More than one-half (18) of the 32 ownerships to be enlarged
in the next 3 years, have campgrounds scoring an A or B status rating
(Table 26). Cnly 5 of the 32 (16%) have D or E status ratings, and
they account for $35,000 (12%) of the $286,500 costs for cianges
on all 32 ownerships. Those ownerships with the higher quality campgrounds
have enlargement plans which, on the average, will cost more than
those on the C, D or E status rating campgrounds. Estimated added
development costs average $11,806 each on those 18 ownerships having
A or B rating status campgrounds, as compared to an average of $5,285
each for the 14 ownerships with C or D or E status campgrounds.
Assistance Fram Agencies and Cooperation
Sixty (73%) of the camping enterprise operators have received
assistance frm 1 or more of 4 primrary assisting public agencies6
These agencies are the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources6 the
local county Soil and Water Conservation District, the University
of Wisconsin County Cooperative Extension Service and the U. S.
Soil Conservation Service. Only 22 (277%) of the operators indicate
that they have not requested or received any assistance fran either
of these agencies (Table 27). The number of operators receiving such
assistance either in the initial 1 or 2 years when they were starting
their enterprises or within the last 2 years is about the same respectively
for each agency source of assistance. Also, the numbers, by agency
sources, that receive assistance are generally about the same. And,
in both tine periods, between 33 and 43 percent of the operators
received assistance from each of the 4 agencies (Table 27). However,
a few less than one-half this number of operators have received assistance
from all 4 agencies.
No relationship appears to exist between enterprises having campgrounds
rating A or B (higher quality) status and use of assistance from
the 4 agencies. This is indicated by there being generally about
the same percentage of A or B status campground operators receiving
assistance as the percentage of all 82 operators who have received
help fran the 4 assisting agencies (Table 27). In fact, only 68 percent
of the 37 operators having A or B status  apgrounds ocrared to
78 percent of those 45 having C, D, or E status c-amgrounds received
assistance frao  1 or more of the 4 assisting sources. There is no
way of knowing, however, how many campgrounds might have scored lower
if assistance had not been received fran these agencies.
Camping Enterprises With Selected Favorable Features
Nine features of a camping enterprise and its campground were
selected as a guide to what should be desirable and acceptable by
a majority of campers. Those of the 82 camping enterprises having
all 9 of these favorable attributes were oripared with the average
situation for all enterprises.
16 At the tin of the survey, reference to this department was carried
on Schedule Part A as "'Wisconsin Division of Conservation (any repre-
sentatives)"; subsequent departmental reorganization replaced this
divisicn with others.


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