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Página 158 - Areas, 48 pages, prepared by John Shanklin, discusses multiple use both in a statutory and in a management sense and analyzes the relationship of recreation to other uses of land and water. It reviews the multiple-use concepts of the land management agencies of die US Government and includes sections on multiple use at the State level and on private land.
Página 282 - Tomorrow, 130 pages, prepared by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, US Department of the Interior, presents an appraisal of fishing as a form of recreation in the United States and includes a State-by-State survey of the problems of supply, status of fishing waters, and management policies and responsibilities. It covers present and future supply of both warm- and coldwater fish and makes projections of the status of sport fishing in the years ahead. It summarizes the future prospects by...
Página 151 - Administration New York, New York Charles E. Jackson General Manager National Fisheries Institute, Inc. Washington, DC Joseph E. McCaffrey Vice President International Paper Company Mobile, Alabama Dwight F. Metzler Director Division of Sanitation Kansas State Board of Health Topeka, Kansas DeWitt Nelson Director Department of Conservation State of California Sacramento, California Lloyd E. Partain Manager Trade and Industry Relations The Curtis Publishing Company Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Joseph...
Página 281 - ... based in part upon a user survey of 24 recreation areas, Federal, State, and local. Data from the survey are summarized and evaluated in terms of socioeconomic characteristics and activities engaged in. Field appraisals of various elements which affect quality — facilities, physical characteristics, cleanliness, degree of congestion — of each site were carried out by a team of resource technicians to provide a framework for relating and assessing the survey findings. An analysis is made of...
Página 288 - When an American looks for the meaning of his past, he seeks it not in ancient ruins, but more likely in mountains and forests, by a river, or at the edge of the sea * * *. Today's challenge is to assure all Americans permanent access to their outdoor heritage.
Página 283 - The central topic of each study is an analysis of the supply and demand aspects of outdoor recreation. In each...
Página 158 - American people 1 2 years of age and over. These data are derived from four separate samples, each involving approximately 4,000 interviews. Tables show various participation rates by activity and region, according to age, sex, place of residence, education, occupation, and race. Activity rates are also shown by state of health, physical impairment, and size of community. Activity preference and data on vacation trips and outings are expressed according to selected socioeconomic characteristics....
Página 280 - MEMBERS (Tides indicate affiliation at time of membership on Council) Bertha S. Adkini Under Secretary Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Elmer F. Bennett Under Secretary Department of the Interior Newell Brown Assistant Secretary Department of Labor Ward Duffy (deceased) Editor Hartford Times Hartford, Connecticut Charles C. Finucane Assistant Secretary Department of Defense Clyde C. Hall National Science Foundation Flora Y. Hatcher Assistant to the Administrator Housing and Home Finance...
Página 282 - Federal policy, short season, contract provisions, and general philosophy. Some consideration is given to State policies. The analysis is supplemented by 18 case studies of concession operations on Federal lands and the approach of seven selected States : California, Indiana, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, and West Virginia. 13. Federal Agencies and Outdoor Recreation, 130 pages, prepared by The Frederic Burk Foundation for Education, San Francisco State College, presents a descriptive...
Página 281 - ... prepared by the Commission staff, presents a description and analysis of all nonurban public designated recreation areas in the 50 States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Nearly 10,000 named areas, and an additional 15,000 small areas, are included, with pertinent data on their acreage, location, and management agency. Areas containing more than 40 acres are evaluated and analyzed in terms of visits, use pressures, major activities, facilities, number of employees, and future expansion potential....