Author: Wilbur F. LaPage
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 28
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →S2Several years ago the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station began a long-term study of per- capita camping participation. The objectives of the research were to identify campers with increasing or decreasing camping participation and to determine the causes of those trends. S3.
Author: David N. Cole
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-11-19
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9780260625755
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Trends in Campsite Condition: Eagle Cap Wilderness, Bob Marshall Wilderness, and Grand Canyon National Park The field methods and periods of study also varied between areas. The periods between measurements were 11 years in the Eagle Cap, 9 years in the Bob Marshall, and 5 years in the Grand Canyon. Couse quently, each area is treated as a separate case study. As will become apparent, the patterns of change that occurred on these campsites are complex. Con sequently, the results are presented in considerable detail for the interested reader. Others might find it easier to skip over much of the detail, concentrating on the conclusions presented at the end of each case study (pages 12, 20, and 30) and the discussion and management implications section. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: David N. Cole
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Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This report brings together seven case studies of trends in the number and condition of wilderness campsites over periods ranging from 13 to 32 years. Case examples come from five mountainous wilderness areas in the western United States: Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness in California, the Eagle Cap Wilderness in Oregon, the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho and the Selway-Bitterroot and Lee Metcalf Wilderness in Montana, as well as Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and Caney Creek Wilderness in Arkansas. The case studies used two different research designs. In one design, small samples of campsites were selected and studied in detail, making it possible to detect relatively small changes in condition. The other approach involved inventorying all campsites in an area and collecting rudimentary data on the condition of each campsite. This approach provides insight into landscape-scale change in the number and condition of campsites but the relatively imprecise measures of campsite conditions do not provide reliable information on campsite change at the scale of individual sites. Most of these studies suggest that aggregate campsite impact increased for much of the latter twentieth century, but that by the first decade of the twenty-first century, this trend reversed. Campsite impacts have recently plateaued or declined in most wildernesses in this compilation. In the most extreme cases, campsite improvement reflects (1) successful implementation of a use concentration or containment strategy, and (2) an active wilderness ranger program, involving obliteration of unnecessary or poorly located campsites and maintenance and cleaning of established campsites.