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Links for Resources on Trails and Wildlife Issues

From Planning Trails with Wildlife in Mind, a publication of the Colorado State Trails Program

General Information about Trail Planning, Construction, and Management

American Trails has dozens of articles on trail planning, construction, and management and related topics for trails and greenways. http://www.Americantrails.org/resources/index.html

Appalachian Trail Conference: Includes general information on management plans and other stewardship activities, as well as a land trust to protect their trail corridor. http://www.atconf.org/programs.html

South Carolina Trails Program: Trails management, maps, and information on funding, construction, and greenways. http://www.sctrails.net

North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service: "Recreational Forest Trails: Plan for Success," including types of trails, design, layout, construction, studying the land: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/rrea/rectrailstoc.html

North Carolina State University: Recreational Forest Trails: "Top Ten Construction Tips" and sources of information: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/rrea/topten.html

University of Minnesota Trail Planning, Construction, and Maintenance Bibliography: http://forestry.lib.umn.edu/bib/trls.html

Federal Lands and Agencies

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Threatened and Endangered Species Data Set: http://www.fws.gov/

USDA Forest Service: Chapter 1 of Trails Management Handbook. Includes typical information needed for trail system analysis. http://www.fs.fed.us/im/directives/fsh/2309.18/2309.18,1.txt

Bureau of Land Management: General statement about stewardship activities, including trails. http://www.blm.gov/budget/1998/98rec.html

USDA Forest Service: Newsletter about an Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) proposal for Daniel Boone National Forest: http://www.atving.com/editor/trails/db.htm

National Park Service Planning Homepage: http://www.nps.gov/planning/

USDA Forest Service Homepage: http://www.fs.fed.us/

U.S. Forest Service Wildlife page: http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/wildlife/index.html

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Homepage: http://www.epa.gov/

USDA National Resource Conservation Service: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/

NRCS Technical Resources, includes the National PLANTS database: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/TechRes.html

American Trails articles on trails in wetlands: http://www.Americantrails.org/resources/wildlife/index.html

Council on Environmental Quality-- NEPAnet: http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/nepanet.htm

Natural Resource Information

University of Alberta environmental research and studies: http://www.ualberta.ca/ERSC/

clay.net® Environmental Professional's Homepage, designed specifically for environmental consultants and remediation professionals. Includes state and federal agencies and legislation: http://www.clay.net/

Natural Resources Research Information Pages: Outdoor Recreation Research: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~leung/recres.html

Colorado Division of Wildlife: http://wildlife.state.co.us/

Links to state wildlife agencies: http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/otherf&w.htm

The Wildlife Rehabilitation Information Directory: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/

Colorado Mountain Club: http://www.cmc.org/

Craighead Environmental Research Institute: Corridors and Reserve Design: http://www.grizzlybear.org/

International Association for Landscape Ecology: http://sslsun02.tamu.edu/iale/annualmt.htm

Society for Conservation Biology: http://conbio.net/scb/

Wildlife Biology Information Page: http://members.aol.com/Bioweb98/wildlife.html

Restoration

Colorado State Parks: Revegetation along trail corridors: http://www.Americantrails.org/resources/wildlife/index.html

Riparian Restoration Roundtable: Resources: http://www.treelink.org/woodnotes/vol1/no1/rrres.htm

Ecological Restoration: http://ecologicalrestoration.info/

Restoration and Management News: http://ecologicalrestoration.info/201.html

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Habitat section: http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/habitat.htm

State Trail Programs

Links to State Trail Programs: http://www.Americantrails.org/resources/statetrails/index.html

Funding and Assistance

Colorado State Trails Program: http://parks.state.co.us/trails/

Colorado Division of Wildlife-- Fishing is Fun: http://wildlife.state.co.us/fishing/fun/index.asp

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Programs, including, incentive programs for wildlife, wetlands, soil, environmental quality: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/NRCSProg.html

Sources specific to Colorado Trail Projects

Boulder County Parks and Open Space, Michael Sanders, Senior Resource Specialist/Wildlife, 303-441-3952

City of Boulder Open Space Department, P.O. Box 791, Boulder, CO 80306

Bureau of Land Management, Jim McBrayer, Outdoor Recreation Planner, Little Snake Resource Center, Craig, CO 970-826-5083

Continental Divide Trail Alliance, 303-838-3760; website: http://www.cdtrail.org/index.html

Colorado Division of Wildlife; Regional Service Centers::

• Denver (303) 291-7277
• Colorado Springs (719) 473-2945
• Grand Junction (970) 248-7175

Natural Diversity Information Source website: http://ndis.nrel.colostate.edu/

Colorado Dept. of Transportation, Betsy Jacobsen, Bicycle/Pedestrian Program Manager, 303-757-9982.

Colorado Natural Areas Program: (303) 866-3437; website: http://parks.state.co.us/cnap/

Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Environmental Review Coordinator, CSU 103 Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, 970-491-1150; website: http://www.cnhp.colostate.edu/

Colorado State Parks Trails Program, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 618, Denver, CO 80203; website: http://parks.state.co.us/trails/

Colorado Weed Management Association: http://www.cwma.org/

Jefferson County Open Space Department, Natural Resources Supervisor, 700 Jefferson County Parkway, Suite 100, Golden, CO 80419, 303-271-5986

Summit County Open Space and Trails Department, P.O. Box 5660, Frisco, CO 80442; 970-668-4060.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:

• Denver (Omaha District), 303-979-4120;
• Pueblo (Albuquerque District), 719-543-6915;
• Grand Junction (Sacramento District), 970-243-1199.

U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, Recreation and Public Service, 303-275-5045; Melanie Woolever, Wildlife Biologist, 303-275-5007

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