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Step 1 of 7 Welcome

Instructions

Select a value to associate with map location:

Welcome

The Bureau of Land Management manages public lands for multiple uses – including recreation, conservation, energy development, livestock grazing, and timber harvesting – to name a few. Land managers are often tasked with maximizing some combination of these uses without reducing the quality of visitors’ experiences. To accomplish this, managers must understand: (1) what specific locations people are visiting, and (2) how visitors use and value these lands.

The following mapping application and survey is a pilot study intended to help land managers understand your uses of and values for public lands and waters in the Moab area. It should take around 15 minutes to complete and will work on most modern desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.

Should you choose to participate, you will:


  1. Interact

    Interact with a map to identify locations that you use and that are important to you in the Moab area

  2. Rank

    Rank your top three locations you have visited and their values based on their importance to you

  3. Answer

    Answer a few questions related to these top three locations/values

At no point during this survey will you be personally identified. Additionally, you are under no obligation to participate and may end this survey at any time. This application is designed by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of Land Management and has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget [Control Number 1028-0139]. Please contact Dr. Sarah Lindley (slindley@usgs.gov) with any questions. Thank you in advance for your thoughtful responses!

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT

We are collecting this information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501) to identify public uses for public lands and waters. Your response is voluntary. We may not conduct or sponsor, and you are not required to respond to a collection of information, unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. OMB has reviewed and approved this survey and assigned OMB Control Number 1028-0139.

The public burden for the collection of information is estimated to be 15 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding the burden estimate or any aspect of this collection of information may be sent to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, USGS, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., Mil Stop 242, Reston, VA 20192.

In which season(s) do you most often visit the Moab area? (check all that apply)

Please use the following mapping interface to indicate the locations you use and value in the Moab area – indicated by the black outline. Instructions for using the mapping interface are listed on the next page. Although you can place markers anywhere, the focus of this study is on public lands and waters managed by Bureau of Land Management, depicted by the unshaded area. You can place up to 30 points, and you can zoom in on the map to indicate specific locations.


Please add one or more locations to continue.

Please select Point and Delete, then redraw at correct location.

Continue to Ranking

On the next section we will ask you to select and rank your TOP 3 locations that you placed on the map.

Survey declined.

Would you be willing to answer a few questions as to why?