Corps of Engineers Civil Works Questionnaires Generic Clearance

AQUATIC PLANTS, RECREATION, AND LAKE RESIDENTS

(Personal Interview or Mail Survey)

OMB 0710-0001

Expires: 30 September 2012

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AQUATIC PLANTS, RECREATION, AND LAKE RESIDENTS

PLANTS AND RECREATION USE

1. What year did you first come to the lake for any kind of recreational activity? ___________________

2. Is the residence (house, cabin, trailer, condominium, etc.) on the lake your primary residence? (That is, where you live most of the year.)

_____ Yes _____ No

3. What year did you first move to the lake? ______________

4. Have you received any pamphlets or information, put out by the TVA, describing aquatic plants or aquatic plant management?

_____Yes _____Don’t know

_____No

5. Does this residence have a boathouse?

_____Yes _____No

6. Does this residence have a boat dock?

_____Yes _____No

7. Please look at the activity list below and circle the three main activities you have participated in on the lake in the past four weeks.

01 backpacking

02 camping in developed

campgrounds

03 camping in primitive areas

04 canoeing or kayaking

05 sailing

06 motor boating

06.1 jet skiing

07 water skiing

08 other boating (rowing, rafting,

other floating)

09 outdoor pool swimming

10 other outdoor swimming

(lakes, rivers, oceans)

11 wildlife observations &

photography

12 other nature study and

observation

13 photography (not including

wildlife)

14 day hiking

15 walking for pleasure touring

16 running or jogging

17 bicycling

18 horseback riding

19 driving motorcycle and other

20 cold freshwater fishing (trout)

21.1 bank fishing

21.2 boat fishing

21.3 tournament fishing

24 big game hunting

25 waterfowl hunting

26 small game hunting

27 other hunting

28 picnicking

31 participation in other outdoor

sports or games

32 attending outdoor sports

events

33 sightseeing

34 driving for pleasure

36 sunbathing

37 family gathering

38 collecting firewood

39 collecting berries, mushrooms,

and so forth

46 visiting prehistoric structures

or archaeological sites

47 visiting historic areas, sites,

buildings, or memorials

48 attending special events (fairs,

festivals, ceremonies, etc.)

49 attending an evening campfire

program

50 attending a ranger-guided

nature or historic trail

52 reading roadside exhibits or

markers

53 visiting a museum or

information center

58 day camping, youth camping,

resident camping, organized

camping, going to camp,

going to summer camp, going to scout camp, church

camp, or YMCA camp

59 no main activity

NON-NATIVE AQUATIC PLANTS

This section is designed so that you have the opportunity to state your opinions on the non-native plant growth in the reservoir. Please circle the letter, which is beside the most appropriate answer for each question.

1. In the lakeshore area near your house, would you describe the aquatic plant coverage as:

A Not noticeable D. Heavy

B. Slight E. Severe

C. Moderate F. Don’t know

2. How would you describe the aquatic plants’ impact on your main activity?

A. A help D. Bothersome most of the time

B. Doesn’t affect my activity (Go to question 5) E. Don’t know

C. Bothersome only sometimes

3. What type of aquatic plant typically affects your main activity?

A. Plants growing out of the water into the air.

B. Plants growing beneath the water surface.

C. Both equally affect my main activity.

4. What amount of aquatic plant coverage would you like to see?

A. As much as possible. D. Less than presently exists but at least some.

B. Somewhat more than presently exists. E. No coverage. Eliminate the plants.

C. The same as presently exists. F. Don’t know.

5. Do you operate a boat here at the lake?

A. Yes B. No (Go to question 6)

5.1 When leaving the lake, do you clean and remove the plant material from your boat, motor, and trailer?

A. Yes B. No

5.2 Do you typically use your own boat house or dock, or do you use a public ramp for boat access

A. My own boat house or dock B. A public ramp

6. Do you fish on the lake?

A. Yes B. No (Skip next question)

6.1 What are the main types of fish you fish for in the lake? (Circle all that apply.)

A. Largemouth bass F. Catfish

B. White bass G. Sauger

C. Yellow bass H. Carp

D. Bream I. Other __________________

E. Crappie J. Anything that bites

AQUATIC PLANTS

AND

YOUR LAKE RESIDENCE

1. How important is it for you to have a clear shoreline for access to your residence?

Not At All Important

Somewhat Important

Fairly Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

2. How helpful do you think it is to spray the aquatic plants near your boathouse?

Very Unhelpful

Somewhat Unhelpful

Neither Helpful Nor Unhelpful

Somewhat Helpful

Very Helpful

3. What effect do aquatic plants have on your property values?

Significantly Negative Effect

Somewhat Negative Effect

Neither Negative Nor Positive

Somewhat Positive

Very Positive

4. How important is aquatic plant control for management of residential access areas?

Not At All Important

Somewhat Important

Fairly Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

5. How important is it for you to have clear boat lanes leading from your boathouse?

Not At All Important

Somewhat Important

Fairly Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

6. How serious are the problems that aquatic plants have cause for you in operating your boat?

Not At All Serious

Somewhat Serious

Fairly Serious

Very Serious

Extremely Serious

7. How useful would it be for you to have more ramps and public access point built?

Not At All Useful

Somewhat Useful

Fairly Useful

Very Useful

Extremely Useful

8. Are the public access points distributed around the lake to so that everyone can use them?

Not At All Evenly Distributed

Somewhat Evenly Distributed

Fairly Evenly Distributed

Somewhat Evenly Distributed

Very Evenly Distributed

9. How important is it not to locate recreation developments (such as ramps, marinas, and camp stores) near subdivisions or private homes?

Not At All Important

Somewhat Important

Fairly Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

9. How serious a problem is recreation by non-residential users interfering with your use of the lake?

Not At All Serious

Somewhat Serious

Fairly Serious

Very Serious

Extremely Serious

	SERIOUSNESS						SATISFACTION
11. Next, we would like to know how you rate the seriousness of each of the following items at the lake. Refer to the SERIOUSNESS scale and respond to the statements. 12. Then we would like to know how satisfied you are with the management of each of these items at the lake. Refer to the SATISFACTION scale as you respond to the statements.	Don’t Know	Not at all Serious	Slightly Serious	Moderately Import-ant	Very Import-ant	Extremely Serious	Don’t Know	Very Dissatisfied	Some-what Dissatisfied	Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied	Somewhat Satisfied	Very Satisfied
Loss of natural beauty due to shoreline development	dk	1	2	3	4	5	dk	1	2	3	4	5
Restricted or inadequate public access to lake or shoreline	dk	1	2	3	4	5	dk	1	2	3	4	5
Loss of wildlife and habitat destruction	dk	1	2	3	4	5	dk	1	2	3	4	5
Large mosquito populations	dk	1	2	3	4	5	dk	1	2	3	4	5
Aquatic plant growth	dk	1	2	3	4	5	dk	1	2	3	4	5
Water pollution	dk	1	2	3	4	5	dk	1	2	3	4	5
Mosquito transmitted diseases	dk	1	2	3	4	5	dk	1	2	3	4	5

13. How much do like to fish in areas with aquatic plants?

Not At All Serious

Somewhat Serious

Fairly Serious

Very Serious

Extremely Serious

14. How useful are aquatic plants in providing habitat for fish?

Not At All Useful

Somewhat Useful

Fairly Useful

Very Useful

Extremely Useful

15. How useful is to you to have a level of plant coverage that provides optimum fish production and fisherman access?

Not At All Useful

Somewhat Useful

Fairly Useful

Very Useful

Extremely Useful

16. How significant is the mosquito problem at this lake?

Not At All Significant

Somewhat Significant

Fairly Significant

Very Significant

Extremely Significant

17. How necessary is aquatic plant control for management of sport fishing at the lake?

Not At All Serious

Somewhat Serious

Fairly Serious

Very Serious

Extremely Serious

18. How useful are more aquatic plants in the lake in having larger and more plentiful fish?

Not At All Useful

Somewhat Useful

Fairly Useful

Very Useful

Extremely Useful

19. Is fishing better in the boat lanes or the areas with aquatic plants?

Much Better In The Boat Lanes

Somewhat Better In The Boat Lanes

About The Same

Somewhat Better In Boat Lanes

Much Better in the Boat Lanes

20. How serious of a danger are aquatic plants to water skiers and swimmers?

Not At All Serious

Somewhat Serious

Fairly Serious

Very Serious

Extremely Serious

21. How useful is it to manage aquatic plants to benefit sport fishing?

Not At All Useful

Somewhat Useful

Fairly Useful

Very Useful

Extremely Useful

22. How useful is it to manage aquatic plants to reduce mosquito populations?

Not At All Useful

Somewhat Useful

Fairly Useful

Very Useful

Extremely Useful

23. How important is it you to have more boat lanes?

Not At All Important

Somewhat Important

Fairly Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

24. How useful is it to have aquatic plants managed to balance impacts on all types of recreation?

Not At All Useful

Somewhat Useful

Fairly Useful

Very Useful

Extremely Useful

25. How useful is to have aquatic plants managed to benefit sport fishing?

Not At All Useful

Somewhat Useful

Fairly Useful

Very Useful

Extremely Useful

26. How serious are problems that aquatic plants have caused problems to operating your boat?

Not At All Serious

Somewhat Serious

Fairly Serious

Very Serious

Extremely Serious

27. How serious are mosquito problems on the lake?

Not At All Serious

Somewhat Serious

Fairly Serious

Very Serious

Extremely Serious

28. How important is it to manage aquatic plants to reduce mosquito populations?

Not At All Important

Somewhat Important

Fairly Important

Very Important

Extremely Important

29. How serious is the danger from aquatic plants are to water skiers and swimmers at the lake?

Not At All Serious

Somewhat Serious

Fairly Serious

Very Serious

Extremely Serious

30. How useful is to manage aquatic plants to balance the impacts on all types of recreation?

Not At All Useful

Somewhat Useful

Fairly Useful

Very Useful

Extremely Useful

31. How satisfied are you with the overall quality of recreation on the lake?

Very Dissatisfied

Somewhat Dissatisfied

Neither Satisfied Nor Dissatisfied

Somewhat Satisfied

Very Satisfied

32. How satisfied are you with the quality of aquatic plants on the lake?

Very Dissatisfied

Somewhat Dissatisfied

Neither Satisfied Nor Dissatisfied

Somewhat Satisfied

Very Satisfied

33. How satisfied are you amount aquatic plants on the lake?

Very Dissatisfied

Somewhat Dissatisfied

Neither Satisfied Nor Dissatisfied

Somewhat Satisfied

Very Satisfied

34. Are you satisfied with the location and distribution of aquatic plants on the lake?

Very Dissatisfied

Somewhat Dissatisfied

Neither Satisfied Nor Dissatisfied

Somewhat Satisfied

Very Satisfied

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