About Bud Surles Consulting Group

In 1983, award winning national and state parks exectutive, Bud Surles, began a firm called Rocky Mountain Outdoors.  This firm served both the public and private sectors of the Outdoor Recreation and Resort industries in long range planning, land planning, master planning of systems and individual parks, resort and park development, customer service, and forging public-private relationships. After a 15 year break from 1990 until 2006, in which Bud left his business to go into Christian ministry, mission work, and writing (www.kingdomroadministries.com), he began again to provide the highest level of expertise into the Parks, Resort, and Greenfield planning.  This time he was called back into the industry to plan, develop and operate the now nationally acclaimed Mill Creek Ranch Resort (www.millcreekranchresort.com).  Because of its national reputation, many have called Bud to provide his services once again to an industry in the state of change.  A new shift in the outdoor recreation paradigm calls for experience emerging from the highest levels of the industry and Bud Surles provides that experience.  From that need, Rocky Mountain Outdoors has re-emerged as Bud Surles Consulting Group.  Now Bud provides services for corporations, public agencies, and individuals in consulting for land development, site consultations, and leading seminars both in the Resort  and RV industries and for Christian ministry.

Biography of Bud Surles

Bud Surles is a seasoned business executive with an award-winning career in natural resource planning, design, development and management of public lands and private resorts. Integrity in business, a love of the land and a deep faith have combined to give Bud a heart for looking at land development in an exciting way. He has won national recognition for his management, development and leadership accomplishments. All of this spanning a career of over 30 years. Experience—aged to perfection. Ideas—clearly in the 21st century.

Projects and Accomplishments

• National Award Winner as State Park Director
• Highly Acclaimed Executive in the National Park Service
• Served in the National Park Service as Chief of Concessions Management
• Planned and Developed Parks and Resorts in Arkansas, Wyoming, South Dakota, Montana, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia, Oklahoma, Ohio, California, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas, as well as internationally.
• Recently completed planning, design, and development of Mill Creek Ranch Resort which in its first year has won many local, state, and national awards.
• See Projects and Testimonials

"I walk the land until it begins to speak to me," says Bud, "then I let its natural attributes dictate the plan and the carrying capacity of the project." The results have been beautiful resorts and parks all across our nation.

Bud Surles has a degree in Parks and Recreation from Texas A&M, a Masters of Divinity from TCU and a Doctor of Ministry from Denver Seminary. He has served as Director of Arkansas State Parks, as Assistant Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, Chief of Concessions Management for the NPS and Associate Director of the Rocky Mountain Region for the Park Service. He has owned his own private consulting company developing resorts and parks in throughout the Rocky Mountain Region and the U.S.  From an outfitter, to the halls of Congress, he has served the private and public sectors of the Outdoor Hospitality industry since 1968.  As a devout Christian, he has served his faith in the pulpit and in foreign mission fields. He is also a published author and acclaimed speaker.

Bud's services include:

• Greenfield planning
• Resort Planning
• Land Planning
• Master Plans for Public Park and Recreation Agencies
• RV Resort and Park Planning, Design, and Development
• Developing Public/Private Partnerships
• Concessions Management Planning
• Environmental sensitivity
• Development and development supervision
• Economic analysis

Consultations on your project are available. Call  1-888-282-0855.

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