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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"trail system"”.
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Developing A Multi-Purpose Trail System At Pomme De Terre Lake
… opportunities for establishing a multi-purpose trail system at Pomme de Terre Lake. This trail system was named the Earth-Apple Trails. Project sponsors were identified, feasibility was demonstrated, and Federal interest was determined. The preliminary study consisted of meetings with United …
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Erosion and Trail Building: A Case Study of the East Tennessee State University Trail System.
<p>Natural and accelerated erosion from trail users affects the sustainability of trail systems. Designing and building sustainable trail systems will greatly decrease the effect that erosion has on a trail. Trails that allow multiple types of users, such as hiking and mountain biking, must be able …
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Incorporating User Data in Cross Boundary Trail Mangement: A case study of the foothills trail systemnear Wenatchee, WA
… effective recreation management. The Foothills trail system is a nonmotorized, day use trail system adjacent to the city of Wenatchee, Washington that crosses public and private properties. This thesis obtained data on user demographics, use characteristics, user perceptions, and spatial use …
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You can't always get what you want : managing recreational use in the Middlesex Fells
… and Recreation (DCR). I use the Middlesex Fells Trail System Plan as a case study to explore how public agencies resolve conflicts over open space. I find that the driving force behind DCR's recreational use decisions is user group input; the agency takes user demands seriously. But user group …
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Integration through application
… process was a shelter along a recreation trail that linked the campus of the Woodward Resource Center to the town of Woodward, Iowa. The design was a master plan of the entire trail system including the ancillary spaces and its connection to the town, and the constructed space was a …
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Sociobiology of the hypogaeic army ant Dorylus (Dichthadia) laevigatus Fr. Smith
… species, D. laevigatus established stable trunk trail systems. Such a trail system contradicted the perception of army ant foraging, which was believed to be characterized by raids with constantly alternating trail directions. The trunk trail system further enabled a near omnipresence of D. …
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The Bicycle, the Unsuitable Substitute:A Feasibility Study Based in Fayetteville, AR Using a Bicycle as a Year-Round Replacement for an Automobile
… and they plan continue to expand the current trail system improve other components in the future. Alternative transportation forms like the bicycle are important but only if bikes are integrated into traffic which needs to be done in some way that all involved understand their place in the …
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Sumatran elephant Elephas maximus sumatranus density and habitat use in relation to forest characteristics in the Leuser Ecosystem, North Sumatra.
… areas further away. Elephants also utilised a trail system that exposed them to human traffic but did so less than they used other areas of the forest. Overall, this study brings attention to a previously un-studied elephant population residing in a North Sumatran forest, that remains at risk …