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Informal trail monitoring protocols: Denali National Park and Preserve. Final Report, October 2011

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Abstract

Managers at Alaska?s Denali National Park and Preserve (DENA) sponsored this research to assess and monitor visitor-created informal trails (ITs). DENA is located in south-central Alaska and managed as a six million acre wilderness park. This program of research was guided by the following objectives: (1) Investigate alternative methods for monitoring the spatial distribution, aggregate lineal extent, and tread conditions of informal (visitor-created) trails within the park. (2) In consultation with park staff, develop, pilot test, and refine cost-effective and scientifically defensible trail monitoring procedures that are fully integrated with the park?s Geographic Information System. (3) Prepare a technical report that compiles and presents research results and their management implications. This report presents the protocol development and field testing process, illustrates the types of data produced by their application, and provides guidance for their application and use. The protocols described provide managers with an efficient means to document and monitor IT conditions in settings ranging from pristine to intensively visited.

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Marion, J.L., and Wimpey, J.F., 2011, Informal trail monitoring protocols: Denali National Park and Preserve. Final Report, October 2011, iv, 92 p.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype Other Government Series
Title Informal trail monitoring protocols: Denali National Park and Preserve. Final Report, October 2011
Year Published 2011
Language English
Publisher Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources & Environment
Publisher location Blacksburg, VA
Contributing office(s) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Description iv, 92 p.
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