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<br /> <br />Annual Visitor Use Limits <br /> <br />c') <br />c~) <br />t-::l <br />Q <br />N <br />101:--. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />To accomplish the objective of protecting <br />the river environment, maximum visitor use levels <br />will be set. Use levels will be measured in user <br />days, where one user day equals one person on the <br />river for any portion of one day. The total com- <br />mercial and noncommercial use level will be 150,076 <br />user days for the summer season (May through September) <br />and 19,874 user days for the winter use season (October <br />to April). Future adjustments to these levels may be <br />made upon consideration of information from the monit- <br />oring program relative to impacts on beaches, attraction <br />sites, cultural resources, and the quality of the visitor <br />experience. <br />As each trip leaves Lees Ferry, the number <br />of commercial passengers or noncommercial trip <br />participants and projected trip length will be <br />recorded. With this information, the user days <br />for each trip will be calculated. Each concessioner <br />will receive a monthly report of the number of user <br />days utilized and will have two weeks to report any <br />needed adjustments due to passengers who take partial <br />trips. <br />Because of the tremendous demand for river <br />trips it is the goal of the Park Service to limit <br />isitors to no more than one trip during the calendar <br />season, whether commercial or noncommercial, unless <br />they are traveling on the river in a nonrecreational <br />capacity' (e. g. commercial crew or owners, researchers, <br />or park staff). Commercial boatmen may participate <br />in one private trip per year. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />