Long-term monitoring of vegetation cover changes by remote sensing, Cadillac Mountain summit, Acadia National Park

Kim, Min-Kook; Daigle, John J.

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“…Visitors traveling off-trail often create and expand informal (visitor-created) trails that may alter the cover and composition of native plant communities, trample sensitive or rare species, or introduce and spread nonnative and invasive species (Barros & Pickering, 2017; Hill & Pickering, 2006; Johnson & Vande Kamp, 1996; Potito & Beatty, 2005; Schwartz et al, 2018). Off trail trampling can cause areas to eventually lose biomass, vegetative cover, and ultimately soils via erosion and soil profile truncation (Cole, 1995b; Havlick et al, 2016; Kim & Daigle, 2022; Olive & Marion, 2009; Riske, 2018; Wimpey & Marion, 2011). Moreover, informal trails are quick to appear, slow to recover, and are often duplicative, with multiple trails to the same destination (Cole et al, 1997; Wimpey & Marion, 2011).…”

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“…Gorham Mountain Trail hikers frequently venture off-trail once they pass through the lower forested areas and reach the open summit areas, a landscape characterized by exposed bedrock with thin patches of soil and low vegetation (Figure 3). Trampling of the fragile subalpine vegetation and soils, leading to erosion, is a significant management concern and challenge for ANP staff (Kim & Daigle, 2022; Turner & LaPage, 2001). The thin granitic soils overlying the summit bedrock regenerate slowly, given the harsh weather conditions and the siliceous bedrock’s natural resistance to erosion and soil generation processes (Davis, 1966).…”

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Efficacy of Combining Education and Site Management in Reducing Off-Trail Travel in a Fragile Biotic Community, Acadia National Park

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2022

Journal of Interpretation Research

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Averaging 2.4 million visits annually across fewer than 50,000 acres, Acadia National Park (ANP) is a “densely visited” park whose managers seek to protect the quality of natural resources and visitor experiences. The proliferation of informal (visitor-created) trail networks increases resource degradation and management costs to curtail and repair them. This paper evaluates the efficacy and acceptability of adaptive management measures for discouraging off-trail travel in a backcountry setting at ANP. Additive combinations of management techniques—designed to address multiple motives for going off-trail—are evaluated for efficacy along a high use backcountry summit trail. Trail site management actions and educational signs addressing multiple motives for off-trail travel were shown to be effective, as are more direct, obtrusive measures relying on fewer additive components. Management situations warranting the use of direct measures (e.g., fencing) vs. combinations of less direct and obtrusive measures are discussed.

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