This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Chronicles a large-scale effort to map place values across the Pacific Northwest Region (Washington and Oregon) of the U.S. Forest Service. 485 socio-culturally meaningful places were identified. Staff also generated corresponding descriptions of the places¿ unique social and biophysical elements ¿ in other words, ¿niche¿ qualities and ¿niche¿ statements that reflected people¿s values. These places and their niches were then mapped using geographic info. systems technology. Niche info. was supplemented with additional existing data such as Nat. Visitor Use Monitoring, National Survey of Recreation and the Environ., and other social and economic info. Applications of this information-gathering technique were discussed. Illustrations.
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