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Recreation visitor attitudes towards management-ignited prescribed fires in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, Montana
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posted on 2008-01-01, 00:00 authored by K Knotek, A E Watson, Bill BorrieBill Borrie, J G Whitmore, D TurnerResearch at the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex in Montana explored differences in recreation visitors' attitudes towards the use of management-ignited prescribed fires in the wilderness. A mail-back survey of visitors (n = 291) during the 2004 season revealed that over hall of visitors would accept prescribed fires in wilderness. This support did not vary by ignition purpose: (a) to restore the natural role of fire or (b) to reduce hazardous fuels and potential for fire escaping to non-wilderness lands. Local visitors, however, were significantly more accepting of prescribed fires than non-local visitors across both ignition purposes. A smaller proportion of visitors than was expected considered the presence of natural fire undesirable. Copyright 2008 National Recreation and Park Association.
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Journal of Leisure ResearchVolume
40Issue
4Pagination
608 - 618Publisher
National Recreation and Park AssociationLocation
Arlington, Va.Publisher DOI
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0022-2216Publication classification
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