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<br />Table 111-4 Current Re~reation Use <br />Oh-Be-Joyful Wilderness Study Area <br /> <br />Recreation <br />Activity <br /> <br />Activity <br />Duration (hrs.) <br /> <br />Length <br />of Season <br /> <br />Total <br />RVD's <br /> <br />Viewing Scenery <br />Hiking & Walking <br />Horseback <br />Automobile (4 Wheel <br />Drive) <br />Fishing-Cold water <br />Camping-general <br />Hunting-Big game <br /> <br />2.5 <br />5.0 <br />5.0 <br />5.0 <br /> <br />120 <br />120 <br />120 <br />120 <br /> <br />420 <br />420 <br />240 <br />100 <br /> <br />5.0 <br />7.0 <br />6.0 <br /> <br />120 <br />120 <br />40 <br /> <br />220 <br />240 <br />140 <br />1,780 <br /> <br />TOTAL <br /> <br />Source: <br /> <br />Estimated from Taylor River Ranger District 1980 RIM (Recreation <br />Information Management) data. <br /> <br />Note: <br /> <br />It is recognized some limited bicycling and motorcycling occurs <br />but it is minimal and is not includ.ed in i.he above summary. <br /> <br />~he Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) provides a framework for <br />defining the types of outdoor recreation opportunities the public <br />might desire. The ROS is ar~anged along a spectrum or continuum that <br />includes six categories from primitive to urban. Activity, setting <br />and experience opportunities are described for each category. See <br />Appendix E-l for a display of the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum. <br /> <br />All areas have a capacity to provide, or at least affect, recreation <br />opportunities. The existing ROS for the Oh-Be-Joyful Study Area, as <br />outlined in the East River Land Management Plan, is shown on Figure 111- <br />5. <br /> <br />Establishing carrying capacities is a matter of determining the kind <br />of social and environmental conditions to be provided (establishing <br />management objectives), reviewing the probable consequences of dif- <br />ferent use configurations on that desired outcome, and prescribing <br />policies and actions that will attain these objectives. Either <br />ecological or social factors can lead to a determination that an area <br />has reached its capacity. <br /> <br />Capacities in this analysis were developed for comparative purposes <br />and should not be considered management limits or ceilings. ThE" <br />procedures used are those being developed to determine recreation <br />outputs for the Forest Land and Resource Plans.. <br /> <br />The land's potential recreation capacity, within each ROS, is 'measured <br />in persons-at-one-time (PAOT). A PAOT is an instantaneous measure of <br />the number of people that can be present in the same area at the same <br />time without ruining the experience. Within each ROS category, the <br />PAOT's will vary based on the vegetative cover, topography, and ease <br />of access. <br /> <br />21 <br />