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Pack to back: Investigating backpacking and other backcountry and wilderness activities, Natural Inquirer Monograph

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Abstract

Scientists explore how to best protect the environments they manage by balancing the number of visitors to the backcountry/wilderness areas. In this study, they wanted to answer two questions: 1) How many people in the United States are projected to participate in four backcountry and wilderness activities in 2016 compared with participation in 2008? 2) On average, how many days per year is each person projected to participate in 2016 compared with the number of days per year in 2008?

Keywords

social scientist, southern hemisphere, authorize, biodiversity, compromise, demographic, designate, designation, economy, habitation, increment, legacy, manipulation, primeval, primitive, project, random, refuge, remote, solitude, untrammeled

Citation

McDonald, B., Nickelsen, J. 2014. Pack to back: Investigating backpacking and other backcountry and wilderness activities, Natural Inquirer Monograph Series 9, FS-1032. Adapted from Cordell, H.K.; Bowker, J.M. 2012. Long-term projections of backcountry recreation use. International Journal of Wilderness. 19(2): 11-16.
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