Practical guidelines for turf management are provided that explain the natural processes involved, specific materials and equipment, and procedures that have been found to produce desirable results with a minimum of effort and expense. The handbook starts with information on how grasses grow, then proceeds through various chapters on turfgrass…

Advocates conferences and discussions among programmers to ascertain the philosophies behind their work in parks and recreation and gives sources that can provide assistance. (JA)

This study explored labor relations practices in United States parks and recreation agencies. Responses from 200 public parks and recreation organizations are discussed and displayed in tabular form. (CJ)

Presents a brief review of the andragogical model of learning and reports on an attempt to implement the model. The activity involved a group of adult students who took a study tour of an Australian national park. (SK)

Mobile recreation units can bring a variety of program offerings to participants often missed by conventional programming. (JD)

Accreditation of recreation, leisure services, and resource curricula at the BA and MA levels is now a reality. (JD)

This article describes the University of Northern British Columbia's (UNBC's) Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Management (ORTM) Program, which focuses squarely on the management of outdoor recreation as it relates to conservation (i.e., in and around parks and protected areas), tourism that is both based in and concerned with the natural/cultural…

The Tsavo/Amboseli Ecosystem represents one of the major remaining wildlife conservation blocks in Kenya. This ecosystem consists of four protected areas which are safe havens for wildlife: Amboseli National Park, Kimana Wildlife Sanctuary, Tsavo West National Park, and Chyulu Hills. This research focused on the wildlife displacement and dispersal…