. Wilderness users in the Pacific Northwest: their characteristics, values, and management preferences. Wilderness areas Northwest, Pacific; Wilderness areas Northwest Pacific Visitors. we suggest that facilities of any type in wil- derness seem to offend users who have wilder- ness-purist attitudes. This, in turn, reinforces the terms of the Wilderness Act which pro- vides for facilities and improvements only where necessary to protect the area. As McClosky (1966) points out "the key man- agement concept (under the Act) is minimiza- tion of man's influence on the ; This
. Wilderness users in the Pacific Northwest: their characteristics, values, and management preferences. Wilderness areas Northwest, Pacific; Wilderness areas Northwest Pacific Visitors. we suggest that facilities of any type in wil- derness seem to offend users who have wilder- ness-purist attitudes. This, in turn, reinforces the terms of the Wilderness Act which pro- vides for facilities and improvements only where necessary to protect the area. As McClosky (1966) points out "the key man- agement concept (under the Act) is minimiza- tion of man's influence on the ; This leaves the decision of whether or not to provide facilities up to wilderness managers who must decide when facilities are necessary and must also be aware that despite their necessity in certain places, the presence of any improvements will offend the sensitivities of wilderness-purists. In addition, they must be kept rustic and subtle to be compatible with most users' concept of wilderness. VIII. Attitudes toward restricting use or charging fees. — Three questionnaire state- ments concerned rationing of human use, restricting horse use, and charging for use, respectively. Response indicated the follow- ing. Almost five out of 10 persons did not feel that use of wilderness-type areas has to be restricted to limited numbers of people in a given area at a given time, and only three out of 10 agreed. Two out of three persons disagreed that the use of pack animals should be pro- hibited in wilderness-type areas since they do considerable damage to natural fea- A party of horseback riders in the Eagle Cap Wilder- ness ride a trail very close to the edge of the tures. The more wildernist respondents displayed a moderate tendency to oppose pack animals more than did other users. It was interesting that visitors to the Eagle Cap Wilderness were more likely to oppose restriction of pack animals. This is the first evidence that has appeared indicating that visitors to the Eagle
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