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Research
The 2017 Year in Research
A look back at the past year's Park Pulse findings
By Kevin Roth, Ph.D.

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n May 2016, we launched a new monthly poll of Americans focused on park and
recreation issues. Each month, NRPA Park Pulse collects responses from approximately 1,000 adults that mirror the diverse demographic profile of our nation.
Our goal with Park Pulse is to broaden Americans' understanding of what parks
and recreation means. Some months the questions are serious, focusing on issues of
immediate concern that directly or indirectly affect parks and recreation, while others
are more lighthearted, looking at how Americans have fun and interact with their
neighbors at park and recreation facilities and events sponsored by agencies like yours.

NRPA has used these poll results to
educate policymakers, the media and
the public about the many ways your
agency positively impacts the community. In turn, we see many park and
recreation agencies sharing NRPA Park
Pulse results and infographics on their
own social media channels and through
their media relations efforts to help
spread the word.
So, what have we learned with
NRPA Park Pulse during 2017?
We started the year learning that 80 percent of Americans work hard to stay
physically fit during the cold winter
months. The January Park Pulse poll
found that the most popular winter physical activities are tied to local parks and
recreation. Top winter physical activities
include walking, jogging, running or hiking outdoors (46 percent), working out at
a local gym or recreation center (25 percent), visiting a local park (21 percent)
and exercise classes (15 percent).
The February poll found strong support among Americans for their local
government to set aside land for the
sheer purpose of preserving the natural
landscape. Eighty-two percent of Americans agree it is important that their local
government set aside land to preserve the
region's natural landscape. The support
for the protection of open space holds
firmly across nearly every demographic
group surveyed, with millennials most
likely to be either " very " or " extremely "
passionate for land set-asides. Permanently authorizing the Land and Water
Conservation Fund is just one way to
make this happen.

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