A Geologic Guide to the State Parks of the Florida Panhandle Coast: St. George Island, St. Joseph Peninsula, St. Andrews and Grayton Beach Parks and Recreation Areas

10.35256/l13 ◽  
1984 ◽  
1953 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-180
Author(s):  
C. D. Orchard

British Columbia is experiencing a period of industrial expansion resulting in vastly increased populations and attendant aggravation of social and economic problems.It faces increasing and changing demands on natural resources. People are no longer satisfied with trees to meet their industrial needs. They are demanding forests to protect their watersheds, to frame their roadsides, to clothe their scenery. They want trees and forests to foster fishing and sustain and shelter wildlife. Today people have learned about recreation, and they demand trees and forests for recreational use.These new forest uses have great economic significance in addition to whatever social values they may represent. The people of the United States spend more than 12 billion dollars a year on vacation and holiday travel. More than 150 million people were attracted to American National and State parks and recreation areas in 1949, and it has been shown that Glacier National Park alone lured 36,000 visitors and a 14 million-dollar revenue to the State of Montana in that year.British Columbia is interested in this rich new market for its forests and recreation resources. Its first provincial park was set aside in 1911, and during the ensuing 40 years the Provincial park system has grown to 62 areas comprising more than nine million acres. Additional recreational opportunities exist in 36 million acres of Provincial forests.


Author(s):  
Alessandra Freire Reis ◽  
Odaléia Telles Marcondes Machado Queiroz

A discussão sobre a concessão das unidades de conservação é extremamente importante e tem gerado polêmica no Estado de São Paulo, devido à aprovação da Lei Nº 16.260, de 29 de junho de 2016, que “autoriza a Fazenda do Estado a conceder a exploração de serviços ou o uso, total ou parcial, de áreas em próprios estaduais”. A pesquisa e o debate sobre o tema são fundamentais para compreensão e reflexão das possibilidades e consequências da escolha deste caminho para as UCs, ainda que estes devessem anteceder a tomada de decisão. As atividades turísticas e de lazer estão dentre os principais serviços a serem concedidos a iniciativa privada nos Parques Estaduais. Embora essas atividades estejam dentre os objetivos deste tipo de categoria de UC é preeminente ressaltar que a conservação deve nortear a gestão. O Estado é responsável por proteger importantes fragmentos de Mata Atlântica e Cerrado, em áreas com diferentes tipos de ocupação e pressão. Para tanto, necessita de investimento em pessoal capacitado, infraestrutura e equipamentos, além do apoio e diálogo com comunidades tradicionais, que tenham relação com as áreas. O que se observa atualmente é a precarização dos serviços prestados, em que os servidores públicos não têm plano de carreira e os guarda-parques, funcionários primordiais para essas áreas, estão se extinguindo e com eles todo um rico conhecimento. A maioria dos gestores é comissionada e em alguns casos não tem formação adequada para função. A fiscalização é terceirizada e patrimonial deixando que a Floresta propriamente dita, fique a mercê de usos indevidos e inadequados como ocupação irregular, extração de flora, caça, depósito de entulhos, entre outros. É fato que as atividades de uso público realizadas atualmente estão aquém das possibilidades dos parques. A concessão de serviços como alimentação, hospedagem, aluguel de equipamentos e implantação de estruturas para atividades de ecoturismo podem sim ser uma alternativa para dinamizar o uso desses espaços e gerar recursos. Há diversos exemplos de sucesso no exterior e no Brasil, que podem ser inspiradores. Porém, é necessário fundamentalmente que o Estado assuma a responsabilidade legal de salvaguardar as UCs, valorizando a carreira dos servidores públicos investindo em concursos e capacitações. Somente com uma estrutura organizacional fortalecida será possível conduzir com eficiência processos de concessão, que contribuam com a otimização de uso adequado desses espaços. As UCs fornecem serviços ambientais imensuráveis e dentre eles estão às oportunidades turismo, lazer e recreação. Tourism Concessions in Protected Areas of São Paulo state (Brazil): reflections, opportunities and challenges ABSTRACT The discussion on the concession of protected areas is extremely important and has generated controversy in the State of São Paulo, due to the approval of the draft law Nº 16.260, that "authorizes the State Treasury to grant the exploitation of services or use of all or part of areas in state themselves." Research and debate on the subject are fundamental to understanding and reflection of the possibilities and consequences of choosing this way for protected area, even if they were to precede decision-making. Tourist and leisure activities are among the main services to be granted to private initiative in the State Parks. Although these activities are among the goals of that category of PA is paramount to emphasize that conservation should guide the management. The State is responsible for protecting important fragments of Atlantic Forest and Savannah, in areas with different types of occupation and pressure. Therefore, it needs investment in trained personnel, infrastructure and equipment, and support and dialogue with traditional communities that relate to the areas. What we currently see is the precariousness of services, where public servants have no career plan and park rangers, primary staff to these areas, they are dying off and with them a whole wealth of knowledge. Most managers are commissioned and in some cases do not have adequate training to function. The inspection is outsourced and property letting the forest itself, be at the mercy of undue and inappropriate uses such as illegal occupation, flora extraction, hunting, debris deposit, among others. It is true that the public use activities currently performed are beyond the means of the parks. The concession of services such as food, lodging, equipment rental and implementation of ecotourism activities to structures can indeed be an alternative to boost the use of these spaces and generate resources. There are many examples of success in Brazil and abroad, which can be inspiring. However, it is fundamentally necessary that the State assumes the legal responsibility to safeguard the protected areas, enhancing the careers of public servants investing in competitions and training. Only with a strengthened organizational structure will be possible to drive efficiently concession processes that contribute to the optimization of appropriate use of these spaces. PAs provide immeasurable environmental services and among them are the opportunities tourism, leisure and recreation. KEYWORDS: State Parks; Public Use; Management; Conservation.


Author(s):  
David Vogel

This chapter discusses the efforts to protect Yosemite and the sequoias in the Sierras in the nineteenth century and then turns to the more heated conflicts over the fate of the coastal redwoods. The roots of California's tradition of civic mobilization lie in nature protection. This tradition began with the efforts of a few prominent individuals—including John Muir, Horace Greeley, and Frederick Olmsted—and then became institutionalized in the upper-middle-class Sierra and Sempervirens clubs and the predominantly upper-class Save-the-Redwoods League. Broader grassroots citizen mobilization played a critical role in campaigns to return control of Yosemite to the federal government, expand the size of and increase the funding for state parks, and protect endangered sequoias in the Sierras. The state's administrative capacity to protect California's scenic environment was initially limited, paralleling its inability to regulate hydraulic mining during the mid-nineteenth century. However, this capacity subsequently expanded through the establishment of institutions such as the State Board of Agriculture, the State Forestry Commission, and the State Parks Commission.


Author(s):  
Shelley Alden Brooks

During the counter-culture era of the 1960s and early 1970s, Big Sur became a magnet for hippies, back-to-the-land activists, and New Age visitors exploring the mind-expanding retreats at the Esalen Institute. Added to these arrivals were the more mainstream families flocking to the state parks and beaches, and wealthy new residents. Chapter 5 examines the arrival of these various admirers and their influence on Big Sur’s image and land management. This chapter also broadens the picture to examine the statewide impact of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill. The spill was a wakeup call to the state and the nation, and it reinforced the linkage between the quality of the environment and Americans’ quality of life. It spurred the passage of Proposition 20 in 1972 to protect California’s prized coastline. New state regulations required environmentally sensitive land management plans from all coastal counties. This chapter argues that Big Sur residents understood the importance (and accepted the irony) of coalescing as a vibrant community as they began to draft one of the most stringent antidevelopment plans in the state. Their sophisticated knowledge of land management helped retain this coastline’s distinction and their prized place within it.


2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 623-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Márcia Arzua ◽  
Valeria C. Onofrio ◽  
Darci M. Barros-Battesti

The tick collection of the Museu de Historia Natural Capão da Imbuia was first sorted in the end of the 80's, and a list of specimens was published in 1992. During the last ten years, the collection has grown substantially and became the depository collection for type-specimens. The collection is the most regional representative depository of ticks from the State of Paraná, and it is one of the four largest Brazilian collections in number of specimens. All material was revised, and the data were computerized and catalogued in cards. To date, the collection includes 504 vials, with 2,073 specimens, belonging to 25 species and six genera of the families Argasidae and Ixodidae. The ticks were collected in regional and state parks and in green areas from 60 municipalities distributed within eight Brazilian states. This catalogue corrects some of the records published in 1992 for the state of Paraná and records new host species for Amblyomma aureolatum (Pallas, 1772), A. cajennense (Fabricius, 1787), A. longirostre (Koch, 1844), A. tigrinum Koch, 1844, Ixodes aragaoi Fonseca, 1935, I. auritulus Neumann, 1904, I. fuscipes Koch, 1844 and I. paranaensis Barros-Battesti, Arzua, Pichorim & Keirans, 2003. Amblyomma brasiliense Aragão, 1908, A. coelebs Neumann, 1899, A. nodosum Neumann, 1899 and I. fuscipes are recorded, for the first time, from the state of Paraná; A. longirostre from Rio Grande do Sul; I. fuscipes from Santa Catarina; I. schulzei Aragão & Fonseca, 1951 from Rondônia; and A. rotundatum Koch, 1844 from Bahia. In addition Haemaphysalis juxtakochi Cooley, 1946 and I. fuscipes are recorded for the first time, infesting birds.


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