Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Visitors’ Perceptions of Trail Registries in the Catskill Park: Observation Summary Field Data

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Metadata Provider

  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    A visitor survey conducted at 12 different trailhead locations within the Catskill Park with the goal of better understanding the factors that encourage visitors to use trail registries in the Catskill Park.

People

  • Matthew Borovy: Principal Investigator

  • Diane Kuehn: Principal Investigator

  • Joy Damon: Content Provider

Keywords

  • catskills, hikers, new york, recreation, trail, trail registers,

Organizations

  • Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies : funder
  • The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF): lead

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates

    Data Table

    • Title: Observation Summary Field Data
    • Start Date: 2019-05-29
    • End Date: 2019-08-20
    • Description: Summary of visitors observed and accounted for in trail registries, percent sign ins, mean times trail used, mean perceived risk to self, mean perceived risk to others, and mean perceived difficulty.

    • Purpose:

    • Condensed Title: Z1638_3360_G3V26F

    • Object Name: VMC.1638.3360

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Borovy, M., & Kuehn, D. (2020) Observation Summary Field Data . FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/Visitors_perceptions_of_trail_registries_in_the_catskill_park/dataset/observation-summary-field-data

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/Visitors_perceptions_of_trail_registries_in_the_catskill_park/dataset/observation-summary-field-data

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: mean_perc_difficulty
      • Label: mean_perc_difficulty
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: mean_perc_riskothers
      • Label: mean_perc_riskothers
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: mean_perc_riskself
      • Label: mean_perc_riskself
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: mean_Times_trail_used
      • Label: mean_Times_trail_used
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: number_accounted_for_in_registry
      • Label: number_accounted_for_in_registry
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: number_visitors_observed
      • Label: number_visitors_observed
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: percent_sign-ins
      • Label: percent_sign-ins
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: trail_head
      • Label: trail_head
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal

    Methods

    • No methods recorded for this dataset

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset