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Outdoor Recreation and Conservation Lab (O.R.C.)
at the University of Tennessee
Visitors to Katmai National Park and Preserve take photos of brown bears at Brooks Falls. This was part of a project to help understand the difference between online and on-site brown bear viewing experiences.
Dr. Sharp and Dr. Brownlee (Clemson University) at Buffalo National River in Arkansas. This project aimed to understand the types and amounts of use on the river.
Visitors hiking in the cross canyon corridor (better known as rim to rim) of Grand Canyon National Park. Students setting up and collecting data from day users and those whose goal was to walk rim to rim (or in some cases, rim to rim to rim). To capture this use the research team would begin collecting data at 4am!
Joshua Tree National Park, CA
Ozark National Scenic Riverways, MO
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, ND
Cumberland Island National Seashore, GA
Pickett State Forest, TN
