Developing an Interdependent Relationship between Preservation and Recreation: Managing Mountain Bicycling in National Parks

Increasing demand from mountain bikers for greater access to riding in National Park Service (NPS) units is driving the need for park managers to seriously look at the impacts from and feasibility of permitting this recreational use. Currently, NPS units that permit mountain bicycling do not have formal mountain bicycling management plans. An analysis of recreational policies and existing research was conducted to identify criteria for effective mountain bicycling management strategies. Criteria were developed for trail selection, establishment, use, closures and rehabilitation. Criteria were also developed for user education, participatory planning and monitoring. This study shows that the NPS needs formal mountain bicycling management plans that focus on the preservation of natural and cultural resources and consider the appropriateness of proposed recreational uses.

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

prepared for the National Park Service by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council.

Proposed Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

produced by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council GIS Lab.

Herbert Hoover national historic site, interpretive prospectus (1971) B1; Natural resources management plan (1980) B2; Cultural resources management plan (1981) B3; Annual statement for interpretation and visitor services B4; Snowmobile use, environmental assessment (EA) : environmental impact statement.

Mode of access: Internet.

Pipe Spring National Monument (N.M.), interim interpretive plan, second draft (1977) B1; Master plan (1978) B2; Development concept plan, environmental assessment (EA) B3; Statement for management (1981) B4; Record of decision, draft development concept plan and Finding of no significant impact (FONSI) (1982) : environmental impact statement.

Mode of access: Internet.

The development and implementation of a new data collection instrument for the 1994 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse /

"April 1996"--T.p. verso.

Miscellaneous national parks bills : hearing before the Subcommittee on National Parks of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, on S. 423, S. 941, S. 1057, S. 1105, H.R. 640, July 26, 2001.

"Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources."

Preliminary assessment of the crash-reducing effectiveness of passenger car daytime running lamps (DRLs).

Mode of access: Internet.

National performance audit program : 1980 proficiency surveys for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfate, nitrate, lead and high volume flow /

Mode of access: Internet.

Impact resistance of non-ferrous passenger car wheels. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Crash Avoidance, Washington, D.C.

Small car driver inflatable restraint system evaluation, volume I - executive summary. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Small car driver inflatable restraint system evaluation. Volume III: investigation of potential crash survivability of a current production subcompact vehicle equipped with an advanced driver restraint system. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Small car driver inflatable restraint system evaluation. Volume IV - evolving a low mount passenger air cushion restraint system (ACRS) for the Vega subcompact vehicle. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Development of car/trailer handling and braking standards. Volume II: technical report for Phase I - rear wheel drive tow cars. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Passenger Vehicle Research, Washington, D.C.

Development of car/trailer handling and braking standards. Volume III: appendices for Phase I. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Passenger Vehicle Research, Washington, D.C.