Trail User Management

Land Manager's Mountain Bike Management Toolkit

Managing Mountain Biking: IMBA's Guide to Providing Great Riding: -- Written for professional land managers, volunteers, and recreation providers alike, this 256-page book offers an essential collection of best practices for planning, designing, and managing successful trail networks and bike parks.
10 Responsible Riding Tips: -- The skinny on low impact riding. Sponsored by REI. (Also available as a color brochure.)
Agencies Report On Recreation User Fee Demos: -- (May-June 1998) In its first year of operation, the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program on federal lands raised new revenues and new questions, according to a report submitted January 31 of this year by the four federal land management agencies.
A Trail of One's Own?: -- Separate Trails Divide; Shared Trails Unite.
Building a Trails Community: -- 10 Important steps to fostering a cohesive constituency for trails.
IMBA Share the Trail Sign: -- Use this sign at your trailhead.
Jefferson County, Colorado Open Space Trail Impact Memo: -- A national leader in shared-use trail management compares the impacts of different trail users.
Managing Visitors Through Trail Design: -- Minimize user conflict and maximize user experience through creative design.
The Minimum Tool Rule - A Hierarchy of Options for Managing Trail User Conflicts: -- By Andy Kulla, USDA Forest Service. From most preferable to least preferable.
Mountain Bikers Aren't "Mechanized" Trail Users!: -- Why mountain biking should be managed as a non-motorized form of recreation.
One Way Trails: Why, When and Where?: -- Three scenarios when directional trails make sense.
Rec fees surpass grazing for first time in BLM history (Off-Site Link): -- October 2004 article from the Billings Gazette
Rules of the Trail In Ten Languages: -- Encourage cyclists to follow these important rules.
Shared Use or Single Use?: -- The pros and cons of shared and single use trails.
Shedding Light on Night Riding: -- Considering this growing phenomenon.
Should We Pay To Play?: -- Opinion piece by Gary Sprung on Recreation User Fees
Signage: -- Types and materials: deciding what is needed at your site.
Stranger to Stakeholder to Partner: The Mobilization of Constituency on Public Lands: -- Jim Hasenauer's presentation to the National Communications Association
Trail Designation Inventories: -- How to design a successful process that prevents common mistakes.
Unauthorized Trails: -- An IMBA special report on unauthorized trails and how to solve the problem.

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	Trail User Management Land Manager's Mountain Bike Management Toolkit Managing Mountain Biking: IMBA's Guide to Providing Great Riding -- Written for professional land managers, volunteers, and recreation providers alike, this 256-page book offers an essential collection of best practices for planning, designing, and managing successful trail networks and bike parks. 10 Responsible Riding Tips -- The skinny on low impact riding. Sponsored by REI. (Also available as a color brochure.) Agencies Report On Recreation User Fee Demos -- (May-June 1998) In its first year of operation, the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program on federal lands raised new revenues and new questions, according to a report submitted January 31 of this year by the four federal land management agencies. A Trail of One's Own? -- Separate Trails Divide; Shared Trails Unite. Building a Trails Community -- 10 Important steps to fostering a cohesive constituency for trails. IMBA Share the Trail Sign -- Use this sign at your trailhead. Jefferson County, Colorado Open Space Trail Impact Memo -- A national leader in shared-use trail management compares the impacts of different trail users. Managing Visitors Through Trail Design -- Minimize user conflict and maximize user experience through creative design. The Minimum Tool Rule - A Hierarchy of Options for Managing Trail User Conflicts -- By Andy Kulla, USDA Forest Service. From most preferable to least preferable. Mountain Bikers Aren't "Mechanized" Trail Users! -- Why mountain biking should be managed as a non-motorized form of recreation. One Way Trails: Why, When and Where? -- Three scenarios when directional trails make sense. Rec fees surpass grazing for first time in BLM history (Off-Site Link) -- October 2004 article from the Billings Gazette Rules of the Trail In Ten Languages -- Encourage cyclists to follow these important rules. Shared Use or Single Use? -- The pros and cons of shared and single use trails. Shedding Light on Night Riding -- Considering this growing phenomenon. Should We Pay To Play? -- Opinion piece by Gary Sprung on Recreation User Fees Signage -- Types and materials: deciding what is needed at your site. Stranger to Stakeholder to Partner: The Mobilization of Constituency on Public Lands -- Jim Hasenauer's presentation to the National Communications Association Trail Designation Inventories -- How to design a successful process that prevents common mistakes. Unauthorized Trails -- An IMBA special report on unauthorized trails and how to solve the problem.


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