Recreation Planning Resources
The following index of web page links serves as a comprehensive informational resource for recreation planning professionals. The links contained in this document cover a wide range of recreational activities, key planning considerations, theoretical resources, and sources of more specialized information.
The document is organized alphabetically by category. For example, ROS links are found under “R” and have all the documents for FLMP planning that have been developed by the Forest Service for recreation planners doing Forest Planning. Questions on these links can be referred to the National Program Leader for Recreation Planning: Floyd A. Thompson, III (202)205-1423; fthompson02@fs.fed.us
Accessibility
http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/accessibility/
Built Environment Image Guide (BEIG)
http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/beig/
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/php/library_card.php?p_num=0723%201805P
Benefits of Outdoor Recreation Participation
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/23841
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/4578
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/13891
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/23140
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/23143
Non-market Economic Values of Recreation
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/5620
Wilderness
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/21967
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/25173
Environmental Compliance
https://fhwapap04.fhwa.dot.gov/nhswp/index.jsp
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/1759
Resource Impacts Caused by Recreation Activities
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/23615
Impacts of Fire on Forest Recreation
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/24119
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/30748
Impacts of Invasive Plants on Recreation and Scenic Resources
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/31253
Recreation Resource Advisory Committees
http://www.fs.fed.us/passespermits/rrac-org-links.shtml
Heritage Recreation and Tourism
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Heritage_Resources/Archaeology%20HTpolicy.pdf
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Tourism/ANHA_Heritage_Eco_Imp_Report.pdf
www.culturalheritagetourism.org
http://history.utah.org/httoolkit/
www.nationaltrust.org/heritage_tourism/
Hunting and Fishing
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/14561
Interpretive Planning
http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/cdi/interp_plan_tools/index.shtml
http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/cdi/specifications/index.shtml
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/13892
www.interpnet.com
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Accessibility/Guidelines_Interpretive_Media_NPS.pdf
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Accessibility/Mohonk_Nature_Access_Manual.pdf
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Interpretation/Interpretation-Education.pdf
Limits of Acceptable Change
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/23899
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/contents/23899
http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_int/int_gtr371/int_gtr371_069_071.pdf
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Visitor_Capacity/Limits_of_Acceptable_Change.pdf
Managing Outdoor Recreation
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/26955
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/9557
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/22281
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/27600
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/13005
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/17101
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/2925
http://www.narrp.org/clubportal/images/clubimages/1431/Recreation_Resource_Planning_Principles_April-2009.pdf
Best Practices in Recreation Resource Planning: A Resource Guide for Planners
http://www.narrp.org/clubportal/ClubStatic.cfm?clubID=1431&pubmenuoptID=28072
River Recreation
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/13882
Wilderness Recreation
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/22002
Community Involvement
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/31008
Managing Conflicting Recreation Activities
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/23602
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/12991
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/23587
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/12597
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/22020
http://72.41.119.75/Library/User_Conflict/Recreation_Recreational_User_Conflict_Resolution_Principle_PA_DCNR.pdf
Hikers and Recreation Stock Users
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/23886
Mountain Biking
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/28586
Public Collaboration and Partnerships for Recreation Management
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/27082
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/12635
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/12233
Urban and High Use Recreation Settings
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/10227
Recreation Planning Organizations
American Planning Association
www.planning.org
George Wright Society
www.georgewright.org
International Federation of Parks and Recreation Administration
www.ifpra.org
National Association of State Park Directors
www.naspd.org
National Recreation and Park Association
www.nrpa.org
National Association of Recreation Resource Planners
www.narrp.org
Federal Agencies performing Recreation Planning
Bureau of Land Management Land Use Planning
www.blm.gov/planning
Bureau of Reclamation
www.usbr.gov/pmts/planning and www.usbr.gov/recreation/
Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/lawsregs/search/index.html
National Park Service
www.nature.nps.gov/publications/index.cfm
National Park Service Management Policies
http://72.41.119.75/Library/NPS_policies2006.pdf
National Park Service Planning Site
http://planning.nps.gov
NOAA Coral Conservation Program
http://coralreef.noaa.gov
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Natural Resource Management Gateway
http://corpslakes.usace.army.mil/
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Refuge Planning Documents
http://library.fws.gov/ccps.htm
USDA Forest Service
www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs
Toolbox for the Great Outdoors
www.tools4outdoors.us
Miscellaneous Recreation Planning Resources
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/php/eng_search.php?category=Program&srchword=13
http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/cdi/getting_started/index.shtml
Off Highway Vehicles
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/php/library_card.php?p_num=9823%202837
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/21307
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/28579
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/27546
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/21158
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/13893
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/22284
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Recreation_Research/OHV_Recreation_US_Regions_States_2008.pdf
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Recreation_Research/Trends_Demographics_ORV_Users.pdf
Outdoor Recreation Participation Trends
http://www.rff.org/RFF/Documents/RFF-DP-09-18.pdf
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/767
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/30614
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/13818
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/12992
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/4054
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/12678
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/20814
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/12989
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/contents/20814
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/765
http://www.outdoorfoundation.org/research.index.html
http://warnell.forestry.uga.edu/nrrt/nsre/IRISRec/IRISRec8rpt.pdf
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr778.pdf
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/trends/Nsre/nsre2.html
River, Lakes & Reservoir Recreation Trends
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/12984
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/13023
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/4826
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/12283
Wilderness Recreation Trends
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/23884
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/30615
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/23577
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/30679
Hunting and Fishing Trends
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/12976
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/17079
Boating Trends
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/12983
Camping Trends
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/14557
Partner Resources for Recreation
American Recreation Coalition
http://www.funoutdoors.com/
National Association of Recreation Resource Planers (NARRP)
www.narrp.org
National Geographic Geo-tourism
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/sustainable/index.html
Nature Conservancy – Ecotourism Planning Resources
www.nature.org/aboutus/travel/ecotourism/
Tread Lightly
http://www.treadlightly.org/page.php/programs-government/government- resource.html
Place Based Planning
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/28620
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/29924
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw_rn562.pdf
Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS)
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/ros.htm
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Visitor_Experience_Management/Recreation_Opportunity_Spectrum_1979.pdf
ROS Chapter 60
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Visitor_Experience_Management/ros_project_planning_users_guide_1987.pdf
Water Recreation Opportunity Spectrum Users Guide
http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/planning/wros/wros_report.pdf
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Visitor_Experience_Management/WROS_presentation.pdf
Applying ROS to Non-Federal Lands
http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/newtown_square/publications/technical_reports/pdfs/2003/gtrne309.pdf
Recreation Settings
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Scenery_Management/Ecological_Aesthetic_1999_Gobster.pdf
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Scenery_Management/Ecological_Aesthetic_2001_Gobster.pdf
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Scenery_Management/SMS_Handbook%20(Reduced%20and%20Oriented).pdf
Scenery Management
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Scenery_Management/Ecological_Aesthetic_1999_Gobster.pdf
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Scenery_Management/Ecological_Aesthetic_2001_Gobster.pdf
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Scenery_Management/SMS_Handbook%20(Reduced%20and%20Oriented).pdf
Recreation Research Publications
http://warnell.forestry.uga.edu/nrrt/nsre/IrisReports.html
http://www.narrp.org/clubportal/ClubStatic.cfm?clubID=1431&pubmenuoptID=16654#recreation_research
Scenic Byways
http://www.bywaysonline.org/
Statewide SCORP Reports
http://www.narrp.org/clubportal/ClubStatic.cfm?clubID=1431&pubmenuoptID=16654#SCORPs
Sustainable Recreation
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Sustainability/Sustainable_Recreation_Lindberg.pdf
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Sustainability/USFS_Rec_Sustainability_Study.pdf
Training and Conferences
http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/news&events/ne_conferences.htm
http://carhart.wilderness.net
www.blm.gov/ntc/st/en.html
www.eppley.org
http://training.fws.gov
http://www.nrpa.org/Content.aspx?id=1112
http://nrdlc.iddl.vt.edu/
Trails and Gateway Communities
http://urpl.wisc.edu/people/marcouiller/publications/G3880%20Trails.pdf
http://www.gatewaysusa.org/
Visitor Capacity Planning
http://www.nps.gov/yose/parkmgmt/symposium.htm
http://usercapacity.nps.gov/search.aspx
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Visitor_Capacity/Visitor_Capacity_Public_Lands_Waters_2002.pdf
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Visitor_Capacity/estimating_recreation_demand.pdf
Visitor Use Data
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/php/library_card.php?p_num=9623%201805
http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/facts/
http://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/Subpages/NationalSurvey/National_Survey.htm
Visitor Experience & Preferences
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/14966
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/28618
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/14862
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/769
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Visitor_Experience_Management/Developing_sustainable_customer_experience_mgt_plan.pdf
Visitor Experience and Resource Protection (VERP) Framework
http://planning.nps.gov/document/verphandbook.pdf
Aesthetics
Camping
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/15038
Wilderness
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/22000
Water Recreation
www.americancanoe.org
www.americanrivers.org
www.americanwhitewater.org
http://www.bluetrailsguide.org/
www.nps.gov/ncrc/programs/rtca/helpfultools/ht_publications.html
www.river-management.org
Wilderness
www.wilderness.net
Wilderness Recreation Use
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/4566
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/20811
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/21844
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/23608
Displacement of Wilderness Users
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/29186
Winter Recreation
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/php/library_card.php?p_num=0623%201802P
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/22033
Winter Sign Posts
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/php/library_card.php?p_num=9823%202806
Youth Outdoors
http://www.rff.org/RFF/Documents/RFF-DP-09-21.pdf
www.cnaturenet.org
http://warnell.forestry.uga.edu/nrrt/nsre/IRISRec/IRISRec14rpt.pdf
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Children_in_Nature/CNN_Research_Studies_2009.pdf
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Children_in_Nature/Childrens_Nature_Deficit_Disorder_What_known_unknown.pdf
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Children_in_Nature/Shared_Nature_Exp_Pathway_Family_Bonds.pdf
http://72.41.119.75/Library/Children_in_Nature/NRPA_Survey_Regarding_Children_and_Nature_2007.pdf
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