Environmental Impact - Inventorying & monitoring methods

(1972). Environmental and economic effects of off-road recreational vehicles. Madison, WI, School of Natural Resources College of Agricultural and Life Sciences University of Wisconsin.

(1983). More energy saving ideas for mobile equipment designers. Warrendale, PA., Society of Automotive Engineers.

Abele, G. & Brown, J. Arctic transportation: Operational and environmental evaluation of an air cushion vehicle in northern Alaska.
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Alberta Recreation Parks and Wildlife. (1979). Minimize your impact during recreational vehicle use. Edmonton, Alberta Recreation Parks and Wildlife.

ATV fuel usage estimates in PA. (2001).
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Chavez, D. J. (1996). Mountain Biking: Issues and actions for USDA Forest Service managers. Southwest Research Station: 6.
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Chilman, K. C., Vogel, J.J. & Conley, J.L. (1991). Turkey Bay: Off-Road vehicle area at land Between the Lakes. Monitoring use and impacts since 1973. Motorcycle Industry Council; Land Between the Lakes Association; Land Between the Lakes, Tennessee Valley Authority; Department of Forestry, Southern Illinois University: 36.
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Cole, D. N. Resource impacts caused by recreation: 1-11.
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Cole, D. N. (1991). Changes on trails in the Selway-Bitteroot wilderness, Montana. U.S. Forest Service, Research Paper INT-450: 5pp.
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Cole, D. N. (1994). Backcountry impact management: Lessons from research. Trends 31(3): 10-14.
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Cole, D. N. (1994). The wilderness threats matrix: A framework for assessing impacts. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Intermountain Research Station, Ogden, Utah: 1-14.
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Cole, D. N. & Bayfield, N.G. (1991). Recreational trampling of vegetation: standard experimental procedures. Biological Conservation 63: 209-215.
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Cole, D. N., Petersen, M.E., & Lucas, R.C. (1987). Managing wilderness recreation use: common problems and potential solutions. Ogden, Utah., U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Intermountain Research Station: 60pp.
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Fred J. Anders, & Leatherman, S.P. (1987). Research effects of off-road vehicles on coastal fore dunes at Fire Island, New York. Environmental Management, 11(1): 45-52.
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Golob, T. B., Environment Canada, & Canadian Forestry Service. (1978). Current progress in research on terrain properties. Ottawa: Canadian Forestry Service & Environment Canada.

Hamilton, N. (1977). A partial literature review of the effects of various human activities on wildlife. Bureau of Land Management.
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Harrison, W. L., & U.S. Army cold regions research and engineering laboratory. (1981). Shallow snow model for predicting vehicle performance. On [microform]. Hanover, NH: The Laboratory.

Matlack, G. R. (1993). Solid logical edge effects: Spatial distribution of human impacts in suburban forest fragments. Environmental Management, 17, 829-835.
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O'Rourke, D. (1994). Trail traffic counters for Forest Service trail monitoring. Missoula, Montana. U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Technology and Development Program.
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Route inventory.
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Sattinger, I. J., Sternick, S., & University of Michigan Institute of Science and Technology Special Projects Group. (1961). An instrumentation system for the measurement of terrain profile. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Institute of Science and Technology Special Projects Group.

Sattinger, I. J., & University of Michigan Engineering Research Institute. (1955). Methods of evaluating the effects of terrain geometry on vehicle mobility. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Engineering Research Institute.

Sattinger, I. J., & University of Michigan Engineering Research Institute. (1956). Final engineering report on terrain geometry measurement. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Engineering Research Institute.

Schmid, W. D. (1971). Modification of the subnivean microclimate by snowmobiles. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the snow and Ice in relation to Wildlife and Recreation Symposium.
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Uhles, S. Real world inventory techniques. Cloud Peak Trail Services.
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Vogel, J., & Chilman, K. (1991). Monitoring measurements: 1989-90 Turkey Bay off-road vehicles area land between the lakes. Golden Pond, Kentucky: Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Vollmer, A. T., Maza, B. G., Medica, P. A., Turner, F. B., & Bamberg, S.A. (1976). The impact of off-road vehicles on a desert ecosystem. Journal of Environmental Management, 1.(2), 115-129.
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Wilkinson, P. P. (1992). An environmental perspective on recreation: The environmental-recreation interaction model. Journal of Applied Recreation Research, 17(2), 178-210.
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Wilshire, H. G. (1977). Study results of 9 sites used by off-road vehicles that illustrate land modifications. Reston, VA. U.S. Geological Survey.

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