Igniting research for outdoor recreation: linking science, policy, and action

Selin, Steven; Cerveny, Lee K.; Blahna, Dale J.; Miller, Anna B.

doi:10.2737/pnw-gtr-987

Cited by 11 publications

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“…The participants that I interviewed discussed their colleagues' responses as a sign that hegemonic culture was being either reinforced/reintroduced or dismantled. Consistent with previous literature, the overall findings of this study point to the existence of dominant culture that perforate social norms in outdoor recreation and the outdoor industry (Blahna et al, 2020;Ho & Chang, 2021). Leaders in the outdoor profession must make a concerted effort to identify and disentangle harmful social norms from their curriculum and practices.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Queering the Outdoors: Experiences of 2LGBTQIA+ Outdoor Recreation Professionals

Heath¹,

Duffy²,

Lewis³

et al. 2023

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The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of Two Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Plus non-conforming identities (LGBTQ+) individuals who have pursued a professional career in the outdoor recreation industry. Six stories of queer identity in the outdoors were gifted to this study, with the understanding that not all LGBTQ+ individuals experience the outdoors in the same way. Each participant was encouraged to guide the study through individual expression in alignment with an emancipatory critical narrative research design. This study considers participant experiences across the span of their career, where job advancement and the role of colleagues both arose as prominent themes that shed light on the pervasiveness of hegemonic culture in the outdoor recreation profession. Outdoor recreation organizations may learn from these stories to disentangle harmful social norms from curriculum and practices by creating structural pathways for professionals with non-dominant identities, and authentically consider how an organization’s history informs its culture. The findings have important implications for creating inclusive culture in the outdoor recreation profession.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Queering the Outdoors: Experiences of 2LGBTQIA+ Outdoor Recreation Professionals

Heath¹,

Duffy²,

Lewis³

et al. 2023

JOREL

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“…The post WWII era also saw a rise in vacation time and an expanded highway system. Collectively, these advances contributed to the rise in family road trips and exploration of national parks and forests (see papers in Selin et al 2020).…”

Section: Archivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Outdoor recreation's role in health, especially general physical health, is nothing new (Qwynne Lackey et al 2021, Rosenberger et al 2009, Selin et al 2020, Thomsen et al 2014. Many people have walked, biked, or paddled (and more) for exercise as well as enjoyment for generations (Chamberlain et al 2018).…”

Section: Future Of Health and Outdoor Recreationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The future of recreation on public lands: a horizon scan

Westphal

2022

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This report provides a look at changes that could come to pass and impact recreation on public lands over the next 30 years. The data were over 700 horizon scan hits from our Forest Futures Horizon Scanning Project. Horizon scan hits are a useful early warning system. Horizon scan hits may be directly related to outdoor recreation (e.g., the decline of snow fall) or they may be indirectly related (e.g., the development of lab-grown meat). Because weak signals of change are as important as strong signals, a single scan hit is worthy of consideration, even if it stands alone. These horizon scan hits point to uncertainty and volatility in recreation activities on public lands. Some scan hits point to significant decline in traditional activities, while other scan hits point to increases. New activities are emerging, and there are many crosswinds in domains outside recreation that will impact delivery of recreation on public lands. Climate change is already implicated in recreation changes, from reduced snow fall, to human and animal migration, to reduced biodiversity. Other potential changes on the horizon include changing attitudes toward nature, a growing role for time in forests as a component of healthcare, electrification of many modes of travel, rising potential for augmented reality (AR) in outdoor recreation, the rise in passenger drones changing how people get to recreation sites, the potential for robots to assist with recreation management, and more. Therefore, there are many plausible futures for recreation on public lands. This makes planning more complicated, and the use of additional strategic foresight methods may help decision-makers think about the range of possible futures, and to plan for a preferrable future for outdoor recreation.

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“…Overall, networks, partnerships, and relationships have been theorized as key components of both adaptive capacity and social resilience at the organizational and community levels (see, e.g., Ceddia et al, 2017;Patel et al, 2017), including in particular for collaborative recreation management (Selin et al, 2020). Amid an unprecedented disturbance, we found land managers from both the Forest Service and NYC Parks were able to assess, adapt, and respond to a changing set of conditions that directly impacted the use and meaning of public lands, in part through their networks and partnerships working to amplify capacity (see, e.g., Bodin and Crona, 2009).…”

Section: Partnershipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These arrangements among land management actors have variously been explored as co-management (Wondolleck and Yaffee, 2000;Tompkins and Adger, 2004;Koontz and Thomas, 2006;Armitage et al, 2007) and multi-level or networked governance (Bodin and Crona, 2009;Davis and Reed, 2013;Scarlett and McKinney, 2016;Abrams et al, 2017;Abrams, 2019). Focusing on recreation management, partnerships and collaboration are seen to be critical to adding capacity and implementing sustainable practices (Charnley et al, 2014;Selin et al, 2020). Steen-Adams et al (2020) analyzed the emergence of network governance approaches within the Forest Service in the context of an invasive pest outbreak.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Open for All: How Are Federal and Municipal Land Management Agencies Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic Alongside Increased Societal Recognition of Racial Injustice

Svendsen

Campbell

Plitt

et al. 2021

Front. Sustain. Cities

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In addition to impacts on human health and the economy, COVID-19 is changing the way humans interact with open space. Across urban to rural settings, public lands–including forests and parks – experienced increases and shifts in recreational use. At the same time, certain public lands have become protest spaces as part of the public uprisings around racial injustice throughout the country. Land managers are adapting in real-time to compound disturbances. In this study, we explore the role of the public land manager during this time across municipal and federal lands and an urban-rural gradient. We ask: How adaptable are public land managers and agencies in their recreation management, collaborative partnerships, and public engagement to social disturbances such as COVID-19 and the co-occurring crisis of systemic racial injustice brought to light by the BLM uprisings and protests? This paper applies qualitative data drawn from a sample of land managers across the northeastern United States. We explore management in terms of partnership arrangements, recreational and educational programs, and stakeholder engagement practices and refine an existing model of organizational resilience. The study finds abiding: reports of increased public lands usership; calls for investment in maintenance; and need for diversity, equity, and inclusion in both organizational settings and landscapes themselves; and the need for workforce capacity. We discover effective ways to respond to compound disturbances that include open and reflective communication, transforming organizational cultures, and transboundary partnerships that are valued as critical assets.

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Igniting research for outdoor recreation: linking science, policy, and action

Cited by 11 publications

References 123 publications

Queering the Outdoors: Experiences of 2LGBTQIA+ Outdoor Recreation Professionals

Queering the Outdoors: Experiences of 2LGBTQIA+ Outdoor Recreation Professionals

The future of recreation on public lands: a horizon scan

Open for All: How Are Federal and Municipal Land Management Agencies Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic Alongside Increased Societal Recognition of Racial Injustice

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