Alternatives to Banning Campfires
Hammitt WE. 1982. Alternatives to Banning Campfires. Parks. 7(3):8-9
The dual policy of preservation and use often leads to conflict for park resource managers. Many public uses of park lands cause ecological and physical disturbances that are unacceptable to the preservation policy of management. When unacceptable levels of resource disturbance occur, managers often respond by restricting use of park resources. Such is the case with the use of campfires in backcountry areas by overnight campers. The alternatives for managing the use of campfires in backcountry recreation areas are selected from those which are most indirect in controlling user opportunities to experience campfires, to those which are most direct at controlling user opportunities. This scheme follows the proposed philosophy of providing park users with as much of a "spectrum of campfire opportunities" as possible while still attempting to preserve park resources.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Hammitt, William
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- campfires