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...
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. ;<br> Wilderness areas - - California - - Recreational use. ;<br> Wilderness areas - - Montana - - Recreational use. ;<br> Wilderness area users - - California - -...
Visitors to two wildernesses -- the heavily-used Desolation Wilderness in California and the lightly-used Spanish Peaks Primitive Area in Montana -- were surveyed. Although visitors to both areas had common images of wilderness in a general sense,...
Camp sites, facilities, etc. -- Montana. ; <br> Camp sites, facilities, etc. -- Oregon.
Changes in the number and condition of campsites were monitored for 12 to 16 years in portions of the Lee Metcalf, Selway-Bitterroot, and Eagle Cap Wildernesses. The number of campsites increased by 53 to 123 percent, indicating that campsite...
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...
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...
FERC says 'yes' to Kerr Dam relicensing agreement; Irrigation O and M to be discussed August 9; The budget: 'We're out of money. There will have to be sacrifices'; Unusually dry weather visits Reservation, brings hazards; 87th Arlee pow wow called...
Wilderness areas - - Rocky Mountains - - Congresses. ;<br> Air - - Pollution - - Standards - - Rocky Mountains - - Congresses. ;<br> Trees - - Effect of pollution on - - Rocky Mountains - - Congresses.
This document is the product of an ongoing effort begun at a 4-day workshop sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Region of the USDA Forest Service, held in December 1990 in Estes Park, Colorado. Workshop participants gathered in groups to work on...
Wilderness areas -- Recreational use. ; <br> Wilderness area users.
Nearly 500 visitors to four wildernesses--The Bob Marshall in Montana, the Bridger in Wyoming, the High Uintas in Utah, and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) in Minnesota--completed a questionnaire designed to obtain data on four parameters of...
Trends from 1970 to 1982 in the Bob Marshall Wilderness complex of three adjacent wildernesses were analyzed. Data on use characteristics, use distribution, visitor characteristics, and visitor attitudes were compared. The greatest changes were...
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...
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...