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Table 6--Allocation of tourism from NFS methods to activities, 1997

	Tourism allocation to activities			Forest visitor days
	Participation days (NSRE)	Proportion on public lands (NSRE)	Proportion by activity (NSRE)	By participation on public lands and activity length	By public land area and activity length
	millions			millions
Resident
Developed camping	35.67	0.68	0.01	2.24	6.21
Mechanized travel	664.70	0.56	0.13	41.81	115.76
Other	549.65	0.66	0.11	34.58	95.72
Trail use	448.60	0.54	0.09	28.22	78.12
Winter activities	13.68	0.06	0.00	0.86	2.38
Big game hunting	64.50	0.27	0.01	4.06	11.23
Small game hunting	43.94	0.33	0.01	2.76	7.65
Other game hunting	4.65	0.26	0.00	0.29	0.81
Fresh water fishing	146.00	0.30	0.03	9.18	25.43
Nonconsumptive wildlife	348.79	0.72	0.07	21.94	60.74
Nonresident
Developed camping	96.43	0.68	0.02	6.07	16.79
Mechanized travel	1,084.50	0.56	0.21	68.22	188.87
Other	283.15	0.66	0.06	17.81	49.31
Trail use	431.00	0.54	0.09	27.11	75.06
Winter activities	54.72	0.06	0.01	3.44	9.53
Big game hunting	43.00	0.27	0.01	2.70	7.49
Small game hunting	39.72	0.33	0.01	2.50	6.92
Other game hunting	10.20	0.26	0.00	0.64	1.78
Fresh water fishing	288.00	0.30	0.06	18.12	50.16
Nonconsumptive wildlife	393.31	0.72	0.08	24.74	68.50
Total	5,044.21			317.31	878.45

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