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New York-New Jersey Trail Conference

Trail Design and Construction Books

(https://www.nynjtc.org/content/trail-construction-books)
[1]

 
A.T. Design, Construction, and Maintenance (https://www.atctrailstore.org//catalog/iteminfo.cfm?
itemid=111&compid=1) [2]

by William Birchard, Jr., Robert D. Proudman, and the Regional Staff of the Appalachian Trail Conference, 2nd
edition, March 2000, ISBN 0-917953-72-X.
A.T. Fieldbook: Maintenance & Rehabilitation Guidelines (https://www.atctrailstore.org//catalog/iteminfo.cfm?
itemid=113&compid=1) [3], A key supplement for volunteers to Appalachian Trail Design, Construction, and
Maintenance. It's 96 pages, spiral-bound, and pocket-sized, made for field work.
Lightly on the Land: The SCA Trail-Building and Maintenance Manual, Robert C. Birkby  Peter Lucchetti
(Illustrator)  With Jenny Tempest, The Mountaineers, January 2006, ISBN 0-898868-48-3. 
The Complete Guide to Trail Building and Maintenance (https://smile.amazon.com/Complete-Building-
Maintenance-Appalachian-Mountain/dp/1934028169/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536174074&sr=8-
1&keywords=trail+construction) [4] AMC Staff,  4th Edition, Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club 2008,
ISBN:978-1934028162
Trail Solutions, 2004, IMBA's Guide to Building Sweet Singletrack. ISBN 0-9755023-0-1
Crew Leader Manual, American Hiking Society, revised 10/1/2003, A comprehensive  step-by-step guide for
leading a volunteer trail crew.
Wetland Trail Design and Construction
(http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/recreational_trails/publications/fs_publications/07232804/pdf07232804.pdf)
[5] Robert Steinholtz and Brian Vachowski, US Department of Transportation and the US Department of

Agriculture - Forest Service, Missoula Technology and development Center, 2007

Trail Construction and Maintenance Notebook (http://www.fs.fed.us/t-
d/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf07232806/pdf07232806dpi72.pdf) [6] Woody Hesselbarth and Brian Vachowski, US
Department of Agriculture - Forest Service, Missoula Technology and development Program, Revised 2007
Washington Trails Association - Guide to Trail Work (http://www.wta.org/volunteer/about-trail-work-1/trail-work-
guide/trail-work-guide) [7] Online guide.
Natural Surface Trails by Design: Physical and Human Essentials of Sustainable, Enjoyable Trails Troy Scott
Parker, 2004. See http://www.natureshape.com/pubs/nstbd.html (http://www.natureshape.com/pubs/nstbd.html) [8]
Trail Planning, Design and Development Guidelines Jeff 

Schoenbaurer (Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resouces) 2006 out of print

See https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/publications/trails_waterways/tgmanual/index.html
(https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/publications/trails_waterways/tgmanual/index.html) [9]

Source URL: https://www.nynjtc.org/content/trail-construction-books

Links

[1] https://www.nynjtc.org/content/trail-construction-books

[2] https://www.atctrailstore.org//catalog/iteminfo.cfm?itemid=111&compid=1

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[3] https://www.atctrailstore.org//catalog/iteminfo.cfm?itemid=113&compid=1

[4] https://smile.amazon.com/Complete-Building-Maintenance-Appalachian-Mountain/dp/1934028169/ref=sr_1_1?
ie=UTF8&qid=1536174074&sr=8-1&keywords=trail+construction

[5] http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/recreational_trails/publications/fs_publications/07232804/pdf07232804.pdf

[6] http://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf07232806/pdf07232806dpi72.pdf

[7] http://www.wta.org/volunteer/about-trail-work-1/trail-work-guide/trail-work-guide

[8] http://www.natureshape.com/pubs/nstbd.html

[9] https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/publications/trails_waterways/tgmanual/index.html

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