Wilderness users in the Pacific Northwest- their characteristics, values, and management preferences (1968) (20386665839)

Title: Wilderness users in the Pacific Northwest: their characteristics, values, and management preferences
Identifier: CAT92272709 (find matches)
Year: 1968 (1960s)
Authors: Hendee, John C. cn
Subjects: Wilderness areas Northwest, Pacific; Wilderness areas Northwest Pacific Visitors
Publisher: Portland, Or. : Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library



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the more wildernist respondents were moderately inclined to oppose artificial re- vegetation of such denuded areas. The response to this statement resembles the ORRRC (1962) study finding that most users favored replanting trees in burned or barren areas. Forty-five percent of the respondents approved and 40 percent disapproved of hunting in wilderness-type areas. Here, two successful hunters pack their kill from the Glacier Peak Wilderness.
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Almost seven out of 10 persons disagreed that livestock grazing as a revenue-produc- ing use should be encouraged in wilder- ness-type areas, since this will defray man- agement costs. The more wildernist respondents, in particular, opposed such an idea. About 45 percent of the persons felt that hunting should be forbidden in wilder- ness-type areas, but four out of 10 users disagreed. Strong wildernists showed a slight tendency to oppose hunting more than other users. About 35 percent of the persons felt that even well-managed second-growth timber must always be assumed to have lower rec- reational value than a virgin forest, but almost one-half of the respondents dis- agreed. The more wildernist respondents showed a strong tendency to view second- growth forests as inferior, and visitors to the Glacier Peak Area were also more likely to feel this way. In summary, virtually all users endorsed the control of man-caused fires and exotic insects or disease, lightning-caused fires, and heavy infestations of native insects and forest diseases. But, the more wilderness-purist respondents, although above average in their degree of support for control of man-caused fires and exotic insects or disease, were less receptive to control of lightning-caused fires and native insects and diseases. Strange as it seems, the advisability of con- trolling all fires in wilderness is now being questioned by foresters, the ones, no doubt, responsible for selling total fire control to the public. The total exclusion of fire has led to large scale vegetation change in wilderness areas where fires occurred frequently before the white man's influence. Controlled burn- ing, loose herding of wildfires, and even pre- scribed wildfire now find advocates when experienced wilderness managers gather. The problem of fire in wilderness will, no doubt, become a major issue in the management of such areas in the future. Most users also felt that wilderness-type areas denuded by fire, insects, or disease 62