Title:

Shining Rock Wilderness: 1990 visitor survey data

Author(s):

Watson, Alan E.; Cole, David N.; Roggenbuck, Joseph W.; Stubbs, Christopher J.

Publication Year:

2018

How to Cite:

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Watson, Alan E.; Cole, David N.; Roggenbuck, Joseph W.; Stubbs, Christopher J. 2018. Shining Rock Wilderness: 1990 visitor survey data. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2018-0011

Abstract:

This data publication contains 1990 survey data for two different studies conducted in the Shining Rock Wilderness, which is in the Pisgah National Forest of western North Carolina. The first is a trend study to understand changes in visitor characteristics and the other was a study to understand knowledge and behavior about campsite selection and low-impact camping. Data for the ‘trend study’ were collected through a survey of visitors to the Shining Rock Wilderness. Visitors were contacted at trailheads, and those that agreed to participate in the study received a mailback survey, resulting in two data sets from two different survey instruments: visitor contact data and mailback survey data. Data for the second, ‘behavior and knowledge study’, was obtained from contacts and observations at campsites by Wilderness rangers. Two data sets (from two different survey instruments) were the result of the onsite information and observations and the mailback survey.

Keywords:

wilderness visitor use; use characteristics; visitor perceptions; use conditions; use trends; visitor preferences; wilderness management; low-impact knowledge; behavioral intentions; low-impact education; biota; boundaries; environment; health; planningCadastre; society; transportation; Environment and People; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Natural Resource Management & Use; Wilderness; Shining Rock Wilderness; North Carolina; Pisgah National Forest; eastern wilderness

Related publications:

• Cole, David N.; Watson, Alan E.; Roggenbuck, Joseph W. 1995. Trends in wilderness visitors and visits: Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Shining Rock, and Desolation Wildernesses. Research Paper. INT-RP-483. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 38 p. (included in the full data publication download \Supplements\Cole_et_al_1995_Trends_BW_Deso.pdf). http://leopold.wilderness.net/pubs/273.pdf
• Roggenbuck, Joseph W.; Stubbs, Christopher J. 1991. Changes in Wilderness Visits, Visitors, Problems and Preferences at Shining Rock Wilderness: 1978 and 1990. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Wilderness Research Unit Forestry Sciences Laboratory. Report for RJVA No. INT-90476-RJVA (included in the full data publication download \Supplements\Roggenbuck_et_al_1991_Shining_Rock_Final_Report.pdf).
• Stubbs, Christopher J.; Roggenbuck, Joseph W. 1992. Assessing and improving wilderness recreationists' low-impact knowledge, behavior intentions, and behavior. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Wilderness Research Unit Forestry Sciences Laboratory. Report for RJVA No. INT-90476-RJVA (included in the full data publication download \Supplements\Stubbs_Roggenbuck_1992_RJVA_Report.pdf).
• More (5 total)

Metrics:

Visit count : 131 0
Download count: 8
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