Title:

Relative recreation use in National Forest System firesheds from 2015-2023

Author(s):

Lehr, Jacob B.; White, Eric M.; Winder, Samantha G.; Wood, Spencer A.

Publication Year:

2025

How to Cite:

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Lehr, Jacob B.; White, Eric M.; Winder, Samantha G.; Wood, Spencer A. 2025. Relative recreation use in National Forest System firesheds from 2015-2023. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2025-0042

Abstract:

This data publication contains vector data, provided as a shapefile and a geopackage, representing relative visitation estimated at the fireshed level within each unit and region of the National Forest System (NFS). This includes all lands managed by the USDA Forest Service located within the contiguous United States and Alaska. Relative visitation was estimated using digital mobility data (geolocated social media posts and mobile phone location data). Data include estimates of average annual visitation to each fireshed between 2015 and 2023, relative to all the others in each USDA Forest Service (USFS) unit and NFS region for 2,793 NFS fireshed polygons.

Keywords:

environment; society; Environment and People; Recreation; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Assessments; Natural Resource Management & Use; Ecosystem services; Landscape management; digital mobility data; firesheds; contiguous United States; Alaska

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• English, Donald E.; White, Eric M.; Bowker, J. M.; Winter, Susan A. 2020. A Review of the Forest Service’s National Visitor Use Monitoring (NVUM) Program. Agriculture and Resource Economics Review. 49(1): 64-90. https://doi.org/10.1017/age.2019.27
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Download count: 1
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