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To some, parks are often viewed as a staple of the city, for others it is a place for leisure. Every park is filled with history and reflects back onto the city in which it presides. Fairmount Park and Central Park both have a rich history and an

For my essay topic I will be exploring the question of how to eliminate overcrowding while balancing maintenance of Colorado outdoor public recreation areas. I am interested in this topic as I personally use the public areas in Colorado, and I want to see what methods are truly effective going forward to ensure that the residents of Colorado have public access to enjoy the beautiful recreational areas of our state. Many people choose to live in Colorado to be able to take advantage of the temperate climate and access to spectacular mountain areas that are shared with visitors from all over the world. The ability to use the parks in Colorado is determined by state and national government, and there are many vested parties seeking to influence how they are managed. Stakeholders include those proposing change in national policy to drastically cut back on funding, preservation groups, and those considering how to honor the initial mission statements of

The uniqueness of the park is reflected in a variety of ways. The first, and most

The Park Service, which utilizes 22,000 individuals year-round, has established an enlisting stop that will leave 900 opening unfilled. In a typical summer, the Park Service contracts an extra 10,000 individuals to handle the bigger group. In any case, this year, it will decrease that number by 1,000. The littler workforce will bring about less continuous cutting, sand-shrouded bicycle ways, messier restrooms and less interpretive

This ad shows that there are many diverse destinations in the National Park Service and there is something for everyone. The idea of a park is challenged through this visual contrast between what most people perceive as a park, and a historical landmark. These are just two of four hundred and seven destinations within the National Park Service. By showing the diversity of their organization, the National Park Service is able to appeal to the larger group of millennials and encourage them to explore its different

There are so many beautiful parks in my area but a few were ruined based on the simple fact of “bums” taking them over. In Poland, where I go almost every summer to visit my family, more parks filled with bums than there are for enjoyment. The homeless saw these parks as a home and benches as beds. Jacobs clarifies that the worst problem parks are located precisely where people do not pass by and likely never

The park service brings young children to the parks to show unique views and animals native to the area. In an article describing the worth of national parks, the authors describes, “NPS has devoted enormous time and resources to educational efforts such as the “Every Kid in A Park” initiative, which aims to bring every fourth grader in the United States to a national park” (Bilmes and Loomis). Programs like “Every Kid in A Park” takes the future of america into the parks and elaborates on how important they are to the environment and habitats of endangered species. This instruction will eventually lead to future generations understanding the importance of the National Park Service and will bring younger people to the sites to enjoy nature first hand. Without the needed funding to the National Park Service, these programs could be shut down and children would not be exposed to these once in a lifetime experiences.

If you were to keep the park what are some things you would consider doing to improve the park, for example increase rents,

In order to get more people of a certain race, ethnicity, culture, or background to visit national parks, tourist attractions such as Yosemite National Park could utilize specific marketing techniques. Through different marketing techniques, national parks could place African Americas on the cover of their pamphlets or billboards. They could place more billboards in urban areas where there may be higher populations of ethnically diverse people. The billboards could include families of different races and ethnicities on a camping site with Yosemite’s beautiful scenery as the backdrop. This could give African Americans a glimpse of what it would be like to camp in a national park and hopefully make them be able to picture themselves taking a family trip to a national park such as Yosemite.

Every year, each park opens its door to millions of people from around the world

The human population is growing, therefore, an anticipated higher number of visitors to the park. This means more facilities like lodging, cabins, gift shops, and parking

To address uncertainty and ambiguity it would be valuable for the park staff to engage with the partners, visitors and stakeholder by developing performance measures that are evaluated by asking questions to understand their motivates, experiences and observe how the policy is being implemented and received first hand. By engaging at this level the management can build trust and knowledge of the policy, implementation, and evaluate partners and staff performance. An additional unvalued benefit is the opportunity to listen and discuss issues and concerns at the local level. As a result of, these planned questions and observations, policy interventions can be implemented quickly in a dynamic environment. Furthermore, policy adaptation to changing social, political, economic, technological and environment changes can be implemented and monitored, to

This essay is a continuation of assignment two- Mandatory Alternative Transportation System in Zion National Park- group case study. This case study explored alternative transportation policy in Zion Canyon Park, primarily to “[minimize] the adverse impacts of visitors and their vehicles” (Mace, Marquit, Bates, 2013, p. 1272) while protecting the interplay between visitor experience, natural resources and stakeholders. First, I will assess the barriers the national park service faces to effectively evaluate, lead and manage the Zion mandatory shuttle service. finally, I will provide evaluation, leadership and management related recommendations to move towards third generation sustainability approaches.

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency under the United States Department of Interior. The agency is tasked with preserving the ecological and historical integrity of entrusted sites through management as well as making the sites available and accessible to the public through recreation. As part of its commitment to both goals, the NPS proposed in the past month to raise the entrance fees at 17 of its most popular parks during peak season in order to generate badly needed revenue

Every child deserves a safe place to interact with other children, regardless of their race, religion, culture or their economic background.  In the spring of 2009, I recognized in our community of color the need for a safe park where children could play, and parents could feel safe sending their children. For nearly ten years, children in this community needed a place to collaborate and community members to gather in friendship and fellowship. This area of Fort Valley has been explicitly overlooked for many years because it’s made up low- income citizens of color. After recognizing the economic neglect inside our community, I became inspired to decade my Eagle Scout project around rebuilding our neglected park.