FARMERS AND OTHER LAND OWNERS CAN UTILIZE WOODLAND FOR PROFIT BY DEVELOPING RECREATION AREAS. CAMPGROUND AND PICNIC AREAS CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INCOME AND CAN FIT IN WITH THE OPERATION OF OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES, SUCH AS A ROADSIDE STORE, A PRODUCE STAND, OR A FILLING STATION. BASIC CONSIDERATIONS IN PLANNING A RECREATION DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE--(1)…

Indoor recreational facilities in Fairfax County, Virginia, owe their success to (1) development of comprehensive plans, which take into account site location, community needs, area trends, and financing possibilities, and (2) use of continuous marketing strategies. The centers are self-supporting. Each offers a variety of recreation/sports…

Although park naturalists should be inclusive in their attempts to reach a variety of audiences, visitors having a consumptive resource orientation may get overlooked. The activity involvement, place attachment and resource knowledge scores of trout anglers at Montauk State Park (Missouri, USA) were combined into a typology that consisted of four…

Future recreation professionals need the ability to analyze the effects of proposed management actions and stakeholder concerns to make good decisions, maintain public support, and comply with state and federal laws. Importantly, when federal funds, lands, permits or licenses are involved, federal law requires consideration of environmental and…

The social and cultural norms children learn in schools can have a powerful effect on a variety of lifestyle decisions that will affect their physical and mental health. In this article we examine research on social issues in elementary school physical education. We provide an overview of how teachers' actions and behaviors affect what children…

The thesis of this article is that national sport and recreation policies constitute a pedagogical problematic, as they are texts bound to specific meaning and learning, with potential to impact on roles and subjectivities. As such, it is crucially important for physical education scholars to adopt a critical stance towards them, opening up the…

A recreational voucher system can be a mechanism for increasing the responsiveness of the provider of recreational goods and services to consumers, particularly low income consumers. (RC)

A report on the economics of Wisconsin outdoor recreation industry, including characteristics of private recreation enterprises, financial components such as investment, gross recreation income, costs, net recreation income, and return to family labor and management. Other management aspects, such as rate determination, outside employment,…

This collection of articles was selected from the 1959-1969 Division for Girls and Women's Sports "Volleyball Guides". This third edition in the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation's Sports Articles Reprint Series contains articles stressing the changes that have occurred in the sport of volleyball in the…

The American Association for Leisure and Recreation updated its Goals for American Recreation. A series of eight articles discusses these goals and goals for those who provide recreation, park, and leisure services in light of new social needs. (MT)

This article: (1) clarifies the meaning and intent of contract services; (2) reviews past and current uses and implications; (3) discusses conditions and circumstances that influence use of contracting services; and (4) presents a conceptual model that reduces negative connotations and that encourages use of contract services as a management tool.…

AMERICAN USE OF OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES HAS INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II. WITH A POPULATION OF 180 MILLION THAT IS TO DOUBLE BY THE YEAR 2000, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE USE OF THESE FACILITIES WILL TRIPLE BY THE SAME DATE. RECREATION WILL BECOME A MAJOR SEGMENT OF THE RURAL ECONOMY. THE INTEREST TAKEN BY THE FEDERAL…

In 1912 the Division of Municipal Recreation and Adult Education of the Milwaukee Public Schools was formed. Milwaukee then became known as the "City of the Lighted Schoolhouse". The Division was formed as a result of a law passed by the Wisconsin Legislature which permitted school boards to use school facilities for evening schools,…

The goal of Costa Rica's Department of Physical Education and Sports is the "utilization of sport, physical education, and recreation as instruments of socialization and contribution to the improved health of Costa Ricans." (JN)