Start Date
15-2-2013 2:50 PM
Description
This project conducted an assessment of backcountry trail conditions on the north side of the Green River in Mammoth Cave National Park during summers of 2009-2012. The project included assessing physical parameters of trails, (width, depth, etc.) and conducting an assessment of water quality of streams in proximity of backcountry trails. The project was conducted by Student Conservation Association resource assistants (12 weeks each) supervised by a natural resource specialist from the Mammoth Cave Division of Science and Resources Management. Trail assessment procedures were based on techniques developed by Jeff ery L. Marion, Ph.D, USGS, Virginia Tech (et al.) and previously implemented at Big South Fork NRRA and Hoosier National Forest. These protocols were adjusted by Science and Resources Management staff at Mammoth Cave NP to meet the specifi c goals this project. (See Marion, J.L. et al. at http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/prodabs/pubpdfs/6612_Marion.pdf http://www.fs.usda. gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5292110.pdf )
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Larry and Student Conservation Association Conservation, "Mammoth Cave National Park Backcountry Trail and Stream Monitoring, 2009-2012" (2013). Mammoth Cave Research Symposia. 21.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/mc_reserch_symp/10th_Research_Symposium_2013/Research_Posters/21
Included in
Animal Sciences Commons, Forest Sciences Commons, Geology Commons, Hydrology Commons, Other Earth Sciences Commons, Plant Sciences Commons
Mammoth Cave National Park Backcountry Trail and Stream Monitoring, 2009-2012
This project conducted an assessment of backcountry trail conditions on the north side of the Green River in Mammoth Cave National Park during summers of 2009-2012. The project included assessing physical parameters of trails, (width, depth, etc.) and conducting an assessment of water quality of streams in proximity of backcountry trails. The project was conducted by Student Conservation Association resource assistants (12 weeks each) supervised by a natural resource specialist from the Mammoth Cave Division of Science and Resources Management. Trail assessment procedures were based on techniques developed by Jeff ery L. Marion, Ph.D, USGS, Virginia Tech (et al.) and previously implemented at Big South Fork NRRA and Hoosier National Forest. These protocols were adjusted by Science and Resources Management staff at Mammoth Cave NP to meet the specifi c goals this project. (See Marion, J.L. et al. at http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/prodabs/pubpdfs/6612_Marion.pdf http://www.fs.usda. gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5292110.pdf )