Managing Outdoor Recreation

Case Studies in the National Parks

Teaching Resources

"Managing Outdoor Recreation" includes 20 case studies of successful management approaches used in the US national park system. These case studies illustrate the management problems, strategies, and practices discussed in the book and presented in the Interactive Management Tool matrices. Click on the links below for slides that can be used as a teaching resource when discussing these case studies.

Case Study Presentations

• Treading Lightly on Acadia (PDF|PowerPoint)
• Building a Better Campsite Along the Appalachian Trail (PDF|PowerPoint)
• How Many is Too Many at Arches? (PDF|PowerPoint)
• Protecting Biscayne's Underwater Treasures (PDF|PowerPoint)
• Turning Off the LIghts at Chaco (PDF|PowerPoint)
• Busing Among the Grizzlies at Denali (PDF|PowerPoint)
• Winning the Lottery on the Colorado River (PDF|PowerPoint)
• The Sounds of Silence in Muir Woods (PDF|PowerPoint)
• Stewarding America's Antiquities at Mesa Verde (PDF|PowerPoint)
• What Goes Up Mt. Whitney Must Come Down (PDF|PowerPoint)
• Preventing the Petrified Forest from Disappearing (PDF|PowerPoint)
• Bear Ettiquette in Katmai (PDF|PowerPoint)
• Don't Pick Up Aquatic Hitchhikers at Voyageurs (PDF|PowerPoint)
• A Mountain With Handrails in Yosemite (PDF|PowerPoint)
• Doing the Zion Shuttle (PDF|PowerPoint)
• The Buzz from Above at Grand Canyon
• Managing Monuments and Memorials at the National Mall (PDF|PowerPoint)
• The Winter Wonderland of Yellowstone (PDF|PowerPoint)
• "Alternative Transportation" at Grand Teton (PDF|PowerPoint)
• "No Bad Trip in Glacier" (PDF|PowerPoint)

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