2009 - USDA Forest Service
2009 - USDA Forest Service
2009 - USDA Forest Service
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January <strong>2009</strong> Interpretation and Conservation Education Master Plan<br />
Table of Contents<br />
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 4<br />
Executive Summary ............................................................................................... 4<br />
Purpose of Plan ....................................................................................................... 4<br />
Mission ................................................................................................................... 5<br />
Planning Assumptions ............................................................................................ 6<br />
Definitions/Differences between Interpretation and Conservation Education ....... 7<br />
BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................... 9<br />
Existing Conditions ................................................................................................ 9<br />
Facilities ............................................................................................................... 10<br />
Peak Visitation – Issues and a Proposed Solution ................................................ 12<br />
Special Interest Areas ........................................................................................... 14<br />
Who Are We? ....................................................................................................... 16<br />
Who Is Coming To El Yunque? ........................................................................... 17<br />
Who Should Be Coming To El Yunque? ............................................................. 23<br />
What Factors Influence Our Planning? ................................................................ 25<br />
Global Tourism Trends ........................................................................................ 25<br />
US-Caribbean Tourism Trends ............................................................................ 26<br />
Climate Change and Sustainability ...................................................................... 26<br />
Tourism and Recreation Trends ........................................................................... 28<br />
INVENTORY OF CURRENT INTERPRETATION AND CONSERVATION<br />
EDUCATION EFFORTS ...................................................................................... 30<br />
Personal and Non-Personal Interpretive <strong>Service</strong>s ................................................ 30<br />
Personal <strong>Service</strong>s Challenges ............................................................................... 32<br />
Conservation Education Programs ....................................................................... 34<br />
Eastern National-EYNF Interpretive Association ................................................ 37<br />
INTERPRETATION/CONSERVATION EDUCATION OVERVIEW ........... 37<br />
Statement of Significance and Niche ................................................................... 37<br />
Interpretation and Conservation Education Vision .............................................. 41<br />
El Yunque NF Interpretive/CE Goals, Objectives and Outcomes ....................... 42<br />
El Yunque NF Interpretation Themes .................................................................. 46<br />
Agency Interpretive/CE Goals and Objectives .................................................... 48<br />
Conservation Education Goals/Objectives and Themes ...................................... 50<br />
1 El Yunque National <strong>Forest</strong>
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