Chad P. Dawson

Recreation Conflict Along New York's Great Lakes Coast

This study used goal interference theory to examine the recreation conflict among motorboat users, personal watercraft users, and riparian landowners. Data were collected from three types of owners in the New York Great Lake coastal area. Results indicated each of the four recreation conflict dimensions proposed in goal interference theory contained multiple factors. Logistic regression models indicated that one or more dimensions were significant in predicting perceived conflict and the models correctly predicted conflict in over 70% to 100% of the cases. Goal interference theory can be seen as a general model, but significance of the four dimensions depends on types of recreation activities and users.

Exploring Fishing Socialization Among Male and Female Anglers in New York's Eastern Lake Ontario Area

Fishing is an important component of the traditions and economy of New Yorks Lake Ontario region. A decline in the number of New York State resident anglers fishing in Lake Ontario since 1988 and a projected decline for anglers between the ages of 18 and 44 by 2005 raised questions about the concepts that influence angler initiation and continued fishing participation, especially for groups with few participants (e.g., female anglers). Interviews were conducted with 41 anglers (21 males and 20 females) in 2001 and 2002, and qualitatively analyzed. Fishing socialization processes for male and female anglers were proposed that include three stages of fishing socialization: initial involvement, attachment, and commitment. Female fishing socialization was found to focus primarily on the social aspects of fishing, while male socialization focused on both the social and sport-related aspects. The concepts influencing each socialization stage were identified. Marketing implications are discussed. The authors acknowledge New York Sea Grant and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry for funding this research. In addition, we thank the many anglers interviewed as part of this study for their assistance.

The Charter Fishing Industry in the Great Lakes

Abstract Revitalization of the fishery in the Great Lakes was spurred by the stocking of five salmonid fish species, which began in the 1960s and 1970s, and management efforts to enhance wild fish stocks. The Great Lakes charter fishing industry grew from several hundred boats for hire in 1975 to over 3,000 boats by 1988. We compiled an overview of the charter fishing industry for the Great Lakes states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and New York. The most common charter vessel was a single-engine, gas-powered craft, 25–29 ft long, and capable of carrying six passengers to fish with hook and line. Average estimated capital investment for boat, fishing equipment, and trailer and truck was US

Salmon Snagging Controversy: New York's Salmon River

34,000–46,500 in 1985-1987. Captains took 42–70 charter trips from April to October during the 1985–1987 seasons. The three most important attributes customers sought in a charter fishing captain were hospitality, ability to locate fish, and boating safety. Many other factors were of less i...

Results From the 2014 National Wilderness Manager Survey

Abstract The results of a study to evaluate the impact of proposed changes in Pacific salmon snagging regulations on the Salmon River in New York suggest that banning current legal snagging techniques will have few impacts on the local economy or angler participation. The greater controversy surrounds the prevalence of illegal and/or unethical foulhooking activities and the related angler attitudes and beliefs that support such activities.

Nelson, J. G., J. C. Day, Lucy M. Sportza, James Loucky, and Carlos Vasquez, Eds. Protected Areas and the Regional Planning Imperative in North America: Integrating Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development

A national survey of managers was developed to support interagency wilderness strategic planning. The focus was on major challenges, perceived needs for science and training, and accomplishments of 1995 Strategic Plan objectives. The survey was administered to managers at the four federal agencies with wilderness management responsibilities: the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Forest Service. In spring 2014, responses were received from 368 managers. The highest ranking threat perceived was “lack of political and financial support for wilderness protection and management,” followed by “invasive species,” “disconnected urban audiences” and “adjacent land use and management.” The greatest need for science-based information was “public attitudes toward intervention to adapt to climate change influences” and “public attitudes toward ecological restoration activities.” The majority of managers commonly perceived no or only slight accomplishment of previous strategic plan objectives.

Wilderness Management: Stewardship and Protection of Resources and Values

The concept of regional planning is explored in 29 essays that describe, compare, and contrast the practice in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The perspectives of citizens, government officials, nongovernmental organization (NGO) staff, and social and natural scientists and scholars are articulated through situational examples and cross-boundary comparisons between the three countries. The strength of this edited compilation is the attention to the regional and landscape level concern for ecological, socioeconomic, cultural, and land use management issues. Collectively the essays highlight the need for an international and continental focus on linking protected areas through proactive regional planning, and the need to attempt to balance the two conflicting goals of nature conservation and economic development. Regional, national, and international cooperation in planning at the ecosystem level is clearly articulated as ‘‘imperative’’ so that the protected areas are not fragmented into ecological islands with the loss of natural processes and conditions characteristic of the historic ecosystems. The book is divided into six sections, starting with an overview of the three countries, followed by sections with five to seven articles each on protected area planning and regional or national planning initiatives for each country. The final two sections include retrospectives on each country and some reflections on transboundary conservation. One of the greatest strengths of this book is the organization, flow, and integration of the articles. It is a credit to the editors that this is more than a collection of essays; it is a selected series of very contemporary voices that are put in perspective and context by opening and closing articles that highlight the value and practice of planning at the landscape scale. This book provides one of the most uniquely synoptic compilations that demonstrates why protected areas are important in and of themselves, as well as being an interdependent component of a larger landscape. Through reinforcement of the concepts of ecological integrity, biodiversity, environmental health, ecosystem management, and nature conservation, the reader is led through numerous examples that transcend and cross geopolitical boundaries, to the theme of the book: that regional planning is imperative to achieve biological diversity and ecological integrity across the North American continent. Society and Natural Resources, 20:577–581 Copyright # 2007 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 0894-1920 print/1521-0723 online DOI: 10.1080/08941920701338117