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Invited Papers

Creating Value for Participants through Experience Staging: Parks, Recreation, and Tourism in the Experience Industry

Gary D. Ellis and J. Robert Rossman

The Ethics of Experience in Recreation and Leisure Services

Charles Sylverster

A Rejoinder to Charles Sylvester

Gary D. Ellis and J. Robert Rossman

Regular Articles

Proximate and Distant Visitors: Differences in Importance Ratings of Beneficial Experiences

Dorothy H. Anderson, Sonya A Wilhelm Stanis, Ingrid E. Schneider, and Jessica E. Leahy

Factors Associated with Non-Visitation by Area to Congaree National Park, South Carolina

Laura J. Lawton and David B. Weaver

Leisure Behaviors Among Selected Women Living in Proverty

Jennifer Scott and Ron McCarville

Shifting National Park Policies and Local People: A Case Study of Acadia National Park

Thomas A. More, Bernardo Urdaneta, and Thomas H. Stevens

The Development of a Pay-for-Performance Appraisal System for Public Park and Recreation Agencies: A Case Study

Michael A. Mulvaney, William R. McKinney, and Richard Grodsky

Programs That Work

The Design of Financial Assistance Programs: Suggestion from Those Living in Poverty

Ron McCarville