Recreation resource assessment and monitoring techniques for mountain regions.

Impacts of experimental trampling on tall alpine herbfields and subalpine grasslands in the Australian Alps

“…The impacts are often negative, resulting in undesirable changes to the natural environment (Leung and Marion, 2000;Buckley, 2004;Pickering and Hill, 2007). With increases in visitation in many protected areas, impacts are becoming increasingly widespread (Leung and Marion, 2000;Monz, 2000). As a result management agencies for national parks around the world are commonly faced with the challenge of balancing potentially contradictory management goals: to preserve the natural character of the protected area while also facilitating recreation opportunities (Monz, 2000;Worboys et al, 2005).…”

A longitudinal multi-method study of recreational impacts in the Arthur Range, Tasmania, Australia

“…Leung & Marion, 1996, 2000Dixon, Hawes & McPherson, 2004;Morrocco & Ballantyne, 2007;Olive & Marion, 2009). Campsite impacts such as vegetation trampling and loss and site expansion, which typically develop rapidly and recover slowly, have also been studied extensively (Cole 2004).…”

“…A wide range of techniques has been described for measuring and monitoring recreational impacts in wild settings (e.g., Monz, 2000;Marion & Leung, 2001). They include sampling-based track surveys, the assessment of permanently marked sampling plots, and assigning condition-class ratings to campsites.…”

Resource conditions and paddler standards for primitive campsites along Lake Champlain

“…Current campsite conditions were measured using standard campsite assessment protocols (Marion, 1995;Monz, 2000) with (Table 2). Visits to all LCPT primitive camping areas listed in the 2008 edition of the Paddlers' Trail guidebook (Lake Champlain Committee, 2008) were conducted in June and July of 2009.…”