Library of Research Studies Related to Snowmobiling Impacts

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The Basics of Sound and Noise

1. Comparability Assessment of Snowmobile and Snowcoach Transportation Event Impacts (2013)
2. Natural Soundscape Monitoring in Yellowstone National Park December 2010 – March 2011 (2011)
3. Natural Soundscape Monitoring in Yellowstone National Park December 2009 – March 2010 (2010)
4. Natural Soundscape Monitoring in Yellowstone National Park December 2008 – March 2009 (2009)
5. Exterior Sound Level Measurements of Over-Snow Vehicles at Yellowstone National Park (2008)
6. Natural Soundscape Monitoring in Yellowstone National Park December 2007 – March 2008 (2008)
7. Natural Soundscape Monitoring in Yellowstone National Park December 2006 – March 2007 (2007)
8. Natural Soundscape Monitoring in Yellowstone National Park December 2005 – March 2006 (2006)
9. Modeling Sound Due to Over-Snow Vehicles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks (2006)
10. Natural Soundscape Monitoring in Yellowstone National Park December 2004 – March 2005 (2005)
11. Comparing Sound Emissions of Snowmobiles to those of Road Vehicles (2005)
12. Supplemental Over-Snow Vehicle Sound Level Measurements (2002)
13. Over-Snow Vehicle Sound Level Measurements (2001)
14. Factors Affecting Response to Noise in Outdoor Recreational Environments (1990)
15. Portrait in Sound: A Study Comparing Ambient with Those Generated by Snowmobiles (1975)

Other Research Studies

• Air Quality / Emissions
• Economics
• Personal Exposure
• Recreation Conflicts
• Snow and Trail Conditions
• Sound
• Vegetation and Soil/Snow Compaction
• Water Quality – including Snowpack and Snowmelt
• Wildlife – General Wildlife and Nature
• Wildlife – Birds, Bears and Caribou
• Wildlife – Deer, Elk, Moose and Reindeer
• Wildlife – Lynx
• Wildlife – Carnivores, Coyotes, Goats, Sheep, Rabbits and Subnivean
• Wildlife – Wolverine