Harding Icefield Trail Impacts Monitoring
Kriedeman C and Kurtz D. 2009. Harding Icefield Trail Impacts Monitoring. Kenai Fjords National Park
Trail conditions and visitor impact monitoring for the Harding Icefield Trail. During the 2009 field season the third year of impact monitoring of the Harding Icefield Trail (HIT) was conducted as a part of the Indicators and Standards Draft Plan from July 13 through July 15th. HIT impact monitoring was identified as a resource indicator in the Visitor Experience Resource Protection (VERP) planning process for the Exit Glacier Area Plan. Previously identified sites were compared to existing conditions with photos from the preceding year. New sites were added when deemed appropriate. Each site was evaluated for severity of impact class and condition relative to the previous year.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Kriedeman, Christina; Kurtz, Deborah
- Date of Issue
- 2009
- Units
- KEFJ
- Keywords
- Alaska, Damage, Exit Glacier, Harding Icefield Trail, Hiking, Impact, Impact Assessment, Indicator, KEFJ, Kenai Fjords National Park, Natural Resource Management, Photo monitoring, Recovery, Recreational impact, Revegetation, Site Assessment, Site classification, site condition, site location, site map, Site survey, Survey Methods, vegetation impacts, vegetation injury, Visitor Impact, Visitor Use, Visitor use impacts