Informing planning and management through visitor experiences in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
International Journal of Wilderness
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Abstract
Policies mandate that managers at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument must balance recreational opportunities with a variety of resource management and utilization activities across a vast and diverse landscape containing numerous Wilderness Study Areas and other lands containing spectacular resources. This balancing act is stressed by increasing levels of use and recent changes in management direction and policy. An understanding of visitor preferences and current social conditions is an essential component of recreation management; however, scant social science data exist for the Monument. This study used semistructured qualitative interviews to describe Monument visitors’ motivations, experiences, and perceptions to determine existing social conditions. Results can help inform possible indicators of quality that can be used for long-term monitoring and adaptive management of the Monument’s unique wilderness resource.
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Taff, D., Wimpey, J., Marion, J.L., Arredondo, J., Meadema, F., Schwartz, F., Lawhon, B., Dems, C., 2019, Informing planning and management through visitor experiences in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument: International Journal of Wilderness, v. 2, no. 25, p. 44-56, https://doi.org/.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Informing planning and management through visitor experiences in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument |
| Series title | International Journal of Wilderness |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 25 |
| Year Published | 2019 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | WILD Foundation |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 13 p. |
| First page | 44 |
| Last page | 56 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| Other Geospatial | Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument |