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Winning the Lottery on the Colorado River. Winning the Lottery on the Colorado River. Problem: impacts to campsites; impacts to attraction sites; impacts to historical/cultural sites; crowding; conflict Management Strategies: limit use; reduce the impact of use
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Winning the Lottery on the Colorado River • Problem: impacts to campsites; impacts to attraction sites; impacts to historical/cultural sites; crowding; conflict • Management Strategies: limit use; reduce the impact of use • Management Practices: zoning; rules/ regulations; rationing/allocation; law enforcement; information/education
Winning the Lottery on the Colorado River • Grand Canyon National Park • Colorado River • Native American presence • John Wesley Powell (1869) • Rapidly expanding use of the river • 2006 management plan • Commercial and non-commercial trips/motorized and non-motorized trips • Three-fold framework of outdoor recreation
Environmental Social Managerial
Winning the Lottery on the Colorado River • Geology • Source of water to Native American tribes for 12,000 years • Inspiration for artists and writers • Some of the most intensive environmental controversies in American history • Mecca for white water boating • John Wesley Powell (1869) • 2006 management plan
Winning the Lottery on the Colorado River • Carrying capacity • Allocation of use • 1 to 6 launches per day for a total of 1,101 launches (24,567 people/228,986 user days) • 20 year wait list for private/non-commercial trips • Intensive use demands intensive management
Winning the Lottery on the Colorado River • “Launch calendar” • 1,101 launches per year • Only one trip per year per person • Commercial passengers must be accompanied by a guide on hikes • Some areas closed at certain times • Ranger patrols • Weighted lottery for non-commercial boaters • Spatial and temporal zoning
Winning the Lottery on the Colorado River • Intensive information/education • Park website • Orientation video • Audio and video podcasts • Training of commercial guides • DVD for non-commercial boaters
Winning the Lottery on the Colorado River • Rafting Lava Falls – 25,000 CFS (7:01) • Flipping in Lava (2:35) • Running Hermit Rapid (0:49)