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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"state parks"”.
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Indiana state parks and the Hoosier imagination, 1916-1933
… to investigate how the burgeoning system of state parks in Indiana between 1916-1933 reflected the state’s own struggle against modernity. I argue that the parks were physical manifestations of the “Hoosier Imagination,” part of an on-going conceptual reframing of local identity. Fully a …
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Tex-essibility: An Analysis of Accessibility in Texas State Parks
… terms of physical mobility, throughout the Texas State Parks system in order to increase the enjoyment of visitors to the parks. To achieve the goal, the levels of mobility accessibility are defined and divided into four specific categories ranging from wheelchair accessible (under the Americans …
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Pennies for parks: the effect of social norm theory on donation behavior in Arkansas state parks
Although donation boxes are common in parks, museums, and historic sites, not much is known about how they influence visitor behavior. Perhaps some donation boxes are more efficient at generating revenue than others. The purpose of this study was to determine if social norms played a role in the …
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Alternative Funding Mechanisms for Public Recreation: An Analysis of the Montana State Parks Opt-Out Fee
… one of the greatest challenges facing public parks and recreation managers in the United States. Managers are confronted with the challenge of providing more services for a growing population with dwindling public financial support (Fretwell and Frost, 2006). Adequate funding has been …
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The ephemeroptera, plecoptera, and trichoptera of Missouri state parks with notes on biomonitoring, mesohabitat associations, and distribution
Thirty-seven streams within 15 Missouri State Parks were sampled for immature and adult Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (EPT) through 2002 and early 2003. All totaled, 34,251 EPT larvae were collected, all specimens of which were identified to the lowest taxon possible. Of approximately …
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Commemorating Indiana at the 1916 Statehood Centennial Celebrations: An Examination of the Memory of Colonization and its Lingering Effects on the Indiana State Park System
Indiana’s state park system developed as a result of state centennial celebrations in 1916. Government officials created state parks as a permanent memorial that glorified the Hoosier pioneer spirit, which celebrated actions of white colonists as they confronted challenges of the new industrial …
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The Economic Impact of Forest Harvest Practices on Washington State Park Visitation
<p>Washington State receives timber contributions from 34 out of its 39 counties, making it a top producer of timber in the United States. Because of the widespread and abundant number of harvests, many forests that society values are affected via diminished aesthetic appeal. Of these affected …
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An Analysis of Human Disturbance to Rocky Intertidal Communities of San Luis Obispo County
… increasing due to the acquisition by California State Parks of land previously owned by private entities. For example, California State Parks acquired property from the Hearst Corporation in 2005, which included 18 miles of coastline. California State Parks is responsible for providing public …
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Bourdieuian Analysis on African Americans? Under-representation at Parks and Outdoor Recreation
… African Americans? under-representation at parks and in outdoor recreation. It focused on Cedar Hill State Park (CHSP) located in Cedar Hill, Texas and investigated local African Americans? non-visitation to the park. The study also explored how fear of racism impacts middle class African …
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A guest lodge and associated buildings for a State Forest preserve
The designers of architecture in our national and state parks appear remarkably unenlightened in a day when the design of nearly all our structures is being given a careful re-analysis of function and purpose. Indeed, these designers go to great lengths to avoid admitting that any progress has been …
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On Garde Path and Hiking Trail: Conservation and Community in the Life of Caroline Livermore
… campaigns that created several county and state parks in Marin County, California. Founder of the Marin Conservation League in 1934, Livermore established a partnership between the public and local government agencies with influential results. Her commitment to Marin’s cultural resources …
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Advocacy Networks in the Marcellus Shale Area: A Study of Environmental Organizations in Northeastern and Southwestern Pennsylvania
… groups, county conservation districts and state parks that advocate for or against Marcellus Shale drilling within northeastern and southwestern Pennsylvania where drilling occurs. The purpose of this study is to identify where resources are being mobilized and where environmental …
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The impact of technical barriers on the effectiveness of professional development as related to a distance education system-based course: A case study in the Web World Wonders environmental science learning community.
… enabled remote Internet camera access in Florida State Parks. Under the supervision of Florida State University and the Florida Department of Education those teachers received professional development in techniques for developing lesson plans utilizing the equipment and software as stated above. …
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A Walk in a Dream
… The photographer used a Holga camera at multiple state parks. The negatives were then scanned and manipulated in Photoshop. The artist has explored Henri Cartier-Bresson’s photography and Gaston Bachelard’s writings to compare to her work.</p> <p>Her artist statement is as follows: In today’s …
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The distribution and accumulation of mercury, lead, and cadmium in selected species of the northern California intertidal mussel bed
… and located between Seal Rocks and Phelan Beach State Parks. This location was chosen to represent a water mass of supposed maximum pollution. The Golden Gate can be assumed to be the funnel through which flows all waters from the San Joaquin and Sacramento River drainages and from the San …
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Drivers of a Temporal Change in the Adult Sex Ratio of a Population of Roosevelt elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti)
… roosevelti) inhabiting the Redwood National and State Parks, California. I sought to discern which of two potential ecological mechanisms could explain the female-biased ASR. The first mechanism was that increasing female abundance associated with a decline in forage abundance led to the passive …
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An Environmental History of the New Deal in Mississippi and Florida
Keywords: New Deal, Environmental History, United States South, Mississippi, Florida, Gulf Coast, TVA, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, landscape, lumber industry, CCC, WPA, state parks. The 1930s represented a time of distinct and encompassing change in the United States South. In assessing the impact …
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National and state policies and the prevalence of adult obesity: A 30 year trend analysis in the United States
… of national policies on nutritional guidelines, state taxes on soda, and state expenditures on recreational and park facilities with obesity over 31 years. Two research questions guide this study. First, to what extent did the USDA Food Guides from 1984 to 2014 influence adult obesity? Second, …
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Middle Parks: Development of State and Provincial Parks in the United States and Canada, 1890-1990
… is a comparative study of the development of state parks in the United States and provincial parks in Canada from 1890 to 1990. The study focuses on four park system cases studies: Pennsylvania and Idaho in the United States and Ontario and Alberta in Canada. This study relies on three main …
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Systematic studies of some pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida) from the southeastern United States
… several counties of East Tennessee and various state parks from Middle and West Tennessee; Breaks Interstate Park, Dickinson Co., Virginia; Blue Ridge Parkway, Floyd Co., Virginia; Mt. Lake, Giles Co., Virginia; and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Specimens were obtained from these …
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