RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Carrying capacity assessment and recreational use in the national wilderness preservation system JF Journal of Soil and Water Conservation FD Soil and Water Conservation Society SP 162 OP 166 VO 36 IS 3 A1 Washburne, Randel F. YR 1981 UL http://www.jswconline.org/content/36/3/162.abstract AB A 1979 survey of wilderness managers on problems, techniques, and management processes in the national wilderness preservation system (NWPS) indicated that carrying capacity assessment is far from complete and visitor-use densities are not clearly related to managers' perceptions of capacity situations or the need to ration use. A national assessment of recreational use in the NWPS suffers from the use of inconsistent units of measurement by the various agencies and nonsystematic data collection methods.