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Publication Details

Title:
Data from a 1972 visitor survey in the Desolation Wilderness to determine baseline visitor characteristics, and preferences for wilderness conditions and experience
Author(s):
Lucas, Robert C.
Publication Year:
2018
How to Cite:
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Lucas, Robert C. 2018. Data from a 1972 visitor survey in the Desolation Wilderness to determine baseline visitor characteristics, and preferences for wilderness conditions and experience. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2018-0031
Abstract:
This package contains baseline data for visitor characteristics, activities and preferences collected as part of a 1972 survey of visitors to the Desolation Wilderness in the Sierra Nevada of northern California. Permit data and mailback surveys were used to provide the data from a systematic sample of visitors with the required use permit (permit holders). Questions asked of respondents in the mailback survey pertained to visitor characteristics (e.g., education, occupation), activities (e.g., length of stay, method of travel), and preferences (e.g., satisfaction, attitudes toward conditions).

Keywords:
boundaries; environment; planningCadastre; society; Environment and People; Recreation; Social values, ethics; Natural Resource Management & Use; Wilderness; hikers; visitors; permit holders; permit compliance; visitor preferences; wilderness; resource use; management; management planning; solitude; trends; Desolation Wilderness; California; Lake Tahoe; The Sierra Nevada
Related publications:
  • Lucas, Robert C. 1980. Use patterns and visitor characteristics, attitudes, and preferences in nine wilderness and other roadless areas. Research Paper. INT-RP-253. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 89 p. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/47876 https://doi.org/10.2737/INT-RP-253
  • Watson, Alan E.; Daigle, John J. 2017. Data from a 1990 visitor survey in the Desolation Wilderness to determine visitor trends, and preferences for wilderness conditions and experience. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0057
  • Cole, David N.; Watson, Alan E.; Roggenbuck, Joseph W. 1995. Trends in Wilderness Visitors and Visits: Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Shining Rock, and Desolation Wilderness. Research Paper. INT-RP-483. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 44 p. http://leopold.wilderness.net/pubs/273.pdf
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Metrics:
Visit count : 131
Download count: 4
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