Monitoring Carrying Capacity on Acadia National Park Carriage Roads: 1999: Crowding
Jacobi C. 2000. Monitoring Carrying Capacity on Acadia National Park Carriage Roads: 1999: Crowding. Acadia National Park Natural Resources Report Number 2000-4. National Park Service, Acadia National Park. Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME
Carriage roads were monitored for crowding in 1999 using established methods. Report discusses daily use estimates. A portion of the Executive Summary: "Carriage roads were monitored for crowding in 1999 using established methods. An electronic trail counter and attached computer recorded daily use on a section of the Eagle Lake carriage road. Daily use was used in a regression equation that describes the relationship between trail counter use and system wide carriage road use. System wide daily use estimates using these methods were compared to the established carrying capacity of 3,000 persons per day. Ten direct counts, of PPVs were also made at designated monitoring sites as a spot check on simulation model estimates of PPVs at a use level of 3,000 persons per day. /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/Carriage Roads/
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Jacobi, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 2000-04
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Acadia National Park
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Acadia National Park, carriage roads, Carrying Capacity, crowding, Human Use, Management, ME, Monitoring, Mount Desert Island, trail use, Trails, Visitor Experience