THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL USE OF NAVIGATION LOCKS ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER1 |
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| Authors: | James H. Gramann Leo McAvoy Jr. James D. Absher Rabel J. Burdge |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Recreation and Parks, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A & M Univ., College Station, Texas 77843;2. Associate Professor, Div. of Recreation, Park, and Leisure Studies, 209 Cooke Hall, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455;3. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Recreation and Leisure Studies, 1 Peabody Hall, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602;4. Professor, Institute for Environmental Studies, Dept, of Leisure Studies, Univ, of Illinois, 408 S. Goodwin Ave., Urban, Illinois 61801 |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT Navigation locks on the Upper Mississippi River currently receive heavy use from both commercial barge traffic and recreational craft. Multiple regression analysis of lockage statistics suggests a critical level may exist, below which barge traffic volume has little impact on recreational lock use, but above which it physically constrains recreational lockage. The capacity of the Upper Mississippi River for lock chambers at Alton, Illinois. This may adversely impact recreational use of locks by raising commercial traffic levels above the critical level at several other locks on the river. |
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| Keywords: | recreation Mississippi River carrying capacity navigation locks |
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