NVUM Survey - Forest Service

Survey No.________ Site No.________ Date ________ Interview Time________
SECTION 5: ALASKA ECONOMIC &
MONITORING ADDITIONS
28. Did you or anyone in your party rent a vehicle to get
to this site?
O No

O Yes, a car
O Yes, an RV

38a. Have you used a boat or plane (either private or

29. Have you, or do you plan to purchase any of the
following kinds of guided tours while in this region on
this trip? (Check all that apply)
O Local day cruises
O Historical/cultural sites
O Wildlife viewing
O Other (describe below)
O Guided fishing
______________________
O Guided hunting
O None
O Flightseeing

30. Do you live in Alaska?
O Yes (GO TO Q35a)

O No

31. How did you get to Alaska on this trip?
O Highway
O Air
O Cruise ship
O Ferry
32. On this trip to Alaska, are you traveling
independently or as part of a pre-purchased guided tour
group?
O Independently
O Part of guided tour
O Both
33. How many total nights are you staying in Alaska on
this trip?
O None
__ __ Nights
O Don’t know
34. Of these nights, how many do you plan to spend in
each of the following regions of Alaska?
O Southeast (Juneau, Sitka, etc)
O Southcentral (Kenai, Cordova, etc)
O Anchorage
O All other areas
(GO TO 39a)

__ __ Nights
__ __ Nights
__ __ Nights
__ __ Nights

35a. How many overnight trips have you made within
Alaska primarily for outdoor recreation in the past year?
O None (GO TO 37)
__ __ Trips
O Don’t know (GO TO 37)
35b. We are primarily interested in outdoor recreation
trips you have taken to the Tongass or Chugach National
Forests in the past year. These forests are shown on this
map [Show map]. First, how many of these overnight
trips were made to the Tongass and/or Chugach National
Forests?
O Don’t Know (GO TO 37)
Tongass NF Æ O None
__ __ Trips
Chugach NF Æ O None
__ __ Trips
(If both None GOTO 37)

36a. Please tell us about your most recent trip to the
Tongass or Chugach National Forests (choose next most
recent trip if the current trip is an overnight trip). What
was the primary destination of the trip?
__________________________ (E.g. city, cabin, rec area)

36b. How many nights did you spend away from home
on that trip?

__ __ Trips

36c. What was the primary recreation activity on that
trip? _____________________________ Activity
36d. How many people (including you) were in your
travel party?

50 miles of your home and then more than 50 miles
from your home?
O None
O Don’t Know
Within 50 miles of home to Chugach NF
__ __ Trips
More than 50 miles from home to Chugach __ __ Trips
Within 50 miles to home to Tongass NF
__ __ Trips
More than 50 miles from home to Tongass __ __ Trips

__ __ People

37. How many day trips have you made to either the
Chugach or Tongass National Forests primarily for
recreation within the past 12 months; first within

chartered) within the past 12 months to access
backcountry areas of either the Chugach or Tongass
National Forests?
O Yes
O No (GOTO 39a)

38b. How many such trips have you made to either the
Chugach or Tongass National Forests within the past 12
months by either boat or plane?
O Don’t Know
By boat to Chugach NF __ __ Trips
By plane to Chugach NF __ __ Trips
By boat to Tongass NF __ __ Trips
By plane to Tongass NF __ __ Trips
38c. How many of these trips were to a
National Forest cabin as a destination?
O None
__ __ Trips
O Don’t Know

39a. Now we’d like to ask a few questions about
activities you might like to do in the future in this
National Forest but have not done for one reason or
another. First, are there any recreational activities of
any type—whether opportunities for them are currently
available or unavailable—that you have not engaged in
during the past 12 months but would have liked to?
O No (End Survey per NVUM) O Yes

39b. Next, of those activities you did not engage in,
which one would you most like to begin participating in
on this National Forest? (Check one)
O Fishing (all types)
O Driving for pleasure
O Hunting (all types)
O Riding on motorized trails
O Viewing wildlife
O Riding off-road trials
O Viewing natural features
O Snowmachine travel
O Viewing historic
O Motorized water travel
O Nature study
O Other motorized activities
O Visiting nature center
O Developed camping
O Hiking or walking
O Primitive camping
O Horseback riding
O Backpacking/camping
O Bicycling/mountain bikes
O Resorts/cabins/accom
O Nonmotorized water travel
O Gathering (mush/berries)
O Downhill skiing/snowboarding O Relaxing/hanging out
O Cross-country skiing
O Picnicking & family
O Other nonmotorized
O Other (describe below)
______________________

39c. Where would you most like to engage in the above
activity on this Forest if you could? (Check one) [Show
map]
O Admiralty
O Thorne Bay
O Craig
O Wrangell
O Hoonah
O Yakutat
O Juneau
O Ketchikan-Misty Fiords
O Kenai Peninsula
O Petersburg
O Prince William Sound
O Sitka
O Copper River Delta
39d. Do any of the following explain why you did not
engage in that activity in the area you identified on this
Forest? (Check up to 3)
O Overcrowding
O Unsatisfactory condition
Campgrounds/cabins
of facilities
O None exist where I wanted O Helicopter noise
to use them
O ORV noise in winter
O Couldn’t get reservation
O ORV noise in summer
O Couldn’t get reservation at O ORV use in winter
preferred site
O ORV use in summer
O No/difficult trail access
O Resource damage due
O No/difficult road access
to overuse
O No/limited facilities
O None of the above
O No/limited services
[End Survey per NVUM]