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VSP Advisory Committee
meeting
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There are two options for applying for a VSP in-depth visitor study. For
parks that need funding assistance, the Project Management Information
System (PMIS) is required. The PMIS can be entered in the Servicewide
Comprehensive Call (SCC). The current project list is for FY2010-2014.
Parks should follow instructions on the VSP page.
IMPORTANT: when preparing the PMIS submission, include "VSP" in the
project title. Also list the month you want the study done and if the
park has a budget of less than $1.5 million.
For parks that can fund their own visitor study, the VSP continues to
accept park nomination forms in March/April of each year. These need to
be submitted to your Regional contact person by the annual deadline for
regional prioritization.
SMALL PARKS: Parks with visitation of less than 340 visitor groups (a
visitor group is anyone who is traveling together) within a 10-day
period can submit nominations, but will require a greater time (up to
three months) of staff commitment to accomplish questionnaire
distribution. Funding assistance is available through the VSP.
The VSP Advisory Committee convenes annually in late spring to
recommend the top 15 nominations, plus alternates, to the NPS Associate
Director of Resource Stewardship and Science. The following criteria
are used to evaluate park submissions:
1) Need: Has the park ever had a visitor study done? Is it preparing
for a GMP or other planning project for which information on visitors is
needed?
2) Ability to fund: Demonstrated ability of the park to fund its share
of the total VSP study cost.
3) Balance in a single fiscal year: Reasonable distribution of selected
parks by region, park size, and park type.
The time frame for a park to receive the visitor study results is
approximately one year after the project is initiated.
In addition to the Visitor Survey Card and in-depth visitor studies,
the PSU has capabilities of conducting other types of surveys, including
mail and telephone surveys. If your park has information needs that can
be met through a survey, please contact us: Steve Hollenhorst at stevenh@uidaho.edu, Margaret
Littlejohn at
littlej@uidaho.edu or Jennifer Russell at jhoger@uidaho.edu.
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VSP Nomination Letter - Requests for Visitor Services Project Studies in
FY08
Here's the request letter from NPS Visiting Social Scientist Jim
Gramann.
VSP Nomination Letter
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Here is the FY08 VSP Nomination Form. It is in 'RTF' (Rich Text Format)
and can be edited with applications such as Microsoft Word or Corel
WordPerfect. To download: Right-Click on the link below, and save the
linked file to your computer.
VSPNom_Form08.rtf
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