USFS Standard Trail Plans and Specifications
The Standard Trail Plans and Specifications reflect current Forest Service trail management efforts and the agency’s Trails Data Dictionary for constructed features and tasks.
Accurately interpret specifications, construction process notes, and construction documents to develop an implementation plan based on available labor and funding.
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The Standard Trail Plans and Specifications reflect current Forest Service trail management efforts and the agency’s Trails Data Dictionary for constructed features and tasks.
This 300-page spiral-bound publication, several years in the making, provides a first-ever comprehensive "how-to" guidebook for developing all types of recreational trails.
This guidebook provides practical guidelines for developing recreation environments that are sensitive to the needs of riders and their stock.
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