Joshua Tree NP VSP Visitor Study
April 3–9, 2004
Visitor opinions about national significance of the park
Eighty-four percent of visitor groups (N=441 groups) provided comments about the national significance of Joshua Tree NP. Their comments are listed in Table 15 and complete copies of visitor responses are in the appendix.
| Table 15: Visitor opinions about national significance of Joshua Tree NP N=577 comments; some visitor groups made more than one comment. | |
| Site | Number of times mentioned |
| Preserving the diversity of high desert wildlife habitats | 54 |
| Protect the pristineness of the area from industrialized development | 43 |
| Place to preserve and protect Joshua trees | 41 |
| Special rock formations | 40 |
| Preservation of an unique natural environment and ecosystem | 39 |
| Special high desert environment that needs to be protected | 38 |
| Natural beauty | 33 |
| Unique landscape | 29 |
| Preservation of natural beauty for public enjoyment | 25 |
| Special geological formations | 25 |
| Preservation for future generations | 20 |
| Geologically historical treasure | 17 |
| Beautiful and rare environment, no place like this | 17 |
| A tranquil and peaceful place to be away from urban lifestyle | 17 |
| Good place to educate public about value of natural resources and how much we have destroyed them | 13 |
| A wonderful specimen of two merging desert environments | 11 |
| Preserve remnants of Native American culture | 11 |
| Very high | 10 |
| Place that shows the greatness of our nation | 10 |
| An unique site for rock climbing | 8 |
| Protection of natural resources | 8 |
| A national heritage | 8 |
| As significant as other national parks | 8 |
| An unique wilderness area at close proximity to large urban area | 7 |
| The historical appearance of the west | 6 |
| Don't know/unsure | 5 |
| Spiritual values | 5 |
| Great site for geological study | 2 |
| Other comments | 27 |
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