Panel: State & Local Perspectives On the Future of Public Land Recreation

The second panel for the Re-Creating Public Land Recreation Conference, "State & Local Perspectives On the Future of Public Land Recreation" and featured:
Panel Moderator: Scott Martin, Chattanooga Department of Parks & Outdoors
-Susan Buxton, Director, Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation
-Luis Benitez, Endeavor Consulting/former Director, Colorado Outdoor
Recreation Industry Office
-Nate Duckett, Mayor, City of Farmington, New Mexico
-Sara Arkle, Parks Resource Superintendent, City of Boise
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All conference panel discussions centered on three themes in relation to Public Land recreation:
-Collaboration, especially working across jurisdictional proximities;
-Funding, especially to overcome infrastructure and operational shortfalls;
-Policy, especially shortfalls of current laws and policies.