Accessibility Guidebook for Outdoor Recreation and Trails

Links

Note: "fsweb" addresses are available only to Forest Service and U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management employees on the Forest Service internal network.

Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 15 is the 1994 U.S. Department of Agriculture implementation guideline for Section 504 that prescribes the requirements for ensuring access to programs.

• Subpart 15b (covers programs operating with Federal agency funding under special use permits or other agreements) http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/7cfr15b_03.html

• Subpart 15e (covers programs conducted by the Forest Service) http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/7cfr15e_03.html

• Section 150d (transition plan development and contents) http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/7cfr15d_03.html

Access Board
http://www.access-board.gov/

Accessibility Guidebook for Outfitters/Guides Operating on Public Lands
http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/accessibility/

Accessibility Guidebook for Ski Areas Operating on Public Lands
http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/accessibility/

Accessible Exterior Surfaces Technical Article
http://www.access-board.gov/research/completed-research/accessible-exterior-surfaces

Accessible Gates for Trails and Roads
http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/accessibility/

Accessible Handpump
http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/accessibility

ADAAG Accessibility Checklist for Buildings and Facilities
http://www.ada.gov/racheck.pdf

American Trails
http://www.americantrails.org

Americans with Disabilities Act
http://www.access-board.gov/the-board/laws/americans-with-disabilities-act-intro

Americans with Disabilities Act/Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Guidelines
http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/buildings-and-sites/about-the-ada-standards/background/ada-aba-accessibility-guidelines-2004

Architectural Barriers Act
http://www.access-board.gov/the-board/laws/architectural-barriers-act-aba

Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standard
http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/buildings-and-sites/about-the-ada-standards/background/ada-aba-accessibility-guidelines-2004

Backcountry Sanitation Manual
http://www.appalachiantrail.org/protect/steward/sanman.html

Beneficial Designs
http://www.beneficialdesigns.com/

Built Environment Image Guide
http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/beig/

Designing Sidewalks and Trails for Access

• Part 1, Review of Existing Guidelines and Practices
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/sidewalks/index.htm

• Part 2, Best Practices Design Guide
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/sidewalk2/index.htm

Facilities Toolbox
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/toolbox/

Federal Highway Administration and Forest Service recreational trail publications and videos
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/fspubs/index.htm

Paper copies
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/rectrails/trailpub.htm

Federal Trail Data Standards
http://www.nps.gov/gis/trails/

Forest Service Exhibit Accessibility Checklist
http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/accessibility/

Forest Service Recreation Opportunities
http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/

Forest Service National Trail Specifications
http://www.fs.fed.us/database/acad/dev/trails/trails.htm

Forest Service Outdoor Recreation Accessibility Guidelines
http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/accessibility/

Forest Service Trail Accessibility Guidelines
http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/accessibility/

Forest Service Trail Design Parameters
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/measures/Inventory/trails%20files/National_Design_Parameters_1_31_2005.doc

International Building Code
http://www.iccsafe.org/

Natural Resource Manager (formerly Infra, available only to Forest Service employees)
http://basenet.fs.fed.us/

Public Rights-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines
http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/streets-sidewalks/public-rights-of-way

Recreation and Heritage Resources Integrated Business Systems (formerly Meaningful Measures)
http://fsweb.wo.fs.fed.us/rhwr/ibsc/index.shtml

Recreation Opportunity Spectrum
http://fsweb.wo.fs.fed.us/eng/facilities/recopp.htm

Regional Recreation Accessibility Coordinators
http://fsweb.mtdc.wo.fs.fed.us/toolbox/acc/documents/coord.htm

Region/Station Facilities Program Leaders
http://fsweb.wo.fs.fed.us/eng/documents/fac_leaders.htm

Rehabilitation Act Section 504
http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/sec504.htm

Soil Stabilizers on Universally Accessible Trails
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/pubs/pdf/00231202.pdf and http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/recreational_trails/publications/fs_publications/00231202/

Shared Use Path Accessibility Guidelines
http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/streets-sidewalks/shared-use-paths/about-this-rulemaking

Trail Construction and Maintenance Notebook http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/recreational_trails/publications/fs_publications/07232806/

Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards Accessibility Checklist
http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/buildings-and-sites/about-the-aba-standards/background/ufas

Universal Design Forest Service Policy, Forest Service Manual Section 2330.5
http://www.fs.fed.us/cgi-bin/Directives/get_dirs/fsm?2300!..

Universal Trail Assessment Process
http://www.beneficialdesigns.com/trails/utap.html#overview%20background

Wetland Trail Design and Construction
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/php/library_card.php?p_num=0723%20..0002804P and http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/fspubs/07232804/

Wilderness Access Decision Tool
http://carhart.wilderness.net/docs/wild_access_decision_tool.pdf