Riparian Restoration
CHAPTER 4: RESTORATION PREPERATION (CONTINUED)
Project Design (Continued)
- Plan paths to popular destinations such as restrooms, trash bins, other campsites, beaches, vista points, amphitheaters, trailheads, dispersed fishing and access points, and so on. Control where visitors go by using rustic wood fences (see appendix E); native rock; native thorny shrubs, vines, roses; and hardened paths. “Impacts can also be minimized by controlling the distribution and location of visitor use. Concentrating use and the resultant impacts in a few places will leave most of the area relatively undisturbed” (Cole as quoted in Alexander and Fairbridge 1999). See figures 62, 63, 64, 65, and 66.
Figure 62—A delineated path shows visitors where to go.
Figure 63—This trail allows water to flow through it, preserving
the wetland
and
providing a dry walking surface.
Figure 64—Visitors using this water pump stay
on the
pavement and off the vegetation.
Figure 65—A fenced and signed path in Florida. The path leads to
a
beach and
keeps
visitors off the riparian vegetation.
Figure 66—A fenced path leads to a defined picnic area.
- Ensure that high-use areas, such as campground trails, roads, and campsites, are inherently durable or have hardened surfaces to prevent deterioration (Cole as quoted in Alexander and Fairbridge 1999). See figure 67.
Figure 67—Site cover material is ¼ inch and less crushed limestone
for accessibility.
Each campsite area is framed in timber.
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