ARCHIVED DATA: Campsite Impacts
Campsites
Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT: Conditions were assessed on 35 widely-distributed campsites in 1981. In 1990, 29 of these sites were reexamined. In 2002, 19 of these sites were reexamined.
Download the following publication that describes trends between 1979 and 1990.
Cole, David N.; Hall, Troy E. 1992. Trends in campsite condition: Eagle Cap Wilderness, Bob Marshall Wilderness, and
Grand Canyon National Park. Res. Pap. INT-453. Ogden, UT: USDA For. Serv., Intermountain Research Station 40p.
Archived data will be available soon.
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Eagle Cap Wilderness, OR: One database has been developed from a study of 26 widely-distributed campsites that were first assessed in 1979. These sites were all reexamined in 1984 and 20 of them were assessed in 1990. All sites are being reexamined in 2005 and 2006.
Download the following publication that describes trends between 1979 and 1990.
Cole, David N.; Hall, Troy E. 1992. Trends in campsite condition: Eagle Cap Wilderness, Bob Marshall Wilderness, and
Grand Canyon National Park. Res. Pap. INT-453. Ogden, UT: USDA For. Serv., Intermountain Research Station 40p.
Archived data from 1979, 1984 and 1990 will be available soon.
A second dataset has been developed for all of the campsites in the drainages of the West Fork of the Wallowa River and Hurricane Creek (including most of the popular Lakes Basin). In 1975, all campsites were located. In 1990 and again in 2005 and 2006, all sites were located and rapid condition assessments were made. Rapid condition assessments for all the campsites around Mirror and Moccasin Lakes were also conducted in 1980.
Download the following publication that describes trends between 1975 and 1990.
Cole, David N. 1993. Campsites in three western wildernesses: proliferation and changes in condition over 12 to 16
years. Res. Pap. INT-463. Ogden, UT: USDA For. Serv., Intermountain Research Station 15p.
Archived data will be available soon.
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Grand Canyon National Park Backcountry, AZ: Conditions were assessed on 24 widely-distributed campsites in 1984. These sites were all reexamined in 1989 or 1990 and 22 of them were reassessed in 2005.
Download the following publication that describes trends between 1984 and 1990.
Cole, David N.; Hall, Troy E. 1992. Trends in campsite condition: Eagle Cap Wilderness, Bob Marshall Wilderness, and
Grand Canyon National Park. Res. Pap. INT-453. Ogden, UT: USDA For. Serv., Intermountain Research Station 40p.
Download the following publication that describes trends between 1984 and 2005.
Cole, David N.; Foti, Pam; Brown, Mathieu. 2008. Twenty years of change on campsites in the backcountry of Grand
Canyon National Park. Environmental Management 41:959-970.
Click here to access archived data from 1984, 1990 and 2005.
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Lee Metcalf Wilderness, MT: All of the campsites around many of the major lakes in the Spanish Peaks portion of the wilderness were assessed by Dr. Sid Frissell in 1972. These surveys were repeated in 1988 and again in 2004.
Download the following publication that describes trends between 1972 and 1988.
Cole, David N. 1993. Campsites in three western wildernesses: proliferation and changes in condition over 12 to 16
years. Res. Pap. INT-463. Ogden, UT: USDA For. Serv., Intermountain Research Station 15p.
Click here to access a report written after the 2004 survey.
Click here to access archived data and maps from 1972, 1988 and 2004. |
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Salmon River in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, ID: In 1995 and 1996, a systematic sample of campsites (every tenth site) was taken on the Middle Fork (11 campsites) and Main Salmon (13 campsites) river segments. All sites were reassessed between 2001 and 2004.
Click here to access a report written after the 2004 survey.
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San Rafael Wilderness, CA: In 1999, all of the campsites in a large portion of the San Rafael Wilderness were assessed.
Click here to access a report written after the 1999 survey.
Click here to access archived data.
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Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, ID, MT: Starting in the mid-1970s, all of the campsites in three drainages in the Montana portion of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness were assessed. Campsites in these three drainages (Sweeney Creek, Big Creek and Bear Creek) were reassessed in 1989 and then again in 2001 and 2002.
Download the following publication that describes trends between 1977 and 1989.
Cole, David N. 1993. Campsites in three western wildernesses: proliferation and changes in condition over 12 to 16
years. Res. Pap. INT-463. Ogden, UT: USDA For. Serv., Intermountain Research Station 15p.
Click here to access a report written after the 2002 survey.
Click here to access archived data and maps from 1977, 1989 and 2002.
A second dataset was developed for the Seven Lakes Basin in the Idaho portion of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. The Forest Service instituted an innovative program of impact confinement and restoration to reduce impacts in this lakes basin. Impacts were quantified in 1993 and in 1998.
Download the following publication describing trends following implementation of the management program.
Spildie, David R.; Cole, David N.; Walker, Sarah C. 2000. Effectiveness of a Confinement Strategy in Reducing Pack
Stock Impacts at Campsites in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho. In: Cole, David N.; McCool, Stephen F.; Borrie,
William T.; O'Loughlin, Jennifer, comps. 2000. Wilderness science in a time of change conference- Volume 5:
Wilderness ecosystems, threats, and management; 2000 May 23- 27; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-5.
Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 199-208.
Click here to access archived data from 1993 and 1998
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South-central US Wildernesses, AR, IL, MO: In 1994, conditions were assessed on all campsites located in Caney Creek Wilderness, AR, Upper Buffalo Wilderness, AR, Hercules Glades Wilderness, MO and Garden of the Gods Wilderness, IL.
Download the following publication that describes conditions in 1990.
McEwen, Douglas; Cole, David N.; Simon, Mark. 1996. Campsite impacts in four wildernesses in the
South-Central United States. INT-RP-490. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Intermountain Research Station 12p.
Click here to access the 1994 archived data |
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Superstition Wilderness, AZ: Between 2005 and 2007 conditions were assessed on all campsites located in the Superstition Wilderness, AZ
Click here to access, "Superstition Wilderness Recreation Impact Inventory: Final Report 2005-2007"
Click here to access archived data |
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