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| OUT8163 - Connecting People with Nature Through Birds |
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| Public agency trail staff, contractors, and volunteers will learn to achive sustainable and accessible trails of all kinds, using the best practices of the trail managemet process (TMP). This collabrative process includes planning, design layout, construction, maintenance, monitoring, crew leadership, interpretation,operations, and safety. Field execises include trail layout, construction and maintenance techniques. |
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| Who Should Attend: |
Visitor Service Specialists, and anyone responsible for planning, designing, constructing, or maintaining trails. |
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- Apply the trail management process to trail projects;
- Apply information on laws, funding, planning and NEPA in the trail management process;
- Develop a strategy to use a variety of media to deliver key trail information to visitors;
- Design, layout, and document a trail on the ground that meets trail managment objectives;
- Prepare a plan to monitor visitor use, environmental conditions and facilities for a trail system; and
- Determine data needs and select an appropriate data collection method.
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| Length: 4 days/32 hours |
Availability: Bi-Annually |
Contact: |
Matt Gay |
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matt_gay@fws.gov |
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304/876 7654 |
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Last Updated: May 4, 2009
National Conservation Training Center
698 Conservation Way
Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443-9713
Webmaster email: NCTC_webmaster@fws.gov |
