Each year, more and more people participate in outdoor activities, many of them recreating in America�s forestlands.
Forest Recreation, Fifth Edition responds to forest managers� continual need to change the way they do their job-both
planning and operation-to adapt to the shifting perceptions, wants, and needs of recreational visitors. Douglass
provides current and prospective land managers, forest technicians, professional foresters, and park technicians
with valuable techniques to finance, design, construct, develop, and manage forest recreation facilities successfully.
He incorporates such contemporary issues as the environmental conservation movement and the impact of the Internet.
Readers who have little background in the specifics of the day-to-day workings of forest recreation administration
will appreciate the broad overview supported by a detailed treatment of topics and the abundant illustrations and
photographs. Forest Recreation, Fifth Edition is a valuable tool both in the classroom and on the job.
Table of Contents
1. Outdoor Recreation
2. Supply of Forest Recreation Areas
3. Public Pressure and Legislative Response
4. Forest Recreation Planning
5. Financing Forest Recreation
6. Site Selection
7. Recreation Area Development
8. Campgrounds
9. Picnic Areas
10. Trails
11. Water Supply
12. Sanitation
13. Water-Oriented Recreation Development
14. Management of Forest Recreation Areas
15. Visitor Management
16. Operation of Developed Recreation Areas