Download or read book National Park Service Concessions Program Has Made Changes in Several Areas But Challenges Remain written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " The 1998 Concessions Management Improvement Act governs concessions services at national parks. In 2016, the Park Service managed 488 concessions contracts, and such contracts generated about $1.4 billion in gross revenues in the prior year. Under these contracts, companies and individuals operate businesses in parks, including lodges, restaurants, and recreational services. GAO was asked to review the concessions program. This report examines (1) how the concessions program has changed since GAO's 2000 report and (2) any ongoing challenges in the concessions program. To conduct this work, GAO examined Park Service policy, guidance, and relevant laws and regulations; analyzed Park Service data on concessions contracts; interviewed Park Service staff at headquarters, all seven regions, and 20 park units, selected for size of concessions program and park type, among other things; and interviewed concessioners and stakeholders, such as consultants familiar with the concessions program. "

Download or read book Management Policies written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book National Park Service Concessions Program written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Eating in US National Parks written by Kathleen LeBesco and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-02-26 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a fascinating exploration of eating experiences within US national parks, explaining how, on what, and why people eat in national parks and how this has changed over the last century. National parks are enjoying unprecedented popularity, and they are especially popular sites for the expression of cosmopolitanism, an ideological outlook descended from the Romantics on whose vision the parks were originally founded. The book explores the constructed foodscape within US national parks, situating the romantic consumption ethos within the context of sociological work on distinction, culinary tourism, and culinary capital. It analyzes and problematizes elements of cosmopolitan taste and desire, examining food tourism in wilderness spaces that satisfies cosmopolitan hunger for authenticity and a certain type of self-making. Weaving together strands of research that have not been previously integrated, the book gleans meaning from concessions menus and park restaurant web pages and employs audience analysis to take stock of park restaurant visitors’ contributions to restaurant review websites, as well as to understand how they represent their park eating experiences on social media. The book examines how satisfying cosmopolitan tastes in the parks creates profit for corporate concessioners, but also may produce bioregionalist successes and a recentering of Indigenous foodways. It concludes by exploring inroads to a better food experience in the parks, involving food products and processes that are regionally/locally specific, where tourists witness and participate in food production and enjoy commensality, but that are also non-extractive and show care for the environment and the people who inhabit it. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of food studies, tourism and hospitality, sociology of culture, parks and recreation, American studies, and environmental studies. The book will also be of interest to parks and recreation decision makers, sustainable tourism leaders, and hospitality managers.

Download or read book The status of the National Park Service Concessions Management Program and implementing regulations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories written by Nigel Dudley and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2008 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IUCN's Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording, and classifying protected areas. They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many national governments. As a result, they are increasingly being incorporated into government legislation. These guidelines provide as much clarity as possible regarding the meaning and application of the Categories. They describe the definition of the Categories and discuss application in particular biomes and management approaches.

Download or read book National Parks written by and published by . This book was released on 1997-07 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The flagship publication of the National Parks Conservation Association, National Parks Magazine (circ. 340,000) fosters an appreciation of the natural and historic treasures found in the national parks, educates readers about the need to preserve those resources, and illustrates how member contributions drive our organization's park-protection efforts. National Parks Magazine uses images and language to convey our country's history and natural landscapes from Acadia to Zion, from Denali to the Everglades, and the 387 other park units in between.

Download or read book National Park Concessions Measures written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book National Park Service Concessions Policy Reform Act of 1993 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The North Cascades written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 1144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Overview of a 1999 National Park Service Monitoring Study to Obtain Visitor Reactions to the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program Replication of a 1997 Study written by David W. Lime and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hearings Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 1684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2000 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 1870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The North Cascades written by United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 1148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 1920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Waste Fraud Abuse and Mismanagement written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget. Task Force on Natural Resources and the Environment and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: