scholarly journals Community Engagement: An Appreciative Inquiry Case Study with Theodore Roosevelt National Park Gateway Communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 7147
Author(s):  
Leah Joyner ◽  
N. Qwynne Lackey ◽  
Kelly S. Bricker
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Appreciative Inquiry ◽  
National Park ◽  
Theodore Roosevelt ◽  
Resident Perceptions ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
Gateway Communities ◽  
Visitor Experiences ◽  
Theodore Roosevelt National Park ◽  
Conservation Marketing

Appreciative Inquiry was employed to understand the mutual impact of Theodore Roosevelt National Park and nearby communities’ relationships with tourism. Specifically, the goals of this study were to: understand the role of Theodore Roosevelt National Park related to stimulating regional tourism; to ascertain gateway community resident perceptions of benefits from tourism as it relates to economic development and quality of; and, to explore nearby communities’ relationships with the park and how those communities may help influence quality visitor experiences, advance park goals, and develop and leverage partnerships. Results include a collection of emergent themes from the community inquiry related to resource access and tourism management, citizen and community engagement, conservation, marketing, and communication between the park and neighboring residents. These findings illuminate the need to understand nearby communities’ relationship to public lands and regional sustainability support between public land managers and these communities.

Shale Resources, Parks Conservation, and Contested Public Lands in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park: Is Fracking Booming?

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Miriam R. Aczel ◽  
Karen E. Makuch
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The United States ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Theodore Roosevelt ◽  
Natural Beauty ◽  
Theodore Roosevelt National Park ◽  
Bakken Shale

This case study analyzes the potential impacts of weakening the National Park Service’s (NPS) “9B Regulations” enacted in 1978, which established a federal regulatory framework governing hydrocarbon rights and extraction to protect natural resources within the parks. We focus on potential risks to national parklands resulting from Executive Orders 13771—Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs [1]—and 13783—Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth [2]—and subsequent recent revisions and further deregulation. To establish context, we briefly overview the history of the United States NPS and other relevant federal agencies’ roles and responsibilities in protecting federal lands that have been set aside due to their value as areas of natural beauty or historical or cultural significance [3]. We present a case study of Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) situated within the Bakken Shale Formation—a lucrative region of oil and gas deposits—to examine potential impacts if areas of TRNP, particularly areas designated as “wilderness,” are opened to resource extraction, or if the development in other areas of the Bakken near or adjacent to the park’s boundaries expands [4]. We have chosen TRNP because of its biodiversity and rich environmental resources and location in the hydrocarbon-rich Bakken Shale. We discuss where federal agencies’ responsibility for the protection of these lands for future generations and their responsibility for oversight of mineral and petroleum resources development by private contractors have the potential for conflict.

scholarly journals Optimum Carrying Capacity for Bison in Theodore Roosevelt National Park

1983 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 89-92
Author(s):  
Clayton Marlow ◽  
Lynn Irby ◽  
Jack Norland
Keyword(s):  
Primary Productivity ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Food Habits ◽  
National Park ◽  
Net Primary Productivity ◽  
Theodore Roosevelt ◽  
Secondary Use ◽  
Theodore Roosevelt National Park ◽  
Management Priorities ◽  
Capacity Estimates

This project was designed to determine the optimum population size for bison in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) by fulfilling the following objectives: 1. Delineate primary and secondary areas of bison use. 2. Determine net primary productivity for major range sites within primary and secondary use areas. 3. Determine the general seasonal food habits of bison in TRNP. 4. Determine range trends under present population density of bison and the maximum carrying capacity of primary use areas. 5. Integrate range trend and carrying capacity estimates with management priorities for bison on the TRNP.

scholarly journals Optimum Carrying Capacity for Bison in Theodore Roosevelt National Park

1982 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 95-97
Author(s):  
Clayton Marlow ◽  
Lynn Irby ◽  
Jack Norland
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Food Habits ◽  
National Park ◽  
Theodore Roosevelt ◽  
Secondary Use ◽  
Range Condition ◽  
Theodore Roosevelt National Park ◽  
Management Priorities ◽  
Capacity Estimates

This project was designed to determine the optimum population size for bison in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) by fulfilling the following objectives: 1. Delineate primary and secondary bison ranges; 2. Determine forage productivity for major range sites within primary and secondary use areas; 3. Determine the general seasonal food habits of bison in TRNP; 4. Determine range condition under present population density of bison and the maximum carrying capacity of primary use areas; and 5. Integrate range condition and carrying capacity estimates with management priorities for bison on the TRNP.

scholarly journals The Impacts of External Development on the Economic and Aesthetic Values of Theodore Roosevelt National Park

1989 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 155-157
Author(s):  
George Wallace ◽  
Pat Reed
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Theodore Roosevelt ◽  
Mixed Grass Prairie ◽  
Theodore Roosevelt National Park ◽  
Mixed Grass ◽  
National Park System ◽  
Communication Towers ◽  
Aesthetic Values ◽  
External Development

Theodore Roosevelt National Park (THRO) is a unique part of the National Park system in that it represents a mixed grass prairie eco-region. At pulloffs and integral vistas in THRO, views of the landscape in this badland setting are sweeping and open offering a long view. Such vistas have become increasingly impacted by man-made or man-caused features on the landscape outside the park but visible from within its boundaries. These features include gas and oil field structures, roads, power lines, communication towers, large vehicles, dust and smoke. Additional external development and activity is planned and park managers are in need of information that can help them determine how park values, and resources are being affected. To do this also requires that information be obtained about visitor characteristics, preferences, satisfaction, and expenditures that are in need of being updated.

scholarly journals Feral Horse Distribution, Habitat Use and Population Dynamics in Theodore Roosevelt National Park

1990 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 123-125
Author(s):  
Clayton Marlow ◽  
Leonard Gagnon ◽  
Elena Hovland ◽  
Lynn Irby
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Home Range Size ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
Theodore Roosevelt ◽  
Horse Population ◽  
Feral Horses ◽  
Population Growth Rates ◽  
Feral Horse ◽  
Theodore Roosevelt National Park ◽  
Reproductive Rates

Description of the ecological niche feral horses fill in Theodore Roosevelt National Park requires information on reproductive rates, home range size, individual and band affinity to home ranges, food and shelter requirements and seasonal diets. Therefore, the initial objectives will be to: 1. identify the number, size and location of home ranges for harem and bachelor stallion bands; 2. describe daily and seasonal movements of bands within identified home ranges; 3. describe the vegetation habitat types and landform types used by horses for mating, foaling, foraging, and resting cover; 4. describe seasonal horse diets; and 5. collect data on sex, age and social hierarchy within respective bands to facilitate estimation of horse population growth rates. Ultimately, this information will be used to accomplish the project goal; integrate horse requirements with those of elk, bison and the Park's vegetation communities to determine the large ungulate carrying capacity of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

scholarly journals A Baseline Study of Bryophytes and Air Quality in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park

1986 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 167-167
Author(s):  
David Bilderback
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Elemental Analysis ◽  
National Park ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Sensitive Species ◽  
Theodore Roosevelt ◽  
Baseline Study ◽  
The Third ◽  
Theodore Roosevelt National Park

The objectives of the research are threefold. The first objective is to prepare a moss flora by collecting, identifying and preparing herbarium specimens of taxa collected from all distinctive habitats of the three units of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The second objective is to survey the prepared moss flora for SO2-sensitive species, and the third is to select species of mosses for elemental analysis.

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