The recreational use of the Colorado River within
the Grand Canyon National Park and National Monument
increased on the order of 60 to 70 per cent during each
year of the interval 1967 to 1970. Consequently, the U. S.
National Park Service instituted user limits to protect
and preserve the area commencing with the 1971 season.
This limit was established with limited data on the users
of the river or about their perceptions of the trip experience.
A need existed to collect and analyze this type of
data, and to suggest possible management alternatives.
This study used a mailed questionnaire to a random
sample of past participants in order to collect basic
socio-economic data. The analysis was based on a 65%
response rate, and consisted of individual question tabulation
and multivariate data -cluster analysis.
The data show background characteristics of the
participants, reasons for taking the trip, reactions to
the experience, perceptions of problems associated with
the trips, reactions to crowded conditions, and needs for
regulatory policy concerning user intensities.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/617590 |
| Date | 06 1900 |
| Creators | Boster, Mark Alan |
| Contributors | Department of Hydrology & Water Resources, The University of Arizona |
| Publisher | Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Technical Report |
| Source | Provided by the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources. |
| Rights | Copyright © Arizona Board of Regents |
| Relation | Technical Reports on Hydrology and Water Resources, No. 10 |
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