78 



Many of these visitors had 

 made several trips in the past 

 year. Nearly two-thirds of 

 the mailback respondents 

 (62%) reported making more 

 than one trip in the past 12 

 months; 17% had made more 

 than 10 trips. Again, 

 differences by segment are 

 not significant (Chi square). 



Table 10. Repeat visitation to the Green River study 

 area. 



The Green River is the ■■■■i"i^"ii^i^^"ii«"""iiii«"^^^^^"^^i^"""i^"i"^i™ 

 primary destination for 92% of its visitors and many of them are longtime users of the Green 

 River. While 22% reported less than one year of experience with the river, 36% had 1-5 

 years of experience, and 14% had 6-10 years since their first visit. Another 17% had up to 

 20 years experience, 10% more up to 30 years, and 1% had been coming to the Green River 

 for more than 30 years. One visitor had made his first visit 63 years ago. 



There are no significant differences among peak season users in the three segments in the 

 terms of the first year of their visit (Chi square). Those who have been coming longest 

 come most often during the first fishing season and least often during the second fishing 

 season. 



4.1.5 Activities 



Our survey design resulted in several options to chose from in describing user activities. We 

 had the option of combining responses to single items in the intercept survey (did you... fish, 

 float, or use a commercial guide) to create five user types distinguishing nonfishing floaters, 

 private boat or shore fishers, and private versus commercial guide users (see Table 5). Or, 

 we could define activity on the basis of the single question in the mailback survey asking 



73 



