Library of Research Studies Related to Snowmobiling Impacts

General / Wildlife and Nature

View this chapter in “Research Studies Related to Snowmobiling Impacts”. Studies for which full reports are available have links below (blue titles only).

1. Effects of Recreation on Animals Revealed as Widespread through a Global Systematic Review (2016)
2. Comparability Assessment of Snowmobile and Snowcoach Transportation Event Impacts (2013)
3. Wildlife Responses to Motorized Winter Recreation in Yellowstone – 2009 Annual Report (2009)
4. Wildlife Responses to Motorized Winter Recreation in Yellowstone – 2008 Annual Report (2008)
5. Wildlife Responses to Motorized Winter Recreation in Yellowstone – 2007 Annual Report (2007)
6. Behavioral Responses of Wildlife to Snowmobiles and Coaches in Yellowstone (2006)
7. Wildlife Responses to Motorized Winter Recreation in Yellowstone – 2005 Annual Report (2005)
8. Wildlife Responses to Motorized Winter Recreation in Yellowstone – 2004 Annual Report (2004)
9. Wildlife Responses to Motorized Winter Recreation in Yellowstone – 2003 Annual Report (2003)
10. Wildlife Road Survey and Human Interactions On and Off Road: Final Report (2003)
11. Record of the Snowmobile Effects on Wildlife: Monitoring Protocols Workshop, Volume One (2001)
12. Review of Research Related to the Environmental Impact Statement for the Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway (2000)
13. Effects of Winter Recreation on Wildlife of the Greater Yellowstone Area: A Literature Review and Assessment (1999)
14. Winter Recreation Effects on Wildlife (1997)
15. A Partial Literature Review of the Effects of Various Human Activities on Wildlife (1997)
16. Wildlife and Recreationists: Coexistence Through Management and Research (1995)
17. Impacts of Winter Recreationist on Wildlife in a Portion of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (1981)
18. Impacts of snowmobiles on Wildlife (1978)
19. Snowmobiles, Animals, and Man: Interactions and Management Issues (1978)
20. Human-wildlife Interactions in the Gallatin Range, Yellowstone National Park (1976)
21. Snowmobile Tracks and Animal Mobility (1973)
22. Wildlife-snowmobile Interaction Project: Preliminary Report Covering Period November (1972)
23. Ecological Effects of Snowmobiles (1972)

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