Visitor Monitoring

Demand for recreational experiences is growing, and agencies face increasing pressure to understand where, when, and how much recreation use occurs. Defensible recreation use data support infrastructure investment, staffing, impact management, funding requests, and accountability to elected officials, stakeholders, and the public. We offer a flexible, tiered recreation use monitoring framework that makes high-quality data accessible and affordable for communities and public resource agencies.

IORT Visitor Monitoring Services

Feature	Tier 1: Baseline Monitoring	Tier 2: Monitoring & Diagnostics	Tier 3: Targeted Monitoring & Research
Overview	Establish defensible visitor use counts with a low-effort, repeatable monitoring approach.	Combine defensible visitor counts with on-site diagnostics that add context, visitor characteristics, and economic insight.	Answer specific, high-priority management questions through customized designs that combine monitoring and targeted research.
Primary Purpose	Establish defensible visitor use counts.	Visitor use counts with additional context and economic insight.	Answer specific, high-priority management questions.
Visitor Information	Use volume and timing.	Use patterns, visitor characteristics, and spending.	Data tailored to management questions.
Methods	Automated counters installed and maintained by our team.	Tier 1 monitoring plus on-site visitor surveys.	Customized designs combining monitoring and targeted surveys.
Deliverables	Quarterly use summaries.	Expanded quarterly reports integrating use, visitor, and economic data.	Final technical report, with optional briefings.
Client Effort	Low.	Low.	Low to moderate.
Indicative Cost	Data for 5 locations starting at $16,500/year, plus $2,150 per additional site.	Data for 5 locations starting at $73,000/year, plus $9,200 per additional site.	Starting at $120,000.
Example Project(s)	Central Wasatch Trail Use	Sheeprocks Visitor Use Study	Payette River Rec. Management Plan
Next Step	Ask About Tier 1	Ask About Tier 2	Ask About Tier 3

How We Can Help

We help agencies and communities deliver clear, defensible recreation data they can trust and use. Our monitoring strategies are right-sized to your goals, management questions, and site-specific conditions, and they can scale over time as needs evolve.

In addition to raw counts, we help translate monitoring data into actionable management insights—supporting staffing decisions, infrastructure investment, funding requests, and long-term program design. If you need a monitoring strategy that is practical, repeatable, and defensible, we would love to talk.

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