Given the scale of life in the cosmos, one human life is no more than a tiny blip. Each one of us is a just visitor to this planet, a guest, who will only stay for a limited time. What greater folly could there be than to spend this short time alone, unhappy, or in conflict with our companions? – Dalai Lama

Providing a quality visitor experience while at the same time protecting wild & scenic river values is one of the most difficult challenges facing a river manager. 

Here are some resources that may help with planning and addressing visitor use issues:

Frameworks Crosswalk – This Resource Crosswalk distills resources for achieving essential components of capacity identification and relationships to other Visitor Use Management (VUM) aspects of river management planning by:

  • providing background about the intent of the work of two interagency councils to address capacities;
  • clarifying the lexicon of key definitions surrounding capacities;
  • synthesizing existing information developed through interagency cooperation and vetted by DOI and DOA solicitors; and
  • demonstrating complementary resources for phases of planning that represent recommendations and best practices for all federal land and water managing agencies, regardless of the setting or designation, or need for a capacity.

Visitor Use Management Resources Crosswalk: Comparing Visitor Use and Wild and Scenic Strategies

 

RELATED RESOURCES FROM THE INTERAGENCY VISITOR USE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL:

ADDITIONAL INTERAGENCY WSR COUNCIL RESOURCE: Steps to Address User Capacities for Wild and Scenic Rivers – Every river management plan is required to address user capacities. This paper explains how to determine those capacities.