Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals

Visitor Surveys and Management Actions

SORP · October 29, 2025

Three Rivers Park District, a regional park agency in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, has a bold vision: Every Person Can Connect with Nature Every Day. Learn about Three Rivers’ research objectives including estimating visitor use and gathering statistically representative visitor survey data. Staff will discuss data collection methods, schedules, analysis and how both data sets work together to support organizational goals.

Speaker: Tyler Thompson, Three Rivers Park District

Learning Objectives:

  1. Understand how visitation data and visitor survey data can be used together to make informed decisions

  2. Identify and understand the differences and applications of various visitor data collection methods.

  3. Learn different types of analyses used to track benchmarks and measure current gaps and opportunities

Resources:

Earn Learning Credits:

STEPS TO RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE FOR LEARNING CREDITS:
  1. Attend live webinar/view recording: View recording below
  2. Take and pass the quiz with a 70% or higher: CLICK HERE
  3. Take a short survey: CLICK HERE
This course is worth the following credits: 1.00 AICP CM | 1.00 LA CES HSW | 0.10 CEU/1.00 PDH Equivalency Petition). American Trails is a certified provider and is excited to partner with SORP to offer free learning credits to attendees. If you passed the quiz with a 70% or higher, a certificate will automatically be emailed to you. If you did not pass, you can retake the quiz to obtain a passing score and certificate.
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