Ministry of Forests Annual Report 1995/96

Ministry of Forests Annual Report 1995/96

Table D–1c: Recreation use in B.C.'s public forest lands in 1995/96, by forest region¹

Roaded Areas² Roadless Areas³ Wilderness Areas⁴

HA Visits⁵ HA Visits⁵ HA

'000 number '000

Region

Cariboo
5,400

1,950

2,200

1,200

–

–

Kamloops
5,700

6,100

1,200

3,550

2

43

Nelson
3,940

4,350

2,650

2,400

–

–

Prince George
11,000

2,200

19,000

1,500

–

–

Prince Rupert
5,500

2,050

20,000

1,450

1

19

Vancouver
6,000

20,700

5,000

9,100

1

0.5

Totals
37,540

37,350

50,050

19,200

4

62.5

¹Includes all outdoor recreation (e.g., hiking, kayaking, wildlife viewing) that occurs outside parks and municipalities, or settled areas. Figures based primarily on extrapolation of results of "Outdoor Recreation Survey 1989/90," Ministry of Forests, 1991, and further adjusted to account for estimates of non–resident use and resident use.
²Areas within B.C.'s public forest lands that are within one kilometre of a two–wheel–drive road. These areas make up the Roaded Resource and Rural classes of the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum classification system.
³Areas within B.C.'s public forest lands that are farther than one kilometre from a two–wheel–drive road, are at least 1,000 hectares in size, and are a natural or natural–appearing environment. These areas make up the Primitive, Semi–Primitive Non–Motorized, and Semi–Primitive Motorized classes of the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum classification system, as inventoried in 1994 for the 1994 Forest, Range and Recreation Resource Analysis, Ministry of Forests.
⁴Areas within provincial forests that are designated as Wilderness Areas under the Forest Act.
⁵Use estimates in the Ministry of Forests' 1994/95 Annual Report were increased by 3 per cent as projected in the 1994 Forest, Range & Recreation Resource Analysis, except for the Prince Rupert region, where use estimates were provided.

	Roaded Areas²		Roadless Areas³		Wilderness Areas⁴

	HA	Visits⁵	HA	Visits⁵		HA

	'000				number	'000

Region
Cariboo	5,400	1,950	2,200	1,200	–	–
Kamloops	5,700	6,100	1,200	3,550	2	43
Nelson	3,940	4,350	2,650	2,400	–	–
Prince George	11,000	2,200	19,000	1,500	–	–
Prince Rupert	5,500	2,050	20,000	1,450	1	19
Vancouver	6,000	20,700	5,000	9,100	1	0.5
Totals	37,540	37,350	50,050	19,200	4	62.5

¹Includes all outdoor recreation (e.g., hiking, kayaking, wildlife viewing) that occurs outside parks and municipalities, or settled areas. Figures based primarily on extrapolation of results of "Outdoor Recreation Survey 1989/90," Ministry of Forests, 1991, and further adjusted to account for estimates of non–resident use and resident use. ²Areas within B.C.'s public forest lands that are within one kilometre of a two–wheel–drive road. These areas make up the Roaded Resource and Rural classes of the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum classification system. ³Areas within B.C.'s public forest lands that are farther than one kilometre from a two–wheel–drive road, are at least 1,000 hectares in size, and are a natural or natural–appearing environment. These areas make up the Primitive, Semi–Primitive Non–Motorized, and Semi–Primitive Motorized classes of the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum classification system, as inventoried in 1994 for the 1994 Forest, Range and Recreation Resource Analysis, Ministry of Forests. ⁴Areas within provincial forests that are designated as Wilderness Areas under the Forest Act. ⁵Use estimates in the Ministry of Forests' 1994/95 Annual Report were increased by 3 per cent as projected in the 1994 Forest, Range & Recreation Resource Analysis, except for the Prince Rupert region, where use estimates were provided.