Expenditure, demographic and attitudinal characteristics of sport hunters using the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Strauss CH, Storm GL, Yahner RH, Moran TW. 1989. Expenditure, demographic and attitudinal characteristics of sport hunters using the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Technical Report NPS/MAR/NRTR-89/044. Pennsylvania State University. University Park, PA
Total hunting use in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area during all of 1987-88 hunting seasons approached 47,400 days. Nearly 72% of the hunting was on the New Jersey side, 57% of which was for deer and 43% for small game. In Pennsylvania, 64% of the use was for deer or bear, with 36% for small game. In NJ, 7% of the hunters were non-residents, while in PA 18% were non-residents. The combination of expenditures for all hunting in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area totaled $1.4 million.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Strauss, Charles; Storm, Gerald; Yahner, Richard; Moran, Thomas
- Date of Issue
- 1989-12-15
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University
- Units
- DEWA
- Keywords
- Attitudes, Economics, Hunting, Recreation, Research Report, Survey