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Youth Day in Los Angeles: Evaluating the Role of Technology in Children's Nature Activities by Chavez, Deborah J

“…Youth Day, held in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California, was an exploratory study to determine whether technology attracts kids to outdoor activities. Four…”
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Fern Gathering on the San Bernardino National Forest: Cultural versus Commercial Values Among Korean and Japanese Participants by Janet A. Anderson, Dale J. Blahna, Deborah J. Chavez

“…Most attention to special forest products (SFPs),bothin the literatureand in management practice, has focused on economic aspects of gathering activities. The…”
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Adapting a Tourism Crime Typology: Classifying Outdoor Recreation Crime by Tynon, Joanne F., Chavez, Deborah J.

“…Using a qualitative approach, the authors tested a crime typology developed for tourism destinations in a U.S. National Forest recreation setting. Specific…”
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Informing the Network: Improving Communication with Interface Communities During Wildland Fire by Taylor, Jonathan G., Gillette, Shana C., Hodgson, Ronald W., Downing, Judith L., Burns, Michele R., Chavez, Deborah J., Hogan, John T.

“…An interagency research team studied fire communications that took place during different stages of two wildfires in southern California: one small fire of…”
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Natural areas and urban populations: communication and environmental education challenges and actions in outdoor recreation by Chavez, D.J

“…Challenges, opportunities, and actions exist in areas where large urban populations interface with natural areas, such as outdoor recreation sites in southern…”
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Crime in national forests: A call for research by Tynon, J.F, Chavez, D.J

“…The aim of this article is to explain why research focusing on crime and violence on national forests is necessary and overdue. Four questions are offered to…”
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Adaptive Management in Outdoor Recreation: Serving Hispanics in Southern California by Chavez, Deborah J

“…Traditional management approaches may not be applicable to ethnically diverse visitor populations; consequently, approaches to resource management may need to…”
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Triage Law Enforcement: Societal Impacts on National Forests in the West by Chavez, Deborah J, Tynon, Joanne F

“…In the summer and fall of 1998, selected managers in the western US were interviewed to assess the impacts of criminal activities on the use of national…”
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Outdoor recreation in a protected area in southern Durango, Mexico: analysis of local residents' perceptions by Perez-Verdin, G, Lee, M.E, Chavez, D.J

“…This research evaluated perceptions of local residents from three communities in southern Durango, Mexico, toward planning outdoor recreation in the Michilía…”
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Conflict and coalitions: An examination of outdoor recreation magazines by MARX, M, CHAVEZ, Deborah J

“…We examined whether value differences between various recreation interest/activity groups are created and sustained by the textual information presented to…”
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Conducting Research With Communities of Color by Leo Mcavoy, Patricia L. Winter, Corliss Wilson Outley, Dan Mcdonald, Deborah J. Chavez

“…This article presents the major challenges facing those who want to address the issues of race and ethnicity through research with communities of color;…”
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RESEARCH: Triage Law Enforcement: Societal Impacts on National Forests in the West by Chavez, DJ, Tynon, JF

“…/ Uses of outdoor natural areas, like National Forests in the United States, have been undergoing change. Some changes, including criminal activities and…”
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Influence of ethnicity on recreation and natural environment use patterns: Managing recreation sites for ethnic and racial diversity by Baas, John M., Ewert, Alan, Chavez, Deborah J.

“…Management of natural environment sites is becoming increasingly complex because of the influx of urbanized society into wildland areas. This worldwide…”
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National recreation trails: a forgotten designation by Chavez, D.J, Harding, J.A, Tynon, J.F

“…What value does federal designation add to open space resources that are not all federally owned and managed? Over the years the federal government, under the…”
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Bunny Hops or Vegetable Tunnels? Perceptions and Preferences of Mountain Bike Riders on the San Jacinto Ranger District by Chavez, Deborah J.

“…To investigate mountain bike use on the San Jacinto Ranger District in southern California, mountain bike riders were queried using a mailed survey process…”
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Crime in woods: role of law enforcement officers in national forests by Tynon, Joanne F., Chavez, Deborah J., Baur, Joshua W.R.

“…This first nationwide study of US Forest Service (USFS) law enforcement officers (LEOs) examined respondents' roles in the USFS, what they perceived as their…”
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IMPROVING FIRE MANAGEMENT: WHAT RESOURCE MANAGERS NEED TO KNOW FROM RECREATION VISITORS by Chavez, Deborah J, Knap, Nancy E

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Chapter 17 Air Pollution Increases Forest Susceptibility to Wildfires: A Case Study in the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California by Grulke, Nancy E., Minnich, Richard A., Paine, Timothy D., Seybold, Steve J., Chavez, Deborah J., Fenn, Mark E., Riggan, Philip J., Dunn, Alexander

“…Many factors increase susceptibility of forests to wildfire. Among them are increases in human population, changes in land use, fire suppression, and frequent…”
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Over the River and through the Woods by Chavez, Deborah J, Courtright, Rich, Schneider, Ingrid

“…Chavez et al features the new park hobby called geocaching. Geocaching is a scavenger-hunt adventure game for Global Positioning System users. A combination of…”
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Over the river and through the woods: grab your GPS, and be FTF out about a new park hobby called geocaching by Chavez, Deborah J, Courtright, Rich, Schneider, Ingrid

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