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Trends in recreational use of national forest wilderness /

Margaret Petersen, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Ogden, Utah), United States.

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Trends in recreational use are useful as predictors of the need for future management decisions.As more land has been added to the National Forest Wilderness System, increases in use have occurred primarily on areas established by 1965.Visitor use of the areas designated by 1965 has been increasing at an average rate of 4 percent per year.

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Trends in recreational use are useful as predictors of the need for future management decisions.As more land has been added to the National Forest Wilderness System, increases in use have occurred primarily on areas established by 1965.Visitor use of the areas designated by 1965 has been increasing at an average rate of 4 percent per year.

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Trends in recreational use are useful as predictors of the need for future management decisions.As more land has been added to the National Forest Wilderness System, increases in use have occurred primarily on areas established by 1965.Visitor use of the areas designated by 1965 has been increasing at an average rate of 4 percent per year.

Key concepts: Wilderness, Recreation, National forest, Wilderness area, Recreational use, Geography, Forestry, Environmental planning

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