Download or read book Influences on Off highway Vehicle OHV Recreation Use Patterns Within a Complex Trail System in Southwest Idaho written by Eric Charles Frey and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreation on public lands provides participants with the opportunity to experience positive connections with nature; however, like all outdoor recreation activity, OHV use can have impacts on the environment. In order to maintain the health of the landscape and wildlife while also providing recreational opportunities, managers must make decisions based on sound biological and social science data. We hope this research provides knowledge that may aid in the implementation of sound management strategies that are successful in fulfilling these goals. In the first chapter, in order to gain knowledge on OHV recreationists and their distributions across a landscape, we used a combination of a pre-trip written survey and visitor-employed GPS survey to determine characteristics that influence their travel within a complex trail system on federally managed land in southwest Idaho. The pre-trip written survey supplied us with characteristics of the recreationists that were put into one of four categories, group constraints, site experience, site knowledge, or motivations. The GPS survey provided spatial and temporal data in order to describe the participant's distributions. Using principal components analysis, we found that distributions can be summarized by two distinct dimensions. The most informative dimension was a measure of overall extensiveness of the trip while the second dimension can be described as the dichotomy between 'purpose driven' and 'aimless' travel. Using a theoretical information approach, overall extensiveness was influenced by group constraints, site knowledge, and motivations while the second dimension ('purpose driven' or 'aimless' travel) was influenced by group constraints and site experience. We found that all four variable categories influenced at least one of the distribution dimensions, supporting our conceptual model. These findings can aid land managers in meeting management objectives by giving them the necessary information to identify uneven use patterns, better direct educational and informational programs, and to allow indirect management strategies to be affectively used. In the second chapter, we concentrated on how the landscape may influence OHV use patterns and behavior, specifically stopping behavior. All outdoor recreation has an impact on the environment and on wildlife; however, heterogeneous or transitional behaviors such as stopping often increases disturbance to wildlife. It has been observed that OHV recreationists, when riding in golden eagle habitat in southwest Idaho, disturb eagles more often when they stop their vehicle(s) as opposed to continuing to ride until they are outside of the sensitive area. Using a visitor-employed GPS survey and a presence-only modeling method, our objective was to identify where OHV recreationists stopped and to describe what natural and infrastructure landscape characteristics are more suitable for this transitional human behavior to occur. We then wanted to determine if there was a significant difference in stopping suitability between areas of varying habitat utilization by the local golden eagle population. We successfully identified stopping locations and developed two distinct models. One model described the suitability for all stopping events five seconds or greater while the second model described the suitability where an accumulation of five minutes of stopping occurs. We determined what landscape characteristics contributed to stopping suitability across the study site for both models. In the 'All' model, we found that the stopping suitability index was greater in unoccupied territories when compared to occupied territories. In the 'Five Minute' model, we determined that stopping suitability was lower in non-territory areas than in both unoccupied and occupied golden eagle territories. When examining used and available habitats based on perch locations away from nest sites, we found no significant difference. This research exhibits how transitional human behaviors can be identified and modeled across a landscape as well as how the results can be used to aid in land management strategies in order to accomplish management objectives.."--Boise State University ScholarWorks.

Download or read book Managing Degraded Off highway Vehicle Trails in Wet Unstable and Sensitive Environments written by Kevin G. Meyer and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental impacts associated with the degradation of off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails have become a serious concern in many regions. Where OHV trails indiscriminately cross alpine areas, wetlands, steep slopes, and other areas with sensitive soil conditions, trails can become rutted, mucky, and eroded. Such areas are referred to as degraded trail segments. Degraded trails develop when trail use exceeds the trail's natural carrying capacity. This document provides land managers and trail users with an introduction to OHV trail degradation and outlines a framework for management responses.

Download or read book Off road Vehicle Use written by Richard N. L. Andrews and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Participation and Perception written by Michelle Lee Kinney and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Off-highway vehicle use has and is becoming an increasingly popular form of recreation in the Boise Metropolitan region. However, it also has the potential to impact the flora and fauna present on public lands. As OHV use increases, so does the likelihood of impacts on the environments where recreation takes place. In order to effectively manage the resources provided by the landscape, more must be known about the user population. This study sought to determine which elements affect the continued use of OHVs and how OHV recreationists differed in their environmental attitudes by categorizing them into groups according to their experience use history (EUH). OHV recreationists were invited to participate in a survey through door-to-door solicitation within ten Treasure Valley communities and at the Ada and Canyon County DMVs. Distribution neighborhoods were randomly selected. In order to participate, individuals were required to be 18+ years of age and have operated an OHV at least once in their lives. A total of 335 surveys were distributed from May to September 2015, with 58 surveys returned. Comparing current and past users along with data on their initial exposure to OHV shows that neither early exposure nor demographic characteristics, such as sex or current age, was correlated with an individual's current use status. Additionally, statistical analysis found the majority of users support environmental protection and management, but found no significant differences in environmental attitudes across EUH groups."--Boise State University ScholarWorks.

Download or read book Environmental Effects of Off road Vehicles written by Norma Jean Lodico and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A review of the literature separated into the form categories of scientific papers, reports, meetings and conferences, periodical articles, and state publications.

Download or read book Biennial Report on the Status of OHV Recreation in California written by California. Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Off road Highway Vehicles written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Designing Sustainable Off Highway Vehicle Trails written by Agriculture Department and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Property management of off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails is one of the most important tasks for trail managers today. Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulation Part 212.1, the Forest Service defines an OHV as any motor vehicle designed for or capable of cross-country travel on or immediately over land, water, sand, snow, ice, or marsh, swamp, or other natural terrain. In this report, off-highway vehicles, OVH, include everything from dirt bikes to swamp buggies, off-road vehicles, off-highway motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, utility-terrain vehicles, four-wheel drive vehicles, such as pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles, and tracked vehicles. This illustrated report takes into consideration trail guidelines, fundamentals, assessments, management objectives, and layouts to reinforce the management framework presented to help OHV managers develop sustainable trails and protect the environment of surrounding trails. This framework provides a step-by-step approach to OHV trail management, incorporating sustainable design and management concepts with traditional trail management expertise and modern technological tools. Forest service and land management personnel, including farmers and ranchers that may utilize and manage multiple off-highway vehicles may be interested in this report. Other products related to this title that may be of interest include the following: Code of Federal Regulations, Title 36, Parks, Forests, and Public Property, Pt. 200-299, Revised as of July 1, 2015 can be found at this link: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/869-082-00142-9

Download or read book A 1993 1994 Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report on the Status of OHV Recreation in California written by California. Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Effects of All terrain Vehicles on Forested Lands and Grasslands written by Dexter Meadows and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Park Guidelines for Off highway Vehicles written by George E. Fogg and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Utah s Off highway Vehicle Users written by Garrell E. Nicholes Associates and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book ORRV Off Road Recreation Vehicles written by United States. Task Force on Off-Road Recreation Vehicles and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Governor s Off highway Vehicle OHV Study written by Tennessee. Department of Environment and Conservation and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Access Vs Impacts a Collaborative Assessment of OHV Use in Yolo County written by Christopher Sorge Gardner and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Off Highway Vehicle use is an increasingly popular recreational activity in the United States. Off Highway Vehicles, or OHV's, are a class of vehicles that are not legally registered to drive on a public road. People enjoy riding OHV's on both public and private land for a variety of reasons including hunting, farming, competition or recreation. Yet OHV's also tend to create public controversy from the impacts of their use. In Yolo County, OHV use is a policy concern because the activity is popular with residents but often conflicts with private property rights and can adversely impact natural resources. This thesis will offer a conflict assessment of the current situation regarding OHV use in Yolo County. The purpose of this assessment is to determine the ability of Yolo County to conduct a collaborative effort to address this policy issue. I drew upon background research, review of public documents, as well as interviews with individuals involved with or affected by OHV use as the main sources of data for this investigation. The results of this assessment show that a public collaboration to address OHV related issues in Yolo County is not advisable at this time. However, there are aspects of collaboration that may be used by Yolo County to help move OHV policy forward. Additionally, the thesis suggests strategies that may be more generally helpful in disputes involving environmental concerns and access to public lands.

Download or read book Environmental Effects of Off highway Vehicles written by Douglas S. Ouren and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiles the results of a literature search undertaken to cover information regarding the effects of off-highway vehicle (OHV) use on land health, or 'natural resource attributes', and included databases archiving information from before OHVs came into existence to May 2006.