A Comparative Analysis for Wilderness User Fee Policy

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Abstract
Users at both a fee and a nonfee backcountry area were surveyed between June and September, 1985. User characteristics, trip characteristics, and TCM demand functions all indicated fees did not cause a difference between populations or trip behavior. Responses indicated that users would rather not pay fees than pay them, but that behavior and use patterns would not be drastically altered if fees were implemented. About three-fourths of the respondents reported fees did not affect their choice of area and that they had complied with fees. We conclude a strong case is made for intensive investigation of a wilderness fee system.

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