Managing visitor impacts in natural areas

OUTD 3811
Closed
Lakehead University
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Julie Rosenthal
Assistant Professor
1
Timeline
  • January 16, 2022
    Experience start
  • January 25, 2022
    Project Scope Meeting
  • April 10, 2022
    Experience end
Experience
5 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Government, Environment, Travel & tourism
Categories
Data analysis Project management Community engagement Environmental sustainability
Skills
environmental stewardship communication research
Student goals and capabilities

Does your organization manage natural areas? Are you experiencing challenges with visitor numbers and/or visitor behaviour at these sites? Our students can research potential solutions to help safeguard these important places and manage visitation so that the areas can be enjoyed without being destroyed.

Students
Undergraduate
Any level
15 students
Project
15 hours per student
Students self-assign
Teams of 3
Expected outcomes and deliverables
  • Case studies of successful (or unsuccessful) management strategies from other sites will be summarized.
  • Students will evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of each potential management action and identify recommended next steps.
  • Students will devise a monitoring strategy to ascertain whether the recommended management action has been successful to address the identified problems.
Project timeline
  • January 16, 2022
    Experience start
  • January 25, 2022
    Project Scope Meeting
  • April 10, 2022
    Experience end
Project Examples

Students will research a range of management options to mitigate or address the impacts of recreational visitors to natural areas.

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

A representative of the company will be available to answer questions from students in a timely manner for the duration of the project.

A representative of the company will be available for a pre-selection discussion with the administrator of the course to review the project scope.