HORSE TRAILS

Horse trail impact evaluation and trail design and management and have become Conway Conservation specialties. Linda Conway Duever's lifetime experience as both a trail rider and a natural areas management specialist give her a valuable perspective for reconciling the viewpoints of horseback riders and land managers.

Issues regarding potential horse trail impacts include:

• erosion and trail degradation
• habitat fragmentation
• weed introduction

  Diagram showing the processes necessary for horses to cause exotic plant invasion(~13K)

• wildlife disturbance
• user conflicts

  Things horse people need to know about horse trail impacts

The following sites are other good sources of information on the environmental aspects of horse trails:

• Outdoor Recreation Research Resources
• Tim Trott's Florida Horse Page

Conway Conservation maintains a bibliographic database on horse trail impacts.

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