Coastal Services Center

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Managing Visitor Use in Coastal and Marine Protected Areas

Description of Course

This two- or two and a half-day course provides managers with a step-by-step, easy-to-use process to identify and define unacceptable impacts to resources and visitor experiences and to determine a range of strategies and tactics that can be used to address these impacts. By the end of the course, participants should be able to

• Understand the human dimensions of coastal and marine management
• Apply recreation and visitor use management planning frameworks
• Identify visitor use issues, including visitor-resource and visitor-visitor impacts
• Craft a clear problem statement
• Develop measurable indicators for monitoring impacts and management and set standards for impact acceptability
• Implement visitor use monitoring methods and management strategies and tactics

Prerequisites

None.

Course Dates

This course is offered by the NOAA Coastal Services Center by request. Local hosts are responsible for workshop logistics, such as providing a facility, assuring participation of a minimum of a minimum of 25 and maximum of 40 people, and arranging for food and beverages (if necessary). The Center will provide instructors and materials.

Registration Fee

Contact the Center for details.

Contact Information

For more information or to request training, contact the Center's Coastal Learning Services program at nos.csc.CLS_trainers@noaa.gov.

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