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Table 5--Development of NFS-L and NFS-P recreation impacts analysis, 1997

Visits to National Forests in the Southern Region (NVUM)	24,869,000
Weighted average trip length(CUSTOMER)	2.14
NFS-Land
Acres of forestland (FIA)	214,850
Acres of National Forest(CRS)	13,031
Percent of forestland in National Forest	6
Visits to all forests in the Southern Region	410,043,596
Total forest visitor days	878,448,994
NFS-Participation
Total forest-based recreation participation days(NSRE)	5,044,205,000
Forest-based recreation participation days on public lands(56% of participation on all lands)	2,823,120,150
Percent of participation on National Forest lands (appx. 30% of all public lands are national forests)	17
Visits to all forests in the Southern Region(28 percent of total forest visits)	1,481,155
Total forest visitor days(2.14 days per trip)	317,312,332

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