A comparison of campfire impacts and policies in seven protected areas

Environmental Management

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-58

  Reid, Scott E ^a   Marion, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a Summit County Open Space   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campfire impacts; Camping impacts; Recreation ecology; Recreation impacts

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC POLICY;

CAMPFIRE IMPACTS; CAMPING IMPACTS; RECREATION ECOLOGY; RECREATION IMPACTS;

FIRES;

FIRE; PROTECTED AREA; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; PLANT ECOLOGY; POLICY; RECREATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TREE;

CAMPING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; TREES;

EID: 23844437765     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0215-y     Document Type: Article

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