Data on wilderness experience stewardship from a 2001-2002 visitor survey at Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve

Research Data Product File Index

File Folder Description
_metadata_RDS-2015-0038.html   Metadata file in HTML format containing a description of the content, quality, and other characteristics of the data.
_metadata_RDS-2015-0038.xml   Metadata file in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format containing a description of the content, quality, and other characteristics of the data.
interview_data.pdf \Data\PhaseI Adobe Acrobat PDF/a containing the compiled transcripts of the 32 interviews for Phase I. Interviews are complete and transcribed verbatim.
XXXXXXXX.wav \Data\PhaseI\soundfiles Fourteen WAV sound files of interview excerpts. See sound_file_records.csv for a description of what is in each excerpt. (where XXXXXXXX represents the filenames which are randomly assigned series of numbers and letters)
sound_file_records.csv \Data\PhaseI\soundfiles Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing a list of the topics of each sound file excerpt.
commercial_data.csv \Data\PhaseII Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing the response data from the 18 mail back surveys of commercial operators.
recreation_data.csv \Data\PhaseII Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing the response data from the 201 respondents to the mail back survey sent to identified Park visitors.
CFX_Visitor_Counts.csv \Data\PhaseII\frontend_data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing field data collected at the Coldfoot access point. Traffic counters were also used along the Dalton Highway entrance to the Park, during the front-end of Phase II data collection.
FAI_Use_Estimation.csv \Data\PhaseII\frontend_data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing reported use numbers by flight services out of Fairbanks into the Park.
FAI_Visitor_Counts.csv \Data\PhaseII\frontend_data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing field data collected in Fairbanks, through on-site contact and cooperation with commercial flight services, during the front-end of Phase II data collection.
Front_End_Data.csv \Data\PhaseII\frontend_data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing response data from direct interaction with visitors during the front-end data collection. Contact was made by field researchers at and around the Coldfoot visitor center, and in Fairbanks, at the east-ramp airstrip.
Access_Report.pdf \Supplements Adobe Acrobat PDF/a containing the pre-project publication with important information on access points in the Park.
Commercial_Survey.pdf \Supplements Adobe Acrobat PDF/a file containing the original survey document used in collecting the commercial_data.csv. This survey is in a format such that it could be printed as a booklet, therefore the questions are seemingly out-of-order.
Frontend_Survey_Sample_Sched.pdf \Supplements Adobe Acrobat PDF/a file containing the survey instrument and sampling schedule for data collected at park access points.
PhaseI_Report_PhaseII_Plan.pdf \Supplements Adobe Acrobat PDF/a file containing the final report of the findings from the phase I study, as well as the plan for the phase II study.
PhaseII_Final_Report.pdf \Supplements Adobe Acrobat PDF/a file containing the final report from the phase II portion of the project.
Recreation_Survey.pdf \Supplements Adobe Acrobat PDF/a file containing the original survey document used in collecting the recreation_data.csv. This survey is in a format such that it could be printed as a booklet, therefore the questions are seemingly out-of-order.