10.2190/UVW7-H8M8-QQEP-0QFQ UVW7H8M8QQEP0QFQ 4 Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Management of Park Visitors 335 348 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 UVW7H8M8QQEP0QFQ.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=UVW7H8M8QQEP0QFQ 4 Robert D. Bixler Francis P. Noe William E. Hammitt Clemson University, South Carolina National Park Service, Atlanta, Georgia Natural resource area managers who restrict recreational access to control resource damage from recreation, can expect backlash responses from recreationists. The extent of support expressed by recreationists for land management policies that would restrict behavior while at a national park was measured using a survey instrument. Two variables—environmental attitudes and knowledge of damage to park natural resources by recreationists—were found to be positively related to support for both nonrestrictive and restrictive visitor management policies. 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