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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:: . Wilderness attitude constructs and definitions……….…………………..…………..10 3

Creator:: Cole, David N., Watson, Alan E., Hall, Troy E., Spildie, David R., and Rocky Mountain Research Station (Ogden, Utah)
Abstract:: Six high-use destination areas were studied in the Alpine Lakes, Mount Jefferson, and Three Sisters Wildernesses in Washington and Oregon. Exit interviews were conducted with visitors, and recreation impacts and visitor encounter rates between groups were quantified. Encounter rates were extremely high and impacts were substantial but localized. Visitors were...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

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

Creator:: Hall, Troy E.
Abstract:: Three studies were performed in Oregon wildernesses. The first used wilderness permit and trailhead registration data to evaluate trends in use of Three Sisters, Mt. Jefferson, and Eagle Cap Wildernesses from 1976 to 1994. Recreational visitor days were found to have declined, but the number of visits increased dramatically, because...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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

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

Creator:: Lee, Martha Eugenia
Abstract:: The concept of marketing, with its primary focus on meeting customer needs, is being adopted by federal agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service who are in the business of providing, among other things, recreation opportunities for their visiting public. Although not a new concept, the notion of applying marketing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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

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