Environmental impacts and benefits of trails and greenways: planning trails with wildlilfe in mind; conservation principles, habitat restoration, research studies, and wildlife and trail interactions.

• Guidelines for Watching Wildlife
• Calico Basin/Red Spring Boardwalk project helps reduce conflicts between visitors and wildlife
• Are bicycles appropriate in National Wildlife Refuges?
• Natural Resource Impacts of Mountain Biking by Gary Sprung, from IMBA.com Resources
• Horses in Ecological Reserves
• Horse Trails and Water Quality Protection
• Horses and natural resources can coexist
• Land Ethics for Equestrian Trail Users
• Conservation Principles for Competition Trail Riders
• The American Spirit: A Cultural Heritage With The Horse
• www.weedfreefeed.com Receives Merit Award

• Bay Area Trail: Public Access and Wildlife Compatibility Report
• Economic Benefits of Wildlife Habitat
• Literature Search on Impacts of Trail Recreation
• Ecological Impacts of Mountain Biking: A Critical Literature Review
• Environmental and Social Effects of ATVs and ORVs: An Annotated Bibliography and Research Assessment (pdf 90kb)
• Environmental consequences of new trails plan for Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

• What to do if you meet a bear; and Encounters with deer on the trail
• Learning from Recent Encounters with Mountain Lions on the Trails
• Effects of winter Recreation on Wildlife of the Greater Yellowstone Area: a Literature Review and Assessment (pdf 5 mg)
• Interaction Between Roadways and Wildlife Ecology (pdf 5 mg): A Synthesis of Highway Practice
• Photos of interpretive panels and displays along trails
• We invite you to submit studies, publications, or other resources for this online library to American Trails.

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