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Final Report – October 2001
CC (spring) Preferred Tolerable
N
Valid 145 149
Missing 181 177
Mean 2.03 3.19
Median 2.00 3.00
Std Dev 1.29 1.32
CC (total) Preferred Tolerable
N
Valid 305 3.9
Missing 52 48
Mean 2.06 3.27
Median 2.00 3.00
Std Dev 1.30 1.34
The Coyote Canyon questionnaire focused on the management action that should be
taken to limit desert vegetation impacts to an acceptable level.
In order to maintain vegetation loss at a tolerable level in this area, what management
actions should the Park undertake?
Table 42. Management action to maintain tolerable vegetation loss (Coyote Canyon).
1 = strongly disagree
5 = strongly agree Mean Median Std. Dev.
Increase ranger patrols 3.61 4.00 1.12
Information about alternative sites 3.80 4.00 0.98
Permit system 3.13 3.00 1.34
Zoning for different uses 3.80 4.00 1.12
Contain motorized use (curb, fence) 2.86 3.00 1.31
Close some roads to vehicles 3.50 4.00 1.34
Prohibit roadside camping 3.20 3.00 1.33
Table 43. Management action to maintain tolerable vegetation loss (Coyote Canyon – by
season).
1 = strongly disagree
Mean Median Std. Dev.
5 = strongly agree Fall Spr Fall Spr Fall Spr
Increase ranger patrols 3.55 3.68 4.00 4.00 1.20 1.03
Information about alternative sites 3.79 3.82 4.00 4.00 1.01 0.95
Permit system 3.04 3.22 3.00 3.00 1.36 1.31
Zoning for different uses 3.83 3.78 4.00 4.00 1.14 1.09
Contain motorized use (curb, fence) 2.80 2.92 3.00 3.00 1.35 1.28
Close some roads to vehicles 3.56 3.44 4.00 4.00 1.35 1.33
Prohibit roadside camping 3.16 3.25 3.00 3.00 1.36 1.29
Increasing ranger patrols, providing information about alternative (perhaps more resilient
or less-popular) sites, and zoning were generally more acceptable to visitors surveyed
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