This article draws on three separate research and monitoring studies to describe 20-year trends in the number and condition of campsites in the backcountry of Grand Canyon National Park. Results are used to assess the effectiveness of a complex and innovative management program, adopted in 1983, that sought to concentrate use on designated campsites in popular places and disperse camping in mor...

Campsite impacts in protected natural areas are most effectively minimized by a containment strategy that focuses use on limited number of sustainable campsites spatially concentrate camping activities. This research employs spatial autoregressive (SAR) modeling to evaluate the relative influence use-related, environmental, and managerial factors two salient measures campsite impact. Relational...

We investigated recreational vehicle (RV) water reservoirs in response to a case of pneumonia in which Legionella pneumophila was cultured both from the patient and a RV reservoir in which he travelled. Water samples processed and cultured at the CDC according to standard protocol were positive for Legionella spp. in 4/17 (24%) faucets, 1/11 (9%) water tanks from 4/20 (20%) RVs from three diffe...

Landscapes and features of the everyday world were scarcely represented in Paleolithic art, especially those features associated with the human landscape (huts and campsites). On the contrary, other figurative motifs (especially animals) and signs, traditionally linked to the magic or religious conceptions of these hunter-gatherer societies, are the predominant themes of Upper Paleolithic art. ...

Although campsites are an important segment of the tourist sector, few applied articles have analyzed their growth path and tested Gibrat’s Law for firms within this industry. This knowledge can be importance to authorities when analyzing regional impacts in sector. With government statistics from last decade, we use a GMM framework test stricter version Law, which consist three parts: campsite...

In order for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to comply with the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), and better meet the needs of the public; a visitor satisfaction survey was conducted at 23 BLM recreation sites in 11 states during fiscal year 2008 (FY08). The survey was developed to measure each site's performance related to BLM GPRA Goal 3.1 Provide for a quality recreation exp...

This paper is the second in a sequence of two papers that report on descriptive and prescriptive research undertaken at Isle Royale National Park to support development of a new wilderness management plan at the Park. The first paper reports on the initial phase of study aimed at developing descriptive information on backcountry camping at Isle Royale using computer simulation modeling. The pre...

A limit on use is often practiced overnight in mountain national parks to reduce users’ environmental impact campgrounds and cabins or huts, where they spend most of their time. This study aims propose an appropriate management system mitigate the problems observed Daisetsuzan National Park’s unmanaged campsites. We looked into three Taiwan learn about established campground reservation system....