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Recreating in color: Promoting ethnic diversity in public lands

From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:

Recent studies of the Forest Service’s National Visitor Use Monitoring data show a wide disparity in racial and ethnic use of national forests. Researchers at the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Fort Collins, Colorado, are studying these numbers systematically—the first time a nationwide study has been done with these data. They hope that their research will help National Forest System staff to encourage different racial and ethnic groups to connect with public natural lands. By doing so, national forest managers will be transforming management practices and priorities to encourage wider use of natural lands by different racial and ethnic groups.

Read the brief here.

Further reading:

Latino outdoors: Using storytelling and social media to increase diversity on public lands. In: National outdoor recreation conference: Creating a relevant and inclusive future

Recreation equity: Is the Forest Service serving its diverse publics?

Effectively connecting with communities across cultures: There’s no app for that!

Serving culturally diverse visitors to forests in California: A resource guide.

Outside your door: Young producers bridge the divide between urban youth and public lands.

Southwestern Region sustainable recreation strategy.

Posted by:
Gloria Edwards
Published on:
April 8, 2020

Categories: Publication, Research Brief/SynthesisTags: data collection, data-driven decisions, human dimensions of natural resources, public lands, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USFS

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