Wildlife Crossing Structure Handbook Design and Evaluation in North America
This handbook provides numerous solutions to wildlife-vehicle interactions by offering effective and safe wildlife crossing examples.
Compliance and Permitting
Skill Definition
Ensure compliance with applicable permitting requirements at the federal level (National Environmental Protection Act/NEPA, Section 106 of the Antiquities Act, the Historic Preservation Act, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System/NPDES, US Army Corps of Engineers) and state, regional, county and local level (Erosion & Sediment Control/E&SC, Stormwater Pollution Prevention/SWPP, and other regulations related to wildlife, natural heritage, archeological/cultural resources, and environmental resource protection)
Entry Level Performance
- Demonstrate understanding of the typical types of compliance and permitting that can apply to a trail project
- Demonstrate understanding of the permit systems and agencies and their potential site-based requirements as they relate to trail project implementation
Full Performance Level
- Identify applicable permits and compliance review process on the local, state, or federal level including (but not limited to): National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), water/wetland crossing, and environmental review compliance.
Expert Level Performance
- Integrate knowledge of applicable compliance and permit reviews into the trail planning and design process to assess project feasibility, as well as guide timelines/phases and cost estimates
- Provide documentation to support compliance and permit review processes and identify additional resource surveys and inventories if necessary
- Adjust the trail plan as needed to work within guidance/feedback provided by the permitting agency
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Designing Near Wetlands, Streams, Forests, and Other Environmental Resources
This presentation discusses the seven biggest considerations for planners and designers when designing near wetlands, streams, forests, and other environmental resources.
Approvals, Permits, and Compliance
This webinar will walk through the typical processes, jurisdictions, timelines, and documentation needed to get a conceptual trail project through approval and implementation.
Trail Skills Training Library
Recorded Trainings for Compliance and Permitting
OPDMD or Wheelchair: Where Can They Go?
The webinar will address the difference between Wheelchair and OPDMD (Other Power Drive Mobility Devices), explain the ADAs Assessment Factors, clarify Legitimate Safety Requirements, how to develop Policy and the importance of Training.
Plan Trails to Minimize Wildlife Disturbance
A summary of best practices for trail groups who plan, design, and manage nonmotorized trails to minimize disturbance of or conflict with wildlife, specifically large carnivores.
Navigating NEPA in Trail Development
This webinar is a deeper dive into the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as an extension of a past webinar: Approvals, Permitting and Compliance (2023). This webinar will help answer key questions related to NEPA and trail development.
The Third Mode: Connecting Greenways, Trails and Active Mobility
his webinar covers the latest issues and policies in planning and designing urban mobility networks, and how to integrate transportation with greenways and trails to create seamless metro-wide systems.
Trail Planning and Design: Foundations of Success
This webinar will review several common approaches and technologies for trail planning and design projects and provide attendees with real world examples.
Systemic Condition Analysis and Management for Multi-Use Trails
This webinar addresses the critical need for cyclical assessment and repair of a multi-use trail system to keep up with the usage and level of service demands from the public with a limited budget.
Further Education
Training Programs for Compliance and Permitting
Trail Sustainability Institute
The Trail Sustainability Institute (TSI) is NWTA’s internal training classes for everything related to trail building. We want to make sure our trail builders are knowledgeable in not only how to build/maintain fun trails, but ensure those trails…
Trails Certificate
Gain insight into best practices related to the design, construction and maintenance of trails. Learn about and apply techniques that can enhance, rehabilitate and protect trails and greenways. Participants will also learn about trail…
Sustainable Trails Development
The Sustainable Trails curriculum welcomes students from various fields who are interested in trails development, programming and management, as well as design.
PCTA Trail Skills Course
Because wildfires, wind storms, floods, gravity, and vegetation growth are constant threats to the PCT, the annual maintenance and reconstruction of the trail is a never-ending and monumental undertaking. Such work, historically carried out by…
Advancing Trails Webinar Series
American Trails brings agencies, trail builders, planners, architects, advocates, and volunteers the latest in state-of-the-art information on all aspects of trails and greenways. Our webinars focus on a variety of trail topics, usually applicable…
Skill Library
Project Planning and Design
Trail Sustainability Principles
Define Purpose, Need, and Feasibility of Project
Stakeholder Engagement
Land Use Plan Alignment
Corridor Planning
Trail Specifications
Conceptual Trail Plan Development
Field Design: Trail Alignment Identification and Marking
Project Cost Estimation
Trail Plan Development
Compliance and Permitting
Implementation Plan
Interpretation
Trail Inventory and Assessment
Operations and Maintenance Plan Development
Training Calendar
Upcoming Trainings for Compliance and Permitting
Custom Trainings
There are 66 trainers on TrailSkills
with Compliance and Permitting experience
Richard Edwards
Morgantown, WV
Assistant Director of Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure
West Virginia University
Hire Workers
There are 229 workers on TrailSkills
with Compliance and Permitting experience
Alexander De Lucia
Bretton Woods, NH
Director of Trails & Recreation Management
Appalachian Mountain Club
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