Research Literature for Park Break 2008
Delaware Water Gap: Conservation Policy
CONSERVATION POLICY refers to the entire spectrum of issues that affect how conservation is carried out in parks and other protected areas. Today, park managers must have a grasp of wide range issues to effectively do their jobs. They must be familiar with not only scientific and scholarly understandings of park resources, but of the political climate within which resource decisions must be made.
To understand conservation policy, one must know:
The key points of conservation history that brought us to where we are,
The major resource issues facing parks today, and
How to political system works with respect to conservation decision-making.
*More readings may be added at the request of speakers.
Required Readings:
Baron, J. S., (2004). Forum: Research in the National Parks. Ecological Applications, 2004.
Briggs, H.C. (2004). Promoting Ecological Research in National Parks-A South African Perspective. Ecological Applications, 14(1), 2004, pp. 21-24.
Chan, K.M.A., Pringle, R.M., Ranganathan, J., Boggs, C.L., Chan, Y.L., Ehrlich, P.R., Haff, P.K., Heller, N.E., Al-Khafaji, K., & Macmynowski, D. P. (2007). When Agendas Collide: Human Welfare Biological Conservation. Conservation Biology, Vol. 21(1). February 2007, p.59-68.
Crompton, J. L. (2006). George Melendez Wright: Pugsley Bronze Medal 1936. Twentieth Century Champions of Parks and Conservation Volume I. The Pugsley Medal Recipients 1928-1964. Urbana, Illinois. Sagamore Publishing, (267-270).
Epstein, Jack B. Geology of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, New Jersey-Pennsylvania. Geological Society of America, Field Guide 2006(8), 47-64.
Gross, K.L. (2004). Promoting Ecological Research in National Parks by Investing in the Next Generation of Scientists. Ecological Applications, 14(1), 2004, pp. 15-17.
Parsons, D.J. (2004). Supporting Basic Ecological Research in U.S. National Parks: Challenges and Opportunities. Ecological Applications, 14(1), 2004, pp. 5-13.
Pringle, C.M., & Collins, S.L. (2004). Needed: A Unified Infrastructure to Support Long-Term Scientific Research on Public Lands. Ecological Applications, 14(1), 2004, pp. 18-21.
Ramirez, A. (2004). Ecological Research and the Costa Rican Park System. Ecological Applications, 14(1), 2004, pp. 25-27.
Sellars, R. W. (2007).
A very large array: Early federal historic preservation -The Antiquities Act,
Mesa Verde, and the National Park Service Act. Natural Resources Journal,
47(2), 267-328.
Soukup, M. (2004). A Careerist's Perspective on "Supporting Basic Ecological Research in U.S. National Parks." Ecological Applications, 14(1), 2004, pp. 14-15.
Recommended Readings:
Manning, R.E. (2007). Parks and carrying capacity: Commons without tragedy. Washington, DC: Island Press.
Sellars, R. W. (1997). Preserving nature in the national parks: A history. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
U.S. CODE
CONSERVATION POLICY
Required Readings:
Wilderness Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1131-1136. Pub. L. 88-577, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890.
Antiquities Act of 1906, 16 U.S.C. §§ 431, 432, 433. June 8, 1906, ch. 3060, 34 Stat. 225.
National Park Service Organic Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1, 2, 3, 4, 22, 43, 43 U.S.C. §§ 1457. Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535.
H.R. 2764 – Omnibus Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2008.
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, PA, 16 U.S.C. §§ 460o-460o-7.
Title16 – Conservation
Chapter1 - National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
Subchapter LXXIII – Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
§ 460o. Establishment
§ 460o-1. Acquisition of lands
§ 460o-2. Designation of area; boundaries
§ 460o-3. Administration authorities for conservation, management, or disposal of natural resources; coordination of administrative responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of the Army
§ 460o-4. Land and water use management plan; adoption, implementation, and revision; provisions
§ 460o-5. Hunting and fishing
§ 460o-6. Civil and criminal jurisdiction and taxing power of State
§ 460o-7. Authorization of appropriations
Recommended Readings:
National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998. Pub. L. 105-391, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3497.
National Trails System Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1241-1251. Pub. L. 90–543, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 919.
National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978. Pub. L. 95-625, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3467.
Historic Sites Act of 1935, 16 U.S.C. §§ 461-467. Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 593, 49 Stat. 666.