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Journal articles on the topic "Park managers"
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이덕재 and 오충현. "Landscape Attachment of Park Rangers as Managers of Natural Landscapes in the National Park." Journal of Korean institute of Forest Recreation 14, no. 4 (December 2010): 40–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.34272/forest.2010.14.4.005.
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Petersen, Brian, and Diana Stuart. "Navigating Critical Thresholds in Natural Resource Management: A Case Study of Olympic National Park." Journal of Extreme Events 04, no. 01 (March 2017): 1750007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s2345737617500075.
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As global climate change brings an increasing number of ecosystems closer to critical thresholds, land managers face new challenges regarding how to avoid and/or adapt to these dramatic changes. This paper focuses on park management for wildlife species in Olympic National Park, United States. The Olympic Marmot (Marmota olympus) and anadromous fish species are of specific concern, as ecosystems near thresholds due to warming temperatures, change in species interactions, and the loss or degradation of critical habitat. Interviews with 30 park managers and government agency staff indicate that there are many barriers to successfully navigating ecological thresholds. Park managers have limited resources for monitoring and priorities still focus on current conditions rather than anticipating future ecosystem change. In addition, many drivers of ecological change take place outside of park boundaries and require larger-scale approaches. In order to proactively navigate thresholds and protect wildlife species, park managers will need more resources, flexibility, and cooperation outside of park boundaries.
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Owen, C. W. "The jurassic executive park: How esh managers can get out." Environmental Quality Management 3, no. 2 (1993): 151–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tqem.3310030204.
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Castonguay, Yan, Samuel Saint-Yves-Durand, and Rhizlane Hamouti. "The Expectations of Businesses Settled in a Science Park." International Journal of Research in Science 4, no. 3 (September 23, 2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.24178/ijrs.2018.4.3.01.
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Science parks are created to support the development and growth of knowledge-based businesses and to foster the economic development of a region. Based on an exploratory qualitative study, this research project aims, firstly, to understand the expectations of businesses established in science parks, which is not very well documented in the literature and, secondly, to highlight the motivations of a business to settle in a science park. In order to do so, the research is based on a constructivist approach. Twelve semi-structured interviews were conducted between September 2016 and April 2017 with managers of organizations established in seven science parks in the province of Quebec, Canada. The analysis these interviews identified six major motivations of businesses to settle in a science park. It also revealed eleven major expectations of the science park's contributions for a business established. As a contribution, this research provides some recommendations not only for the managers of science parks, but also for the managers of businesses who want to be established in a science park. This research provides insights for science park managers about the incentives to set up to attract new business and about the support to provide for the business established in a science park in their development.
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e. Fox, Robert. "Musings on Biodiversity by a Retired Park Manager." Pacific Conservation Biology 10, no. 1 (2004): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc040005.
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Biodiversity continues to decline in Australia despite significant effort by government, industry and concerned citizens. In this essay the author draws upon his >30 years of experience at the sharp end of natural resource management to consider some factors that may be contributing to the relative lack of progress. While national parks and reserves form a small part of the overall Australian landscape their importance in the battle to retain biodiversity is undeniable. However, rigidity of thinking on the part of park managers has limited the support base for parks and thus their potential in leading integrated landscape management at the all-important local level. The rise of animal libertarianism is further impacting on the ability of parks and wildlife managers to make rational decisions based on the best scientific advice. Animal libertarianism, influential in our western, primarily urban-based society, causes significant problems in wildlife conservation. Anthropomorphic concepts of rights have little application in the animal world and contribute even less to the conservation of species.
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Leung, Xi Y., Fang Wang, Bihu Wu, and James A. Busser. "Park users' quality evaluation: applying an analytical hierarchy process for managers." Managing Leisure 16, no. 2 (April 2011): 142–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13606719.2011.559092.
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Ferreira, Sanette L. A., and Gesina W. Van Zyl. "Catering for large numbers of tourists: the McDonaldization of casual dining in Kruger National Park." Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series 33, no. 33 (September 1, 2016): 39–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bog-2016-0023.
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Abstract Since 2002 Kruger National Park (KNP) has subjected to a commercialisation strategy. Regarding income generation, SANParks (1) sees KNP as the goose that lays the golden eggs. As part of SANParks’ commercialisation strategy and in response to providing services that are efficient, predictable and calculable for a large number of tourists, SANParks has allowed well-known branded restaurants to be established in certain rest camps in KNP. This innovation has raised a range of different concerns and opinions among the public. This paper investigates the what and the where of casual dining experiences in KNP; describes how the catering services have evolved over the last 70 years; and evaluates current visitor perceptions of the introduction of franchised restaurants in the park. The main research instrument was a questionnaire survey. Survey findings confirmed that restaurant managers, park managers and visitors recognise franchised restaurants as positive contributors to the unique KNP experience. Park managers appraised the franchised restaurants as mechanisms for funding conservation.
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McCoy, Elizabeth. "Rethinking Florida's State Parks: Strategies for Surviving in the "New Normal" Economy." Practicing Anthropology 34, no. 3 (June 29, 2012): 40–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/praa.34.3.cp277n14264l3041.
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The Florida Park Service manages the sites of fifteen plantations in the area once known as East Florida, including the United States-Territorial-Period sugar plantation known as Bulow Plantation. The plantation is now located within the Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park, located in Flagler County approximately two miles north of the Volusia County line and two miles from the Atlantic Coast. Current interpretations at the park are limited in scope, visitation is considered to be relatively low, and the mill structure and associated buildings pose a variety of management issues. The development of solutions for the Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park will be applicable not only to other plantation sites managed by the Florida Park Service, but any state park in Florida and to site managers beyond Florida's boundaries.
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Sadeghi, Mohammad Ebrahim, and Ali Asghar Sadabadi. "Evaluating Science Parks Capacity to Create Competitive Advantages: Comparison of Pardis Technology Park and Sheikh Bahaei Science and Technology Park in Iran." International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management 12, no. 06 (December 2015): 1550031. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219877015500315.
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Many countries have used science and technology parks to develop high-tech industries. In recent years, Iranian policymakers have been keenly examining this institution. By reviewing papers in this field and considering local dimensions of the issue, we tried to present a framework to evaluate the potential of creating competitive advantages by science and technology parks in Iran. Framework contains “human resources”, “R&D and technology transfer”, “market development” and “facilities” aspects with 12 factors. Use of this evaluation framework will help managers and policymakers of science parks to identify the main requirements of companies and strengths and weaknesses of the parks and the ability to provide more effective services. Finally, by designing the questionnaire and asking the experts (owners and managers of companies located in the Park) the Pardis Technology Park (PTP) and Sheikh Bahaei Science and Technology Park (SBSTP) were evaluated and compared in creating competitive advantages for their firms. The results show that PTP is significantly superior in providing the factors.
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Choe, Yunseon, Hoseung Lee, Sangyoel Han, Taekyun Kim, and Kyuwon Sim. "Recognition Difference of Local Residents and National Park Managers on National Park Adjustment: A Case of 37 Cancellation Areas." Journal of Forest and Environmental Science 32, no. 2 (May 31, 2016): 164–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.7747/jfes.2016.32.2.164.
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Konishi, Michiko. "Visitors and managers : perceptions of management methods to preserve scenic beauty in Mounds State Park." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1204202.
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The objective of the study was to determine how visitors perceive park management method alternatives to preserve scenic beauty in Mounds State Park, and how other factors, such asvisitor characteristics and primary purpose for visiting the state park affected their preferences. Additionally, this study has presented a comparison of preferences for park management approaches between park managers and visitors, and a relationship between visitors' perceptions of scenic beauty and other factors. Furthermore, this study explored the contribution of a qualitative analysis. The result showed that visitor preferences for some park management approaches were influenced by sociodemographic characteristics, while visitor preferences for other park management approaches were influenced by the current state of scenic conditions in the park. Differences were observed between park manager's perceptions and visitors' perceptions. Visitors' perceptions of scenic beauty were related to whether or not they had visited the park in the past. Finally, it was clear that qualitative analysis was worthwhile for obtaining information that quantitative data could not provide.Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management
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Cochrane, David Alan, and david cochrane@au ey com. "Maintaining Environmental Values in a Commercial Environment - a Framework for Commercial Development in Victoria's National Parks." RMIT University. Graduate School of Business, 2007. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080220.163331.
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This research has focussed on the development of a commercial business model (CBM) for providing tourism and support service based commercial activities in Victoria's national parks which also allowed for the protection of the parks natural values. National parks are vital if we as a nation are to retain our natural heritage - but the public sector land stewards of these important assets are facing increasing funding and user pressures. The result is a growing focus on the commercialisation of our national parks to provide services and generate the revenue required to maintain these assets. However, this has resulted in the exacerbation of a long existing conflict - these commercial operators are primarily focus on the achievement of a commercial return, while the land stewards' main responsibility is in the protection of the natural values of these assets. In completing this project an abductive research approach (using grounded theory) has been adopted. Specifically, the research activities undertaken included data collection via a number of techniques including stakeholder interviews, detailed examination of existing commercial arrangements, literature research on international approaches and models, development of a suggested commercial business model based on a synthesise of the research outcomes and, finally, obtaining user feedback. The use of the various data sources, and subsequent sourcing of user feedback facilitated the triangulation of the research results. The findings from this research challenge a number of the practices currently adopted in the structuring of commercial activities suggesting that these practices are inhibiting the quality of the service being provided to the national park visitor along with the level of protection being afforded to the parks natural values. The resulting CBM provides park managers with a framework for identification and structuring of commercial business activities, practical guidance on the actions required in the completion of a concession process and identification of a number of the relevant issues which need to be considered and addressed in establishing and managing a national park concession. The CBM has been developed specifically for application within Victoria's national parks (based on a public/private sector relationship). The output will also provide guidance on methods for embedding natural values on public/private sector relationships in other settings.
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Bastoni, Marco Antonio. "Middle managers: estratégias para sobrevivência em ambientes corporativo mutantes." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/5670.
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Previous issue date: 2007-02-23T00:00:00ZMaster´s degree work which identifies some survival strategies and work maintenance used by the middle management of three corporations installed in Brazil, one of high North-American technology, other of telecommunication based on Portuguese, Spanish and Brazilian investment and the last one a national corporation with family control. The study reaches to context the growing importance of the middle gerency for contemporary organizations, to characterize this group of intermediary workers, delineate and differentiate some of their possible roles and show some their vulnerabilities. After that, it presents ten identified strategies which are a result of the analysis of fifteen managers´ interviews from those companies. While comparing the main identified strategies of the Brazilian professionals, it seems like there are patterns in their answers to changes in their professional environments which are related to the company structure level, to the position they occupy, to their work time inside the company and their networking, both inside and outside the company.
Trabalho de dissertação de mestrado que identifica algumas das estratégias de sobrevivência e de manutenção do trabalho utilizadas pela média gerência de três empresas instaladas no Brasil, uma de alta tecnologia de origem norte-americana, outra de telecomunicação de capital luso-espanhol-brasileiro e a última uma empresa nacional com controle familiar. O estudo busca contextualizar a crescente importância da média gerência para as organizações contemporâneas, caracterizar este grupo de trabalhadores intermediários, delinear e diferenciar alguns de seus possíveis papéis e apresentar algumas de suas vulnerabilidades. Em seguida apresenta dez estratégias identificadas resultantes da análise das entrevistas de quinze gerentes destas empresas. Ao comparar os principais conceitos apresentados por diversos autores sobre a média gerência com as estratégias identificadas dos profissionais brasileiros, percebe-se que há padrões em suas respostas às mudanças em seus ambientes profissionais e que estão relacionados às características do negócio, ao grau de estruturação da organização, à posição que ocupam, ao seu tempo de trabalho e em sua rede de relacionamentos dentro e fora da organização.
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Wegner, Agathe. "Relationships with many facets : unpacking the interactions between protected area managers and commercial tour operators /." Wegner, Agathe (2007) Relationships with many facets: unpacking the interactions between protected area managers and commercial tour operators. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/396/.
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For protected areas worldwide, commercial tour operators are increasingly providing the services and products desired and needed by visitors to these areas. Given the engagement of both protected area managers and tour operators in protected areas, and inevitably with each other, it is critical that their relationship and its complexities are clearly understood. As such, the interests of managers and operators overlap insofar as that they work in the same locales, share some of the burden of service provision, and aim to offer a quality product. However, this study shows that they diverge in other ways, particularly given the commercial imperative that necessarily strongly influences the activities of their business, irrespective of its location. This thesis seeks to unpack the complexities of a relationship that is critically important both in terms of the quality of the tourism experiences offered by protected areas, and the conservation of such areas in the longer term. In order to obtain an understanding of the complexity of the interactions between protected area managers and tour operators, qualitative research methods were used, in which in-depth interviews provided a rich picture of the important diverse aspects and facets impacting on their relationships. This study found that both managers and operators considered the purpose of protected areas to be the conservation of biodiversity and their recreational use and enjoyment. Surprisingly, their similar values were unknown to them. A major influence on their relationships was their perceptions of power, with 'dominant' power largely based on legislative and regulatory mandates, perceived to rest with the protected area managers. In contrast, this study also found evidence of 'resistant' power. This form of Foucauldian power was held particularly by operators in one geographic locale, and was associated with the concepts of cultural groupings and groupthink. The underlying public policy context influenced the effectiveness of the collaborative efforts of managers and operators. Interwoven with these differences were variable expectations regarding the nature and purpose of communication and what collaboration might 'mean'. These findings importantly suggest several future directions for both practice and research. First, managers and operators share values and hold both similar and different expectations and perceptions, similarities and differences which are significant. Secondly, understanding the importance of power and how it is exercised is critical if successful relationships between managers and operators are to be fostered. Finally, further unpackaging of the meaning of communication and collaboration for managers and operators, a process initiated in this study, is essential if relationships between these groups involved in conservation and recreation in protected areas are to be improved. Therefore, this study suggests that their collaboration can be enhanced at individual, organisational/locale and policy levels, by adopting and implementing an action research framework.
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Green, Philip. "Perceptions of quality amongst users and managers of public parks." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.511932.
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au, A. Wegner@murdoch edu, and Agathe Wegner. "Relationships with many facets: unpacking the interactions between protected area managers and commercial tour operators." Murdoch University, 2007. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20080131.140448.
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For protected areas worldwide, commercial tour operators are increasingly providing the services and products desired and needed by visitors to these areas. Given the engagement of both protected area managers and tour operators in protected areas, and inevitably with each other, it is critical that their relationship and its complexities are clearly understood. As such, the interests of managers and operators overlap insofar as that they work in the same locales, share some of the burden of service provision, and aim to offer a quality product. However, this study shows that they diverge in other ways, particularly given the commercial imperative that necessarily strongly influences the activities of their business, irrespective of its location. This thesis seeks to unpack the complexities of a relationship that is critically important both in terms of the quality of the tourism experiences offered by protected areas, and the conservation of such areas in the longer term. In order to obtain an understanding of the complexity of the interactions between protected area managers and tour operators, qualitative research methods were used, in which in-depth interviews provided a rich picture of the important diverse aspects and facets impacting on their relationships. This study found that both managers and operators considered the purpose of protected areas to be the conservation of biodiversity and their recreational use and enjoyment. Surprisingly, their similar values were unknown to them. A major influence on their relationships was their perceptions of power, with dominant power largely based on legislative and regulatory mandates, perceived to rest with the protected area managers. In contrast, this study also found evidence of resistant power. This form of Foucauldian power was held particularly by operators in one geographic locale, and was associated with the concepts of cultural groupings and groupthink. The underlying public policy context influenced the effectiveness of the collaborative efforts of managers and operators. Interwoven with these differences were variable expectations regarding the nature and purpose of communication and what collaboration might mean. These findings importantly suggest several future directions for both practice and research. First, managers and operators share values and hold both similar and different expectations and perceptions, similarities and differences which are significant. Secondly, understanding the importance of power and how it is exercised is critical if successful relationships between managers and operators are to be fostered. Finally, further unpackaging of the meaning of communication and collaboration for managers and operators, a process initiated in this study, is essential if relationships between these groups involved in conservation and recreation in protected areas are to be improved. Therefore, this study suggests that their collaboration can be enhanced at individual, organisational/locale and policy levels, by adopting and implementing an action research framework.
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Gascoigne, Charlotte. "Part-time working arrangements for managers and professionals : a process approach." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2014. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9284.
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This thesis concerns the relatively recent phenomenon of part-time managers
and professionals. The focus is the part-time working arrangement (PTWA) and
specifically the process by which it emerges and develops, building on existing
literature on working-hours preferences, the role of the organization in part-time
working and alternative work organization for temporal flexibility. Two large
private-sector organizations, each operating in the UK and the Netherlands,
provided four different research sites for narrative interviews with 39 part-time
managers and professionals.
The key contribution to knowledge is to identify the process of developing a
PTWA as a combination of the formal negotiation of a flexibility task i-deal and
an informal process of job crafting. In a situation of high constraint – where the
individual’s goals conflict with organizational norms and expectations – the
tensions between ‘being part-time’ and ‘being professional’ necessitated identity
work at each stage, as individuals constructed a ‘provisional self’ which in turn
enclosed each stage of the development of the PTWA. The four stages were:
first, evaluation of alternative options, including postponing the transition to part-
time until more appropriate circumstances arise; secondly, preparation of the
individual business case for part-time; thirdly, formal negotiation of a flexibility
task i-deal; and finally an informal, unauthorized adaptation of the arrangement
over time. Collaborative crafting of working practices (predictability,
substitutability, knowledge management) provided greater opportunities for
adaptation than individual activities.
This study’s contribution to theory in the nascent field of part-time managers
and professionals is a process model which suggests how three sets of
discourses act as generative mechanisms at each stage of the emergence and
development of the PTWA, creating or destroying ‘action spaces’. These
discourses are: the perceived ‘nature’ of managerial and professional work, the
perception of part-time as a personal lifestyle choice, and the understanding of
part-timers as either ‘other’ or the ‘new normal’.
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MacDonald, Jacqueline M. "The information sharing behaviour of health service managers : a three-part study." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2011. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/4394/.
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Objectives – The purpose of this research was to gain insight into the information behaviour of health service managers as they informed critical decisions unrelated to individual patient care. Methods – This research used two series of qualitative interviews, documentary analysis (a calendar study), a card sorting exercise and a demographic questionnaire to explore the workplace information practices of health service managers. Thirty-six managers were interviewed. Both interview studies used the critical incident technique and cross case analysis. Results are reported with observations and conclusions supported with interview content. The Second Interview Study also used within case analysis in the form of information transaction mapping. Information transactions, calendar study and card sorting exercise data were reported quantitatively. Results – Findings included that these health service managers practiced satisficing, integrating and balancing multiple types of information from multiple sources to inform their decisions until they reached the point of information saturation. After this point, additional information would not make a difference to their decision. Their dominant means of acquiring information was oral information sharing over information seeking. Conclusions – Healthcare services managers support decisions with both facts and value-based information. Lower levels of managers and hybrid managers might benefit from library and information services designed to support them as information gatekeepers. The findings may also encourage health researchers and health research funders to make sure their research informs information sources that health service managers find most convenient to use. These include explicit information such as professional standards, and interpersonal sources such as positional information gatekeepers, experts and conferences.
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Agama, Curihuamani Ever Ronaldo, Cerna Valeria María Caballero, Ccasa Alvaro Gómez, Delgadillo María Mónica Patricia Pérez, and Gutierrez Jorge Eduardo Ramirez. "Proyecto de negocio sobre community manager para profesionales independientes." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/654940.
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El presente plan de negocio de negocio propone y evalúa el desarrollo y viabilidad del proyecto de Work Media, una agencia de Community Manager que ofrece las facilidades a profesionales independientes en distintas zonas de Lima. La propuesta de valor de este plan de negocio gira en torno a dos aspectos fundamentales, el enfoque al profesional independiente que no tiene tiempo de manejar sus redes sociales y sacarle provecho a estas mismas, para atraer a más clientes.
Debido a la evolución digital que constantemente avanza, las redes sociales son un medio indispensable para las personas hoy en día. En la actualidad, las profesiones independientes suelen ofrecer sus servicios por Instagram, Facebook o LinkedIn. Pero hemos evidenciado que estas no les resultan como ellos querían debido a falta de tiempo de poder interactuar con las consultas por estas redes o por no saber exactamente que postear.
En este sentido, surge el concepto del Community Manager como propuesta enfocada hacia profesionales independientes. En el Perú según RCR (2020) “900 mil profesionales que prestan servicios emitiendo recibos por honorarios”.
Mediante nuestro plan de negocio, Work Media se propone la idea de una agencia de Community Manager donde nuestro mercado objetivo son los profesionales independientes, cuyas edades están comprendidas entre 25 y 60 años, que tiene una carrera profesional y están dentro de un nivel socioeconómico A y B, que radica en la provincia de Lima y que se sientan atraídos por hacer impulsar sus servicios como profesionales a través de las redes sociales.This business plan proposes and evaluates the development and viability of Word Media project, a Community Manager agency that offers facilities to independent professionals who lives in different areas of Lima. The business plan value proposition revolves two fundamental aspects, the first one is focus on independent professionals who does not have time to manage their social networks and, the other one is taking advantage of them, to attract more clients. Due to constantly digital evolution advancing, in these days, Social Media is an indispensable medium for people. Nowadays, freelancers often offer their services on Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn. But we have shown that these do not turn out as they wanted due to a lack of time to interact with the queries on these networks or because they do not know exactly what to post. In this sense, the Community Manager concept arises as a proposal focused on independent professionals. In Peru according to RCR (2020) there are “900 thousand professionals who provide services by issuing receipts for fees”. Through our business word, Work Media proposes the idea of a Community Manager agency where our target market is independent professionals, the ages are between 25 and 60 years old, who have a professional career and are within a socioeconomic level A y B, who lives in the province of Lima and are attracted to promoting their services as professionals through social networks.
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Oliveira, Rodolfo Francisco de. "Proposta de um Proxy Manager para a Internet das coisas." Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica de Campinas, 2016. http://tede.bibliotecadigital.puc-campinas.edu.br:8080/jspui/handle/tede/898.
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Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica de Campinas ? PUC Campinas
A new revolution is happening: the Internet of Things, a new wave of technologies where it is possible to connect everyday objects to the Internet. Among these technologies, one of the most criticai is the Wireless Sensor Networks. A Wireless Sensor Network consists of several elements called Sensor Nodes, which collect environmental information such as light, temperature and air quality, providing data to applications on the Internet, usually through an intermediate element called the Gateway. For a Wireless Sensor Network to work properly, it is essential that the elements that make it are managed efficiently. However, there is a shortage of available management solutions, especially when these Wireless Sensor Networks are installed in known environments, such as office buildings, factories, homes and cities. The lack of management tools is one of the main factors that hinder the deployment of Wireless Sensor Networks and consequently the Internet of Things. The purpose of this work is to provide a centralized management platform for Wireless Sensor Networks installed in known environments. Conceptually, this platform is called the Proxy Manager, hosted by the network gateway. The platform is able to communicate with a Network Manager and other applications located on the Internet through web services, receiving management parameters and providing summarized data. The Proxy Manager functionalities are split into two management categories: network infrastructure and application, which in turn are divided into Configuration, Performance and Fault management. In this work, the implemented functionalities relating to the network infrastructure management are: Proxy Manager and Sensor Node configuration; route finding through RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) and number of hops to the Sensor Node; performance monitoring via PER (Packet Error Rate); fault recovery using alternative routes and the generation of alerts to the network administrator. Regarding the application management, the functionality implemented is the sensor configuration, since this will effectively collect the data. Tests of the features implemented were done, involving the establishment of routes, performance monitoring, disaster recovery, data collection and platform performance. The tests showed that the proposed solution is functional. Finally, it is anticipated that this work will contribute to the study and implementation of new management functionalities and Wireless Sensor Networks interconnection.
Uma nova revolu??o est? acontecendo: ? a Internet das Coisas, uma nova onda de tecnologias onde ? poss?vel conectar ? Internet objetos do cotidiano de forma inteligente. Dentre estas, uma das mais cr?ticas s?o as Redes de Sensores sem Fio. Uma Rede de Sensores sem Fio consiste em v?rios elementos denominados N?s Sensores, os quais coletam grandezas do meio ambiente, tais como luz, temperatura e qualidade do ar, disponibilizando as mesmas para aplica??es na Internet, normalmente atrav?s de um elemento intermedi?rio denominado gateway. Para o bom funcionamento de uma Rede de Sensores sem Fio, ? imprescind?vel que os elementos que a comp?em sejam gerenciados de maneira eficiente. No entanto, h? uma escassez de solu??es de ger?ncia dispon?veis, principalmente quando estas s?o voltadas para ambientes previamente conhecidos, como pr?dios comerciais, ind?strias, resid?ncias e cidades. Esta escassez de ferramentas de ger?ncia ? um dos principais fatores que dificultam a implanta??o maci?a de Redes de Sensores sem Fio e, consequentemente, da Internet das Coisas. Sendo assim, a proposta deste trabalho ? apresentar uma plataforma de gerenciamento centralizado para Redes de Sensores sem Fio, instaladas em ambientes conhecidos. Conceitualmente, esta plataforma se denomina Proxy Manager, e ficar? hospedada no gateway da rede. A mesma ? capaz de se comunicar com um Gerente de Rede e outras aplica??es localizadas na Internet atrav?s de web services, recebendo par?metros de ger?ncia e disponibilizando dados sumarizados. As funcionalidades do Proxy Manager s?o divididas em dois focos de ger?ncia: da infraestrutura da rede e da aplica??o, as quais s?o subdivididas nas ?reas de ger?ncia de Configura??o, Desempenho e Falhas. No trabalho em quest?o, as funcionalidades implementadas referentes ? ger?ncia da infraestrutura da rede foram: configura??o do Proxy Manager e dos N?s Sensores; estabelecimento de rotas para os mesmos tendo como base a RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) e o n?mero de saltos para os N?s Sensores; monitoramento de desempenho atrav?s da PER (Packet Error Rate); e recupera??o de falhas, atrav?s do estabelecimento de rotas alternativas e gera??o de alertas para o administrador da rede. Em rela??o ao gerenciamento da aplica??o, a fun??o implementada foi a de configura??o dos sensores, localizados nos N?s Sensores, os quais efetivamente ir?o coletar os dados. Testes relacionados as funcionalidades implementadas, envolvendo o estabelecimento de rotas, monitoramento do desempenho, recupera??o de falhas, coleta de dados pelos sensores e desempenho da plataforma foram realizados, os quais demonstraram que a solu??o em quest?o ? funcional. Por fim, espera-se que o presente trabalho possa contribuir para o estudo e implementa??o de novas funcionalidades de ger?ncia e interconex?o de Redes de Sensores sem Fio, tanto nesta quanto em outras plataformas, atrav?s de trabalhos vindouros.
Books on the topic "Park managers"
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Shattuck, J. Bruce. Vandalism in public park facilities: A guide for park managers. Columbus, Ohio: Publishing Horizons, 1987.
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Marion, Jeffrey L. Problems and practices in backcountry recreation management: A survey of National Park Service managers. Denver, Colo: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Natural Resources Publication Office, 1993.
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Marion, Jeffrey L. Problems and practices in backcountry recreation management: A survey of National Park Service managers. Denver, Colo: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Natural Resources Publication Office, 1993.
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Marion, Jeffrey L. Problems and practices in backcountry recreation management: A survey of National Park Service managers. Denver, Colo: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Natural Resources Publication Office, 1993.
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Marion, Jeffrey L. Problems and practices in backcountry recreation management: A survey of National Park Service managers. Denver, Colo: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Natural Resources Publication Office, 1993.
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Park), World Heritage Managers Workshop (2000 Tongariro National. Proceedings of the World Heritage Managers Workshop: Tongariro National Park, New Zealand, 26-30 October 2000. Wellington, N.Z: Dept of Conservation, 2001.
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Research, Institute for Career. Career as a naturalist: Park naturalist, field naturalist, fish and wildlife manager, guide. Chicago: Institute for Career Research, 2010.
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1940-, Ferguson John, and Amaranthus Michael P, eds. Organic management for the professional: The natural way for landscape architects and contractors, commercial growers, golf course managers, park administrators, turf managers, and other stewards of the land. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2012.
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National Conference on Computers for Maintenance Managers (7th 1986 London). 7th National Conference on Computers for Maintenance Managers, 25/26 November 1986, The Park Lane Hotel, London: Conference papers. [United Kingdom]: [s.n.], 1986.
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Office, General Accounting. Parks and recreation: Park Service managers report shortfalls in maintenance funding : report to the chairman, Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives. Washington, D.C: The Office, 1988.
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Aitchison, Daniel. "Ward Pound Ridge Reservation Park." In Deer Management for Forest Landowners and Managers, 301–14. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.: CRC Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429190407-40.
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Hoogendoorn, Mark, Jan Treur, and Muhammad Umair. "An Ecological Model-Based Reasoning Model to Support Nature Park Managers." In Next-Generation Applied Intelligence, 172–82. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02568-6_18.
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Iaffaldano, Nicolaia, and Sonia Ferrari. "Applying sustainability indicators in the analysis and segmentation of tourist demand - implications for marine visitor experiences on the Tremiti Islands, Italy." In Managing visitor experiences in nature-based tourism, 192–204. Wallingford: CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789245714.0192.
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Abstract This chapter presents the findings of qualitative questionnaire research carried out in the Tremiti Islands Marine Reserve, which is part of Gargano National Park, Italy. The study have identified different segments of tourists visiting Tremiti by means of the model proposed by Arnegger et al. (2010), using the matrix suggested in the model. The model was used to understand and categorize visitor characteristics, their expectations and levels of satisfaction, and the strengths and weaknesses of local offerings. This is crucial information for the managers of the marine reserve who require thorough knowledge of the different types of visitors to adapt to the needs, expectations and preferences of the visitors in order to offer high-quality services and memorable experiences.
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Iaffaldano, Nicolaia, and Sonia Ferrari. "Applying sustainability indicators in the analysis and segmentation of tourist demand - implications for marine visitor experiences on the Tremiti Islands, Italy." In Managing visitor experiences in nature-based tourism, 192–204. Wallingford: CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789245714.0015.
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Abstract This chapter presents the findings of qualitative questionnaire research carried out in the Tremiti Islands Marine Reserve, which is part of Gargano National Park, Italy. The study have identified different segments of tourists visiting Tremiti by means of the model proposed by Arnegger et al. (2010), using the matrix suggested in the model. The model was used to understand and categorize visitor characteristics, their expectations and levels of satisfaction, and the strengths and weaknesses of local offerings. This is crucial information for the managers of the marine reserve who require thorough knowledge of the different types of visitors to adapt to the needs, expectations and preferences of the visitors in order to offer high-quality services and memorable experiences.
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Houston, Brant. "Database Managers, Part 1." In Data for Journalists, 103–22. Fifth edition. | London ; New York : Routledge, 2019. |: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351249317-6.
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Houston, Brant. "Database Managers, Part 2." In Data for Journalists, 123–32. Fifth edition. | London ; New York : Routledge, 2019. |: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351249317-7.
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Furnham, Adrian. "Acting the part." In The Engaging Manager, 32–34. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137273871_5.
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Preston-Dayne, Laura Ann. "PARR: A Learning Model for Managers." In Experience-Driven Leader Development, 151–55. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118918838.ch24.
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Crosby, M. P., A. Abu-Hilal, A. Al-Homoud, J. Erez, and R. Ortal. "Interactions among Scientists, Managers and the Public in Defining Research Priorities and Management Strategies for Marine and Coastal Resources: Is the Red Sea Marine Peace Park a New Paradigm?" In Environmental Challenges, 581–94. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4369-1_45.
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Verians, Xavier, Jean-Didier Legat, Jean-Jacques Quisquater, and Benoit Macq. "A Graph-Oriented Task Manager for Small Multiprocessor Systems." In Euro-Par’99 Parallel Processing, 735–44. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48311-x_103.
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Chen, James K. C., and Purevdulam Altantsetseg. "Entrepreneurship of Professional Managers in High-Tech Firms to Enhance Service Innovation: Case Study of Hsinchu Science Park and Silicon Valley Park." In 2017 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/picmet.2017.8125325.
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Poulton, David W. "Conservation Offsets and Pipeline Construction: A Case Study of the TMX Anchor Loop Project." In 2012 9th International Pipeline Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2012-90599.
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When Terasen Pipelines (later Kinder Morgan Canada) sought to loop its Trans Mountain pipeline through Canada’s Jasper National Park and British Columbia’s Mount Robson Provincial Park, both being components of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks UNESCO World Heritage site, the company faced formidable regulatory and public interest obstacles. However, the company and several environmental groups agreed not to test the strength of their respective uncertain legal positions, but to work co-operatively with each other and with park managers. The motivating goal was to design into the looping project some aspect of environmental improvement that would result in a net benefit to the ecological conditions of the two parks, more than compensating for the residual disturbance which would be caused by the looping after mitigation. The central concept was that of a “conservation offset” (also known as “biodiversity offset”), which has been defined as: “conservation actions intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, so as to ensure no net loss of biodiversity.” This paper reviews the history of the discussions and planning which took place, considers the adequacy of the outcomes, and suggest lessons for using conservation offsets as a means to align proponent and stakeholder interests and improve environmental outcomes for linear projects beyond the prospects offered by mitigation alone.
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Rubczak, Anna. "Design public spaces to enable all 0-5 year children flourish." In Post-Oil City Planning for Urban Green Deals Virtual Congress. ISOCARP, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.47472/pyra2020.
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The Public Spaces of Tomorrow are places that enable young children 0-5 to flourish. Contemporary places support healthy child development. The early years are the foundation for lifelong physical and mental health, wellbeing, and social skills. Designing, planning, and building new public spaces for our babies and toddlers should take into consideration the wellbeing of their caregivers. Engage parents, grandparents, siblings, or pregnant women in the design process provides for the ability to create new types of public spaces. Knowledge of how to do it for wellbeing in specific circumstances, places, social or natural environment is the purpose of the work (for ex. the Covid-19 pandemic is still unfolding but the principle of healthy development or caregiver isn`t changing). Responsibility of local authorities, urban planners, architects, park managers, all people engaged in city planning and functioning, have their role to play. During the collaborative workshop Mentor and Student Research Lab 3 in Poland (Gdańsk University of Technology) numerous investigation and methods were tried to answer research questions on how to resolve problems of designing public spaces of tomorrow.
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Anđelković, Maja, Marjan Marjanović, and Michail Pappas. "Organizational Socialization as Part of Knowledge Management." In Values, Competencies and Changes in Organizations. University of Maribor Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-442-2.1.
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Socialization is a process during which we learn and adopt knowledge about rules and norms of our culture and through which we are enabled to collaborate with other social subjects. Individuals are socialized into an organization or a group by the method that is in its foundation the same as the method of socialization into society. As an individual becomes employed by an organization he becomes a part of that same organization, helps in the organization achieve its objectives, but also becomes a part of the community consisting of all the employees and executives, and this is where the theory of organizational socialization derives from. Organizational socialization is a responsibility of the management. Managers have the assignment to present new members of their organization with optimal information about rules and regulations, so they are able to fit into their organization in a most efficient way. This means that the manager is the main authoritative and creative body in creation and implementation of a successful organizational socialization tactics, because successful socialization of new employees means rise in productivity, and that rise in productivity should be the end objective of every successful manager.
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Campbell, Piers R. J., Beverley G. Hope, and Ahmad D. Jaffar. "Preparing Future IT Managers for the Services Economy." In 2008 IEEE Congress on Services Part 1 (SERVICES-1). IEEE, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/services-1.2008.26.
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Monteiro, Luana Helena Oliveira, Gissandro May Dantas Gama, Frank do Nascimento Ferreira, Alexandre Silva de Sousa Junior, Fabrício Sousa da Conceição, and José Felipe Souza de Almeida. "Sistema de controle e automação para irrigação." In IX Workshop de Computação Aplicada à Gestão do Meio Ambiente e Recursos Naturais. Sociedade Brasileira de Computação - SBC, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5753/wcama.2018.2941.
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The study presents the importance of the information system to manage irrigation in plantations through an application and aims to automate and control the agricultural production process, minimizing waste of water. The system will be managed via web and mobile interface, through an application called Irrisusten. The physical part will consist of Arduino Uno components, ground sensor module, 5v relay module, 12v battery, led, resistors, solenoid valve, bluetooth HC-05 or HC-06 module, protoboard, jumps and USB cable.
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Roose, Kaitlyn M., and Elizabeth S. Veinott. "Roller Coaster Park Manager by Day Problem Solver by Night." In CHI PLAY '17: The annual symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3130859.3131329.
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Dağlı Ekmekçi, Yeter Aytül, and Ayşe İrmiş. "Institutionalization of Turkish Sport Sector: Example of Football Clubs." In International Conference on Eurasian Economies. Eurasian Economists Association, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.36880/c06.01418.
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Sport is an enormous growing sector day after day with its sub-sectors like food, textile, technology, communication, health, tourism etc. Besides it is providing an important source of income in the economy. One part of this sector is sport clubs and most of them are running as companies nowadays. Therefore they need to be managed professional and to get an institutional structure to survive in the economic system. Thus the aim of this study is to examine the institutionalization of Turkish sport clubs, how the managers and workers evaluate their clubs. The data was collected from 178 managers/workers from Super League and PTT 1. League clubs, which are the top level organizations of Turkish football system. The obtained data from the questionnaires are analyzed through the SPSS statistical packaged software. Analysis results revealed that high level educated managers/workers are evaluating both sub-dimensions of institutionalization (professionalization and cultural element) at a lower level than the others. Similarly the managers/workers who indicated that clubs doesn’t have mission and vision, they evaluated the institutionalization of clubs in a lower level. But on the other side there has been found any differences between managers/workers who are educated in sport sciences area, than who are not educated in this area.
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Peterlin, Judita, and Vlado Dimovski. "Are Meetings Our Collective Value: Multiple Intelligent Approach to Leading Meetings: Matter od Strategy, Not Only Operation?" In Values, Competencies and Changes in Organizations. University of Maribor Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-442-2.50.
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Meetings are part of everyday life of managers. Unfortunately, often too little attention is dedicated to them, therefore the paper addresses the role of the meetings in avoiding the threats to cross-group collaboration of different departments. The paper emphasizes collaboration blind spot which happens when managers do not do the first step in collaboration implementation correctly which is identifying the potential threats each group involved in the potential collaboration might feel. People often feel potential collaboration as a threat to their identity and legitimacy of their existing group and therefore act defensively or even avoid collaboration. We position meetings as a key element of organizational culture which needs to be professionaly managed and address them as a strategical tool for achieving organizational success in an efficient way.
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Viryansky, Zalman Ya, Viktor P. Semenov, and Sergey O. Shaposhnikov. "Training of quality managers as part of solving the problem of import substitution." In 2017 IEEE VI Forum on Strategic Partnership of Universities and Enterprises of Hi-Tech Branches - Science, Education, Innovations (SPUE). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ivforum.2017.8246049.
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Henderson, Tim, Vincent Santucci, Tim Connors, and Justin Tweet. National Park Service geologic type section inventory: Klamath Inventory & Monitoring Network. National Park Service, July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2286915.
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A fundamental responsibility of the National Park Service (NPS) is to ensure that park resources are preserved, protected, and managed in consideration of the resources themselves and for the benefit and enjoyment by the public. Through the inventory, monitoring, and study of park resources, we gain a greater understanding of the scope, significance, distribution, and management issues associated with these resources and their use. This baseline of natural resource information is available to inform park managers, scientists, stakeholders, and the public about the conditions of these resources and the factors or activities which may threaten or influence their stability. There are several different categories of geologic or stratigraphic units (supergroup, group, formation, member, bed) which represent a hierarchical system of classification. The mapping of stratigraphic units involves the evaluation of lithologies, bedding properties, thickness, geographic distribution, and other factors. If a new mappable geologic unit is identified, it may be described and named through a rigorously defined process that is standardized and codified by the professional geologic community (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature 2005). In most instances when a new geologic unit such as a formation is described and named in the scientific literature, a specific and well-exposed section of the unit is designated as the type section or type locality (see Definitions). The type section is an important reference section for a named geologic unit which presents a relatively complete and representative profile. The type or reference section is important both historically and scientifically, and should be protected and conserved for researchers to study and evaluate in the future. Therefore, this inventory of geologic type sections in NPS areas is an important effort in documenting these locations in order that NPS staff recognize and protect these areas for future studies. The documentation of all geologic type sections throughout the 423 units of the NPS is an ambitious undertaking. The strategy for this project is to select a subset of parks to begin research for the occurrence of geologic type sections within particular parks. The focus adopted for completing the baseline inventories throughout the NPS was centered on the 32 inventory and monitoring networks (I&M) established during the late 1990s. The I&M networks are clusters of parks within a defined geographic area based on the ecoregions of North America (Fenneman 1946; Bailey 1976; Omernik 1987). These networks share similar physical resources (geology, hydrology, climate), biological resources (flora, fauna), and ecological characteristics. Specialists familiar with the resources and ecological parameters of the network, and associated parks, work with park staff to support network level activities (inventory, monitoring, research, data management). Adopting a network-based approach to inventories worked well when the NPS undertook paleontological resource inventories for the 32 I&M networks. The network approach is also being applied to the inventory for the geologic type sections in the NPS. The planning team from the NPS Geologic Resources Division who proposed and designed this inventory selected the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network (GRYN) as the pilot network for initiating this project. Through the research undertaken to identify the geologic type sections within the parks of the GRYN methodologies for data mining and reporting on these resources were established. Methodologies and reporting adopted for the GRYN have been used in the development of this type section inventory for the Klamath Inventory & Monitoring Network. The goal of this project is to consolidate information pertaining to geologic type sections which occur within NPS-administered areas, in order that this information is available throughout the NPS to inform park managers...
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Young, Craig. Problematic plant monitoring in Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: 2008–2019. Edited by Tani Hubbard. National Park Service, July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2286658.
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Managers are challenged with the impact of problematic plants, including exotic, invasive, and pest plant species. Information on the cover and frequency of these plants is essential for developing risk-based approaches to managing these species. Based on surveys conducted in 2008, 2011, 2015, and 2019, Heartland Network staff and contractors identified a cumulative total of 51 potentially problematic plant species in Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. Of the 37 species found in 2019, we characterized 7 as very low frequency, 9 as low frequency, 17 as medium frequency, and 4 as high frequency. Of these, midpoint cover estimates of 2 medium frequency and 2 high frequency species exceeded the 10-acre threshold. Because of the number, extent, and cover of problematic plants in the park and the small park size, control efforts should focus on treating high priority species across the entire park. High priority species may include plant species capable of rapid spread, species at low population levels, and species which can effectively be controlled.
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Runyon, Amber, Gregor Schuurman, Brian Miller, Amy Symstad, and Amanda Hardy. Climate change scenario planning for resource stewardship at Wind Cave National Park: Climate change scenario planning summary. National Park Service, July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2286672.
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This report explains scenario planning as a climate change adaptation tool in general, then describes how it was applied to Wind Cave National Park as the second part of a pilot project to dovetail climate change scenario planning with National Park Service (NPS) Resource Stewardship Strategy development. In the orientation phase, Park and regional NPS staff, other subject-matter experts, natural and cultural resource planners, and the climate change core team who led the scenario planning project identified priority resource management topics and associated climate sensitivities. Next, the climate change core team used this information to create a set of four divergent climate futures—summaries of relevant climate data from individual climate projections—to encompass the range of ways climate could change in coming decades in the park. Participants in the scenario planning workshop then developed climate futures into robust climate-resource scenarios that considered expert-elicited resource impacts and identified potential management responses. Finally, the scenario-based resource responses identified by park staff and subject matter experts were used to integrate climate-informed adaptations into resource stewardship goals and activities for the park's Resource Stewardship Strategy. This process of engaging resource managers in climate change scenario planning ensures that their management and planning decisions are informed by assessments of critical future climate uncertainties.
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Ruiz, Pablo, Craig Perry, Alejando Garcia, Magali Guichardot, Michael Foguer, Joseph Ingram, Michelle Prats, Carlos Pulido, Robert Shamblin, and Kevin Whelan. The Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve vegetation mapping project: Interim report—Northwest Coastal Everglades (Region 4), Everglades National Park (revised with costs). National Park Service, November 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2279586.
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The Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve vegetation mapping project is part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). It is a cooperative effort between the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the National Park Service’s (NPS) Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program (VMI). The goal of this project is to produce a spatially and thematically accurate vegetation map of Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve prior to the completion of restoration efforts associated with CERP. This spatial product will serve as a record of baseline vegetation conditions for the purpose of: (1) documenting changes to the spatial extent, pattern, and proportion of plant communities within these two federally-managed units as they respond to hydrologic modifications resulting from the implementation of the CERP; and (2) providing vegetation and land-cover information to NPS park managers and scientists for use in park management, resource management, research, and monitoring. This mapping project covers an area of approximately 7,400 square kilometers (1.84 million acres [ac]) and consists of seven mapping regions: four regions in Everglades National Park, Regions 1–4, and three in Big Cypress National Preserve, Regions 5–7. The report focuses on the mapping effort associated with the Northwest Coastal Everglades (NWCE), Region 4 , in Everglades National Park. The NWCE encompasses a total area of 1,278 square kilometers (493.7 square miles [sq mi], or 315,955 ac) and is geographically located to the south of Big Cypress National Preserve, west of Shark River Slough (Region 1), and north of the Southwest Coastal Everglades (Region 3). Photo-interpretation was performed by superimposing a 50 × 50-meter (164 × 164-feet [ft] or 0.25 hectare [0.61 ac]) grid cell vector matrix over stereoscopic, 30 centimeters (11.8 inches) spatial resolution, color-infrared aerial imagery on a digital photogrammetric workstation. Photo-interpreters identified the dominant community in each cell by applying majority-rule algorithms, recognizing community-specific spectral signatures, and referencing an extensive ground-truth database. The dominant vegetation community within each grid cell was classified using a hierarchical classification system developed specifically for this project. Additionally, photo-interpreters categorized the absolute cover of cattail (Typha sp.) and any invasive species detected as either: Sparse (10–49%), Dominant (50–89%), or Monotypic (90–100%). A total of 178 thematic classes were used to map the NWCE. The most common vegetation classes are Mixed Mangrove Forest-Mixed and Transitional Bayhead Shrubland. These two communities accounted for about 10%, each, of the mapping area. Other notable classes include Short Sawgrass Marsh-Dense (8.1% of the map area), Mixed Graminoid Freshwater Marsh (4.7% of the map area), and Black Mangrove Forest (4.5% of the map area). The NWCE vegetation map has a thematic class accuracy of 88.4% with a lower 90th Percentile Confidence Interval of 84.5%.
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Henderson, Tim, Mincent Santucci, Tim Connors, and Justin Tweet. National Park Service geologic type section inventory: Chihuahuan Desert Inventory & Monitoring Network. National Park Service, April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2285306.
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A fundamental responsibility of the National Park Service is to ensure that park resources are preserved, protected, and managed in consideration of the resources themselves and for the benefit and enjoyment by the public. Through the inventory, monitoring, and study of park resources, we gain a greater understanding of the scope, significance, distribution, and management issues associated with these resources and their use. This baseline of natural resource information is available to inform park managers, scientists, stakeholders, and the public about the conditions of these resources and the factors or activities which may threaten or influence their stability. There are several different categories of geologic or stratigraphic units (supergroup, group, formation, member, bed) which represent a hierarchical system of classification. The mapping of stratigraphic units involves the evaluation of lithologies, bedding properties, thickness, geographic distribution, and other factors. If a new mappable geologic unit is identified, it may be described and named through a rigorously defined process that is standardized and codified by the professional geologic community (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature 2005). In most instances when a new geologic unit such as a formation is described and named in the scientific literature, a specific and well-exposed section of the unit is designated as the type section or type locality (see Definitions). The type section is an important reference section for a named geologic unit which presents a relatively complete and representative profile for this unit. The type or reference section is important both historically and scientifically, and should be recorded such that other researchers may evaluate it in the future. Therefore, this inventory of geologic type sections in NPS areas is an important effort in documenting these locations in order that NPS staff recognize and protect these areas for future studies. The documentation of all geologic type sections throughout the 423 units of the NPS is an ambitious undertaking. The strategy for this project is to select a subset of parks to begin research for the occurrence of geologic type sections within particular parks. The focus adopted for completing the baseline inventories throughout the NPS was centered on the 32 inventory and monitoring networks (I&M) established during the late 1990s. The I&M networks are clusters of parks within a defined geographic area based on the ecoregions of North America (Fenneman 1946; Bailey 1976; Omernik 1987). These networks share similar physical resources (geology, hydrology, climate), biological resources (flora, fauna), and ecological characteristics. Specialists familiar with the resources and ecological parameters of the network, and associated parks, work with park staff to support network level activities (inventory, monitoring, research, data management). Adopting a network-based approach to inventories worked well when the NPS undertook paleontological resource inventories for the 32 I&M networks. The network approach is also being applied to the inventory for the geologic type sections in the NPS. The planning team from the NPS Geologic Resources Division who proposed and designed this inventory selected the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network (GRYN) as the pilot network for initiating this project. Through the research undertaken to identify the geologic type sections within the parks of the GRYN, methodologies for data mining and reporting on these resources was established. Methodologies and reporting adopted for the GRYN have been used in the development of this type section inventory for the Chihuahuan Desert Inventory & Monitoring Network. The goal of this project is to consolidate information pertaining to geologic type sections which occur within NPS-administered areas, in order that this information is available throughout the NPS...
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Henderson, Tim, Vincent Santucci, Tim Connors, and Justin Tweet. National Park Service geologic type section inventory: Northern Colorado Plateau Inventory & Monitoring Network. National Park Service, April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2285337.
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A fundamental responsibility of the National Park Service (NPS) is to ensure that park resources are preserved, protected, and managed in consideration of the resources themselves and for the benefit and enjoyment by the public. Through the inventory, monitoring, and study of park resources, we gain a greater understanding of the scope, significance, distribution, and management issues associated with these resources and their use. This baseline of natural resource information is available to inform park managers, scientists, stakeholders, and the public about the conditions of these resources and the factors or activities which may threaten or influence their stability. There are several different categories of geologic or stratigraphic units (supergroup, group, formation, member, bed) which represent a hierarchical system of classification. The mapping of stratigraphic units involves the evaluation of lithologies, bedding properties, thickness, geographic distribution, and other factors. If a new mappable geologic unit is identified, it may be described and named through a rigorously defined process that is standardized and codified by the professional geologic community (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature 2005). In most instances when a new geologic unit such as a formation is described and named in the scientific literature, a specific and well-exposed section of the unit is designated as the type section or type locality (see Definitions). The type section is an important reference section for a named geologic unit which presents a relatively complete and representative profile. The type or reference section is important both historically and scientifically, and should be available for other researchers to evaluate in the future. Therefore, this inventory of geologic type sections in NPS areas is an important effort in documenting these locations in order that NPS staff recognize and protect these areas for future studies. The documentation of all geologic type sections throughout the 423 units of the NPS is an ambitious undertaking. The strategy for this project is to select a subset of parks to begin research for the occurrence of geologic type sections within particular parks. The focus adopted for completing the baseline inventories throughout the NPS was centered on the 32 inventory and monitoring networks (I&M) established during the late 1990s. The I&M networks are clusters of parks within a defined geographic area based on the ecoregions of North America (Fenneman 1946; Bailey 1976; Omernik 1987). These networks share similar physical resources (geology, hydrology, climate), biological resources (flora, fauna), and ecological characteristics. Specialists familiar with the resources and ecological parameters of the network, and associated parks, work with park staff to support network level activities (inventory, monitoring, research, data management). Adopting a network-based approach to inventories worked well when the NPS undertook paleontological resource inventories for the 32 I&M networks. The network approach is also being applied to the inventory for the geologic type sections in the NPS. The planning team from the NPS Geologic Resources Division who proposed and designed this inventory selected the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network (GRYN) as the pilot network for initiating this project. Through the research undertaken to identify the geologic type sections within the parks of the GRYN methodologies for data mining and reporting on these resources was established. Methodologies and reporting adopted for the GRYN have been used in the development of this type section inventory for the Northern Colorado Plateau Inventory & Monitoring Network. The goal of this project is to consolidate information pertaining to geologic type sections which occur within NPS-administered areas, in order that this information is available throughout the NPS...
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Galvin, Jeff, and Sarah Strudd. Vegetation inventory, mapping, and characterization report, Saguaro National Park: Volume II, association summaries. Edited by Alice Wondrak Biel. National Park Service, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2284793.
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The Sonoran Desert Network (SODN) conducted a vegetation mapping and characterization effort at the two districts of Saguaro National Park from 2010 to 2018. This project was completed under the National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Mapping Inventory, which aims to complete baseline mapping and classification inventories at more than 270 NPS units. The vegetation map data were collected to provide park managers with a digital map product that meets national standards of spatial and thematic accuracy, while also placing the vegetation into a regional and national context. A total of 97 distinct vegetation communities were described: 83 exclusively at the Rincon Mountain District, 9 exclusively at the Tucson Mountain District, and 5 occurring in both districts. These communities ranged from low-elevation creosote (Larrea tridentata) shrub-lands spanning broad alluvial fans to mountaintop Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) forests on the slopes of Rincon Peak. All 97 communities were described at the association level, each with detailed narratives including lists of species found in each association, their abundance, landscape features, and overall community structural characteristics. Only 15 of the 97 vegetation types were existing “accepted” types within the National Vegetation Classification (NVC). The others are newly described and specific to Saguaro National Park (and will be proposed for formal status within the NVC). This document is Volume II of three volumes comprising the Saguaro National Park Vegetation Mapping Inventory. This volume provides two-page summaries of the 97 associations identified and mapped during the project, and detailed in Volume I. Summaries are presented by district, starting with the Tucson Mountain District. These summaries are abridged versions of the full association descriptions found in Volume III.
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Galvin, Jeff, and Sarah Studd. Vegetation inventory, mapping, and characterization report, Saguaro National Park: Volume III, type descriptions. Edited by Alice Wondrak Biel. National Park Service, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2284802.
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The Sonoran Desert Network (SODN) conducted a vegetation mapping and characterization effort at the two districts of Saguaro National Park from 2010 to 2018. This project was completed under the National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Mapping Inventory, which aims to complete baseline mapping and classification inventories at more than 270 NPS units. The vegetation map data were collected to provide park managers with a digital map product that meets national standards of spatial and thematic accuracy, while also placing the vegetation into a regional and national context. A total of 97 distinct vegetation communities were described: 83 exclusively at the Rincon Mountain District, 9 exclusively at the Tucson Mountain District, and 5 occurring in both districts. These communities ranged from low-elevation creosote (Larrea tridentata) shrub-lands spanning broad alluvial fans to mountaintop Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) forests on the slopes of Rincon Peak. All 97 communities were described at the association level, each with detailed narratives including lists of species found in each association, their abundance, landscape features, and overall community structural characteristics. Only 15 of the 97 vegetation types were existing “accepted” types within the NVC. The others are newly de-scribed and specific to Saguaro National Park (and will be proposed for formal status within the NVC). This document is Volume III of three volumes comprising the Saguaro National Park Vegetation Mapping Inventory. This volume provides full type descriptions of the 97 associations identified and mapped during the project, and detailed in Volume I. Volume II provides abridged versions of these full descriptions, briefly describing the floristic and structural characteristics of the vegetation and showing representative photos of associations, their distribution, and an example of the satellite imagery for one polygon.
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Cooper, Christopher, Jacob McDonald, and Eric Starkey. Wadeable stream habitat monitoring at Congaree National Park: 2018 baseline report. National Park Service, June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2286621.
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The Southeast Coast Network (SECN) Wadeable Stream Habitat Monitoring Protocol collects data to give park resource managers insight into the status of and trends in stream and near-channel habitat conditions (McDonald et al. 2018a). Wadeable stream monitoring is currently implemented at the five SECN inland parks with wadeable streams. These parks include Horseshoe Bend National Military Park (HOBE), Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (KEMO), Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park (OCMU), Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CHAT), and Congaree National Park (CONG). Streams at Congaree National Park chosen for monitoring were specifically targeted for management interest (e.g., upstream development and land use change, visitor use of streams as canoe trails, and potential social walking trail erosion) or to provide a context for similar-sized stream(s) within the park or network (McDonald and Starkey 2018a). The objectives of the SECN wadeable stream habitat monitoring protocol are to: Determine status of upstream watershed characteristics (basin morphology) and trends in land cover that may affect stream habitat, Determine the status of and trends in benthic and near-channel habitat in selected wadeable stream reaches (e.g., bed sediment, geomorphic channel units, and large woody debris), Determine the status of and trends in cross-sectional morphology, longitudinal gradient, and sinuosity of selected wadeable stream reaches. Between June 11 and 14, 2018, data were collected at Congaree National Park to characterize the in-stream and near-channel habitat within stream reaches on Cedar Creek (CONG001, CONG002, and CONG003) and McKenzie Creek (CONG004). These data, along with the analysis of remotely sensed geographic information system (GIS) data, are presented in this report to describe and compare the watershed-, reach-, and transect-scale characteristics of these four stream reaches to each other and to selected similar-sized stream reaches at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, and Chattahoochee National Recreation Area. Surveyed stream reaches at Congaree NP were compared to those previously surveyed in other parks in order to provide regional context and aid in interpretation of results. edar Creek’s watershed (CONG001, CONG002, and CONG003) drains nearly 200 square kilometers (77.22 square miles [mi2]) of the Congaree River Valley Terrace complex and upper Coastal Plain to the north of the park (Shelley 2007a, 2007b). Cedar Creek’s watershed has low slope and is covered mainly by forests and grasslands. Cedar Creek is designated an “Outstanding Resource Water” by the state of South Carolina (S.C. Code Regs. 61–68 [2014] and S.C. Code Regs. 61–69 [2012]) from the boundary of the park downstream to Wise Lake. Cedar Creek ‘upstream’ (CONG001) is located just downstream (south) of the park’s Bannister Bridge canoe landing, which is located off Old Bluff Road and south of the confluence with Meyers Creek. Cedar Creek ‘middle’ and Cedar Creek ‘downstream’ (CONG002 and CONG003, respectively) are located downstream of Cedar Creek ‘upstream’ where Cedar Creek flows into the relatively flat backswamp of the Congaree River flood plain. Based on the geomorphic and land cover characteristics of the watershed, monitored reaches on Cedar Creek are likely to flood often and drain slowly. Flooding is more likely at Cedar Creek ‘middle’ and Cedar Creek ‘downstream’ than at Cedar Creek ‘upstream.’ This is due to the higher (relative to CONG001) connectivity between the channels of the lower reaches and their out-of-channel areas. Based on bed sediment characteristics, the heterogeneity of geomorphic channel units (GCUs) within each reach, and the abundance of large woody debris (LWD), in-stream habitat within each of the surveyed reaches on Cedar Creek (CONG001–003) was classified as ‘fair to good.’ Although, there is extensive evidence of animal activity...
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Karlstrom, Karl, Laura Crossey, Allyson Matthis, and Carl Bowman. Telling time at Grand Canyon National Park: 2020 update. National Park Service, April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2285173.
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Grand Canyon National Park is all about time and timescales. Time is the currency of our daily life, of history, and of biological evolution. Grand Canyon’s beauty has inspired explorers, artists, and poets. Behind it all, Grand Canyon’s geology and sense of timelessness are among its most prominent and important resources. Grand Canyon has an exceptionally complete and well-exposed rock record of Earth’s history. It is an ideal place to gain a sense of geologic (or deep) time. A visit to the South or North rims, a hike into the canyon of any length, or a trip through the 277-mile (446-km) length of Grand Canyon are awe-inspiring experiences for many reasons, and they often motivate us to look deeper to understand how our human timescales of hundreds and thousands of years overlap with Earth’s many timescales reaching back millions and billions of years. This report summarizes how geologists tell time at Grand Canyon, and the resultant “best” numeric ages for the canyon’s strata based on recent scientific research. By best, we mean the most accurate and precise ages available, given the dating techniques used, geologic constraints, the availability of datable material, and the fossil record of Grand Canyon rock units. This paper updates a previously-published compilation of best numeric ages (Mathis and Bowman 2005a; 2005b; 2007) to incorporate recent revisions in the canyon’s stratigraphic nomenclature and additional numeric age determinations published in the scientific literature. From bottom to top, Grand Canyon’s rocks can be ordered into three “sets” (or primary packages), each with an overarching story. The Vishnu Basement Rocks were once tens of miles deep as North America’s crust formed via collisions of volcanic island chains with the pre-existing continent between 1,840 and 1,375 million years ago. The Grand Canyon Supergroup contains evidence for early single-celled life and represents basins that record the assembly and breakup of an early supercontinent between 729 and 1,255 million years ago. The Layered Paleozoic Rocks encode stories, layer by layer, of dramatic geologic changes and the evolution of animal life during the Paleozoic Era (period of ancient life) between 270 and 530 million years ago. In addition to characterizing the ages and geology of the three sets of rocks, we provide numeric ages for all the groups and formations within each set. Nine tables list the best ages along with information on each unit’s tectonic or depositional environment, and specific information explaining why revisions were made to previously published numeric ages. Photographs, line drawings, and diagrams of the different rock formations are included, as well as an extensive glossary of geologic terms to help define important scientific concepts. The three sets of rocks are separated by rock contacts called unconformities formed during long periods of erosion. This report unravels the Great Unconformity, named by John Wesley Powell 150 years ago, and shows that it is made up of several distinct erosion surfaces. The Great Nonconformity is between the Vishnu Basement Rocks and the Grand Canyon Supergroup. The Great Angular Unconformity is between the Grand Canyon Supergroup and the Layered Paleozoic Rocks. Powell’s term, the Great Unconformity, is used for contacts where the Vishnu Basement Rocks are directly overlain by the Layered Paleozoic Rocks. The time missing at these and other unconformities within the sets is also summarized in this paper—a topic that can be as interesting as the time recorded. Our goal is to provide a single up-to-date reference that summarizes the main facets of when the rocks exposed in the canyon’s walls were formed and their geologic history. This authoritative and readable summary of the age of Grand Canyon rocks will hopefully be helpful to National Park Service staff including resource managers and park interpreters at many levels of geologic understandings...