Snowmobile noise disturbance within Haliburton Forest

Title

Snowmobile noise disturbance within Haliburton Forest

Author

Henry, Julie

Host Organization

Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Preserve Ltd
Host contact: Heaven, Irene

Supervising Faculty

Schaefer, Jim
Department: Environmental and Resource Science/Studies

Reference Number

TP-397

Date

2003

Location of Document

U-Links Office and online

Area

Haliburton County

Subject

Impacts of snowmobile noise pollution on deer

Abstract

This paper looks at the use of snowmobile trails and the resulting noise pollution within Haliburton Forest from the perspective of the effect on white tailed deer.

Beginning with a literature review of the effects of noise on ungulates, the paper moves to present a preliminary field study investigating techniques and feasibility of a study that would explore the effect of snowmobile noise on ungulates within the forest. The final section presents a proposal for a 2003-2004 study of snowmobile noise pollution on white tailed deer disturbance and movement within Haliburton Forest, describing methods, equipment and sampling notes.

Publisher

Trent University

Files

Reference

Henry, Julie, Snowmobile noise disturbance within Haliburton Forest, Trent University, 2003