A Literary Review of the Effects of Snowmobiling on Wildlife: with a focus on the impact of noise emissions

A Literary Review of the Effects of Snowmobiling on Wildlife: with a focus on the impact of noise emissions

Alexandra Taylor

Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve Ltd.

Tom Whillans, Environmental Science / Studies

TP-178

2000

Haliburton

Environmental Science / Studies
Geography
Recreation & Tourism

Haliburton Forest & Wildlife Reserve has a long history of snowmobiling and relies heavily on the income that this activity brings in during the winter months. Because of this, it is probably not feasible to immediately end snowmobiling within Haliburton Forest if in fact the machine's impact is significant. For this reason, recommendations made in literary papers have been collected to help lessen the potential impact of snowmobiling on wildlife within Haliburton Forest. The effects of noise on ungulates, subnivean mammals, predators, fish, and wildlife in general has been collected from various sources and summarized in this research paper. Recommendations have also been made for measuring noise emissions in Haliburton Forest.

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