PRIVACY ACT and PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT statement:

16 U.S.C. 1a-7 authorizes collection of this information. This information will be used by park managers to better serve the public. Response to this request is voluntary. No action may be taken against you for refusing to supply the information requested. Your name is requested for follow-up mailing purposes only. When analysis of the questionnaire is completed, all name and address files will be destroyed. Thus the permanent data will be anonymous. Please do not put your name or that of any member of your group on the questionnaire. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Person collecting and analyzing information: Dave Smaldone, Ph.D., Recreation, Parks & Tourism Program, PO Box 6125, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6125; (304) 293-2941

Burden estimate statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 15 minutes per response. Direct comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this form to: Kevin Brandt, Superintendent, C&O Canal National Historical Park, 1850 Dual Highway, Suite 100; Hagerstown, MD 21740-6620.