Recreation Opportunity Spectrum
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Recreation Opportunity Spectrum
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a mix of outdoor settings based on remoteness, area size, and evidence of humans, which allows for a variety of recreation activities andexperiences. The descriptions used to classify the settings are on a continuum and aredescribed as: rural, roaded resource, semi-primitive motorized, semi-primitive non-motorized, and primitive. [Ministry of Forests -- Government of British Columbia]
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