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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"wilderness management"”.
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A Geospatial Approach to Wildlife and Wilderness Management
… 4 is to examine the effects of proximity to wilderness areas on residential property values in Yavapai County, Arizona by utilizing geographic information system and recently developed spatial models. On average, a residential property located one mile closer to a nearest wilderness area is …
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Barriers to E-Learning Job Training: Government Employee Experiences in an Online Wilderness Management Course
… and National Park Service enrolled in an online wilderness planning course revealed that attrition frameworks typically used to describe barriers to persistence in academia and distance education only partially describe hindering factors relevant to workplace learning. Although these hindering …
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Barriers to E-Learning Job Training: Government Employee Experiences in an Online Wilderness Management Course
… and National Park Service enrolled in an online wilderness planning course revealed that attrition frameworks typically used to describe barriers to persistence in academia and distance education only partially describe hindering factors relevant to workplace learning. Although these hindering …
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Palaeoecology and vegetation dynamics in the Cederberg wilderness area
The Cederberg Wilderness Area, in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa, contains over 2000 plant species, 280 of which are endemic. The area has been subject to various forms of land use for millennia ranging from hunter-gatherers, herders, and farmers to visitors today. This study used …
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Wilderness visitor response to ranger educational contacts at trailheads
The use of wilderness rangers to educate visitors on Without-A-Trace camping and wilderness ethics at trailheads is a common management practice, but little is known about how such contacts affect the visitors' wilderness experiences. The purpose of this study was to determine whether Shining Rock …
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Spatial and Temporal Land Use Change in Southern Illinois' Clear Springs and Bald Knob Wilderness Areas
… of land use change in a southern Illinois wilderness area. The study area is the Clear Springs and Bald Knob Wilderness areas. Land patent and Forest Service acquisition records were compiled with spatial and temporal elements of land transfers examined utilizing a geographic information …
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User fee for wilderness recreation: a comparison of user characteristics and travel cost demand functions for Linville Gorge wilderness area and Grandfather Mountain backcountry, North Carolina
User fees for federal Wilderness have been suggested as a way to reduce deficit spending on Wilderness recreation and supplement decreasing management budgets. This study examines the users of Linville Gorge Wilderness, a federal free area, and Grandfather Mountain Backcountry, a nearby private fee …
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Using Place Attachment to Determine the Acceptability of Restoring Fire to Its Natural Role in Wilderness Ecosystems
… conducted to explore the social dimensions of wilderness fire management. I set out to answer the question what role does an individual’s attachment to place play in determining the acceptability of management actions directed towards fire? I feel that problems will arise if management agencies …
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Using Place Attachment to Determine the Acceptability of Restoring Fire to Its Natural Role in Wilderness Ecosystems
… conducted to explore the social dimensions of wilderness fire management. I set out to answer the question what role does an individual’s attachment to place play in determining the acceptability of management actions directed towards fire? I feel that problems will arise if management agencies …
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Spatial Studies to Support the Management of Long Distance Trails
… and use-related factors that influence management of and physical and experiential conditions on long-distance hiking trails. The first study investigates a dataset from the Appalachian Trail (AT) to examine methods for using high resolution digital elevation models to measure terrain …