Trails Enhance Resiliency

Trails Enhance Resiliency

Enhancing Resiliency

Authorship:

Stephanie Stroud, National Park Service Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance program

For more information please contact Laura Brown at laura.brown@uconn.edu 

References:

Bhattacharya, Torsha; Mills, Kevin; J.D.; Mulally, Tiffany. (2019 October). Active Transportation Transforms America: The Case for Increased Public Investment in Walking and Biking Connectivity. Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. https://www.railstotrails.org/resourcehandler.ashx?name=active-transportationtransforms-america&id=21688&fileName=ActiveTransport_2019%20Report_FINAL_Reduced.pdf

Litman, Todd. 2010 28 March. Quantifying the Benefits of Nonmotorized Transportation For Achieving Mobility Management Objectives. Victoria Transport Policy Institute. https://www.vtpi.org/nmt-tdm.pdf

O’Toole, Daniel; Brandt, Leslie A.; Janowiak, Maria K; Schmitt, Kristen M.; Shannon, P. Danielle Leopold, Patricia R.; Handler, Stephen D.; Ontl, Todd A.; Swanston, Christopher W. (2019 December 19) Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Approaches for Outdoor Recreation. USFS. https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/59235

Rohde, Michael. Phone interview, May 8, 2020

“Tree Benefits.” Itree, (May 8, 2020) USDA Forest Service, Davey Tree Expert Company, The Arbor Day Foundation, Society of Municipal Arborists, International Society of Arboriculture, Casey Trees, and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. www.itreetools.org/cta-tree-benefits.

Weissberg, Howard. Email communication, May 15, 2020.