Coastal Services Center

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Managing Visitor Use in Coastal and Marine Protected Areas

Description of Course

This two-and-a-half-day course provides participants with tools to identify and define unacceptable visitor use impacts to natural resources and visitor experiences. The training focuses on a step-by-step process that can be used to help determine these impacts and explore a range of strategies and tactics that can be implemented to address them.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, participants will be able to

• Understand the human dimensions of coastal and marine management
• Apply recreation and visitor use management planning frameworks
• Identify visitor use issues, including visitor-resource and visitor-visitor impacts
• Craft a clear problem statement
• Develop measurable indicators for monitoring impacts and management and set standards for impact acceptability
• Implement visitor use monitoring methods and management strategies and tactics

Prerequisites

None.

Course Offerings

This course is available by request to be taught at your organization (see Hosting Requirements below).

Hosting Requirements

The cost is minimal for participants and host organizations. Please review our remote training requirements (PDF) for host responsibilities, costs, and site requirements.

Contact Information

For additional course, hosting, or registration information, e-mail csc.training@noaa.gov.