ABSTRACT:
All campsites in a 132-hectare (325-acre) area around two popular subal-pine lakes in Oregon's Eagle Cap Wilderness were located, and the ecological impacts were evaluated at each site. Of 221 sites found, most had experienced significant loss of vegetation and tree damage. Exposure of mineral soil and tree roots was less pronounced. Managers should be concerned about campsite proliferation. Spread of sites may be limited by concentrating use on selected sites or by restricting campfires to selected sites.
Footnotes
David N. Cole is a research ecologist with the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ogden, Utah, located at the Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Missoula, Montana 59806.
- Copyright 1982 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society
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