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    • Title:
    Social conditions and visitor flow data for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (1st Edition)
    Author(s):
    Douglas, Mark L.; Borrie, William T.; Watson, Alan E.
    Publication Year:
    2014
    How to Cite:
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    Douglas, Mark L.; Borrie, William T.; Watson, Alan E. 2014. Social conditions and visitor flow data for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. 1st Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2014-0010
    Abstract:
    Social conditions and visitor flows on the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) on the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota were monitored during the seasons of greatest visitor use (May-September) in 2010 and 2011. In 2010, four spatially defined areas within BWCAW were observed by technicians and both the number of encounters and typical visitor behavior were approximated. During the day travel encounters on the water were observed, and in the early mornings and evenings both campsite encounters and occupancy conditions were recorded. The qualities of other relevant variables were also measured such as weather and aircraft over-flights. In 2011 all trip leaders of permitted overnight boating trips into the BWCAW were contacted and invited to complete an online or hard copy survey reporting their trip itinerary such as lakes visited, length of stay, and party size as well as other variables related to their wilderness trip such as number and type of watercraft used.

    Keywords:
    social conditions; visitor flows; management; visitor monitoring; limits of acceptable change; LAC; planning; boundaries; environment; inlandWaters; location; society; transportation; Environment and People; Recreation; Natural Resource Management & Use; Wilderness; Minnesota; Superior National Forest; Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
    Related publications:
    • Douglas, Mark L.; Sanchez-Trigueros, Fernando; Borrie, William T.; Watson, Alan E.; Christensen, Neal A. Unpublished material. Social conditions, visitor flow & travel simulation model for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Technical report available March 31, 2020. (Included in the full data publication download \Supplements\Final_BWCAW_2010-2012_report_2020.pdf and is referred to as 'BWCAW technical report' throughout the rest of the metadata.).
    • Douglas, Mark L.; Sanchez-Trigueros, Fernando; Borrie, William T.; Watson, Alan E.; Christensen, Neal A. 2020. Social conditions, visitor flow & travel simulation model for the Boundary Waters Canoe and Wilderness. 2nd Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2014-0010-2
    Metrics:
    Visit count : 249
    Download count: 33
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