The Eppley Institute has completed and launched the new Asset Priority Index (API) e-course, which was developed in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS) and will replace the older version of the e-course.

Developed in response to major changes made to API criteria in 2012, the new e-course allows facility management personnel to learn about API scores and practice scoring assets before doing it for real. The e-course is available to everyone (free of charge!) on our website. All

Wilderness specialists and wilderness managers have a new tool in their toolbox. Featuring highly interactive content and real skills training, the Minimum Requirements Analysis (MRA) e-courses are the newest additions to Eppley's training portfolio. Eppley's long-term partnership with the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center has led to a marriage of expert content with state-of-the-art learning techniques.

Originally a single course, the MRA e-course has been split into two

The Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands and the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies at Indiana University cordially invite you to the 2013 Reynold E. Carlson Lecture on April 12, from 1:00 to 3:00pm, featuring Mr. Richard Louv, journalist and author of eight books about the connections between family, nature, and community.

In 2008, Mr. Louv was awarded the Audubon Medal, presented by the National Audubon Society. Louv is also the 2007 recipient of the Cox Award,

The Jackson County, Indiana, Park Board, in cooperation with the Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands at Indiana University, is entering the final stages of an important project that will help chart the future of park and recreation facilities for local residents. The two organizations have been working jointly on the county's first park and recreation master plan, a five-year policy document that identifies existing and projected needs for open space, playgrounds, walking trails,

The Eppley Institute is proud to announce that it has launched a revised version of the Wilderness Act of 1964 e-course!

This e-course, developed in partnership with the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center, is designed to introduce learners to the content of the 1964 law and its application in managing a wilderness area.

After completing this e-course, a learner should be able to:

• Define "wilderness."
• Explain the purpose of the Wilderness Act of 1964.
• Identify the

The Eppley Institute has completed development of a master plan for the Cummins Employees Recreation Association (CERA). The organization is well known for CERAland, a 345-acre park seven miles southeast of Columbus, Indiana. The plan serves not only to guide decision-making about the management of the park but also of the Association in general.

Through this planning process, the Eppley Institute assisted CERA with revisions to their mission, vision, and goal statements. The new

Partnerships are relatively new to managing parks and public lands in some ways, and as old as Central Park in others. The public's demand for services, the search for innovation, the influence of intersecting friends groups, a need for accountability, and the complexity of the 21st century have created a future where parks, recreation, and public lands are more interdependent and interconnected as they address citizen, customer, and market forces.

"Partnership" is now a generalized term used

The Eppley Institute recently began work with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to produce a desk guide for BLM sites in the Hands on the Land (HOL) program, a national network of field classrooms that connects students, teachers, communities, and volunteers to America's public lands. Participating agencies include the Bureau of Land Management, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Park Service, US Fish and Wildlife,

A national leader in professional training and technical assistance, the Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands has released our FY2012 Annual Report, a recap of the Institute's work to make a more meaningful impact on parks, recreation, and public lands management in the United States and around the world. Our Very Short Version was developed to offer a glimpse of the wide array of the Institute's accomplishments and challenges over the past year.

During the past year, Eppley

Indiana University announces an online Master of Science emphasizing parks and public lands management.

The Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies (RPTS), in collaboration with Indiana University's award-winning Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands, will use the Institute's long-standing knowledge and experience working with park agencies such as the National Park Service to deliver a cogent, relevant, and powerful M.S. to students across the state, the nation, and,