Texas Outdoors: A Vision for the Future

Note: all the reports listed below are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. The Acrobat Reader, a free program from Adobe Systems, is required to view the files. The Acrobat Reader program can be dowloaded free of charge from Adobe's website.

We gratefully acknowledge photographer Laurence Parent for allowing limited display of his copyrighted color images in the full PDF version of our report (linked below). [Parent biography] [Parent web site (coming soon)]

Final Reports

  Texas Outdoors: A Vision for the Future (31K)
    Text only version, no graphics or pictures

   Texas Outdoors: A Vision for the Future (2569K)
    Version with full text, graphics and pictures

  Source Document for Final Report (131K)
   This document was developed as a working document from which
    the final report was developed.  It served as an intermediate document
    between the technical reports and the final report submitted to
    Texas Parks and Wildlife.  It contains a fulled explanation of the issues and
    recommendations

Technical Reports

    Visitor Reactions to Prices at TPWD Parks  (88K)

        John L. Crompton

 

    Analysis of the Sales Tax Attributable to Sporting Goods (89K)

        John L. Crompton

 

    TPWD Funding Sources (89K)

        John L. Crompton

 

    Analysis of Reported Attendance (211K)

        John L. Crompton

 

    Repositioning TPWD and Local Park and Recreation Agencies (1517K, whole report with all appendices)

        John L. Crompton, Turgut Var, and Seokho Lee

        Main report and Appendices 1 - 5 (531K)

        Appendix 6 (986K)

 

    Fishing and Hunting Participation, Media Use, and Youth Outdoor Recreation Preferences (208K)

        Myron F. Floyd

    The Impacts of Future Demographic Change on the Demand for Outdoor

    Recreational Services in Texas and Regions in Texas (24K)

        Steve H. Murdock and Md. Nazrul Hoque

    Outdoor Recreation Participation and Barriers to Involvement (194K)

        David Scott and Chulwon Kim

    Technical Report on the Statewide Survey of the Public (428K)

        John K. Thomas, Clark Adams, Lawrence B Noel, Jr.,
        and Sheri Keyes

 

    Supply Analysis (1052K)

        Carson Watt, Clark Adams, Joni Baker, Debra Cowman,
        Jenni W. Youngblood, Kirk Gillis, Damon Holzer, and Seokho Lee

    Willingness to Pay for Future Outdoor Recreation Related Amenities (51K)

        Peter A. Witt

 

    Attitudes of Texans Concerning Selected Environmental and Property Issues (54K)

        Peter A. Witt and Joni Baker