Title:

John Muir Wilderness and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness: 1990 visitor survey data

Author(s):

Watson, Alan E.; Niccolucci, Michael J.; Williams, Daniel R.

Publication Year:

2014

How to Cite:

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Watson, Alan E.; Niccolucci, Michael J.; Williams, Daniel R. 2014. John Muir Wilderness and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness: 1990 visitor survey data. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2014-0021

Abstract:

A long-term problem that confronted wilderness managers in the early 1990s, and continues today, is the displeasure hikers express about meeting recreational livestock (primarily horses and mules) and seeing impacts of stock use. This data set contains the responses from a visitor survey of 891 participants who spent time in Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness or John Muir Wilderness during 1990. Participants were a mix of hikers and stock users, and much of the information gathered was in regard to hiker/stock user interaction and preference.

Keywords:

stock users; hikers; user conflict; wilderness experience; recreation; ALWRI; Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute; biota; economy; environment; society; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Environment and People; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Natural Resource Management & Use; California; Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness; John Muir Wilderness; Sequoia National Park; Kings Canyon National Park; SEKI; Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

Related publications:

• Watson, Alan E.; Niccolucci, Michael J. 199202. Place of residence and hiker-horse conflict in the Sierras. p. 71-71. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/28064 In: Chavez, Deborah J. (technical coordinator). 1992. Proceedings of the Symposium on Social Aspects and Recreation Research. General Technical Report (GTR). PSW-GTR-132. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. February 19-22, 1992, Ontario, California; 96 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/PSW-GTR-132
• Watson, Alan E.; Niccolucci, Michael J.; Williams, Daniel R. 1993. Hikers and Recreational Stock Users: Predicting and Managing Recreation Conflicts in Three Wildernesses. Research Paper. INT-468. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 35 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/INT-RP-468
• Watson, Alan E.; Niccolucci, Michael J.; Williams, Daniel R. 1994. The nature of conflict between hikers and recreational stock users in the John Muir wilderness. Journal of leisure research. 26(4): 372-385. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/23588 https://doi.org/10.1080/00222216.1994.11969968

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Visit count : 168 0
Download count: 12
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