A Handbook for Conducting Recreation Surveys and Calculating Attendance at Corps of Engineers Projects.
Abstract
The Handbook describes survey and analytical techniques that will enable the Corps of Engineers to standardize estimation of recreation visitation. A major finding in the final report of the Midwest Research Institute (MRI) (Technical Report R-78-2) was that each Corps District and project essentially had developed its own procedures for collecting visitation data for the Recreation Resource Management System (RRMS). The procedures described in this Handbook utilizes the best of these techniques with several minor changes that will improve the quality of the visitation data. The collection, analysis, and reporting of recreation use information will be accomplished by use of on-site recreation surveys and measurement of traffic by traffic counters. These data will be supplemented with information obtained from other sources, including observations by resource management personnel at the project. Estimating visitation at remote areas presents a difficult problem at most projects. To make such an estimate, managers are encouraged to evaluate how visitors travel to a project (e.g., automobiles carrying hunters for waterfowl hunting, etc.) and develop load factors that might be appropriate to this type of use.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA068677
Entities
People
- R. Chris Wyatt
- Raymond M. Mischon
Organizations
- MRIGlobal