Designing Sustainable Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Part III
This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides an updated version of the original “Designing Sustainable Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Part III”.
A 10-element management framework allows basic trail sustainability and trail fundamentals to be applied systematically. Taken together, the 10 elements provide managers with guidance on information collection, data evaluation, decision-making, and program development and implementation. In part II of the course, first 5 out of the 10 trail management elements were discussed. In this part, the other 5 elements will be described which are:
- Evaluation of management options
- Trail Prescriptions
- Trail Maintenance
- Implementation
- Trail monitoring and evaluation
Evaluation of management options helps identify alternatives and guides decision making for strategic trail planning and project implementation. The evaluation should consider the trail’s social, political, and environmental context. The evaluation also benefits from a review of appropriate best management practices (BMPs) for off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails. A trail prescription defines the appropriate actions for new trail construction and maintenance of existing trails. This prescription forms the implementation plan for the trail. In addition, responding to maintenance issues has been one of the biggest concerns in off-highway vehicle (OHV) trail management. Trail maintenance helps return tread surfaces and trail structures to their original specifications, prolonging the utility of the trail and reducing environmental impacts. On the other hand, implementation deals with all aspects of the work for a new trail construction project or a maintenance project for an existing trail. Implementation addresses funding considerations, compliance and permitting concerns, logistics planning, job hazard analysis, and management oversight and documentation. Finally, Periodic trail monitoring and evaluation provide data that can be used to review changes in trail condition and to assess the adequacy of maintenance. The types of monitoring discussed here include compliance monitoring, identifying maintenance needs, and trail condition monitoring.
This 3 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to Transportation engineers, Forest Service employees and their partners, designers, managers, recreation professionals, and technical staff who are interested in ensuring inclusive outdoor recreation opportunities and designing sustainable off-highway vehicle trails.
This continuing education interactive presentation is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Learning designing sustainable off-highway vehicle trails
- Understanding evaluation of management options for planned OHV trails.
- Understanding trail prescriptions (new and existing trails) and trail design parameters.
- Learning about trail maintenance, determining maintenance needs and maintenance timing and frequency.
- Exploring the implementation process, funding considerations, compliance and permitting, and logistics planning.
- Understanding trail monitoring and evaluation.
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