Interpretation

Interpretation Skill Definition:

Identify specific interpretive and educational opportunities on trails to contextualize the visitor experience (e.g., history, habitats, scenery, flora/fauna), and make recommendations for interpretive method.


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Resources for Interpretation

THE INTERTWINE Regional Trails Signage Guidelines
THE INTERTWINE Regional Trails Signage Guidelines

This manual serves as a technical resource to guide parks and transportation agencies as they plan, design, and fabricate wayfinding signage along regional trails in the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area.

Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Interpretive Plan
Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Interpretive Plan

The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (CDNST) Interpretive Plan guides the development and implementation of information, orientation and interpretation for the CDNST. Specifically, this plan includes interpretive goals, objectives, themes,…

Trail Signage Guidelines
Trail Signage Guidelines

The purpose of this document is to provide the required tools for trail planners, designers, and contractors to deploy a cohesive trail signage program throughout the City of San José’s Trail Network.

BLM Sign Guidebook
BLM Sign Guidebook

The purpose of this Guidebook is to establish standards and guidelines for planning, developing, and managing signs for the BLM-administered public lands and waters.

Trail Sign Installation & Inventory
Trail Sign Installation & Inventory

Be much more sign savvy! Understand trail sign specifications and learn how to install signs correctly. Learn to record sign inventory records in conjunction with agency partners. Students must be seasoned hikers experienced with map reading, have…

Signs, Trails, and Wayside Exhibits
Signs, Trails, and Wayside Exhibits

This sourcebook is a comprehensive, visual guide to planning, designing, and fabricating effective wayside exhibits, information signs, and trails. Over 400 photographs from interpretive sites around the world illustrate effective techniques for…

Custom Trainings

There are 43 trainers on TrailSkills
with Interpretation experience.

Jeremy

Jeremy Poore

McDowell Tech Community College

Contractor Trainer Higher Education

Old Fort, NC

I'm in the process of building McDowell Tech Trail School into a national-level Trail Construction…

Amy

Amy Lutsko

Morris County Park Commission, NJ

Trainer Agency

Morristown, NJ

Marc

Marc Hildesheim

National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council (NOHVCC)

Contractor Trainer Nonprofit

Post Falls, ID

Brock

Brock Messner

Jefferson County Open Space

Trainer Agency

Golden, CO

I have been a Trails Specialist with Jefferson County Open Space for 10yrs and was a Seasonal…

Matt

Matt Malone

Nature Trails, LLC

Contractor Trainer

Brevard, NC

Don

Don Kelly

USDA Forest Service

Trainer Agency

Marion, VA

I have over 32 years of experience performing conservation, trails, and construction related…

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Hire Workers

There are 164 profiles on TrailSkills
with Interpretation experience.

Tobias

Tobias Miller

National Park Service

Agency

Cherokee, NC

Trails manager with 20 plus years experience

Jerome

Jerome Pelland

Sentiers Boréals, Inc.

Contractor Trainer

Granby

Backcountry

Backcountry Trails

California Conservation Corps (CCC)

Corps

Fortuna, CA

The Backcountry Trails Program started in 1979 and is the longest running special program of the…

Jake

Jake Carsten

Contractor

Del Rio, TX

Jake Carsten began his career in the bicycle industry in 2011, working on the IMBA-Subaru Trail…

Vaike

Vaike Haas

Trainer Higher Education

Morgantown, WV

I lead WVU's Sustainable Trails Curriculum, am a licensed landscape architect and Associate…

David

David Munoz

Nonprofit

Fort Worth, TX

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