Document Type
Article
Publication Title
International Journal of Wilderness
Publication Date
4-2006
Volume
12
Issue
1
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sociology | Tourism
Abstract
Wildland fire can affect wilderness visits and scientific efforts to understand visitor relationships with wilderness places. Large-scale and long-lasting fires occurred in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, Montana, in 2003. A study of visitors that year to monitor long-term trends in visit and visitor characteristics was repeated in 2004 to fully understand how the 2003 fires affected trend analysis. This article considers the question of how wildland fire changes the relationship people have with wilderness, particularly related to their visits and visitor attitudes toward fire management.
Rights
© Copyright The WILD Foundation | The International Journal of Wilderness
Recommended Citation
Borrie, William T.; McCool, Stephen; and Whitmore, Joshua G., "Wildland Fire Effects on Visits and Visitors to the Bob Marshal Wilderness Complex" (2006). Society and Conservation Faculty Publications. 4.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/soccon_pubs/4