Department of Environment and Society
College of Natural Resources
February 9, 2010
Wilderness Managers and Rangers:
Please review the attached summary and maps of spatial data that was collected during last summer. As a
reminder, the following data was inventoried/collected:
Campsite Monitoring Data Inventory: each monitoring event has been given a rating based on its
condition and the effort remaining to completely digitize, georeference, and submit the data:
Condition-Effort Rating Scale:
0. Data is digital and GIS files are complete, in INFRA database, and submitted to Forest GIS personnel
1. Data is digital and GIS files are complete but needs to be reviewed
2. Data is digital but needs to be georeferenced in GIS using GPS/coordinates
3. Data is digital but needs to be georeferenced in GIS using map markings/location sketches
4. Data is digital but needs to be reviewed for any spatial referecences for georeferencing in GIS
5. Data needs to be digitized but has been georeferenced in GIS
6. Data needs to be digitized and georeferenced in GIS using GPS/coordinates
7. Data needs to be digitized and georeferenced in GIS using map markings/location sketches
8. Data needs to be digitized and reviewed for any spatial references for georeferencing in GIS
9. Data needs to be reviewed before digitizing and georeferencing can begin (Unknowns and Code-a-Sites)
Areas Exceeding Standards:
System trails with problem areas extending more than a half mile, rutting greater than twelve inches,
width greater than forty-eight inches, and boggy trail surface.
Areas where campsites are out of compliance with existing biophysical standards.
Corridors where social encounters exceed the existing standards for each Wilderness Area’s
Recreation Opportunity Specturm (ROS) as defined in the Forest Plan (in parties encountered).
Areas where social trails are more than a half mile long and resemble official trails, such as
crossovers, hunter, guide, horse, and peak trails.
Average Daily Summer Visitor Use:
Magnet areas are those that receive greater than two hundred visitors per day.
High use areas receive between fifty to two hundred visitors per day.
Medium use areas receive between ten to fifty visitors per day.
Low use areas receive less than ten visitors per day and include all areas not identified in the medium,
high, and magnet areas (not mapped).
To correct or update any information:
Clearly mark any changes on the attached fact sheet or maps. If you can use the same colors when
changing or adding information on the maps, please do so. Otherwise, clearly label the changes.
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Please try to get any changes to us by Monday, March 1 either by e-mail or regular mail:
dusty.vaughn@aggiemail.usu.edu
Dusty Vaughn, 5215 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322-5215
If you are unable to meet this deadline, please bring your information to the Wilderness Managers
Winter Meeting in Fort Collins, March 9-11, 2010.
If you have any questions or need a map modified for better viewing, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Thanks for your cooperation and willingness to help,
Dusty Vaughn
M.S. Candidate, Recreation Resource Management
Department of Environment and Society
Utah State University
325-665-8412
5215 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-5215
Ph: (435) 797-1790
Dr. Christopher Monz
Assistant Professor
Department of Environment and Society
Utah State University
435-797-2773
Fax: (435) 797-4048
envs.info@usu.edu