Visitor Use Monitoring and Management
Tracking America's State Park Systems
Each year, we release a report presenting the ‘vital statistics’ that characterize the operation and use of the nation’s 50 state park systems in which we detail trends relevant to for each of the following measures: attendance; operating expenditures; ca...
Conservation Conversations Webinars
It's more important than ever to have a firm grasp of basic principles for the management of recreation on protected lands. Listen to a conversation on "Challenges and Solutions to Keeping Parks and Public Lands from being Loved to Death: with experts to ...
Backcountry Assessment Manuals
These manuals provides a guide for assessing backcountry trail and campsite conditions, as well as similar areas.
What is the Institute of Outdoor Recreation And Tourism?
When Utahns need help managing recreation in their communities and on nearby public lands, the Institute of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism is there to help. Using big data, surveys, and other tools, the Institute's faculty and staff discover what all thos...
Mapping Utah's Most Visited Places
Are the specific locations that drive Utah’s tourism economy? We use millions of social media posts to determine the exact geographic locations most visited by travelers to provide an accurate, scientifically-defensible understanding of these destinations...
Visitor Use Monitoring for the USDA Forest Service
Visitor Use Monitoring for the USDA Forest ServiceBy sending research crews out to systematically sample trailheads, ski resorts, campgrounds, and roadside turn-outs, the Institute collects data on outdoor recreation use that the Forest Service then uses ...