Nonresponse bias check survey

OMB Control No. 1018-XXXX
Expires XX/XX/2013

Survey Questions for Nonrespondents
1. What activities did you participate in during your most recent visit to this Refuge? (please mark all that apply)
ˆ Hunting

ˆ Boating (including canoes / kayaks)

If you marked hunting, please mark what type below.
___ Big game ___ Small game ___ Waterfowl

ˆ Fishing

ˆ Environmental education (for
example, classrooms or labs, tours)

ˆ Photography

ˆ Interpretation (for example, exhibits,
kiosks, videos)

ˆ Hiking

ˆ Wildlife observation
Please mark if you were bird-watching.
___ Bird watching

ˆ Bicycling
ˆ Auto Tour Route/Driving

ˆ Special event (please
specify) _______________
______________________
ˆ Other (please specify)
______________________
ˆ Other (please specify)
______________________

2. From the list of activities above, what was the primary purpose of your most recent visit to this Refuge?
(please write only one activity on the line). __________________________________________

3. If you or a member of your group paid a fee or used a pass to enter this Refuge, in your opinion, how appropriate
was the fee?
ˆ Far too low
ˆ Too low
ˆ About right
ˆ Too high
ˆ Far too high
ˆ Did not pay a fee

4. Before you were contacted to participate in this survey, were you aware that National Wildlife Refuges… (please
mark one answer for each item below)
…were managed by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service?
…have the primary mission of protecting and improving fish, wildlife and their habitat?

ˆ Yes
ˆ Yes

ˆ No
ˆ No

5. Please indicate whether you disagree or agree with the following statement. (please mark only one)
This Refuge does a good job of conserving fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats.
ˆ Strongly disagree

ˆ Disagree

ˆ Neither agree or
disagree

ˆ Agree

ˆ Strongly agree

6. In what year where you born? _______ (YYYY)

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT: The Paperwork Reduction Act requires us tell you why we are collecting this information, how we will
use it, and whether or not you have to respond. The information that we collect in this survey will help us understand visitor satisfaction with and use of
national wildlife refuges and to make sound management and policy decisions. Your response is voluntary. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and you
are not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB Control Number. We estimate it will take an average of 5 minutes
to complete this survey. You may send comments concerning the burden estimate or any aspect of the survey to the Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, MS 222–ARLSQ, Arlington, VA 22203.