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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Wilderness Visitors, Experiences, and Management Preferences: How They Vary With Use Level and Length of Stay

Wilderness Visitors, Experiences, and Management Preferences: How They Vary With Use Level and Length of Stay

Hall, Troy E.
Cole, David N.

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ISBN10: 1511540109
ISBN13: 9781511540100
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jun 25 2015
Pages: 66
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.14 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
We explore the extent to which visitor experiences and management preferences vary between the most heavily used places in wilderness and places that are less popular. We also contrast day and overnight users. The study was conducted in Forest Service administered wildernesses in Oregon and Washington using both on-site and mailback questionnaires. The on-site questionnaires were administered as visitors exited the wilderness at 36 trailheads in 13 wildernesses. The trail use ranged from very high to moderate. To include visitors who selected low use trails, we sent mailback questionnaires to self-issue permit holders. We describe visitor characteristics, trip characteristics, motivations and experiences, encounters with other groups, attitudes toward recreation management, and opinions about the Forest Service. Differences related to use level were surprisingly small. Differences between day and overnight users were also small. We found evidence that wilderness experiences were adversely affected at high use locations but most visitors consider these effects to be of little importance. Most visitors to the more popular places make psychological adjustments to heavy use, allowing most of them to find solitude and have what they consider a real wilderness experience. Consequently, most are not supportive of use limits to avoid peoplerelated problems. We draw conclusions about potential indicators, standards, and management actions for heavily-used places in wilderness.

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