The Fifth Biennial Linear Parks Conference was held in Boone, North Carolina, on September 8-11, 1993. Contributors to the proceedings are Edward T. McMahon; Sidonio Costa Pardal; Nancy K. Robinson; Peter S. Szabo; Jim Fox; Sharon Kashkin and Gene Brothers; William E. Shepherd and Lynn Crafts; Janet Scheid; Richard Posner; Bonj Szczygiel; Harry L. Baker; William L. Flournoy Jr.; Thomas Yahner and Daniel Joseph Nadenicek; Terry Seyden; Eugene C. Figg Jr.; Neil P. Korostoff and Tom Yahner; Philip A. Grant Jr.; and Lisle S. Mitchell.