Download or read book Predicting the Durability of Forest Recreation Sites in Northern Utah: Preliminary Results (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas J. Cieslinski and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-17 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Predicting the Durability of Forest Recreation Sites in Northern Utah: Preliminary Results One of the more serious problems facing recreation site managers today, particularly on campground and picnic areas; is that of maintaining adequate ground cover. This is an especially difficult task in semiarid regions such as the Intermountain West, where sites tend to support a sparse cover of ground-level vegetation. Because of different soil, moisture, and topographic conditions, some sites are much more durable than others in terms of the persistence of ground - cover vegetation. If we had tools for rating the durability of potential recreation sites, less durable sites either could be avoided or designed and managed in ways to increase their durability. Moreover, knowledge of the probable level of vegetation damage to a fragile site might allow managers to estimate any additional expenditures that may be needed if such a site is developed and used as a campground or picnic area. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.