Off-Road Vehicles and Their Impacts in the Big Cypress National Preserve
Duever MJ, Carlsom JE, Riopelle LA. 1981. Off-Road Vehicles and Their Impacts in the Big Cypress National Preserve. SFRC T-614. South Florida Natural Resources Center. Homestead, Florida
We conducted detailed field studies in the Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) of (1) experimental impacts produced by all commonly used types of off-road vehicles (ORVs) in all habitats regularly used by ORVs and one annual cycle of recovery from these treatments, (2) recovery over one growing season in abandoned major trails in all habitats, (3) water flows in major trails, and (4) temporal-spatial patterns of use by each type of ORV. Our objective was to document significant aspects of ORV use in BICY so that the National Park Service would have a sound basis upon which to develop appropriate management practices and regulations for incorporation into their master plan. These should then make it possible to realistically minimize impacts and maximize compatibility of ORV use with other activities, while at the same time taking into consideration the needs of ORV users.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Duever, Michael; Carlsom, John; Riopelle, Lawrence
- Date of Issue
- 1981-03
- Publisher
- South Florida Natural Resources Center
- Units
- BICY
- Keywords
- Big Cypress, Impacts, off-road, SFNRCTRS, Vehicles