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Excerpt from High-Use Destinations in Wilderness: Social and Biophysical Impacts, Visitor Responses, and Management Options
Management responses to problems at high-use destinations are determined to a great extent by agency policy and tradition (fish and Bury National Park Service wilderness managers are much more likely to adopt a regulatory management program than managers of other agencies Considerable varia tion in response appears to result from personal opin ion and, in almost all cases, actions are taken without much pre-existing data on the nature and extent of the problems being attacked.
Decisions about management of high-use destina tions should be based on a thorough understanding of levels of human impact in the area and the effects on visitors of conditions and of management responses to those conditions. Various management options should be considered regarding the improvements they might bring about and the costs of those actions - denied access, displacement of use and impact, and manage ment obtrusiveness. Managers need to answer such questions as.
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