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CHAPTER 5: ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS

Examples of
Potential Contributing Impact Activity/Site Mitigating Strategies
Impact Tourism based Level Characteristics
Activities
• Wedding • Low volumes
receptions Low of patrons • None
and other and parked
celebratory vehicles
Long-term gatherings
disturbance • Concerts
of farm and • Direct • High volumes
forest land sales and High of patrons • Rotation of parking facilities on-site
marketing of and parked • Rotation of activity facilities on-site
farm crops vehicles
• Corporate
events
• Minimal
disturbance to
undeveloped
• Wedding Low fields • None
receptions • Low volumes
and other of patrons
celebratory arriving via
gatherings gravel roads
• Concerts • High volume
Dust
• Direct of patrons
sales and and vehicles • Spray fields used for parking to dampen if extremely
marketing of disturbing dry
farm crops High undeveloped • Spray dirt and gravel access roads to dampen
• Corporate fields • Advance information to patrons requesting slow
events • High volume travel speeds on gravel roads
of patrons • Signage promoting slower speeds
arriving via
gravel road

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