John Muir Wilderness and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness: 1990 visitor survey data

A long-term problem that confronted wilderness managers in the early 1990s, and continues today, is the displeasure hikers express about meeting recreational livestock (primarily horses and mules) and seeing impacts of stock use. This data set contains the responses from a visitor survey of 891 participants who spent time in Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness or John Muir Wilderness during 1990. Participants were a mix of hikers and stock users, and much of the information gathered was in regard to hiker/stock user interaction and preference.The purpose of this data was to help predict, measure, and manage conflict between hikers and stock users spending time in these particular Wilderness areas. The data assisted managers and scientists to better understand the differences and similarities between wilderness hikers and stock users, and the role these characteristics play in the conflict reported between the two groups.Original metadata date was 09/18/2014. Minor metadata updates on 12/13/2016 and 04/23/2019.