An annotated bibliography and evaluation of the literature on the effects of backcountry recreationists on wildlife. Literature was taken from biological, managerial, sociological, and popular publications. Orientation includes descriptions of...
Wildlife conservation United States. ; <br>Wildlife conservation -- United States. ; <br> Petroleum engineering -- United States. ; <br> Petroleum -- United States.
This report describes: (1) petroleum exploration, development, and production; (2) potential environmental disruptions; (3) effects of disruptions on wildlife behavior, habitat, and populations; and (4) strategies for minimizing and mitigating...
Wildlife conservation - - United States. ;<br> Fishery management - - United States.
A national assessment of wildlife and fish can be accomplished by completing three analytical components of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act: providing a statement of historical and current land, wildlife, and fish...
Outlines a procedure for fire management planning for parks; wilderness areas; and other wild, natural, or essentially undeveloped areas. Discusses background and philosophy of wilderness fire management, planning concepts, planning elements, and...
A comprehensive framework for assessing threats to wilderness is described. The framework is represented as a matrix of potential threats and attributes of wilderness character. Cells in the matrix represent the impacts of threats on each...
Wilderness areas -- United States -- Recreational use. ; <br> Wilderness area users -- United States -- Attitudes. ; <br> Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- United States.
Six high-use destination areas were studied in the Alpine Lakes, Mount Jefferson, and Three Sisters Wildernesses in Washington and Oregon. Exit interviews were conducted with visitors, and recreation impacts and visitor encounter rates between...
Wilderness areas -- United States -- Recreational use. ; <br> Forests and forestry -- United States -- Multiple use. ; <br> Wilderness areas -- United States -- Recreational use.
A wilderness management-by-objectives planning system is outlined. Through identification of standards, acceptable wilderness conditions are defined and appropriate management actions formulated. A case example is provided.
Wilderness areas -- United States -- Recreational use. ; <br> Conservation of natural resources -- United States. ; <br> Wilderness areas -- United States Management. ; <br> Camping -- United States.
Describes low-impact practices that can contribute to minimizing problems resulting from recreational use of wilderness and backcountry. Each practice is described and information is provided on such subjects as rationale for the practice,...
Wilderness areas -- United States -- Recreational use -- Statistics. ; <br> Wilderness area users -- United States -- Statistics. ; <br> Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.) ; <br> Shining Rock Wilderness (N. C.) ; <br>...
Changes in wilderness visitors were studied over 12- to 21-year periods in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, MN, Shining Rock, NC, and Desolation, CA. Only five of the 83 variables assessed changed consistently in all wildernesses. Visitor age and...
Wilderness areas -- United States -- Recreational use -- Bibliography. ; <br> Conservation of natural resources -- United States -- Bibliography. ; <br> Wilderness areas -- United States -- Management -- Bibliography.
Over 300 references on recreational impacts, impact management, and rehabilitation of impacted sites are briefly reviewed. Their implications for backcountry management are assessed. References are indexed by location, subject, and plant species...
Wilderness areas -- United States -- Management. ; <br> Hiking -- United States. ; <br> Packhorse camping -- United States.
Visitors to National Forest wildernesses in California and Indiana and to a National Park Service wilderness in California were surveyed In 1990 and 1991 to study the conflict between hikers and recreational stock users. Hikers' values for...
Wilderness areas -- Montana -- Recreational use. ; <br> Wilderness areas -- Montana -- Management.
An evaluation was made of an attempt by the managers of a portion of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness to influence visitors to redistribute themselves to more lightly used trailheads through an informational brochure. Use patterns did not change in...
Five forested vegetation types and one grassland in western Montana were subjected to experimental trampling. Changes in vegetational cover, number of species, mineral soil exposure, and soil penetration resistance were examined, as were responses...
Visitors to three National Forest wildernesses in the South were surveyed in 1989 and 1990 to learn their characteristics and to determine how their wilderness experiences were influenced by conditions in wilderness. Visitors had different...
Watershed management in the subalpine zone of Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico is described. Forest hydrology is briefly discussed, followed by an in-depth discussion and review of (1) field studies of the effects of watershed management practices...
This report describes the current status of 67 threatened, endangered, and vulnerable wildlife species in the Rocky Mountain Region. Known or potential reasons for population declines and species susceptibility are identified; and distributions,...
Vegetation mapping - - United States - - Remote sensing. ;<br> Forest mapping - - United States - - Remote sensing. ;<br> Remote sensing - - United States.
Vegetation greenness can be monitored at 1-km resolution for the conterminous United States through data obtained from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer on the NOAA-11 weather satellites. The data are used to calculate biweekly...
Vegetation dynamics - - Columbia River Watershed - - Simulation methods. ;<br> Forest dynamics - - Columbia River Watershed - - Simulation methods. ;<br> Plant succession - - Columbia River Watershed - - Simulation methods.
The Columbia River Basin Succession Model (CRBSUM) simulates broad-scale landscape changes as a consequence of various land management policies. CRBSUM is a coarse-scale, spatially explicit, deterministic model with stochastic properties that...
Vegetation classification -- Oregon -- Eagle Cap Wilderness.
Describes plant communities in two drainages of the Eagle Cap Wilderness, Wallowa Mountains, Oreg. Compositional data and implications for wilderness management are provided for 14 coniferous forest types and nine other community types. Four...
United States--Politics and government--20th century
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
Missoula, Montana 59801
Senator Mike Mansfield
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Mansfield:
R-1 7700
May 14, 1970
This is in further response to your April 21...