National Park Service
Date of this Version
8-10-2011
Citation
National Park Serice, August 10, 2011, 74 pages
Abstract
Table of Contents
Executive Summary ................................................................4
What is ‘civic engagement’ and what does it mean for the National Park Service?....................... 7
Cuyahoga Valley National Park example ......................................................7
What does civic engagement look like in the National Park Service? ...... 8
Strategy: Collaborative Interpretation...............................................8
Alcatraz Island .............................................................................9
Olympic NP .....................................................................................9
Bandelier NM ...............................................................9
New Bedford Whaling NHP.....................................................9
Strategy: Collaborative Planning and Decision-Making ...............................10
Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor.........................................10
Kalaupapa NHP............................................................10
Atchafalaya NHA.........................................................................10
Strategy: Creating Relevant and Effective Programming..............................11
RTCA......................................................................................11
Congaree NP...................................................................................11
Great Smoky Mountains NP...........................................................11
Strategy: Collaborative Resource Preservation and Conservation ......................12
Blue Ridge Parkway ..........................................................12
National Capital Parks-East...............................................................12
Grand Canyon NP ................................................................12
Strategy: Intra-agency collaboration..............................................13
Law Enforcement Program...............................................................13
What does all of this information mean?......................................13
Case Study Collection Methodology ........................................................14
Civic Engagement ‘Principles’ .........................................................15
Secondary Principles ...............................................................15
Core Principles......................................................................17
Conclusions.........................................................................................20
Appendices............................................................................................22
References and Related Materials......................................................71