Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Assessing the risk of invasive plant introductions at trailheads in the Adirondack Park, NY: Adirondack Park trail registry information

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Metadata Provider

  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    The Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) collaborated with Dr. Colin Beier (SUNY-ESF) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to expand on the work by Rockefeller (2016) and Larkin (2017) to examine the risk of invasive plant propagule transport by visitors to trailheads in the Adirondack Park, NY. The Adirondack Park contains over 300 trailheads, each usually has a parking area for visitors and a trail register for each party to record their location of origin. As visitors may travel from areas outside the Park, there is a risk that visitors could unwillingly transport invasive plants on boot treads, dog fur, or clothing that could become established in the Park. While this work only includes visitor data from 2012, it provides valuable information on the possible travel routes, hotspots, and vulnerabilities in invasive plant management in the park. Additionally, summary information on visitor use and travel distances can help with resource allocation and planning.

People

  • Alexandra Kosiba: Principal Investigator

  • James Duncan: Content Provider

  • Emma Tait: Content Provider

  • Colin Beier: Content Provider

  • Justin Perry: Content Provider

  • Matthias Sirch: Content Provider

Keywords

  • hikers, recreation, trail registers, trailheads,

Organizations

  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) : lead
  • NYC Department of Environmental Conservation : partner
  • The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry: partner

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    Data Table

    • Title: Adirondack Park trail registry information
    • Start Date: 2019-08-01
    • End Date: 2020-01-31
    • Description: This dataset includes names and information for trail registry locations in Adirondack Park, NY.

    • Purpose: To provide information on trail register locations in Adirondack Park, NY.

    • Condensed Title: Z1627_3228_70K04B

    • Object Name: VMC.1627.3228

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Tait E, Kosiba AM, Rockefeller D, Larkin A, and Beier C. (2020) Adirondack Park trail registry information. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/adktrailheads/dataset/adirondack-park-trail-registry-information

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/adktrailheads/dataset/adirondack-park-trail-registry-information

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: complex
      • Label: complex
      • Description: Collection of trails/areas accessible by trailregister
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: dec_office
      • Label: dec_office
      • Description: Dec office name/location
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: name_short
      • Label: name_short
      • Description: Shorthand trail name
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: OBJECTID
      • Label: OBJECTID
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: pkDestinationID
      • Label: pkDestinationID
      • Description: Unique ID assigned to each destination
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: received
      • Label: received
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: trailname
      • Label: trailname
      • Description: Full trail name
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: type
      • Label: type
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: unitmanag
      • Label: unitmanag
      • Description: Management area name
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal

    Methods

    • No methods recorded for this dataset

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset