Trail Design and Construction Books

• A.T. Design, Construction, and Maintenance
  by William Birchard, Jr., Robert D. Proudman, and the Regional Staff of the Appalachian Trail Conference, 2nd edition, March 2000, ISBN 0-917953-72-X.
• A.T. Fieldbook: Maintenance & Rehabilitation Guidelines, A key supplement for volunteers to Appalachian Trail Design, Construction, and Maintenance. It's 96 pages, spiral-bound, and pocket-sized, made for field work.
• Lightly on the Land: The SCA Trail-Building and Maintenance Manual, Robert C. Birkby  Peter Lucchetti (Illustrator)  With Jenny Tempest, The Mountaineers, January 2006, ISBN 0-898868-48-3. 
• The Complete Guide to Trail Building and Maintenance AMC Staff,  4th Edition, Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club 2008, ISBN:978-1934028162
• Trail Solutions, 2004, IMBA's Guide to Building Sweet Singletrack. ISBN 0-9755023-0-1
• Crew Leader Manual, American Hiking Society, revised 10/1/2003, A comprehensive  step-by-step guide for leading a volunteer trail crew.
• Wetland Trail Design and Construction Robert Steinholtz and Brian Vachowski, US Department of Transportation and the US Department of Agriculture - Forest Service, Missoula Technology and development Center, 2007
• Trail Construction and Maintenance Notebook Woody Hesselbarth and Brian Vachowski, US Department of Agriculture - Forest Service, Missoula Technology and development Program, Revised 2007
• Washington Trails Association - Guide to Trail Work Online guide.
• Natural Surface Trails by Design: Physical and Human Essentials of Sustainable, Enjoyable Trails Troy Scott Parker, 2004. See http://www.natureshape.com/pubs/nstbd.html
• Trail Planning, Design and Development Guidelines Jeff 
  Schoenbaurer (Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resouces) 2006 out of print See https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/publications/trails_waterways/tgmanual/index.html