Grizzly bears and human visitation
Riegelhuth RR. 1966. Grizzly bears and human visitation. Colorado State University
This study was conducted to gain insight into relationships between grizzly bear Ursus arctos and human visitation in wildlands. Data were primarily secured from responses to questionnaires received from 16 parks, wilderness areas and other wildland designations. The following questions also were discussed in this paper: 1) What will be the effect on a grizzly population of relatively high numbers of non-hunting recreationists using roadless portions of grizzly range? 2) How safe from grizzly attack is the back country recreationist in range supporting a relatively dense grizzly population? 3) What type of wildland management best perpetuates a grizzly population? and 4) What appear to be minimum dimensions for a management unit to be effective?
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Riegelhuth, R
- Date of Issue
- 1966-08
- Publisher
- Colorado State University
- Units
- GLAC , YELL
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Bears (Ursidae), Camping, Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos), Hiking, Human Impact, Human-Animal Encounters, Mammals, Management, National Parks and Reserves, Natural Resource Management, Recreation, Thesis, Trails, Visitors, Wilderness Areas