The focus of this new 300-page document is a general audience interested in integrating environmental concerns into their unpaved roads program. Specifically, the manual identifies, documents, and encourages the use of environmentally sensitive maintenance of dirt and gravel roads. The document provides insight into using natural systems and innovative technologies to reduce erosion, sediment, and dust pollution while more effectively and efficiently maintaining dirt and gravel roads and gives the users a tool box full of environmentally sensitive maintenance tools and practices. Dirt and gravel roads are increasingly being recognized as having a significant impact on water resources.