Off-Road Vehicles and Their Impacts in the Big Cypress National Preserve
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Title:
Off-Road Vehicles and Their Impacts in the Big Cypress National Preserve Report T-614
Creator:
South Florida Natural Resources Center/South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park
Michael J. Duever
John E. Carlson
Lawrence A. Riopelle
Ecosystem Research Unit, National Audubon Society
Place of Publication:
Homestead
Florida
Publisher:
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
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Abstract:
We conducted detailed field studies in the Big Cypress National Preserve of 1. experimental impacts produced by all commonly used types of off-road vehicles in all habitats regularly used by ORVs and one annual cycle of recovery from these treatments, 2. recovery over one growing season in abandoned major trails in all habitats, 3. water flows in major trails, and 4. temporal-spatial significant aspects of ORV use in BICY so that the National Park Service would have a sound basis upon which to develop appropriate management practices and regulations for incorportation into their master plan. These should then make it possible to realistically minimize impacts and maxmize compatibility of ORV use with other activities, while at the same time taking into consideration the needs of ORV users.

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Source Institution:
Florida International University
Holding Location:
South Florida Natural Resource Center
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Resource Identifier:
I 29.95:T-614 ( sudoc )