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Publications
In addition to the Rivers & Trails 'recommended
reading list' (see left), you might also want to investigate
the following publications which we've either written ourselves
or helped other conservation groups write or produce. (File
size is listed for PDF links, larger files will take longer
to download.)
You can read the following documents
online or download to your hard drive. To open these files,
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to download for free.
Case
Studies of Water Trail Impacts on Rural Communities
by Lindsy Johnson, MCRP, for National Park Service, Rivers,
Trails and Conservation Assistance Program, 2002 (4 MB)
A comparative analysis of rural communities with calm water
trails. Case studies illustrate impacts of calm water trails
and trends are drawn from community economic development associated
with water trails.
Community
Tool Box
by National Park Service, Rivers, Trails and Conservation
Assistance Program, 2002
A collection of techniques for public participation that
communities can use to get organized, to turn their vision
into reality, to work together to improve their special places....
Creek
Care Guide
by National Park Service, Friends of Alhambra Creek, and the
City of Martinez (CA), 1994
Offers practical information on proper creek care and how
to solve existing problems in degraded creeks
Conservation
Assistance Tools (CAT)
by National Park Service et al., 2000
A searchable database of grants, cost sharing, and technical
assistance available for natural resources projects in the
western United States.
Economic
Benefits of Conserved Rivers: An Annotated Bibliography
by National Park Service, June 2001 (1 MB)
An effort to document, enhance, and share knowledge of
the economic benefits of conserved rivers. It offers an extensive
list of studies, papers, and articles on this subject, with
summaries of their content.
Economic
Impacts of Protecting Rivers, Trails and Greenway Corridors
by National Park Service, 4th edition, 1995
Shows how parks benefit the local economy by creating jobs,
enhancing property values, attracting businesses and increasing
local tax revenues.
How
Greenways Work: A Handbook on Ecology
by National Park Service and QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment,
1992
Jonathan Labaree. Full text and illustrations of QLF's
1992 handbook, published with the National Park Service, that
describes how to design and manage greenways to fulfill ecological
functions in the landscape.
Impacts
of Rail-Trails
by National Park Service and Penn State University, 1992 (23
MB)
Studies three trails' effects on the communities through
which they pass.
Logical
Lasting Launches
by National Park Service Rivers & Trails Program, 2004
(available for download by chapter or as a complete document)
This guide provides design guidance for developing canoe
and kayak launches; case examples, designs, and photos are
included.
Nationwide
Rivers Inventory
by National Park Service
A register of over 3,000 rivers that potentially qualify
as national wild, scenic or recreational rivers.
O,
Say, Can you See: A Visual Awareness Tool Kit for Communities.
by M. Maguire, C. Truppi, R. Hawks, J. Palmer, C. Doble, S.
Shannon, S. Stokes, and S. Morris. 1999.
A collection of visual assessment exercises to help members
of your community to open their eyes, assess local visual
assets and think about how to preserve and enhance them.
Recreational
Use Statutes and the Private Landowner
by National Park Service, American Association for Horsemanship
Safety, American Whitewater, Equestrian Land Conservation
Resource and International Mountain Bicycling Association,
2002
This .pdf contains printable files for the fifty states
that have a Recreational Limited Liability Law.
Restoring
Streams to Reduce Flood Loss
by National Park Service and Trout Unlimited, 1998
Describes how flood control work causes more problems than
it solves and how natural streams and floodplains work to
reduce flood damage.
River
and Watershed Conservation Directory, 2003
by National Park Service and River Network, 2003
A directory with addresses and brief descriptions of over
3,600 river-related organizations
Trails for the Twenty-First Century, 2nd ed.
by Charles A. Flink, Kristine Olka and Robert M. Searns, Rails-to-Trails
Conservancy
Planning, design, and management manual for multi-use trails
Watertrails:
Ribbons of Discovery
by National Park Service and North American Watertrails,
Inc., 1999
Brochure introduces concepts and benefits of watertrails.
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