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SOCIO-6: Forest-Based Outdoor Recreation

1 Key Findings

2 Introduction

3 Methods

4 Results

4.1 Demand

4.2 Demands for Nontimber Forest Products

4.3 Inventory of Outdoor Recreation Opportunities

4.4 Potentials for Developing New Sources of Recreation supply

4.5 Potential Conflicts Between Different Forms of Recreation

4.6 Potential adverse impacts of recreation activities on forested and aquatic ecosystems, and where they are located?

5 Discussion and Conclusions

6 Literature Cited

7 Tables and Figures

Table 1--Percent of the population participating, number of participants in outdoor activities, and percent change from 1995 to 2000

Table 2--Percentages of the population participating in recreational activities

Table 3--Percent of owners indicating more, same, or less land open to recreation

Figure 1--Hotspots of recreation demand pressure on forests

Figure 2--Hotspots of recreation demand pressure on water and wetlands