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User perceptions of rationing in the Mt. Jefferson and Eagle Cap Wilderness Areas

Creator:: Petersen, Margaret
Abstract:: Allocating use in wilderness by rationing is one way to control crowding and resource deterioration problems. The wilderness user's perception of wilderness management systems is vital to effective management decisions when overuse problems arise. The purpose of this study was to determine which direct rationing systems users preferred. The five...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Resource allocation and the ability to pay : a case study of float permits in Hells Canyon

Creator:: Danley, Mark Stephen
Abstract:: Rationing float use on many of the nation's whitewater rivers is a significant issue in recreation management. Alleged inequities in the rationing policies used in Hells Canyon National Recreation Area prompted an evaluation of procedures for allocating private and commercial float use on the Hells Canyon portion of the Snake...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Post-fire recreation management in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness

Creator:: Brown, Ryan N. K.
Abstract:: Natural events such as wildfires, floods, and storms can significantly alter the short-term structure and functioning of natural systems. Recreation in wilderness areas is one instance in which individuals are directly exposed to post-disturbance landscapes. Consequently, public land managers may be faced with a different set of challenges stemming from...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Wilderness in Oregon. Data on recreational users of a wilderness area were collected by administering an

Encounter norms in more developed river settings

Creator:: Martinson, Kristen S.
Abstract:: Much of the research on social carrying capacity in recreation settings has focused on backcountry or primitive areas where recreationists' perceptions of social contact are a critical element of a quality experience. A challenge now facing resource managers and planners is to apply what has been learned about social carrying...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Interest group evaluations of ecological, social, and management criteria for wilderness campsites

Creator:: Shindler, Bruce A.
Abstract:: Extensive use of wilderness campsites has caused resource deterioration in numerous backcountry locations. Resource managers are responsible for maintaining natural wilderness-like conditions in these areas and providing opportunities for the public to use and enjoy them. This requires that realistic standards for resource impacts be determined and that publicly supported...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Direct stakeholder perceptions of collaboration, indicators, and compliance associated with the wilderness best management practices in Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness, Alaska

Creator:: Pomeranz, Emily F.
Abstract:: Increasingly popular methods for managing impacts of tourism in nature-based settings include collaborative and voluntary codes of conduct. In southeast Alaska, for example, the Tourism Best Management Practices (TBMP) in Juneau and Wilderness Best Management Practices (WBMP) in Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness have been created to address shore and marine...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: character of this wilderness area was being threatened by vessel traffic, especially cruise ships. Most

Wild Waters : Perspectives on Oregon’s Marine Reserves as Marine Wilderness Areas

Creator:: Johnston, Jennifer R.
Abstract:: Designation of areas as marine wilderness has been proposed as a strategy for managing the increasing threats facing the world’s oceans. Although social factors influence marine protected area success, the human dimensions of marine wilderness remain minimally explored. This thesis examines views of marine wilderness expressed by a representative sample...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: marine protected area success, the human dimensions of marine wilderness remain minimally explored

Diversity in the Outdoors : Student Attitudes About Wilderness in the National Outdoor Leadership School

Creator:: Gress, Sara
Abstract:: America for the past few decades, yet participation has continued to be dominated by White, upper-class individuals. These similar disparities exist in general outdoor recreation participation, with individuals from race and/or ethnic minority groups participating in outdoor recreation activities less than Whites. Research in the leisure field has revealed that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Attitudes About Wilderness in the National Outdoor Leadership School

Beliefs and attitudes influence willingness to pay recreation fees at an urban forest : incorporating attitudes in contingent valuation methods

Creator:: Moehrke, Caitlin
Abstract:: The current thesis presents contingent valuation research incorporating social psychological measures that investigates recreationists' willingness to pay recreation access fees at McDonald-Dunn Forest, Oregon. Context is provided through an extensive literature review of recreation fee management, issues and concerns related to recreation fees, recreationists' attitudes toward fees, relevant social psychological...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: at a popular wilderness area in Oregon. However, research studies concerning visitor displacement

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User perceptions of rationing in the Mt. Jefferson and Eagle Cap Wilderness Areas

Resource allocation and the ability to pay : a case study of float permits in Hells Canyon

Post-fire recreation management in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness

Encounter norms in more developed river settings

Interest group evaluations of ecological, social, and management criteria for wilderness campsites

Direct stakeholder perceptions of collaboration, indicators, and compliance associated with the wilderness best management practices in Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness, Alaska

Wild Waters : Perspectives on Oregon’s Marine Reserves as Marine Wilderness Areas

Diversity in the Outdoors : Student Attitudes About Wilderness in the National Outdoor Leadership School

Beliefs and attitudes influence willingness to pay recreation fees at an urban forest : incorporating attitudes in contingent valuation methods

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