REC100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Outdoor Recreation, Natural Environment, Carrying Capacity
11 Jul 2020
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Classifying leisure in natural settings: based on relationship to nature and the nature environment, whether the focus is the natural environment, requires existence of undisturbed land and water. Five components of outdoor recreation: collection of physical objects, youthful stage in the development of outdoor recreation experiences, concern over inherently consumptive nature of this activity. Dream about recreation experience, imagining all the possibilities and deciding to participate: planning, make preparations for participation. Finding others to participate, collecting maps, securing permits, etc: participation. Actual conduct of the activity: recollection, memories retained from the experience. Management frameworks: recreational opportunity spectrum (ros, plan for, and provide management direction to, outdoor recreation opportunities on public lands, based on the idea that different types of outdoor recreation require different types of environments. Special preservation: areas in the park that contain rare, threatened or endangered features and species, wilderness. Largest percentage of national parks: habitat needs for wildlife, natural environment, outdoor recreation, park services.
