Bibliography

1)"IMBA Resources: Trailbuilding and Maintenance." //IMBA - International Mountain Bicycling Association//. Web. 23 Feb. 2010. . - This website is one that I will use heavily when I want to add aesthetic features to the trail. It has all sorts of helpful hints on ways to spice up the trail, though it does not give too much in the actual basic constructing. Not particularly helpful with the ecological aspect. It talks about both rural and urban trails, which is a big plus.

2)"White Mountain National Forest- Welcome!" //US Forest Service - Caring for the land and serving people.// Web. 23 Feb. 2010. . - This is a site that has offered copious amounts of help. i used it to find ways to contact professionals in the field of building trails, and to hopefully set up shadowings and interviews. It also has a lot of information on sustainability and there is a lot of work done on keeping the ecosystem healthy, which is something that I want to focus on for my paper.

3)Appalachian Mountain Club. //Complete Guide to Trail Building and Maintenance, 4th//. 4th ed. New York: Appalachian Mountain Club, 2008. Print. - This source acted as the foundation to all the research I have done so far. It offers a general oversight of how to build a trail, as well as problems one might hit along the route. Best of all, it talks about things I had never thought of, such as maintenance of the trail and access to it. It also offers a hardy list of instruments and tools I will need to build the trail. it is published by the Appalachian Mountain Club, so much of the information about climate is New England specific, which is very helpful.

4)Hesselbarth, Woody. //Trail construction and maintenance notebook//. USDA Forest Service, Technology and Development Program, 2007. Print. - The most interesting book that offers insight deeper than just how to build a trail. For a long time I have been trying to figure out why I wanted to build the trail. This book more than anything gave me that why."Recreation trails are for people. They allow us to go back to our roots. Trails help humans make sense of a world increasingly dominated by automobiles and pavement. They allow us to come more closely in touch with our natural surroundings, to soothe our psyches, to challenge our bodies, and to practice ancient skills". with information like this and helpful tips like where common injuries come from on building a trail, I have used this book to enhance my paper and give me a reason to do this project.

5)Birkby, Robert. //Lightly on the land : the SCA trail-building and maintenance manual//. 2nd ed. Seattle: Mountaineers, 2005. Print. - Much of the information in this book is the same to that from the AMC book(3) with two exceptions. First, several of the chapters in this book focus solely on the environmental and ecological aspect of building a trail, which is one of the key parts to my research paper. It describes environmental restoration processes as well as what to do keep the habitat around the trail healthy. Second, this book describes ways in which volunteers can be used to build the trail. building a trail is near impossible for one person to do, so I will use this information to amass a group of volunteers to help build the trail.

6)Proudman, Robert D. //AMC field guide to trail building and maintenance//. Boston: Appalachian Mountain Club, 1977. Print.

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