Date of Award:
2001
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department name when degree awarded
Recreation Resource Management
Advisor/Chair:
Mark Brunson
Abstract
This thesis reports the results of a project which identified differences in characteristics of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument user groups as they related to their perceptions of how they experience the Monument as recreationists. It explored opinions of four groups: hikers vs. hunters and pre-designation users vs. post-designation users. Responses of these groups were compared for attribution of perceived resource damage, feelings of crowding, acceptability of management action, and importance of identified monument values to their visit. In addition, characteristics of the users were examined to determine if demographic characteristics accounted for differences in perception toward the resources. Finally, how these groups perceived grazing livestock and multiple uses on the monument was examined. Significant differences were found between most categories in hunters and hikers. Predesignation visitors and post-designation visitors differed only in a few categories.
Recommended Citation
Palmer, Lael, "Recreation, Livestock Grazing, and Protected Resource Values in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument" (2001). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1430.
http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1430
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Comments
This work made publicly available electronically on January 18, 2013.