Recreation Use of the Ocala National Forest in Florida.

摘要

This study reports on a pilot test to estimate both mass and dispersed recreation use on a complex, heavily-used National Forest. Sampling procedures largely worked out in simpler situations were tested for a difficult sampling situation. The basic sampling plan used in the Virginia effort to estimate dispersed recreation use was modified, and a l-year study was conducted on the Ocala National Forest. In addition, a regression model tested by James and Ripley was used to estimate mass recreation use on heavily-used, unattended sites. Collectively, these methods provided a simultaneous test of techniques specified to yield acceptable estimates of all recreation use on the Ocala National Forest, and at the same time provided data on the users.