Public Use of the National Park System MENU Cover Contents Foreword Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Conclusions Footnotes		Public Use of the National Park System (1872-2000) Chapter 8 CHAPTER 8 Estimating Public Use of the National Park System to the Year 2000 a. Population Growth. b. Increases in Outdoor Recreation. c. Public Use in the National Park System. DIGEST It is often estimated that the 1960 population of the United States will almost double by the year 2000. Outdoor recreation activities generally are increasing at twice the rate of population growth. According to the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation's most recent survey, outdoor recreation activities will double their 1960 figure by 1980 and quadruple it by 2000. This is because leisure time, income and mobility are all increasing much more rapidly than population. But travel to the National Park System is one of the fastest growing segments of outdoor recreation. The 1960 National Park System travel total will have doubled by 1967 instead of 1980 and will have more than quadrupled by 1976 instead of 2000. The growth rate for National Park System travel is such that a travel year of one billion by 2000 no longer appears fantastic. Continue >>>
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