Visitor Characteristics and Preferences for Three National Forest Wildernesses inthe South

摘要

Visitors to three National Forest wildernesses in the South were surveyed in 1989and 1990 to learn their characteristics and to determine how their wilderness experiences were influenced by conditions in wilderness. Visitors had different characteristics at each of the three areas and differed from visitors studied earlier at other wildernesses. This report provides knowledge on current visitation for planning future educational programs, selecting wilderness quality indicators for Limits of Acceptable Change applications, and establishing management objectives for experience-related issues.