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Tennessee State Parks


Social Science Research To Support Visitor Use Management In Selected Tennessee State Parks ​

Description:

This project was conducted in three waterfall-based state parks within the Tennessee State Parks (TSP) system: Cummins Falls State Park, Rock Island State Park, and Burgess Falls State Natural Area. The project gathered accurate, defensible, and science-based information to help support visitor use planning, management, and carrying capacity decisions at these parks. This visitor-based data was necessary to help the parks achieve TSP’s mission, and to provide the high quality visitor experiences that are essential to ensuring public support and stewardship of the parks.

Objectives: 

Specific objectives of this study include:
  1. Collect baseline data on visitor use and visitor attitudes.

  2. Identify indicators, thresholds, and related experiential  capacities.
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  3. Assess how acceptable management alternatives are to visitors.

Additional Resources:

Cummins Falls State Park
Rock Island State Park
Burgess Falls State Natural Area
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  • Home
  • Projects
    • Joshua Tree National Park
    • Katmai and Lake Clark
    • Theodore Roosevelt
    • Bonneville Salt Flats
    • Mammoth Cave National Park
    • Cumberland Island National Seashore
    • National Wildlife Refuges
    • Buffalo National River
    • Delaware Water Gap
    • South Carolina Coast
    • Tennessee State Parks
    • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
  • Our Team
    • Current Team
    • Lab Alumni
  • Contact