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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"visitor impacts"”.
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An Adaptive Assessment of Visitor Impacts to Protected Areas
… aid in the adaptation and improvement of their visitor management strategies. Results from the Shenandoah National Park camping management study suggest that an established camping visitor containment strategy succeeded in reducing the areal extent of camping impacts while minimizing …
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Minimizing Visitor Impacts to Protected Lands: An Examination of Site Management and Visitor Education Methods
… two studies that explore different methods of visitor management in recreation. The management strategies studied here are both relatively indirect approaches intended to minimize the environmental and social impacts that visitors cause in protected areas. The Annapolis Rocks study focuses on …
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Fecal Coliform as an Indicator of Water Quality and Recreational Carrying Capacity At Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Visitor impacts on the Ozark National Scenic Riverways (ONSR) has been a continuing concern of the park management. Preliminary studies from 1980 indicated a postive relationship between levels of canoe use and fecal coliform densities. Water quality data were collected at seven locations on the …
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Visitor Impact Assessment and Management for Protected Areas in Central and South America
… inevitably resulting in natural resource impacts. The consequences of such impacts may include natural resource degradation, diminished aesthetic qualities, or decreased functionality of certain facilities like recreation sites and trails. Recreation ecology and visitor impact management …
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Assessing Recreation Impacts to Cliffs in Shenandoah National Park: Integrating Visitor Observation with Trail and Recreation Site Measurements
… accessible to the park's 1.2 million annual visitors. Consequently, visitor use of cliff areas has led to natural resource impacts, including marked decreases in size and vigor of known rare plant populations. Despite the clear ecological value and potential threats to the natural resources …