COURSE OUTLINECalendarCOURSE OUTLINEPRR 449 FALL SEMESTER, 1997NATURAL RESOURCE BASED RECREATION MANAGEMENT CHARLES NELSON,INSTRUCTOR3:00 - 4:20 p.m. Monday & Wednesday OFFICE: 131 NATURAL RESOURCES19 Natural Resources OFFICE HOURS: 10:30-11:30 a.m.- Monday & Wednesday OR BYAPPOINTMENTPhone: 353-5190                                    INTRODUCTIONNatural resource based recreation is an integral part of our society and our culture. It is apotent economic, political, and social force in directing the management of public andprivate lands. As future natural resource managers, you will be in charge of land that tomany is first and foremost a recreation resource, not a source of wildlife, timber, forage, orminerals. To successfully meet individual, corporate or government objectives, you willneed to understand management techniques to assess the desires of recreationists, toprovide and operate recreation facilities and programs and to safeguard resources,facilities, employees and visitors.OBJECTIVESThis course is designed to provide you with the basics of natural resource based recreationmanagement. It will use acutal situations to demonstrate approaches to managementproblems and will provide you the opportunity to use skills and knowledge.SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 1Student will understand the historical antecedents and current status of natural resourcebased recreation.SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 2Student will understand the interrelationship of outdoor recreation activities with othernatural resource uses and the resources themself.SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 3Student will understand some fundamental recreation management tools which they canapply as land managers including planning, law enforcement, maintenance, facility design,and communicating with citizens.SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 4Student will understand best management practices and issues and concerns related totrail recreation, water recreation, dispersed recreation, camping, and wildernessmanagement.SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 5Student will understand the information resources that can be utilized in solving recreationmanagement problems. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 6Student will apply knowledge gained from objectives 1 - 5 to case situations through classparticipation, examinations, and a written paper.COURSE REQUIREMENTSTEXTSharpe, G., Odegaard, C.and W. Sharpe. 1994. Park Management. 2nd Ed. Champaign, IL:Sagamore Additional Required Reader at Budget Printing on Trowbridge for Nelson, PRR449, Fall 1997.EXAMSThere will be 4 examinations. They may contain essay, multiple choice, true/false andmatching questions. They are listed in the class calendar.RESEARCH PROJECTStudents will explore a key challenge in outdoor recreation management. In a paper of 10-14 pages with a minimum of 7 references, the student will look ahead to the year 2004when he/she will be entry level managers ready to move up.1. Identify and provide background on a critical challenge that you believe will faceoutdoor recreation managers in 2004. It may be a general issue such aspreservation versus conservation, or a specific issue such as social pressure againstORV's closing ORV facilities.a. Describe the current situation and the factors that have led to it. b. Project the type of situation you are likely to face in 2004.c. Document your selection of a challenge with literature, persuasivearguments, etc.2. Discuss in-depth a preferred set of management actions for a key managing agencyto best meet this challenge and serve the needs of outdoor recreationists.a. Describe the key managing agency you have identified and its role inproviding this type of natural resource based recreation.b. Suggest key management actions to meet the challenge identified. c. Consider how the actions you suggest may be realistically funded and howthey should be implemented.d. Compare and contrast your proposed actions with other proposals in theliterature or by the agency. Are they different or the same? Why?e. There are no right or wrong answers here. There are well researched,persuasive points of view and poorly researched, weak points of view. Workat presenting the former.DOCUMENTATION FOR PAPERIn the text:A. All references to books, bulletins, and articles must be identified in the text by lastname of the author and year of publication. Depending on construction of thesentence, the citation will appear as Kaplan (1960) or (Kaplan 1960).B. With dual authorship, give both last names; for more than two, use et al. (Johnsonand Brown 1980) or (Johnson et al. 1980).C. With a quote the author name and page number should be used (Johnson1980:54).D. For institutional authorship, give minimum identification from the beginning of thecomplete citation (U.S. Bureau of Census 1968).E. For an interview, the following format should be used in the text: "Consequentlyonly 23 of the 50 states had steel shot regulations in effect (G.F. Martz,pers. comm.)."F. In a separate literature cited page, at the end of the paper, you should cite yourliterature as follows:FOR PERIODICALS --1. Burch, William R., Jr. 1969. The social circles of leisure: competingexplanations. Journal of Leisure Research 1(2): 125-147.FOR BOOKS --2. Larrabee, Eric, and Meyersohn, Rolf. 1958. Mass Leisure. Glencoe, Ill: TheFree Press.458 pp.G. Interviews should be listed separately in alphabetical order also as follows: name,date, title, agency. FOR EXAMPLE:Martz, G.F. April 23, 1979. Unit Leader Wetlands Unit.Wildlife Division, Michigan Department of Natural ResourcesEVALUATION: All grading will be on a straight scale with:ASSIGNMENT POINTS GRADING SCALE POINTS90% or more = 4.0 450-500Paper 140 85%-89.95% = 3.5 425-449Exams 1-3 @ 80 360 80%-84.95% = 3.0 400-4244 @120 75%-79.95% = 2.5 375-399TOTAL 500 70%-74.95% = 2.0350-374 65%-69.95% = 1.5 325-35060%-64.95% = 1.0 300-325Less than 59.95 = 0.0 less than 300THERE WILL BE NO OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXTRA CREDIT OTHER THAN THOSE THEINSTRUCTOR PROVIDES TO ALL STUDENTS ON THE 4 SCHEDULED EXAMS.CalendarDATE TOPIC