national trails. The National Register of Historic Places in 1980 listed 347 

 sites. In addition, there were 19 NFS registered historic landmarks in Flor- 

 ida in 1980. 



The National Park Service manages national parks and recreation areas, 

 national seashores, and other natural areas. It also designates national 

 environmental studies for these areas in cooperation with educational insti- 

 tutions. Ten of these areas, comprising over 1.6 million acres of land, are 

 in Florida. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages 24 national wildlife 

 refuges and wilderness areas in Florida that total over 451,000 acres. The 

 Bureau of Land Management (Minerals Management Services) manages national 

 lands including offshore bottoms beyond Florida's territorial waters. The 

 U.S. Forest Service manages four national forests in Florida that cover about 

 1.3 million acres of land and contain 59 developed public recreation sites 

 that total 1,313 acres. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in conjunction with 

 flood control and water management projects, developed 13 recreation areas of 

 775 acres. The U.S. Department of Defense allows public hunting within wild- 

 life management areas on certain Air Force facilities in Florida. The U.S. 

 Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Interior jointly manage 

 11 designated wilderness areas consisting of 1,379,612 acres in Florida (Flor- 

 ida Department of Natural Resources 1981). 



OUTDOOR RECREATION IN FLORIDA 



Most of the data and information provided in this report were gathered 

 from national surveys of fishing and hunting, marine recreational surveys, and 

 surveys taken by the Florida DNR for their five-year outdoor recreation plans. 



The statewide outdoor recreation demand per capita, including residents 

 and tourists for 1970, 1975, and 1980, is given in Table 2 and participation 

 in various outdoor forms of recreation in 1980 are given in Table 3. 



Nearly 300 million man days of outdoor recreation (27% of the statewide 

 total) were generated by Florida tourists in 1975. Bike riding and beach rec- 

 reation account for about 50% of the total man days of recreation. Nearly 50% 

 of the State's residents and 67% of the tourists participated at least once in 

 beach recreation. 



According to a study of outdoor recreation in Florida in 1981, over 400 

 million man days of recreation (64% of total demand) were generated by tour- 

 ists. Beach and outdoor swimming pool recreation accounted for about 40% of 

 the total demand for outdoor recreation, and nearly 75% of all residents and 

 80% of the tourists went to the beach at least once in 1980. The demand by 

 tourists was greater than that of residents for saltwater beaches, swimming 

 pools, camping, picnicking, visiting historical and archaeological sites, 

 freshwater swimming (nonpool), saltwater fishing (nonboat), hiking, nature 

 study, and golfing. Since 1970, bike riding and saltwater beach activities 

 characterized the recreation of residents, whereas tourists tended to engage 

 more in recreational vehicle camping, and freshwater pool swimming (Table 2). 

 Residents were least active in tent camping and canoeing whereas tourists were 

 least active in hunting. 



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