative Study of Factors Influencing Racial Diversity in Environmental Education: Preliminary Results Kathy James and Leo H. McAvoy ........................................................................................................................ 16 Fire Risk and Residential Development: A GIS Analysis Jennifer L. Rechel, James B. Davis, and Ted K. Bradshaw .................................................................................. 18 Valuing Cultural Diversity: Research and Policy Questions..................................................................................21 Fostering Cultural Diversity: Problems of Access and Ethnic Boundary Maintenance Maria T. Allison .................................................................................................................................................. 22 Leisure Service Delivery Systems: Are They Adequate? Rene Fukuhara Dahl ........................................................................................................................................... 25 USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-132. 1992. i Papers From Second Concurrent Session, Thursday Afternoon ............................................................. 29 Land Use Ethics and Communication With Multicultural Groups...................................................................... 29 Social Structural Characteristics of Hispanic Recreationists on the Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests Deborah S. Carr and Daniel R. Williams ............................................................................................................ 30 Land Ethics for Bureau of Land Management Employees Duane DePaepe .................................................................................................................................................. 32 Native Cultures and Language: Challenges for Land Managers in Alaska Thomas J. Gallagher .......................................................................................................................................... 34 Conflicting Values: Spirituality and Wilderness at Mt. Shasta Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Lynn Huntsinger, Catherine Phillips, and Barbara Allen-Diaz ............................... 36 Service Delivery Strategies for Multicultural Environments ............................................................................... 39 Identifying Service Delivery Strategies for Ethnically Diverse Users of a Wildland-Urban Recreation Site John M. Baas ...................................................................................................................................................... 40 Comparing the Preferences of Black, Asian, Hispanic, and White Fishermen at Moraine Hills State Park, Illinois Dale J. Blahna .................................................................................................................................................... 42 Wilderness Issues for Urban-Proximate Areas ..................................................................................................... 45 Urban Perceptions of the Natural Landscape: Implications for Public Awareness of Wilderness as a Distinct Resource George W. Duffy ................................................................................................................................................. 46 The Indicator Performance Estimate (IPE) Approach to Defining Acceptable Conditions in Wilderness Steven Hollenhorst and Lisa Stull-Gardner ......................................................................................................... 48 Facilitating Backcountry Use of Bureau of Land Management Wildlands R. Steve Smith ..................................................................................................................................................... 50 Summary of Educational Poster Session ....................................................................................................................... 53 Issues Affecting Minorities ...................................................................................................................................... 54 Issues Affecting Management .................................................................................................................................. 55 Summary of Simulated Field Trip Session .................................................................................................................... 57 Desert Areas ............................................................................................................................................................ 58 Wildland-Urban Interface......................................................................................................................................... 58 Partnerships ............................................................................................................................................................. 58 Papers from Third Concurrent Session, Friday Morning ......................................................................... 59 Agency and Visitor Interactions and Communication ......................................................................................... 59 Using an Interactive Computer Program to Communicate With the Wilderness Visitor David W. Harmon ............................................................................................................................................... 60 Computer-Assisted Promotion of Recreational Opportunities in Natural Resource Areas: A Demonstration and Case Example Emilyn Sheffield, Leslie Furr, and Charles Nelson ............................................................................................