Monitoring Visitor Capacity for Acadia National Park Carriage Roads: 2002: Crowding
Jacobi C. 2003. Monitoring Visitor Capacity for Acadia National Park Carriage Roads: 2002: Crowding. Acadia National Park Natrual Resources Report Number 2003-02. National Park Service, Acadia National Park. Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME
A description of the carrying capacity of the Carriage Roads. FIELD WORK: 2002 A portion of the Executive Summary: "Carriage roads were monitored for crowding in 2002 using established methods and a new regression equation. Estimations of carriage road use indicate that the crowding standard was not violated, and that carriage road levels were similar to previous years." Appendices include: Appendix 1: Statistical analysis of trail counter (Tc) and census data 2001-2002; Appendix 2: Estimated daily carriage road use from Pegasus computer counts - May 21 to October 31, 2002; Appendix 3: Estimated daily and average carriage road use and a comparison of the top ten days for July and August 1995, 1997-2002; and Appendix 4: Estimated daily carriage road use and confidence intervals - May 21 - October 31, 2002. /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/Carriage Roads/
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Jacobi, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 2003-01
- 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