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This conjecture is inspired by the York County Conservation District's guide to 'leave no trace' practices. A phone-booth style station would provide a spot to inspect your clothes and gear for any hitchhiking bugs, seeds, or plant parts. Three mirrors in the booth would allow for
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After personal experience on local trails and survey results from ODNR park managers indicating that dog waste is a big problem in parks, I started looking for articles that might explain why dog owners leave their dog's poop behind. Excerpts from Blenderman et al. (2017) The purpose of
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ODNR Park Manager Survey VisualizationODNR Park Manager Survey Visualization.pdf210 KBdownload-circle Limitations The results of this survey may not be representative of the park manager population because the sampling was voluntary response and not random. The survey was emailed to 59 ODNR park managers, 28 of which responded (47% of
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On Thursday, September 18, 2025 Nicole Li and I visited the Alum Creek State Park Beach. We arrived at about 10am and left at around noon. We observed: one woman alone, smoking cigarettes; a family of two adults and four children; two adults sitting in beach chairs; 4 boats on
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On September 12, 2025 Nicole Li and I visited Glacier Ridge Metro Park. All along the trail, there were dog poop stations with bag dispensers and a small bin to put bagged waste in. We noticed only about 3 pieces of trash and one instance of dog waste on the
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On September 12, Nicole Li and I visited Highbanks Metro Park in Lewis Center, Ohio. Trash and Litter The trails were remarkably trash/litter-free. We noticed 18 pieces of trash on the trail we went on, excluding the parking lot areas. Most of the trash was recyclable, and found just
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After pilot testing a co-design brainstorming activity, I decided to use the activity on myself to generate ideas that address or encapsulate high-impact recreation at state parks. Some of the ideas I generated in this activity were useful or inspirational to me when creating more developed conjectures. Clothing/gear cleaning
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On September 11, 2025 I went with my group on a Naturalist-guided night-time hike on an Alum Creek State Park trail. We were provided with UV flashlights to look for fluorescent wildlife and fungi. On the hike, we were all surprised at how much trash we found. We saw some
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Introduction As a test of a co-design research activity, I gave a set of instructions and topics (with supporting information) to my sister, a Design Foundations student at The Ohio State University. The plan was to have her pilot test it, and move on to other participants. However, I realized
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After learning about the damage that off-trail hiking and biking can cause, I wanted to know which methods were most effective in preventing off-trail hiking. The following research from Park et al. (2008) tests several methods on visitors to a specific state park. Excerpts from Park et al. (2008) How
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Considering the effectiveness of signage to encourage low-impact behavior and preventing impactful behavior in state parks, I looked for research on the practice of visual communications in the context of outdoor recreation. Rice et al. (2023) published an article on the topic, titled The Impact of Graphic Design on Attention
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Given the goal to minimize the impact of recreational activity on state parks, I went looking for best practices for park visitors. I found an enlightening digital booklet on the subject from the York County Conservation District. Excerpts from York County Conservation District's (2021) guide to low-impact recreation: