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Title:
Oral history of changes in wilderness conditions, use, and management in the Sequoia Kings Canyon National Parks: 2010 interviews
Author(s):
Steiner, Alison M.; Williams, Daniel R.; Fauth, Gregg D.; Watson, Alan E.
Publication Year:
2017
How to Cite:
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Steiner, Alison M.; Williams, Daniel R.; Fauth, Gregg D.; Watson, Alan E. 2017. Oral history of changes in wilderness conditions, use, and management in the Sequoia Kings Canyon National Parks: 2010 interviews. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0049
Abstract:
This data publication describes the condition, use, and management of the two wilderness areas within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI). The project examined local/experiential knowledge collected through oral history interviews in 2010 to track how the character and quality of the Parks’ wilderness, as well as visitors’ uses and experiences have changed over time. Included are recordings of the actual interviews, the field notes taken during the interview, as well as a transcript of the audio interviews.

Keywords:
biota; boundaries; environment; health; planningCadastre; society; Environment and People; Decision making, public involvement; History; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Natural Resource Management & Use; Conservation; Wilderness; experiential knowledge; management; wilderness conditions; wilderness use; wilderness managers; national park service managers; first-hand assessments; drivers of change; stewardship plan; Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks; United States of America; SEKI; Sequoia National Park; Kings Canyon National Park; California
Related publications:
  • Martin, Steve R.; Blackwell, Jessica; Watson, Alan E. 2014. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI) Wilderness: 2011 visitor survey data. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2014-0024
  • Steiner, Alison M.; Williams, Daniel R.; Fauth, Gregg D. Unpublished material. Fifty years of Wilderness management: The experiential knowledge of long-term wilderness users of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. December 2012; Included in full data publication download: \Supplements\Watson_et_al_2013_SEKI_Wilderness-Visitor_Perceptions_Trends.pdf. In: Watson, Alan; Martin, Steve; Blackwell, Jessica; Frenzel, Eric; Fauth, Gregg D.; Cole, David; Parsons, David J.; Steiner, Alison E.; Williams, Daniel R. Unpublished material. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI) Wilderness: Taking stock of visitor perceptions and trends, manager recollections, long-term observations and resource conditions. Included in full data publication download: \Supplements\Watson_et_al_2013_SEKI_Wilderness-Visitor_Perceptions_Trends.pdf.
Metrics:
Visit count : 253
Download count: 21
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