Wildland Recreation presents information for professional recreational resources managers. Contains additional chapters on new trends for coping with the increase in demand for outdoor recreational facilities, and international perspectives and ecotourism abroad. North American orientation.
Wildland Recreation and Resource Impacts.
IMPACTS TO RESOURCE COMPONENTS.
Soil.
Vegetation.
Wildlife.
Water.
IMPACT PATTERNS AND TRENDS.
Impact Patterns.
Trends in Wildland Recreation Use and Impacts.
FACTORS AFFECTING IMPACTS.
Environmental Durability.
Visitor Use.
MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES.
Strategies and Concepts of Management.
Monitoring Recreational Impacts.
Visitor Management.
Site Management.
International Impact Research and Management.
CONCLUSION.
A Lasting Impact.
Index.
William E. Hammitt, PhD, is a professor of wildland recreation in Clemson University's Department of Forest Resources and Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management.
David N. Cole, PhD, is a research biologist with the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute at the Rocky Mountain Research Station of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service.