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<br />., <br /> <br />000388 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />DATA COLLECTION <br /> <br />A great deal of effort was made to obtain a clear picture of the <br /> <br />boating use on Colorado rivers. The Federal land management agencies <br /> <br />(U.s. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service) <br /> <br />. <br />were asked for their river-use estimates for stretches of rivers within or <br /> <br />near lands being managed by those agencies. 'Surveys were sent out to <br /> <br />members of the Colorado Whitewater Association, local American Canoe <br /> <br />Association members and the Rocky Mountain Canoe Club, a total of approxi- <br /> <br />mate1y four hundred people. Similar requests for information were sent to <br /> <br />the commercial outfitters operating in Colorado and to known school and <br /> <br />church groups with rafting programs. Boater-use figures obtained from the <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />surveys were then compared with the managing agency estimates in order to <br /> <br />arrive at a reasonable user-day figure for each stretch of river. <br /> <br />Unfortunately, the boater population is very difficult to reach, and <br /> <br />some of the information gathered is based on estimates made from a few <br /> <br />individual sightings and the reports of boaters who have paddled the <br /> <br />stretches themselves. On the other hand, use on the Green and Yampa Rivers <br /> <br />through Dinosaur National Monument is carefully regulated and nearly exact <br /> <br />figures for use in that area are available. Due to overcrowding and safety <br /> <br />problems, the stretGh of the Colorado River from Gore Canyon to Dotsero has <br /> <br />been studied by the Kremm1ing and G1enwood Springs Resource Areas of the BLM, <br /> <br />1976 data from a report1 arising out of that study is included in this <br /> <br />document. The Dolores river, being studied for inclusion as a Wild and <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1 "Estimate of Visitor Use - Colorado River - Gore Canyon to <br />1976. Kremmling and G1enwood Springs Resources Areas. <br />Management. Colorado. <br /> <br />Dotsero, Colorado." <br />Bureau of Land <br /> <br />-7- <br />