Corps of Engineers Civil Works Questionnaires Generic Clearance

WATER LEVEL IMPACT ON RECREATION USE

(Personal Interview)

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WATER LEVEL RELEASE IMPACTS

ON RECREATION USE

1. How many of trips to _______________ have you taken with your boat in the past 12 months?

_______TRIPS

Scenario: Please think of a situation where the level of _______________ was _____ feet lower than the normal water level (as indicated in the photographs in our letter to you).

2. Suppose that conditions I just described existed during 19___. How many trips would you or others have taken to _______________ to go boating during that period?

_______ TRIPS FOR BOATING

On average, how many days per trip would you have spent there?

_____ DAYS/TRIP

3. Suppose that you had known at the time you decided to take your last trip to _______________ that the previously described conditions existed. What would you have done? (CIRCLE)

1. WOULD MAKE A BOATING TRIP TO THE SAME ACCESS POINT ON _______________.(Name of Access Point?_____________________)

2. WOULD STILL MAKE A TRIP THERE, BUT USE A DIFFERENT ACCESS POINT. (Name of Access Point? _____________________)

3. WOULD STILL MAKE A BOATING TRIP, BUT VISIT ANOTHER LAKE OR RIVER. (Name of Other Lake/River? __________________)

4. WOULD STILL MAKE A BOATING TRIP, BUT NOT TO A LAKE OR RIVER.

(Type of Destination?________________________)

5. WOULD STAY HOME

6. OTHER (Specify:)____________________________________________

4. If you still would make a trip (Responses 1-4 Above), approximately how many days would you spend at your destination?

________DAYS

5. If NONE of the access points on _______________ were usable, due to the low-water conditions described what would you do? (CIRCLE)

1. WOULD STILL MAKE A BOATING TRIP, BUT VISIT ANOTHER LAKE OR RIVER.

(Name of Other Lake/River? __________________)

2. WOULD STILL MAKE A BOATING TRIP, BUT NOT TO A LAKE OR RIVER.

(Type of Destination? _______________________) 3. WOULD STAY HOME.

4. OTHER (Specify:)____________________________________________

6. IF you still would make a trip to ANOTHER LAKE OR RIVER (Response #1 to Q#5 above), approximately how many days would you spend there?

________DAYS

Scenario: Picture A on the back of this page shows _______________ at its current normal level of _______. Picture B shows what _______________ would look like if the water level were reduced to _______.

7. Please refresh your memory (from Question # 1) on the number of trips you said you took to _______________ with your boat in the past 12 months. How many trips WOULD you or others have taken to _______________ with your boat in the past 12 months, if the conditions described in Picture B had existed?

________TRIPS FOR BOATING

IF YOU ANSWERED 1 OR MORE TRIPS ABOVE...

8. Approximately how many days would you have spent on each trip? _______ DAYS/TRIP

9. Suppose that you had known at the time you decided to take YOUR LAST TRIP to _______________ that the CONDITIONS described in picture B existed. What would you have done? (CIRCLE ONE)

1. WOULD HAVE MADE A TRIP TO THE SAME ACCESS POINT ON _______________.

(Name of Access Point? _____________________)

2. WOULD HAVE STILL MADE A TRIP THERE, BUT USED A DIFFERENT ACCESS POINT. (Name of Access Point? _____________________)

3. WOULD HAVE STILL MADE A TRIP, BUT TO VISIT ANOTHER LAKE OR RIVER.

(Name of Other Lake/River? __________________)

4. WOULD HAVE STILL MADE A BOATING TRIP, BUT NOT TO A LAKE OR RIVER.

(Type of Destination? ________________________)

5. WOULD HAVE STAYED HOME

6. OTHER (Specify:)____________________________________________

10. If you still would make a trip (Responses 1-4 Above), approximately how many days would you spend at your destination?

________DAYS

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