McDonald Hollow Trail Network Visitor Use and Trail Impact Study: A First Look

dc.contributor.authorLindsay, Matthewen
dc.coverage.countryUnited Statesen
dc.coverage.countyMontgomeryen
dc.coverage.stateVirginiaen
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T16:31:34Zen
dc.date.available2022-08-23T16:31:34Zen
dc.date.issued2022-08-23en
dc.description.abstractThe recent construction of the McDonald Hollow Trail Network located in Blacksburg, Virginia presents an important opportunity to explore early stage soil degradation and visitor use patterns on a public multi-use trail. Through the creation of permanent transects along each trail and the implementation of a visitor use survey, initial usage and impact patterns can begin to be observed. This not only addresses a gap in the outdoor recreation literature in regard to early stage trail impacts, this report will also serve to provide the Town of Blacksburg and other stakeholders a robust tool and dataset to guide future maintenance and trail development on Brush Mountain. The following chapters will provide protocols for the implementation and data collection processes for visitor use and trail impact monitoring as well as an examination of data collected during this initial study period (Fall, 2021 to Summer, 2022). In doing so, the groundwork will be laid for the continual monitoring of visitor use and trail impacts at McDonald Hollow moving forward.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/111604en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectMcDonald Hollowen
dc.subjectMcDonald Hollow trail networken
dc.subjectBrush Mountainen
dc.subjectSurveyen
dc.subjectTrail monitoringen
dc.subjectVisitor useen
dc.subjectHikingen
dc.subjectMountain bikingen
dc.subjectOutdoor recreationen
dc.titleMcDonald Hollow Trail Network Visitor Use and Trail Impact Study: A First Looken
dc.typeMaster's projecten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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