Form 7-2545 Lake and River Visit Expenditure Survey

OMB Control No. 1006-0028
Expiration Date: xx/xx/2014

Lake and River Visit Expenditure
Survey

Paperwork Reduction Act
The purpose of this survey is to provide information to the Bureau of Reclamation for evaluating and
improving the recreation services and programs that it provides to the public. Response to this survey
is voluntary. No action may be taken against you for refusing to supply the information requested. The
reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 15 minutes, which includes the time for reviewing
instructions and completing and reviewing the form. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. Please direct comments regarding the burden
estimate or any other aspect of these forms to the Bureau of Reclamation, Policy and Administration,
Land Resources Division, 84-53000, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, CO 80225.

Privacy Act Statement
No Privacy Act Information is being collected; therefore, no direct link to the individual(s) filling out this
survey will be available. Information collected will be compiled to produce statistics.

U.S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Reclamation

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LAKE AND RIVER VISIT EXPENDITURE SURVEY
Part I
Lake or Rivers Trips Worksheet
Please think about the recreation trips you or other members of your household take in an
average year to the lakes or rivers listed in the table below. In the table below, please write
the average number of day and overnight trips per year you or other members of
household take to each lake or river and the average number of people in your group per
trip.
Name of lake or
river
(to be completed
by agency)

Average
number of day
trips per year

Average
number of
people per trip

Average number
of overnight trips
per year

Average
number of
people per trip

Part II
This section of the survey involves a few questions about the recreation trips you listed in
the Lake or Rivers Trips Worksheet (Part I).
1.

On average, how many hours did your day trips last? Please do not include time to and
from the site.
_____ hours

2.

On average, how many nights did your overnight trips last?
_____ nights

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3.

Which of the activities below did you or other members of your party participate in during
any trip you listed in the lakes or rivers worksheet (Part I)? Please check ( ) each activity
you or other members of your party did at least once.
_____ Fishing from a boat
_____ Fishing from the shore
_____ Boating, but not fishing
_____ Water skiing or jet skiing
_____ Sightseeing (including hiking)
_____ Camping
_____ Swimming
_____ Day use / picnicking
_____ Hunting
_____ Others (list): ____________________

Part III
Expenses Worksheet
4.

The table below asks how and where you spent money on your most recent trip to a lake
or river. Please estimate how much money you spent on your most recent trip in each
expense category.
Expense category

Dollars spent on your most
recent trip to a lake or river

Trip costs for your car, truck, or RV
(i.e., gas and oil)
Trip cost for your boat (i.e., gas and oil)
Hotel and motel costs
Private campgrounds (i.e., KOA)
Public campgrounds (i.e., State, county,
or Federal park)
Groceries
Restaurants
Park fees
Fishing licenses
Equipment rental fees
All other merchandise and trip costs
(i.e., clothing and souvenirs)

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5.

How do the expenses you listed in the worksheet compare with your typical recreational
trip? Please check ( ) your answer.
_____ I (we) normally spend more money than this on a typical recreation trip.
_____ I (we) normally spend about this amount on a typical recreation trip.
_____ I (we) normally spend less money than this on a typical recreation trip.
_____ I (we) don’t know.

Part IV
Note: The background information being collected below is needed to provide a profile of our
study population to make sure it is representative of all the visitors to our recreation area. None
of the information in this or other sections will be associated with any names or addresses.
6.

Are you from in-state, out-of-state, or another country? Please check ( ) only one
location.
_____In-State

_____Out-of-State

_____Another County

Note: The two questions below are designed to describe your ethnicity and race. Regardless of
your answer to Q. 7, go to Q. 8.
7.

Are you Hispanic or Latino (i.e., a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or
Central American, or other Spanish culture, regardless of race)?
_____ Yes
_____ No

8.

Please select one or more racial categories with which you most closely identify. Please
check ( ) all that apply.
_____ American Indian or Alaska Native
_____ Asian
_____ Black or African American
_____ Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
_____ White

— Thank you for your cooperation —

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