Continental Divide National Scenic Trail

Table of Contents

I. Comprehensive Plan Amendment
II. General Administration
III. Leadership Council
IV. Partners and Partnership Resources
V. Study Report
VI. National Scenic and Historic Trails Legislative History
VII. Recreation Planning and Management References

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I. General Administration

II. Leadership Council

III. Partners and Partnership Resources

Continental Divide Trail Alliance - "The Trail Unites Us"

• CDTA-Colorado-Forest Service Memorandum of Understanding - 2004
• CDTA-Agencies Memorandum of Understanding - 2005
• CDTA-New Mexico-Agencies Memorandum of Understanding - 2007
• CDTA-Forest Service Challenge Cost-Share - 2006
• Take Pride in America - Build the CDT * - Video
• The Greatest Good - CDT Trailer * Video

Continental Divide Trail Society

The Colorado Trail Foundation

• Colorado Mountain Trails Foundation Agreement - 1976
• The Colorado Trail Decision Notice - 1980
• CTF Cooperative Agreement - 1988
• The Colorado Trail Master Plan - 1998
• CTF-Forest Service Memorandum of Understanding - 2005

Partnership Resources

• Brian O'Neill's 21 Partnership Success Factors
• Partnership Life Cycle
• Partnership for the National Trails System
• National Forest Foundation
• Partnership Resource Center
• Toolbox for the Great Outdoors
• Rocky Mountain Region Partnership Office - Forest Service
• National Partnership Office - Forest Service
• Forest Service Health and Safety Code Handbook

IV. CDNST Study Report

Study Report 1976 *

• Study Report Map of Existing Travelways *

Potential Addition Final Environmental Statement * - 1977

• Montana-Idaho Map*
• Wyoming Map *
• Colorado Map *
• New Mexico Map *

Secretary to President Designation Recommendation - 1977
Legislative History of National Parks and Recreation Act as it pertains to the CDNST
Creating the CDNST with State Liability Statute Summary - 1981

CDNST Alternative Routes Maps - 1985

• Montana Northern *
• Montana-Idaho *
• Wyoming *
• Colorado *
• New Mexico *

V. National Scenic and Historic Trails Legislative History

National Trails System Act (P.L. 90-543) - Amended through March 2009 - (HTML Version)
National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978
National Trails System Act of 1968 (Image)*
Trails for America (Image) 1966 *
Trails for America (OCR Document - Searchable) 1966 *
Trails for America Executive Order 13195 - 2001
National System of Trails HR4865 1967 *
     - Stewart Udall, Secretary of Interior and Edward Crafts, Director of the BOR (excerpt)
     - John Baker, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture and Edward Cliff, Chief of the Forest Service (excerpt)
National System of Trails Senate Hearings S827 1967
     - Gaylord Nelson and Peter Dominick, Senators (excerpt)
National Trails System Senate Report 1233 1968
National Trails System House Report 1631 1968
National Trails System Conference Report 1891 1968
National Trail System Lands Report 98-28 1983
National Trails System Legislation 98-11 1979-1984
National Trail System Act Legislative Documents compiled by Steve Elkinton 1999

VI. Recreation Planning and Management References

National Trails Data Standards
Forest Service Manual 2350 - Trails - January 8, 2009
Trails Construction and Maintenance Notebook * - 2007
CDT Draft Trail Class Design Parameters - June 8, 2005
CDT Trailhead Design Guidelines * - 2005
Trail Assessment and Conditions Surveys * - 2008 User Guide
CDT Trailhead Interpretive Plan * - 2005
Conflicts on Multiple-Use Trails: Synthesis of the Literature and State of the Practice - 1994
Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) Brochure - 1990
The Recreation Opportunity Spectrum: A Framework for Planning, Management, and Research - 1979
ROS Project Planning Users Guide - 1987
Recreation Opportunity Setting as a Management Tool - 1986
ROS Users Guide * -1982
ROS Poster * -1994
Visitor Capacity a Dilemma of Perspective - 2003
Carrying Capacity as "Informed Judgment": The Values of Science and the Science of Values - 2002
Parks and Carrying Capacity, Commons Without Tragedy - 2007
Visitor Capacity on Public Lands and Waters: Making Better Decisions * - 2006
LAC System for Wilderness Planning - 1985
LAC and Related Planning Processes - INT-GTR-371 - 1997
Visitor Experience and Resource Protection Handbook - National Park Service - 1997
Landscape Aesthetics Handbook 701 * -1995
Landscape Aesthetics Handbook 701 Appendices * - 1995
The Built Environment Image Guide - 2002

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