Wilderness science in a time of change conference-Volume 4: Wilderness visitors, experiences, and visitor management; 1999 May 23-27; Missoula, MT

Abstract

Thirty-seven papers are presented on wilderness visitors, experiences, and visitor management. Three overview papers synthesize knowledge and research about wilderness visitors, management of visitor experiences, and wilderness recreation planning. Other papers contain the results of specific research projects on wilderness visitors, information and education, and visitor management.

Titles contained within Wilderness science in a time of change conference-Volume 4: Wilderness visitors, experiences, and visitor management; 1999 May 23-27; Missoula, MT

• Wilderness visitors, experiences, and visitor management
• The role of science in wilderness planning: a state-of-knowledge review
• Defining and managing the quality of wilderness recreation experiences
• Wilderness use in the year 2000: societal changes that influence human relationships with wilderness
• How do visitor density and anthropogenic change in frontcountry wilderness settings affect recreation benefits?
• Noise impact issues on the Great Walks of New Zealand
• Leave no trace practices: behaviors and preferences of wilderness visitors regarding use of cookstoves and camping away from lakes
• Examining winter visitor use in Yellowstone National Park
• Measures of wilderness trip satisfaction and user perceptions of crowding
• An individual-based modeling approach to simulating recreation use in wilderness settings
• Relationships between trip motivations and selected variables among Allegheny National forest visitors
• An expanded perspective on displacement: A longitudinal study of visitors to two wildernesses in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon
• Visitor's knowledge of federal wilderness: implications for wilderness user research and management
• Meanings and implications of acceptability judgements for wilderness use impacts
• Developing social standards for wilderness encounters in Mount Rainier National Park: Manager-defined versus visitor-defined standards
• Donations as an alternative to wilderness user fees: the case of the desolation wilderness
• The rise of the day visitor in wilderness: should managers be concerned?
• Examining leisure event opportunities of Isle Royale National Park: bridging the gap between social process and spatial form
• Response to conflict among wilderness visitors
• Perceptions of and preferences for fee program dollar utilization among wilderness visitors
• Effective coping strategies in stressful outdoor recreation situations: conflict on the Ocoee River
• Recreational kayak visitor use, distribution, and financial value of beaches in western Prince William Sound, Alaska, between 1987-1998
• Visitors' relationship to the resource: comparing place attachment in wildland and developed settings
• Wilderness on the internet: identifying wilderness information domains
• Magazines as wilderness information sources: assessing users' general wilderness knowledge and specific leave no trace knowledge
• Factors that limit compliance with low-impact recommendations
• Attitudes toward roles in a wilderness education program
• Communicating minimum impact behavior with trailside bulletin boards: Visitor characteristics associated with effectiveness
• Information collection styles of wilderness users: a market segmentation approach
• Preparing for a day hike at Grand Canyon: what is useful?
• Monitoring social indicators in the Bear Trap Canyon Wilderness 1988-1998
• Standards of quality for river use within the Fort Niobrara wilderness area
• Keeping wilderness wild: increasing effectiveness with limited resources
• Winter visitor use planning in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
• Wilderness education: an updated review of the literature and new directions for research and practice
• Current approaches to norms research
• Wilderness party size regulations: implications for management and a decisionmaking framework

Citation

Cole, David N.; McCool, Stephen F.; Borrie, William T.; O''Loughlin, Jennifer. 2000. Wilderness science in a time of change conference-Volume 4: Wilderness visitors, experiences, and visitor management; 1999 May 23-27; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-4. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 273 p.