THE AUTHORS 



ROBERT C. LUCAS is a principal research social scientist 

 and project leader of the Wilderness Management 

 Research work unit, located at the Forestry Sciences 

 Laboratory on the University of Montana campus at 

 Missoula. He has been in this position since 1967, and 

 before that was with the North Central Forest 

 Experiment Station in Minnesota. Dr. Lucas received 

 his B.S. in secondary education-social science (1957), 

 and M.A. (1959) and Ph. D. (1962), both in geography, 

 all from the University of Minnesota. He has authored 

 numerous publications dealing with wilderness 

 management. 



THOMAS J. KOVALICKY is a forester, who at the time of 

 this study was responsible for special areas manage- 

 ment in the Northern Region Office, USDA Forest 

 Service. He is now deputy forest supervisor, Flathead 

 National Forest, located in Kalispell, Mont. Earlier he 

 was assistant superintendent. Sawtooth National 

 Recreation Area; district ranger, Challis National 

 Forest, and district ranger, Bridger-Teton National 

 Forest. Mr. Kovalicky received his bachelor of forestry 

 degree from the University of Montana in 1961. He has 

 authored several other publications dealing with wilder- 

 ness management issues. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The electronic equipment used to measure trail use 

 was designed and built by David Gasvoda and Loren 

 Deland, electronic engineers, Missoula Equipment 

 Development Center, USDA Forest Service. The permit 

 stations were built by the Gallatin National Forest and 

 district ranger Robert Cron and resource assistant John 

 McCulloch advised on plans for the study. Evelyn 

 Wedl-Sibbernsen, forestry technician, maintained the 

 electronic equipment in the field, gathered and tabulated 

 all data, and assisted in the analysis. 



The use of trade, firm, or corporation names in this 

 publication is for the information and convenience of the 

 reader. Such use does not constitute an official endorse- 

 ment or approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture of 

 any product or service to the exclusion of others which may 

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