Practice

Bridge Best Practices and Samples

Many trails built and maintained by the Trail Conference have existing bridges or locations where a bridge might be desired. This document includes some best practices about when a bridge is appropriate, the types and designs of bridges, and the maintenance of bridges. While decisions about bridges ultimately rest with the land manager, this document provides guidance for discussing bridges with land managers and making recommendations. 

Status: 
Approved by Committee
Committee: 
Policy Council
Latest significant change: 
06/10/2020
Revision: 
version 1
Type: 
Practice
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Permanently
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Trail Approval Processes

Approvals are needed whenever the Trail Conference agrees to maintain additional trails or to carry out trail work beyond normal maintenance. These approvals ensure that:

Status: 
Approved by Committee
Status comment: 

Approved by Policy Council June 26, 2019

Committee: 
Policy Council
Latest significant change: 
06/26/2019
Revision: 
June 26, 2019
Type: 
Practice
Keywords: 
trail approvals
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Permanently
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Mohansic Trailway Bridge Design

The Mohasic Trailway, in Yorktown, has 3 bridges, two 16 footers and one 20 footer with a combined construction drawing signed by a licensed professional engineer. Others may be able to use this design.

Status: 
Final by Author
Status comment: 
Committee: 
Trails Council
Latest significant change: 
02/11/2017
Revision: 
version 1
Type: 
Practice
Document retention: 
None

Trail Management Guide

About the Trail Management Guide

As a leader in the design, construction, maintenance, and preservation of trails for outdoor recreation, the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference is engaged in a wide range of projects and activities.

Status: 
Current version
Status comment: 

Updated 10/5/2018

  1.  Section 5.9 replaced with page 1 of the injury and insurance protocol doc. (I left step 5 as in the doc)
  2. Section 12.1 Forms for All/immediately updated to also reference the refusal of care and OPRHP forms
  3. Section 15 publication history

Bump version to 3.1

Update Section 5.2 to remove restriction on volunteers being members.

Trail Project Approvals process changed

Version 4.0 reflects the new organizational structure of 2020

Version 4.1 reflects addition of Long Path RTC, and adds a report flow diagram

5/29/2023 Version 4.2 many updates to org charts and policies/procedures, rename RPC to PC, add DEI, 

Committee: 
Policy Council
Latest significant change: 
05/29/2023
Revision: 
Version 4.2
Type: 
Practice
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Blaze Descriptions in the Trail Database

As we review and update our trail database, we need to define what blaze information is to be stored in the database and how it should be stored.  This document describes the fields related to blazing which are proposed to be included in the database and how each field is to be used.

Status: 
Approved by Committee
Status comment: 
Committee: 
Policy Council
Latest significant change: 
05/20/2017
Revision: 
Approved by the Policy Council May 2, 2017 (minor update 5/20/2017)
Type: 
Practice
Keywords: 
Blazing
Document retention: 
Permanently
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Outdoor Activity Safety Guidelines

These guidelines are intended to reduce the occurrence of bodily injury during all outdoor activities conducted by the Trail Conference. The outdoor activities addressed by these guidelines have been divided into four levels based upon the risks associated with the activity:

Status: 
Approved by Committee
Committee: 
Policy Council
Latest significant change: 
02/06/2017
Revision: 
Approved by Policy Council February 6, 2017, minor update June 7, 2017
Type: 
Practice
Keywords: 
Safety
Document retention: 
Permanently
Document keywords: 
Document types: