Park Science Journal looking for authors

Park Science, is the research and resource management bulletin of the National Park Service.

Park Science, the research and resource management bulletin of the National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the NPS Wilderness Stewardship Division Office, is soliciting contributions for the winter 2011–2012 issue dedicated to the interface of science and wilderness stewardship. Park Science applies natural and social science research to park planning and management, as well as to resource management. Semi-technical in nature, Park Science is edited for the lay reader.

As an agency, the NPS is responsible for the largest amount of wilderness acreage of the four federal agencies with oversight for federally designated wilderness. There are currently 60 individual wildernesses in 49 units of the National Park System. In sum, four out of five acres administered by the NPS are to be managed under a wilderness prescription and one in six federally managed acres is designated wilderness.
In light of the ever-increasing role of science in protected area management as well as the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, a special issue on wilderness stewardship is both appropriate and relevant.
Contributions such as case studies, research reports, science features, literature summaries, notes from abroad, and field perspectives are welcomed (see Author Guidelines for Park Science online at http://www.nature.nps.gov/ParkScience/guidance.cfm).

Appropriate topics for this special issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

Climate change
Cultural resources
Fire
Natural resources
Restoration
Wilderness designations/planning
Wilderness education
Wilderness character/monitoring
Visitor management/social science
Technology

The deadline for 300 word abstracts/drafts submission is Thursday, January 6, 2011. Please describe the main idea for the article including a summary of the research or resource management project, key findings and their application to management, and why the research or project is significant to advancing our knowledge of wilderness management. Include authors’ names and contact information. If possible, please indicate the category that best fits your submission (e.g., case study, research report, science feature).

Full, contributed articles will be invited on or before Tuesday, February 15, 2011. Abstracts invited for further consideration will be subject to a peer and editorial review process. Final manuscripts will be due Friday, May 6, 2011.

Guest editors for this issue are Wade Vagias (Wade_Vagias@nps.gov), National Park Service, and Ingrid Schneider (ingridss@umn.edu), University of Minnesota. Please direct inquiries to either person; submissions should be delivered to Wade Vagias:

Wade Vagias, PhD
Wilderness Stewardship Division
National Park Service
1201 Eye (I) St., NW
Washington, D.C.  20005
(202) 513-7124
Wade_Vagias@nps.gov

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