Wilderness visitor statistics

Thanks to Kristin with the U.S. Forest Service in Ely, I've acquired a big pile of data describing visitation of the BWCA wilderness. I'll be crunching the numbers for a while, but I'll share anything interesting as it is computed. For starters, here's a look at the overall numbers of visitors to the BWCA during the summers of 2003 and 2004, by month. No real suprises here: June, July, and August are the busiest, with the 2-year average showing a nice rounded curve peaking in July. It is interesting, however, that the two years varied so much. August '04 is only 55% of Aug '03. Hmmm...

More to come.