A recreation operations planning system

Abstract

Volume One presents an account of a comprehensive planning system developed for NZ Forest Service recreation operations in Westland Conservancy.

Section Two backgrounds Forest Service involvement in recreation management planning and the evolution of the Recreation Operations Planning System (ROPS) in Westland Conservancy.

Section Three describes in detail the elements of ROPS.

Its establishment and operation is discussed in Section Four.

ROPS is part of a greater planning process and its relationship to this is described in Section Five.

In Section Six the results and benefits of the ROPS model are considered and Section Seven is a summary of ROPS in which the nature of its success is discussed.

Finally, Section Eight provides recommendations and future directions that will assist Forest Service in its role as a resource management agency responsible for recreational values on lands under its care.

In addition, appendices containing full examples of the elements of ROPS are presented separately (Volume Two). This enables ready cross-referencing between Volume One and the appendices.