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Final Report – October 2001
Table 51. Summary statistics of photo series by season and total – Borrego Palm
Canyon
BPC. (fall) Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4 Photo 5 Photo 6
N
Valid 146 147 147 146 144 145
Missing 208 207 207 208 210 209
Mean 1.63 2.52 2.10 2.10 .76 -1.89
Median 2.50 3.00 3.00 2.50 1.00 -4.00
Std Dev 2.51 1.79 1.83 1.92 2.73 2.95
BPC (spring) Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4 Photo 5 Photo 6
N
Valid 137 135 137 137 136 138
Missing 41 43 41 41 42 40
Mean 1.31 2.21 1.95 2.12 1.10 -.85
Median 2.00 3.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 -1.00
Std Dev 2.57 1.80 1.86 1.73 2.49 3.10
BPC (total) Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4 Photo 5 Photo 6
N
Valid 283 282 284 283 280 283
Missing 71 72 70 71 74 71
Mean 1.48 2.37 2.02 2.11 .93 -1.38
Median 2.00 3.00 2.00 3.00 1.00 -3.00
Std Dev 2.54 1.80 1.84 1.83 2.62 3.06
Table 52. Range of acceptability of photos 1 through 6 – Borrego Palm Canyon
Increasing Trail Acceptable Neutral Unacceptable
Standard No. % No. % No. %
Total
Photo 1 191 67.5 23 8.1 69 24.4 283
Photo 2 239 84.8 18 6.4 25 8.9 282
Photo 3 228 80.3 28 9.9 28 9.9 284
Photo 4 228 80.6 32 11.3 23 8.1 283
Photo 5 164 58.6 32 11.4 84 30.0 280
Photo 6 75 26.5 25 8.8 183 64.7 283
Question 21 asked the visitors to respond to the following:
Of the six photos, which one represents the minimum level of trail standards the Park
should maintain, to provide the experience you expect?
In Table 53 and Figure 44 below, the majority of visitors preferred conditions
represented by Photos 1 and 2, although Photo 4 appealed to more than 18% of those
surveyed.
Question 22 asked the visitors to respond to the following:
In order to maintain that level, what management actions should the Park undertake?
Please mark you level of agreement or disagreement with the following.
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