Specific skills used in maintenance of trails and greenways: maintenance of trails; repair of various trail elements; maintenance of trailheads and related facilities.
Skills for Natural Surface Trail Maintenance
Skills for Maintenance of Trail-related Elements
Skills for Accessible Trail Maintenance
Skills for Urban Trail and Bike/Ped Facility Maintenance
Skills for Trailhead Facility Maintenance
Skills for Inspection and Maintenance of Structures
Solutions to graffiti on trails.
The Adopt-a-Trail manual addresses the work accomplished in the Adopt-a-Trail program. This manual is meant to acquaint the maintainer with park procedures, duties involved in adopting a trail, and methods for safely performing those duties.
DCR Trails Guidelines and Best Practices Manual
The DCR’s Trails Program seeks to provide a safe, quality recreation experience for a diverse range of trail users while practicing sound stewardship of the Commonwealth’s natural and cultural resources. This “Trails Guidelines and Best Practices Manual” meets this responsibility by providing a consistent set of trail management policies, guidelines, procedures, and best practices in sustainable trail development.
Community Trail Development Guide
VDOT developed this guide to aid the process of grassroots trail planning, based on the knowledge of experienced planners, research of best practices around the nation as well as the State, and the understanding gained from trail development process in the Town of Middleburg.
