Conducted Trips: Training Bulletin for Field Employees of the National Park Service
1954. Conducted Trips: Training Bulletin for Field Employees of the National Park Service. National Park Service
Conducted trips have an important tradition for they were one of the first interpretive activities developed in areas of the National Park System. Through the years other interpretive methods have developed and have expanded greatly, but the conducted trip, itself expanded into new subject fields and into new situations, continues to merit a very important place. The conducted trip is the basic interpretive activity in some areas, and serves essentially all of the area visitors. Carlsbad Caverns and certain areas containing perishable ruin structures are examples. In other situations, particularly in the larger parks and monuments, and in those areas having a wide variety of subject interest, the guided trip is of lesser importance considering the number of visitors served. The traditional nature walk, for example, supplements the basic interpretation provided by museums, lecture programs, and self-guiding devices. In the latter case, the conducted trip provides a more specialized service for a somewhat selective group, usually composing but a small percentage of the area visitation.
- Type
- Published Report
- Date of Issue
- 1954
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- HIST
- Keywords
- Caravans, CAVE, Conservation, ehistory, Field Employees, guides, Guiding, hikes, History, Interpretation, mechanics, tours, Trail, Training, trip, trips