United States
Department of
Agriculture
Pacific Southwest
Research Station General
Technical
Report
PSW-GTR-132
Proceedings of the
Symposium on Social Aspects
and Recreation Research February 19-22, 1992, Ontario, California
Chavez, Deborah J., technical coordinator. 1992. Proceedings of the Symposium on Social Aspects and Recreation
Research, February 19-22, 1992, Ontario, California. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-132. Albany, CA: Pacific
Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 96 p.
The growing demand for recreation at the wildland-urban interface throughout the United States poses new
challenges for natural resource managers. To enable resource managers and researchers to exchange information and
ideas, the first Symposium on Social Aspects and Recreation Research was held. The format of the symposium offered
various opportunities for interactive communication among attendees. The proceedings contain a keynote address,
abbreviated versions of 27 oral presentations, and summaries of sessions covering poster presentations, simulated field
trips, and round table discussions. Issues addressed include these: access, land stewardship and ethics, cultural diversity
of recreationists, service delivery strategies, agency-visitor interaction, conflict, partnerships, and data collection
techniques.
Retrieval Terms: conflict, cultural diversity, land ethics, land stewardship, service delivery strategies
Technical Coordinator: Deborah J. Chavez is Project Leader in charge of the Station's Wildland Recreation and the Urban Culture Research
Unit headquartered at the Forest Fire Laboratory, 4955 Canyon Crest Dr., Riverside, CA 92507.
Publisher: Pacific Southwest Research Station
Albany, California
(Mailing address: P.O. Box 245, Berkeley, CA 94701-0245
Telephone: 510-559-6300)
June 1992
Proceedings of the
Symposium on Social Aspects
and Recreation Research
February 19-22,1992, Ontario, California
Deborah J. Chavez, Technical Coordinator
Contents Preface ...........................................................................................................................................................................iv
Keynote Address
John J. Moeller ............................................................................................................................................................1
Papers From First Concurrent Session, Thursday Morning ........................................................................5
Access Initiatives ........................................................................................................................................................5
National Research, Technology and Training: Implementing
Recreation Design Concepts
Edward J. Hamilton ..............................................................................................................................................6
Access to Public Recreation Facilities and Universal Design
R. Brian Kermeen ..................................................................................................................................................8
Improving Access to America's Great Outdoors Through Partnerships
and Volunteers: A Call for Involvement Kenneth J. Kunert ............................................................................................................................................... 11
The Camping Experience Among Families Who Have a Child With a Disability Laura McLachlin ................................................................................................................................................ 13
Fire Safety, Education, Multicultural Environments, and Land Stewardship
in the Wildland-Urban Interface ...................................................................................................................... 15
A Qualitative Study of Factors Influencing Racial Diversity in
Environmental Education: Preliminary Results Kathy James and Leo H. McAvoy ........................................................................................................................ 16
Fire Risk and Residential Development: A GIS Analysis
Jennifer L. Rechel, James B. Davis, and Ted K. Bradshaw .................................................................................. 18
Valuing Cultural Diversity: Research and Policy Questions .................................................................................. 21 Fostering Cultural Diversity: Problems of Access and Ethnic Boundary Maintenance Maria T. Allison .................................................................................................................................................. 22
Leisure Service Delivery Systems: Are They Adequate?
Rene Fukuhara Dahl ........................................................................................................................................... 25
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Papers From Second Concurrent Session, Thursday Afternoon ............................................................. 29 Land Use Ethics and Communication With Multicultural Groups...................................................................... 29 Social Structural Characteristics of Hispanic Recreationists on the Angeles
and San Bernardino National Forests Deborah S. Carr and Daniel R. Williams ............................................................................................................ 30
Land Ethics for Bureau of Land Management Employees Duane DePaepe .................................................................................................................................................. 32
Native Cultures and Language: Challenges for Land Managers in Alaska
Thomas J. Gallagher .......................................................................................................................................... 34
Conflicting Values: Spirituality and Wilderness at Mt. Shasta Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Lynn Huntsinger, Catherine Phillips, and Barbara Allen-Diaz ............................... 36
Service Delivery Strategies for Multicultural Environments ............................................................................... 39 Identifying Service Delivery Strategies for Ethnically Diverse Users of a Wildland-Urban Recreation Site John M. Baas ...................................................................................................................................................... 40
Comparing the Preferences of Black, Asian, Hispanic, and White Fishermen
at Moraine Hills State Park, Illinois Dale J. Blahna .................................................................................................................................................... 42
Wilderness Issues for Urban-Proximate Areas ..................................................................................................... 45 Urban Perceptions of the Natural Landscape: Implications for Public Awareness of Wilderness as a Distinct Resource
George W. Duffy ................................................................................................................................................. 46
The Indicator Performance Estimate (IPE) Approach to
Defining Acceptable Conditions in Wilderness Steven Hollenhorst and Lisa Stull-Gardner ......................................................................................................... 48
Facilitating Backcountry Use of Bureau of Land Management Wildlands R. Steve Smith ..................................................................................................................................................... 50
Summary of Educational Poster Session ....................................................................................................................... 53
Issues Affecting Minorities ...................................................................................................................................... 54 Issues Affecting Management .................................................................................................................................. 55 Summary of Simulated Field Trip Session .................................................................................................................... 57
Desert Areas ............................................................................................................................................................ 58 Wildland-Urban Interface ......................................................................................................................................... 58 Partnerships ............................................................................................................................................................. 58 Papers from Third Concurrent Session, Friday Morning ......................................................................... 59 Agency and Visitor Interactions and Communication ......................................................................................... 59 Using an Interactive Computer Program to Communicate With the Wilderness Visitor
David W. Harmon ............................................................................................................................................... 60
Computer-Assisted Promotion of Recreational Opportunities in Natural Resource Areas: A Demonstration and Case Example
Emilyn Sheffield, Leslie Furr, and Charles Nelson ............................................................................................. 61
Social Interaction in Adventure Recreation Participation Michael A. Schuett .............................................................................................................................................. 63
Conflicts in the Wildland-Urban Interface ............................................................................................................ 65 Management Decisions and the "Dred" Hills Steven W. Anderson ............................................................................................................................................ 66
Impacts of Land Use Changes on Recreation and Open Space in
the New York-New Jersey Highlands Region
Chad P. Dawson and Wayne C. Zipperer ............................................................................................................ 67
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Mountain Bicycling in the Urban-Wildland Interface Arthur W. Magill ................................................................................................................................................. 69
Place of Residence and Hiker-Horse Conflict in the Sierras
Alan E. Watson and Michael J. Niccolucci .......................................................................................................... 71
Partners in the Wildland-Urban Interface ............................................................................................................ 73
Partnerships in Sustainable Tourism Development:
The Case of Canmore, Alberta, Canada Dianne Draper .................................................................................................................................................... 74
Building a Commitment to Partnerships in the Coachella Valley: The Santa Rosa Mountains-A Case Study Russell L. Kaldenberg ......................................................................................................................................... 76
Papers From Fourth Concurrent Session, Friday Afternoon ................................................................... 79 Data Collection Techniques for Multicultural Environments ............................................................................... 79 Outdoor Recreation Participation: Blacks, Whites, Hispanics, and Asians in Illinois John F. Dwyer .................................................................................................................................................... 80
Summary of Round Table Session ...................................................................................................................... 83 Research Topics ........................................................................................................................................................ 84
Management Tools and Techniques .......................................................................................................................... 84
Appendixes .................................................................................................................................................................. 87 A. Symposium Agenda ............................................................................................................................................. 88
B. List of Participants ............................................................................................................................................... 91
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