Germany gives green light to bicycle highways
… no red lights, no trucks, just a clear, smooth lane more I’m not sure what their (dirt) trail infrastructure is like.
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2017 TCCC
The 2017 Trail Conference Conservation Corps has started…looking forward to another great year.
Anyplace America
Anyplace-America contacted me about adding a link to Trailism’s mapping resource page. After a little surfing on the Anyplace-America website I decided it might be worth creating a post to say it’s worth checking out. Their trail page is a good start. The PDF topo maps seem to be geo-referenced, but I have not confirmed
Forbidding Forecast For Lyme Disease In The Northeast
Keesing and Ostfeld, who have studied Lyme for more than 20 years, have come up with an early warning system for the disease. They can predict how many cases there will be a year in advance by looking at one key measurement: Count the mice the year before. continue
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Trail Safe
TRAIL SAFE! is a unique safety training program designed specifically for National Park Service (NPS) Trail Volunteers, but is useful to everyone! It’s based upon NPS Operational Leadership Training, where the Human Factor of safety is explored. Trail Safe! captures the core learning objectives of the 16 hour Operational Leadership course while allowing volunteers to
Silica Exposure- New OSHA Rules
OSHA published its final silica rule in the Federal Register on March 25, 2016. The rule is comprised of two standards, one for Construction and one for General Industry and Maritime. The final rule is effective on June 23, 2016. Start-up dates for specific provisions are set in 29 CFR 1910.1053 for general industry. This
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Trail Volunteerism
I continue to be amazed at the volunteer trail efforts I have seen firsthand, or read about all across the world. This recent post (related), stumbling upon Trails Foundation, and a slew of groups in the southeast (like the many branches of SORBA), made me want to volunteer some of my time to finally write
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Stairs and Bridges, the Sane and Insane
…marvels and loony beauty The World’s Most Terrifying Bridges (power point of the video below). The World’s Most Dangerous Stairs: link Also see this trailism bridge page and post on the world’s scariest trails.
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National Hydrography Dataset
This site is new news to me, and great for some layout and design situations: https://nhd.usgs.gov/ Although it’s not practical or possible to always bypass the lower 1/8-1/4 of any mountain to lower the chances of hitting seeps as a result of “toe-of-slope-effect,” the site (with the help of GIS) could be used to lower
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New Bikes on Roof Hang Tag
There’s a new bikes on roof hang tag design available.
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