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    "pk": 25245,
    "title": "Direction for interpretive programming from Alberta Provincial Park management plans",
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    "abstract": "Park management plans provide strategic direction for the future management of specific parks. These plans set goals and strategies for many park management concerns, including ecological integrity, visitor services, facilities, boundaries, and resource allocation. Understanding interpretive goals, topics, and strategies will help a park or park system develop a coherent approach to interpretive planning, delivery, and evaluation. This study determined how interpretation was prioritized in Alberta provincial parks’ management plans. We analyzed 32 management plans based on length (average of 80 pages), age (average of 14 years), goals, topics, and strategies. Overall, 84% of the plans addressed interpretation, devoting an average of 3% of their length to interpretation. The most targeted interpretive goals were “learning,” “increasing positive attitudes,” “behavior change,” and “enjoyment.” The most frequent interpretive topics were “heritage,” “culture,” “conservation,” and “flora or fauna.” The most common interpretive strategies were “signs,” “general personal interpretation,” and “guided hikes.” Even though interpretation received a low emphasis, newer plans provided more emphasis, expanding on conceptualizing and evaluating interpretation compared with older plans. By summarizing the priorities of management plans for interpretation, this study may help park staff set interpretive goals, evaluate progress, and promote consistency between the goals of park staff and outcomes for visitors. In turn, this information may help park planners and practitioners to better align interpretive goals, strategies, and outcomes.",
    "language": "en",
    "license": {
        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial  4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0"
    },
    "keywords": [],
    "section": "Advances in Research and Management (Peer-Reviewed)",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6td368t4",
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        {
            "first_name": "Glen",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Hvenegaard",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Kiva",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Olson",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Elizabeth",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Halpenny",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "",
            "department": "None"
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": "2023-01-16T05:15:25+05:30",
    "date_accepted": "2023-01-16T05:15:25+05:30",
    "date_published": "2023-01-15T13:30:00+05:30",
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