The Forest Service lacks good information about visitors to National Forest System lands. Visitor use information collected during the survey will be useful for Forest and local community tourism and recreation planning. Congress and National Forest recreation planners want to know how many people recreate on federal lands and what activities they engage in while there. This survey will also provide information on how satisfied people were with the recreation facilities and services provided and how much money they spent during their visit. This recreation visitor survey will gather basic visitor information.
All responses are voluntary and confidential.
The basic interview lasts about eight minutes. Twenty-five percent of visitors will be asked to complete a confidential survey on recreation spending during their trip. The Plumas National Forest participated in a pilot of the National Recreation Use Survey two years ago in which the basic statistical analysis and survey techniques were tested. The project in now ready to implement nationwide and the Plumas is one of four National Forests in California participating this first year. Over the next four years surveys will be conducted on every National Forest in the nation.