published May 2021
by Arwen Brenneman with Reliance Foundry Co. Ltd.
Levaware systems is offering IoT intelligence to create a new type of trailhead.
published Mar 2021
The National Crosscut and Chainsaw Program was created to train smart volunteer and professional sawyers across the nation.
published Nov 2020
by Philip Kresge with National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
If a hard surface recreational trail is in your future, you owe it to yourself to look at the benefits of cost, construction and long term reduced maintenance that can only come with a trail paved with concrete. (This article is sponsored content.)
published Feb 2020
by Lois Bachensky with USDA Forest Service
Trails work on federal lands is planned through a maintenance management system.
published Dec 2019
by Purdue University, College of Engineering
This manual is intended for practical use by trail maintenance managers. It will also be useful for policy makers who are tasked with anticipating and planning for maintenance budget and personnel needs. The recommendations included in this manual were chosen, in part, to facilitate widespread adoption by other trail operators. They are cost-effective solutions that require minimal technological or financial commitments.
published Dec 2019
by Hudson River Valley Greenway
The AHET is a 36-mile bicycling and pedestrian “rail-trail“ from the City of Rensselaer to the City of Hudson in Rensselaer and Columbia Counties on an actively used National Grid owned right of way. Trail
published Dec 2019
by Elvin Clapp with Bureau of Land Management
Survey of skills and competencies to assist in developing a national training strategy for National Scenic and Historic Trails
published Dec 2019
Specific skills used in trails and greenways work: construction of trails; construction of various trail elements; construction of trailheads and related facilities.
published Dec 2019
Specific skills used in maintenance of trails and greenways: maintenance of trails; repair of various trail elements; maintenance of trailheads and related facilities.
published Nov 2019
Ramps, typically used for building access, are often provided on trails.
published Oct 2019
A variety of steel-frame commercial bridges along typical multiple-use trails.
published Sep 2019
by Guy Zoellner with USDA Forest Service
Packers still play an important role in backcountry trail development.
