In this session, participants learn what visitor use management is, why it is important for Wild and Scenic Rivers, and where to find resources that can help with planning and management actions. These skills will help prepare participants to address user capacities and better engage in agency planning and decision-making processes.

Technical Core Competency Areas:
5. Visitor Use Management and Monitoring

Instructors:
Since 2001, Liz Lacy has worked as a Community Planner and River Manager for the National Park Service Wild & Scenic Rivers Program. She provides her technical expertise for Partnership W&S Rivers primarily in Massachusetts and Connecticut. She is a trainer and mentor on Wild & Scenic River topics and works with an array of partners on river studies, river management plans, river stewardship projects, public education and outreach programs, and technical reviews of water resource projects. She is an NPS representative on the Interagency Wild & Scenic Rivers Coordinating Council.

Liz Townley is the National Wilderness and Wild & Scenic Rivers Planner for the US Forest Service. Liz has 14 years’ experience with the BLM and Forest Service working in Wilderness, Wild and Scenic Rivers and Recreation management. Her passion for rivers and all things wild can be traced back to her pre-professional days growing up along the banks of the Columbia River and years spent exploring the coastal ranges of Washington and Oregon. She is happiest with her husband Skeet, their two kids Sophia and Jones and dog Garth out exploring public lands.