Recreational Use and Expenditure Survey

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Visitor Survey

Dear Visitor,
On [XXXXXXXXX] you completed a face-to-face survey during your visit to [XXXXXX]. If this is not correct please click here.
The survey is part of a national scientific research effort being conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). At that
time, you agreed to participate in a short, web-based follow-up survey and provided your email address.
The web-based survey should take less than 11 minutes to complete, not all questions are asked of all visitors. If you have already
completed one of these web-based surveys we thank you for being a frequent visitor to Corp’s lakes. Since each visit is a little
different, we would greatly appreciate if you would also complete the survey for the visit identified above.
The survey asks questions about the trip during which you visited the lake, including the activities in which you participated, and
what you spent during the trip. This information will be used to estimate the economic impact and significance of USACE recreation
areas. It is as important for us to know the percentage of folks that visit our lakes every day to walk their dog and have no large
expenses associated with their visit as it is for us to know about the campers that spent 14 nights at the lake and contributed to the
local economy.

Take the Survey
Please click on this link to complete the survey: Survey Link

Privacy Act Statement
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1962-2, Congressional statement of objectives; 16 U.S.C. 460d, The Flood Control Act of 1944, as amended;
33 U.S.C. 652, Upper Mississippi River Management; 16 U.S.C. 460(L)(12)-460(L)(21), The Federal Water Project Recreation Act of
1965, as amended; 33 U.S.C. 2215, The Water Resources Development Act of 1986, as amended; 33 U.S.C. 2320, The Water
Resources Development Act of 1990, as amended; Senate Document No. 97, 87th Congress., 2nd,Session. (1964): Policies,
Standards, and Procedures in the Formulation, Evaluation, and Review of Plans for use and Development of Water and Related
Land Resources; ER 1165-2-400, Recreational Planning, Development, and Management Policies; ER 1130-2-550, Recreation
Operations and Maintenance Policies.
Purpose: The information you provide will be combined with other visitor's information to develop visitation and economic
estimates and aid in project development and improvement. Your email address was requested as a means of sending you this
follow-up survey to collect additional data about your visit and expenditures at this recreation area. Your email address will only be
used by persons doing this survey.
Routine Use: Law Enforcement, Disclosure to the Department of Justice for Litigation, Data Breach Remediation Purposes,
Disclosure of Information to the General Services Administration. For more details on these routine uses, visit
http://dpcld.defense.gov/Privacy/SORNsIndex/Blanket-Routine-Uses/

Disclosure: Participation in this survey is voluntary and there are no penalties for refusing to provide any information. Your
cooperation is important to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the statistical results. To safeguard the privacy of the
participants, your email address will be immediately separated from the information you provide on the survey.

Agency Disclosure Statement
The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 11 minutes per response, including the time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing
the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, Executive
Services Directorate, Information Management Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 223503100 (XXXX-XXXX). Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number.
PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS.
Responses not submitted via this online tool, should be sent to Recreation Use Survey, USACE-IWR-Casey Building, 7701 Telegraph
Road, Alexandria VA, 22315.

Problems, Questions and Comments
The web-based survey was developed and is being managed in cooperation with the Recreational Marine Research Center at
Michigan State University. The Office of Management and Budget reviewed and approved the survey. If you encounter any technical
issues related to accessing or completing the survey, please contact us at rmrc@msu.edu. For more information about the overall
research effort please visit www.CorpsLakes.us/VisitorSurvey. If you have comments and questions regarding this survey please
contact the USACE Visitor Survey Project Manager, Meredith Bridgers at Meredith.Bridgers@usace.army.mil. For more
information on Corps lakes visit www.CorpsLakes.us.
If you do not wish to take the survey and do not want to receive any reminder emails please click here.

Thank You
Thank you in advance for your willingness to participate in our survey.