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Managing Degraded Off-Highway Vehicle Trails in Wet, Unstable, and Sensitive Environments:

 
Trail hardening should be considered under the following conditions:

Existing trail impacts are causing or are projected to cause unacceptable onsite or offsite impacts, and More suitable alternative trail locations are not available, or Alternative trail locations are not environmentally acceptable or economically feasible.

Trail hardening provides the following benefits:

Defines a single trail alignment for vehicle travel.
Stabilizes surface soil conditions along the hardened trail section.
Provides a stable, durable trail surface for OHV traffic.
Halts trail widening and the development of braided trail sections.
Allows formerly used trail alignments to naturally stabilize and re-vegetate.
May provide for vegetation growth (or re-growth) within the hardened trail surface that helps to reduce visual impacts, maximize site stability and increase site productivity.

Trail hardening seeks to improve trail surfaces by one of three methods:

Replacing or capping unsuitable surface soils. 
Reinforcing or augmenting existing soil structure. 
Providing a 'wear and carry' surface over unsuitable soils."

Click here for the Online Copy of "Managing Degraded Off-Highway Vehicle Trails in Wet, Unstable, and Sensitive Environments.

 

 

 

 

Palmer Hayflats Geoblock Porous Pavement Trail Hardening Project

The Geoblock® product was one of a variety of materials tested by the NPS and analyzed at a trail segment during the summer of 1999.
Based on test results, 800 ft of Geoblock hardening trail was installed in 2000.
 Click here to read about the Palmer AK Hay Flats Project
Cottonwood Creek Trail Head Geoblock Installation  Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge 400 foot extension. Installed in 2013. Read full article here.
 Palmer AK Hay Flats Project

Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge 400 foot extension. Installed in 2013. Cottonwood Creek Trail Head Geoblock Installation.
Read the Full Article and Watch the Geoblock Installation Slideshow here.


Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve Releases Plan To Repair ORV Trails

“This is totally awesome news with a big thank you to the Park Service. Finally, these ORV trails will be improved for local folks who use these trails for hunting, fishing, berry-picking, and access to their remote cabins,” said NPCA Alaska Sr. Regional Director Jim Stratton. “Another benefit of this plan is that the Wrangell-St. Elias hiking trail system will be expanded for all park visitors, creating new places to explore on foot while enjoying our country’s largest national park.”

Read The Full Article Here (PDF)

 
Tundra ATV trail project earns national award
 

PDF Format Here


The Denali Commission met Dec 12, 2007 to review the Rural Road project nominations, including the Hooper Bay nomination. 
The Hooper Bay project was selected. The Denali Commission will work with Federal Highway and NRCS engineers to try to develop a
TRoad cook-book with ATV mini road (Troad) standards accepted for construction projects and access to federal highway funding to do so. 

The Alaska NPS Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program helped to coordinate an ATV Trail Hardening Project with Sea Lion Corp in Hooper Bay Alaska.  The NPS does not endorse other agencies or organizations, their views, products or services - Video, Picture & Links with Permission from NPS.

PDF Format: https://www.geocheminc.com/pdf/0809tundra_atv_trail_proj.pdf
 HOOPER BAY NEWS POD CAST: Hooper Bay works to protect tundra from vehicle damage
VIDEO OF COMPLETED HOOPER BAY ATV TRAIL PROJECT: Hooper Bay ATV Trail Hardening Video
 

Trail helps heal Alaska Native hunting grounds

Read the Full Article: Trails helps heal Alaska Native Hunting Grounds
PDF Format: http://www.geocheminc.com/pdf/Trail_Helps_Alaska.pdf

 

Bethel Geoblock Porous Pavement System Demo Application

   

The Alaska NPS Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program helped to coordinate an ATV Trail Hardening Demonstration Project in Bethel.  The NPS does not endorse other agencies or organizations, their views, products or services - Pictures with Permission from NPS.

Nome Alaska Geoblock Porous Pavement System Application Slideshow Presentation

White Mountains Geoblock Porous Pavement System Application

The Alaska NPS Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program helped to coordinate an ATV Trail Hardening Demonstration Project in Bethel.  The NPS does not endorse other agencies or organizations, their views, products or services - Pictures with Permission from NPS.

Nome Alaska Geoblock Porous Pavement System Application Slideshow Presentation

Summit-Lake Miam Re-Route and Trail Hardening Project Summary 2004-2005

  

Flexible Structural Bridge
The Geoblock® system creates a flexible structural bridge within the topsoil layer, promoting the vigorous growth of turf grass while protecting turf from the harmful effects of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The Geoblock® Porous Pavement System is a series of interlocking blocks designed to offer turf protection and load support in areas used by heavy vehicles.  The blocks create a flexible structural bridge system within the topsoil layer to support and distribute concentrated loads.