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Posted September 23, 2020:

We are announcing a new Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism:

Special Issue: “Sustainably Managing Outdoor Recreation and Nature-based Tourism as Social-ecological Systems”

Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism

Please send your Statement of Interest to Wayde Morse (morsewc@auburn.edu) by 15 November, 2020. Full manuscripts are due 31 March, 2021.

The goal of this special issue is to develop frameworks and tools to facilitate the sustainable management of outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism as social-ecological systems addressed at multiple scales and fully integrated across disciplines.

LINK: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-outdoor-recreation-and-tourism/call-for-papers/sustainably-managing-outdoor-recreation-and-nature

PURPOSE OF SPECIAL ISSUE

1. Showcase emerging conceptual frameworks, technologies, best practices, and analytic tools being used to assess, monitor, and support implementation of sustainable outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism programs and practices.

2. Identify new approaches, tools, and best practices for strategic landscape planning within large integrated systems where recreation and tourism can receive equal consideration with other natural resource considerations like fire, water, wildlife habitat, and community development.

3. Catalyze a community of practice of managers, scientists, agency leaders, and citizens dedicated to strengthening sustainable outdoor recreation and tourism programs and research on and around public lands and protected areas.

Posted September 4, 2020:

Special Issue: Special Issue–Sustainability and Outdoor Recreation Management on Public Lands: New Directions

Journal of Park and Recreation Administration

Abstracts (300 words) are due: October 1, 2020. Full manuscripts are due February 15, 2021.

This special issue examines the growing significance of outdoor recreation on public lands and discuss strategies for managing this use sustainably. We aim to contribute knowledge from leaders in recreation science toward this foundation of sustainability, while providing more clarity, conscientious thinking, and conceptual development that aims to enhance implementation of sustainable recreation in public lands management. Our goal is to showcase emerging theories, technologies, best practices, and analytic tools being used to assess, monitor, and support sustainable recreation programs and practices.

LINK: https://js.sagamorepub.com/jpra/announcement/view/84

Please send proposed paper title, name of author(s), and an abstract (300 words) to the guest editors, Drs. Lee Cerveny (lee.cerveny@usda.gov) and Steven Selin (sselin@wvu.edu) by October 1, 2020. Authors will be notified by October 30, 2020 if they will be invited to submit a full paper.

Posted March 26, 2019: We will be adding information about opportunities for submitting to special issues of a few journals.

Calls are currently being developed for two other journals, and will be posted here when ready.

Contact Anna Miller (annamiller@fs.fed.us) for further information.

Posted March 26, 2019

Invitations for contributions:

Sustainability

• • We invite you to contribute to an upcoming special issue of the open access journal “Sustainability”. This issue is being guest-edited by Pat Winter, Lee Cerveny, Kelly Bricker and Steven Selin. Deadline for manuscript submissions: October 31, 2019.

  • https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/outdoor_recreation_tourism

  • Our aim is to compile an issue that considers the intersection of outdoor recreation, nature-based tourism, and sustainability with relevance to the journal’s global audience. Outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism present essential benefits to individuals, community, and society, thereby contributing to sustainability. Being outdoors, engaging in active recreation, and visiting natural attractions provide opportunities for people to learn about natural systems and develop attachments to places that contribute to positive spillover effects, including improved mental and physical health.

    • • Topics may include:

        • Climate change and other disturbance factors (e.g., fire, invasive plants);

        • Eco-innovation, technology;

        • Sustainable development goals;

        • Health and well-being, quality of life;

        • Diversity, equity, and inclusion;

        • Outdoor recreation and nature-based-tourism’s contributions to sustainability;

        • Indigenous lands, engagement, and recreation use;

        • Agency culture change, emerging governance structures, and organizational capacity-building;

        • Gateway and amenity communities.

Forestry Source

• • Special Recreation issue of this SAF publication, titled “Recreation: More than a Walk in the Woods.” which will come out in July 2019.

  • Practical articles about recreation management are sought: how-to, success stories, adapting to changing rec needs/uses, etc.

  • Contact editor Steve Wilent to query about potential articles. Deadline: June 1.

Posted March 15, 2019: We will be presenting on the Research Strategy and Agenda at the following upcoming conferences:

· National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium [NERR] in Annapolis, MD – April 6-9, 2019

· National Outdoor Recreation Conference [NORC/SORP] in Rapid City, SD – May 6-9, 2019

· International Symposium for Society and Resource Management [ISSRM] in Oshkosh, Wisconsin – June 2-7, 2019

· International Union of Forest Research Organizations [IUFRO] World Congress in Curitiba, Brazil – September 29-October 5, 2019