PAMELA E. FOTI
Parks and Recreation Management Program
Box 15018 School of Forestry
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
(602) 523-6196
EDUCATION
•Doctor of Philosophy University of Wisconsin-Madison
Land Resources December, 1987
Institute for Environmental Studies
•Master of Arts University of Wisconsin-Madison
Public Administration December, 1985
Natural Resources Agencies Administration
•Master of Science University of Nevada, Reno
Renewable Natural Resources May, 1977
Wildland Recreation Management
•Bachelor of Science The Ohio State University
Natural Resources March, 1975
Park and Recreation Administration
CERTIFICATIONS
Wilderness Education Association
Certified Outdoor Leader, August, 1990
Certified Outdoor Instructor, January, 1996
Wilderness First Responder/CPR
Certified: June, 1998
Peace Officers Standards Training
Nevada Division of State Parks, Fall, 1978 - Summer, 1983
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
FManagement of Environmental/Outdoor Education Centers
FNatural Resource Agencies: Human Impact Monitoring
FElectronic Interpretation
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
FGrand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Rapid Site Inventory
FParia Canyon/Coyote Buttes Fee Demonstration Project
FA Comparison of GPS Techniques with Balloon Photography Techniques in Human Impact Monitoring Systems for Wildland Areas in the Southwest
F
Interpretive Prospectus for Mount Trumbull Ecological RestorationACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY
Associate Professor Fall, 1993 - PRESENT
Assistant Professor Spring, 1987 - Spring, 1993
Parks and Recreation Management Program
Recreation and Leisure Services Program
Teaching 12 credit hours per semester in the professional program. Advising up to 50 undergraduate students and 4 graduate students. Service to the department, university, and profession. Research on Human Impact Monitoring Systems and agency/university partnerships.
Courses: Leadership in Parks and Recreation
Supervision of Personnel in RLS
Leisure and Society (Introduction to Parks and Recreation)
Leadership of Outdoor Recreation Pursuits
Interpretation for Recreation
Management of Parks and Recreation
Practicum in Recreation and Leisure Services
Senior Seminar for Recreation Majors
Trends and Issues in Outdoor Recreation
Women and the Outdoors
Outdoor Leadership Certification I & II
Environmental Leadership
Outdoor Leadership for Educators
Grand Canyon Seminar for the National Honors Program
Outdoor Program Administration
ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE (cont.)
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
Lecturer Fall Semester, 1986
Department of Forestry
Forest Policy
This course provided students with a foundation for resource policy analysis and the policy making process. In addition, students were acquainted with the historical perspective of U.S. resource policy.
WESTERN NEVADA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Lecturer Spring Semester, 1983
Spring Semester, 1982
Wilderness Survival
This course introduced students to the concept of wilderness and taught basic wilderness survival skills.
Environmental Sciences
An introductory environmental sciences course that acquainted students with the basic components of the environment and the functioning ecosystems of the earth.
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO
Lecturer Spring Semester, 1981
Fall Semester, 1980
Resource Interpretation
This course introduced students to interpretive techniques for use in park and recreation administration. Class involved theoretical discussions of interpretation as well as "hands on" experience in interpretation techniques.
Park and Recreation Administration
An introductory course in management and administration of parks and recreation. Topics discussed included leisure theory, outdoor recreation agencies, organization concepts, recreation planning, maintenance and routine services, law enforcement, interpretation, and carrying capacity.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Bureau of Management and Budget
Box 7921
Madison, Wisconsin 53707
October, 1983 - December, 1987
Program and Planning Analyst II
Responsible for all phases of Wisconsin's 1986-91 Statewide
Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan. Duties included designing, implementing, and reporting on applied outdoor recreation research.
Nevada Division of State Parks
Carson City, Nevada 89701
September, 1977 - July, 1978
May, 1979 - August, 1983
Park Ranger
Responsible for administration, fees, law enforcement, resource management, seasonal staffing, routine services, new construction, and maintenance at Silver Springs Beach, Lahontan State Recreation Area.
July, 1978 - May, 1979
Park and Recreation Specialist
Responsible for research and writing of the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan. Also, designed, executed, analyzed, and reported on special studies in outdoor recreation.
University of Nevada, Reno
Renewable Natural Resources Department
Reno, Nevada 89507
July, 1975 - June, 1977
Graduate Research Fellow
Designed, executed, analyzed, and reported on an original research project in coordination with a 5-year research program on the Lake Tahoe Basin Recreation Problems. Research completed under the direction of Dr. Barnard D. Shanks.
PUBLICATIONS
Journals
Foti, Pamela E. 1999. "Should Wildlands Be Made Available to More People, As Opposed to More Restrictions and Limitations? No," in Controversial Issues in Adventure Education. (Accepted).
Olsen, Scott and Foti, Pamela E. ( ) "Visitor Perceptions of a Fee Demonstration Project in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area," submitted to Journal of Leisure Research.
Foti, Pamela E. 1992. "Recreation Education and Risk Management in the University Setting." AZHPERD Journal, Spring.
Foti, Pamela E. and Harvey M. Jacobs. 1991. "Land Trusts: An Emerging actor in Outdoor Recreation Provision." Journal of Park and Recreation Administration. 9(1):1-8.
Foti, Pamela E. and Lori S. Gelvin. 1990. "A Pilot Study of the Relationship Between Co-Dependency and Recreation Using Women with Histories of Domestic Violence." Annual in Therapeutic Recreation. 1(1):1-8.
Foti, Pamela E. and Harvey M. Jacobs. 1989. "Private 'Public-Interest' Land Use Planning: Land Trusts in the Upper Mid-West." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. July-August: 317-319.
Technical Reports
Foti, Pamela E. (1997). Paria Canyon User Study: Final Report. In progress.
Foti, Pamela E. (1994). Social and Physical Indicators For Limits of Acceptable Change:Coyote Buttes. Prepared for Bureau of Land Management, Arizona Strip District, Vermilion Resource Area, St. George, UT.
Foti, Pamela E. and Harriet Moyer. (April, 1987). Wisconsin Snowmobile Study. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan.
Foti, Pamela E. (November, 1986). Motorboat User Study. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan.
Foti, Pamela E. (September, 1986). Recreational Water Access. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan.
Foti, Pamela E. (September, 1986). 1986-91 Issues and Actions in Outdoor Recreation. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan.
Foti, Pamela E. and Mark D. O'Connell. (May 1986). Wisconsin's Recreational Needs Assessment. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan.
Henderson, Karla A. and Pamela E. Foti. (April, 1986). Recreational Trails Study. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan.
Foti, Pamela E. and Gregory J. Wise. (December, 1985). Potential Outdoor Recreation Population: By Area. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan.
Foti, Pamela E. (September, 1985). The Importance of Outdoor Recreation to Wisconsin Residents. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan.
Theses and Dissertations
Foti, Pamela E. (December, 1987). Outdoor Recreation Provision by the Non-Profit Private Sector: The Current and Future Role of Local and Regional Land Conservation Organizations in the Great Lakes Region. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Foti, Pamela E. (May, 1977). Wildland Recreation: User Perceptions and Attitudes and Their Planning Implications. Unpublished Master's Thesis. University of Nevada, Reno.
SELECTED CONFERENCE AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
"Development of GPS for Wildland Human Impact Monitoring." Accepted for National Recreation and Park Association, Research Symposium, September 25, 1998, Miami Beach, FL.
"Outdoor Cuisine the NAU Way." Arizona Parks and Recreation Association, Annual Conference and Trade Show, September 8, 1998. Tucson, AZ.
"Paria Canyon/Coyote Buttes Recreation Fee Demonstration Project: A Partnership Between BLM, NAU, and ASIA." Arizona Parks and Recreation Association, Annual Conference and Trade Show, September 8, 1998. Tucson, AZ.
"Outdoor Leadership at Northern Arizona University: A Two Semester Academic Approach." Wilderness Education Association, National Outdoor Leadership Conference, March 7, 1997. Gunnison, CO.
"Building Partnerships: Cooperative Wilderness Monitoring Project Example," Wilderness Education Association National Conference, February 23-25, 1996. Fall Creek Falls State Park, TN.
"Integrating Outdoor Leadership Education into the Academic Setting," Coalition for Education in the Outdoors, Third Research Symposium, January 12-14, 1996. Bradford Woods, IN.
"The PBS System of Minimum Impact Usage," The Wilderness Education Association National Conference for Outdoor Leadership, April 1, 1995, Fort Collins, CO.
"A Cooperative Wilderness Monitoring Project," The Sixth National Wilderness Conference, November 14-15, 1994, Santa Fe, NM.
"Moods of 3-Week and 5-Week Outdoor Expedition Participants." National Coalition for Education in the Outdoors Recreation Symposium, January 15, 1994. Bradford Woods, IN.
"Personality Aspects of Outdoor Leadership Students." National Recreation and Park Association Conference, October 21, 1993, San Jose, CA.
"Ways of Coping on Outdoor Expeditions." Wilderness Education Association National Conference, February, 1993. Fall Creek Falls, State Park, TN.
"Mood Cycles in Outdoor Expeditions." National Recreation and Park Association Congress, Research Symposium, October 18, 1992. Cincinnati, OH.
"Mood Cycles in Longterm Outdoor Expedition Participants." WildernessEducation Association National Conference, February 22, 1992. Pueblo, CO.
"Land Trusts and Private Outdoor Recreation Provision: Case Studies in Their Current Role." National Outdoor Recreation Trends Conference, March 31, 1990. Indianapolis, Indiana.
"Silveridge RV Resort Study Results." Arizona Park and Recreation Association State Conference, August 28, 1989. Tucson, Arizona.
"Local and Regional Land Conservation Provision of Outdoor Recreation." National Recreation and Park Association, October 8, 1989. Indianapolis, Indiana.
"Conflicts Between Motorized Outdoor Recreation Users." Rural Sociological Society, Annual Conference, August 13, 1987. Madison, Wisconsin.
"Making SCORP Relevant to the Decision Making Process." National Association of State Recreation Planners, May 29, 1987, Phoenix, Arizona.
GRANT HISTORY
"Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Internet Site Development." Submitted to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, BLM. $66,328. Funded. Co-Investigator: Charles H. Hammersley, Ph.D.
"Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument: Rapid Site Inventory for Human Impacts." Submitted to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, BLM. $27,781. Funded.
"A Comparison of GPS Techniques with Low Altitude Aerial Photography for Human Impact Monitoring in Wildland Areas in the Southwest." Submitted to School of Forestry Mission Research. $29,260. Funded.
"A Bid Proposal for Concessionaire Operation and Maintenance of Selected Recreation Facilities on the Mormon Lake and Peaks Ranger Districts." Submitted to U.S. Forest Service. $163,000. Not Funded.
"Mount Trumbull Interpretive Project." Submitted to Bureau of Land Management. $10,982. Funded.
"Paria Canyon/Coyote Buttes Fee Demonstration Project." Submitted to Bureau of Land Management. $30,000. Funded.
"A Comparison of GPS Techniques with Balloon Photography Techniques in Human Impact Monitoring Systems for Wildland Areas in the Southwest. Submitted to Mission Research. $29,060. Funded.
"The Management and Administration of Environmental Education Centers." Submitted to NAU Applied Research. $3500. Not Funded.
"Paria User Study." Submitted to Arizona Strip District BLM. $5300. Funded.
"The Development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Wildland Human Impact Monitoring Technique" Submitted to NAU Applied Research. $3650. Funded.
"Cooperative Wilderness Monitoring Project", Submitted to BLM, Vermilion Resource Area, St. George, Utah, $2670. Funded.
"Mood Cycles on Outdoor Expeditions", Submitted to NAU Organized Research, Fall, 1994. Not Funded.
"Cooperative Wilderness Monitoring Project, Submitted to BLM, Vermilion Resource Area, St. George, Utah, Fall, 1994. Funded $1590.
"Social and Physical Indicators for the Limits of Acceptable Change Plan for Coyote Buttes." NAU Applied Research, Spring, 1993. Funded, $2600.
"Woodswomen Leadership Course." NAU Office for Professional Development, Spring, 1992. Funded, $500.
"Moods an Coping in Outdoor Expedition Participants," submitted to NAU Organized Research, Fall, 1991. Funded, $2500.
"Compulsive Behavior as a Predictor of Exercise Adherence," submitted to NAU Organized Research, Fall, 1989. Not Funded.
"A Comparison of Post-Retirement Leisure/Recreation Patterns in Three Retirement Communities," submitted to The Retirement Research Foundation, July 18, 1989. Not Funded.
"Leisure Behavior Patterns of Women with Histories of Domestic Violence Relationships," submitted to NAU Organized Research, September 20, 1989. Funded $5000.
"Leisure Behavior Patterns in a Transient Retired Population: A Pilot Study," submitted to NAU, December 12, 1988. Funded $250.
"Recreational Behavior of Retirees: Segregated and Integrated Communities," submitted to The Department of Health and Human Services June 19, 1988. Not Funded.
"Outdoor Recreation Provision by the Non-Profit Private Sector: The Current and Future Role of Local and Regional Land Conservation Organizations in the Great Lakes Region." Funded by Eva Gebhard-Gourgand Foundation. Funded $8000.
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