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Abstract
Millions of Americans enjoy recreating in the outdoors. In 2017, 49 percent of the United States (U.S.) population participated in at least one outdoor activity (Outdoor Foundation 2018). The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (2017) estimates there were 148 million visits to national forests during fiscal year 2016. In 2018, there were more than 318.2 million visits to national parks (Ziesler 2019). Across all national park units in Colorado, recreation visits totaled more than 7.6 million in 2018, the largest proportion of which were to Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado - which shares a border with the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests - with nearly 4.6 million visitors (Ziesler 2019).
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Keywords
adaptation,
Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests,
disturbances,
ecosystem services,
fire,
flooding,
forest planning,
forest resources,
infrastructure,
insects,
Pike-San Isabel National Forests,
socioeconomic,
resource management,
water resources,
wildfire,
wildlife
Citation
Sánchez, José J.; Huber, Christopher; Loomis, John. 2024. Effects of climate change on outdoor recreation benefits in the Pike-San Isabel and Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests (Chapter 12). In: Hanberry, Brice B., ed. Colorado Front Range climate change vulnerability assessment for National Forests. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-438. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 413-453.
