The survey was first designed in PLCY400 “Senior Capstone”. In this course University of Maryland public policy students use social science analysis skills to work in teams on problems and issues presented by outside clients. In this course, three students (Hannah Chan, Danielle Rockman 1 & Ela Dhankhar (BA ’23)) worked under the supervision and direction of Professor Pearson-Merkowitz to design a survey to investigate park goer knowledge of, concern about, and experiences with climate change and MD state parks for their client: The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The topics included on the survey were determined through interviews with the client to understand their need for information. Questions were then designed to match the clients needs based on existing questions on high quality surveys such as those from the Pew Research Center or other major research center surveys on climate change and parks, and a review of the academic literature for surveys conducted with park goers and surveys addressing public opinion and climate change. After an initial draft was complete, the survey was revised based on best practices in survey design. The draft was then shared and workshopped with the DNR to ensure it successfully addressed their needs. The survey was revised based on the DNR feedback, revisions were made, and then the final survey was approved by the DNR. The survey design team then repeated the process with a proposal for how to implement the survey. Once the implementation design was approved by the DNR, the survey was field tested in three regional parks with permission from the park managers. The three parks in which the initial survey was conducted included: Lake Artemesia a 38-acre lake in Berwyn Heights, MD, in Prince George’s County, Wheaton Regional Park, a 536-acre public park comprising various recreational facilities and activity areas in Montgomery County, Carroll Creek Linear Park, a manmade waterway that runs through the middle of Downtown Frederick, MD. During the field test, participants were offered a small token of appreciation for filling out the survey (a granola bar or bag of chips). The survey collection team collected 57 survey responses, after each of which the survey team interviewed the respondent about their feedback and experience taking the survey. This data and the experience of the survey team were analyzed to produce suggested changes to the survey and survey implementation design in a final report to the Department of Natural Resources.