www.nrpa.org * November 2010 * Vol. 45 * No. 11 maga z i n e DEPARTMENTS 12 Agency Spotlight City of Green River Parks and Recreation Department 15 Kiosk News, Features, and Interviews COV E R S TO RY 38 After the Spill Assessing the effects of the Deepwater disaster Elizabeth Beard, Maureen Hannan, and Philip Hayward AQ UATI C S 46 Everyone in the Pool Overcoming parents' anxiety to get kids into swim lessons Andrea Lynn 51 NRPA in Action News of the Association 59 OPERATIONS Building a Better Lifeguard Staff Goat Patrols 66 PRODUCT ROUNDUP New goods and services for park and recreation agencies 70 MARKETPLACE 75 INDEX TO aDVERTISERS 76 PARK BENCH Bryan Park Celebrates a Centennial Cover: Oil cleaning operation on Pensacola Beach Photo by Dreamstime Contents