Additional Resources
Contact:
Mike Furniss if you have any questions.
You can view the online version of this project at: http://www.fsl.orst.edu/geowater/RRR/
Roads Analysis: Informing Decisions About Managing the National Forest Transportation System
Forest Roads:
A Synthesis of Scientific Information
Water-Road Interaction Technology Series - A series of monographs on protecting water quality and aquatic habitats in wildland road practice
FishXing: Software and Learning Systems for Fish Passage Through Culverts
Where the Water Meets the Road (Roy Jemison)
USDA 1998. Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices. The Federal Interagency Stream Restoration Working Group. Including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Tennessee Valley Authority, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of the Interior. Nongovernmental Organizations, the World Wildlife Fund coordinated input and reviews from other nongovernmental organizations.
Riparian Considerations (Lisa Lewis)
U.S. Department of the Interior. 2003. Riparian area management: Riparian-wetland soils. Technical Reference 1737-19. Bureau of Land Management, Denver, CO. BLM/ST/ST-03/001+1737. 109 pp. Stresses the importance of riparian wetland soils, discusses land forming processes, gathering soil information, and presents case studies. Includes Proper functioning and Condition Assessments.
Riparian Vegetation (Lisa Lewis)
U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 2002. A Soil Bioengineering Guide for Streambank and Lakeshore Stabilization. San Dimas Technology and Development Program.
Beavers (Sandra Jacobson)
Friends and professional associates of the "Beaver Woman" Dorothy Richards created Beavers: Wetlands & Wildlife (BWW), a 501 C3 educational nonprofit.
Invasive Species (Sandra Jacobson)
The Source for Information and Images of Invasive & Exotic Species. A joint project of The University of Georgia's Bugwood Network, USDA Forest Service and USDA APHIS PPQ.
Wildlife Crossings (Sandra Jacobson)
Defenders of Wildlife. Second Nature Improving Transportation Without Putting Nature Second. Patricia A. White and Michelle Ernst. Describes how transportation planning can steer investments toward greater mobility for communities and away from impacting natural areas.
Forman, Sperling, et al. Road Ecology. 2003. Island Press, Federal Highway Administration, California Department of Transportation, The Nature Conservancy. 14 coauthors collaborating (four transportation specialists, one hydrologist, and nine ecologists). Envisions a transportation system that provides effectively for both (1) natural processes and biodiversity and (2) safe and efficient human mobility.
Aquatic Passage at Road Crossings (Jim Doyle)
FishXing website. Software and learning systems for fish passage thru culverts.
Influence of Low Volume Roads on Aquatic and Riparian Habitats (Jim Doyle)
Flanagan, S.A., M.J. Furniss, T.S. Ledwith, M.A. Love, K. Moore, and J. Ory. 1998.
Channel Modifications (Jim Doyle)
Leopold, L. B., Wolman, M. G., and J. P. Miller. 1964. Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology. New York, W. H. Freeman & Company. 522 pp.
Olson, A.D. and J.R. West. 1989.
Road Surface Drainage (Greg Napper)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 1996. Managing Roads for Wet Meadow Ecosystem Recovery. Forest Service Southwest Region. FHWA-FLP-96-016. Zeedyk, William D. Good pictures and drawings showing techniques for crossing meadows.
The Clean Water Act (Wendy Melgin)
Pacific Southwest Region. Water Quality Management for Forest System Lands in California, Best Management Practices September 2000.
Controlled Access in Riparian Areas (Carolyn Napper)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 1999. Roads analysis—informing decisions about managing the national forest transportation system. FS-643. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 222 p. A tool to help implement Forest Service road policy to arrive at a “minimum” road system. Presents a six step process to identify issues and concerns and promote “informed” decisions.
Havlick David G. , No Place Distant, Roads and Motorized Recreation on America’s Public Lands. 2002. Island Press. Explores the question of “appropriate access”, the motorized recreation boom, how roads have been funded. Issues a challenge to find the “political will” to implement decisions that provide suitable recreation in suitable places.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 2005. Riparian Restoration. San Dimas Technology and Development Program. 2300 Recreation Management, 0423 1201 – SDTDC. Good pictures and illustrations show how to recognize impacts to riparian areas from recreation uses, and some techniques to treat these areas.
Soil Roads and Restoration (Carolyn Napper)
Soil Science Society of America.
http://www.soils.org/index.html
The Association for Environmental Health and Sciences (AEHS) was created to facilitate communication and foster cooperation among professionals concerned with the challenge of soil protection and cleanup.
Welcome to the NRCS Soils web site. "Helping People Understand Soils" http://soils.usda.gov/. Soils is part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, an effort of Federal and State agencies, universities, and professional societies to deliver scientifically based soil information.
Low Water Crossings (Terry Warhol)
Furniss, M.J., Roelofs, T. D., and C.S. Yee. 1991. Road construction and maintenance. Chapter 8 (p. 297- 323) in William R. Meehan (ed.): Influences of forest and rangeland management on salmonid fishes and their habitats. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 19. 751 pp.
Bridges Applications and Considerations (Terry Warhol)
The Forest Service manages an extensive road and trail transportation system. The road system has more than 7,500 bridges.
Culverts (Carolyn and Greg Napper)
United States Department of Agriculture. 2003. Water/Road Interaction Technology Series. Technology and Development Program. San Dimas Technology and Development Center. The preeminent source that explains why roads fail, and how to prevent that from happening. A digest of several decades of experience from across the country.
American Iron and Steel Institute. 1994 edition. Handbook of Steel Drainage & Highway Construction Products. This reference could serve as an engineering textbook on culverts. Covering topics from hydraulics to value engineering. Gives practitioners essential information for designing culvert installations. Conventional and basic so riparian, aquatic, and other ecosystem considerations must be layered upon this guidance.
Overview References
Williams J. E., C. A. Wood . and M.P. Dombeck, editors. 1997. Watershed restoration: principles and practices. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. A call to action to work together to restore the integrity of our landscape and of our native fishes, riparian areas, forests, and streams.
Overview of road management in the USDA Forest Service: http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/road_mgt/overview.shtml.
Organizations
The Center for Transportation and the Environment, administers the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation (ICOET), with the support of FHWA and several other Federal and State agencies and organizations as sponsors. Held every two years, ICOET addresses a broad range of ecological issues related to surface transportation and highlights current research finding sand best practices in the areas of wildlife, fisheries, wetlands, water quality, overall ecosystems management, and related policy issues.
Periodicals
Public Roads, the May/June publication has an article called “Critter Crossings” by Alex Levy, and another titled “Route 17 – The four Decade Project by Sande Snead.
Other web sites
University of California Berkeley
Technology Transfer Program
http://www.techtransfer.berkeley.edu/newsletter/05-3/05-3.pdfThe Klamath Resource Information System (KRIS) pulls together maps, data tables, charts, photographs and bibliographic resources into an easy-to-use, PC-based computer program.
http://www.krisweb.com/restore/strategy.htm