RE 271 - Protected Area Management

Offered Fall: Yes Offered Winter: Yes Offered Summer: No Offered Other: No

4 Credits
Hours (Lecture - Discussion - Lab): 4-0-0
Prerequisites: RE 110.

The course will cover the information, techniques, and strategies needed to manage the physical resources and visitor services of protected areas in the United States. This course will review historical prospective that have led to the modern land management decision making for outdoor recreation. Effects of outdoor recreation on economic, environmental, and cultural variables of outdoor recreation recommendations will be discussed in the context of the development of developing sustainable recreation use of protected areas.