Trails: Nabesna District ATV Impact Study
Racine CH, Ahlstrand GM, Shea K. Trails: Nabesna District ATV Impact Study. 1984-1996
An experiment with a random block design was used to test for the effects of ATV type used, season of use, and intensity of use on microtopographic relief; abrasion, breakage, and compression of shrubs; sedge tussock compression; and exposure of organic soil. Two hundred 2.5 m x 30 m lanes were established in six rows with 25-39 lanes per row. Each lane was used for a particular treatment combination of ATV type (six-wheel Argo, three-wheel Honda, four-wheel Honcho, Weasel with rubber tracks and metal cleats, Sidewinder with tracks installed, and six-wheel Sidewinder), traffic intensity level (10, 50, and 150 passes), and season of use (spring thaw, all summer, summer rerun, and hunting season).
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Racine, Charles; Ahlstrand, Gary; Shea, Kelly
- Units
- CAKN , WRST
- Keywords
- Alaska, all-terrain vehicles, DatasetCatalog, Environmental Monitoring, experimental traffic, Monitoring, permafrost thaw, South-Central Alaska, tundra disturbance, Wrangell - St Elias National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, WRST
Program
Products
- Study plan for all-terrain vehicle (ATV) mitigation trail hardening techniques assessment and mitigation of ATV impacts projects for Wrangell-St Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska
- ATV impact study methods, preliminary report
- Natural resources preservation project proposal: assessment and mitigation of ATV impacts
- All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Trail Mitigation Study: Comparison of Natural and Geosynthetic Materials for Surface Hardening within Wrangell-St Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska
- Response of an Alaskan Shrub-Tussock Community to Selected All-Terrain Vehicle Use