. Draft environmental impact statement for the interagency bison management plan for the state of Montana and Yellowstone National Park. American bison; American bison; American bison; Brucellosis in animals; Brucellosis in animals. RECREATION OVERALL VISITOR USE AND EXPERIENCE United States citizens and people from all over the world spend more than 9 million visitor days of recreation in developed sites of the Yellowstone area each year. Though the draw of people worldwide to Yellowstone National Park is obvious, the less visible national forests and state-managed lands and resources near th
. Draft environmental impact statement for the interagency bison management plan for the state of Montana and Yellowstone National Park. American bison; American bison; American bison; Brucellosis in animals; Brucellosis in animals. RECREATION OVERALL VISITOR USE AND EXPERIENCE United States citizens and people from all over the world spend more than 9 million visitor days of recreation in developed sites of the Yellowstone area each year. Though the draw of people worldwide to Yellowstone National Park is obvious, the less visible national forests and state-managed lands and resources near the park also offer an abundance and diversity of recreational opportunities. In the national parks, more than 95% of all recreation takes place at developed sites. In national forests, developed sites account for only about 25% of recreational use, and the rest is dispersed. Federal, state, and county public recreation sites number about 460, including campgrounds, picnic areas, trailheads, interpretive sites, and boat-launching facilities (Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee 1987).. Bison herd at Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park Recreational visitation to Yellowstone National Park has grown by more than 25% in the last 14 years, from 2,404,862 in 1982 to 3,012,171 in 1996. As is common in most other western national parks, visitor use in Yellowstone is concentrated in the summer months, with 66% of the visitation in June, July, and August. The potential future recreational use of Yellowstone has been estimated, based on recreational use during the last 10 years. By the year 2003, estimated visitation is expected to range from million to million visitors per year (NPS 1994). In the park, visitor use patterns are an image of entrance traffic. The west entrance to the park accounts for 34% of the vehicles entering in 1992, with the north and northeast entrances accounting for 14% and 6%, respectively, of the traffic (BRW 1994). Peak season averag
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