Monthly steering committee meetings are held on the second Friday of each month, from 11:45-1:30 in the Klamath Lake room of the South Portal Bldg, 205 Riverside Dr.
Monthly emails to our email list prior to each meeting include a recap of activities during the past month – these are included below!
April 2013:
Those present at the April meeting were Ed Beverly, Kyra Eberle, Heidi Biggs and Bob Kingzett of the Klamath Basin Community Foundation, Drew Honzel, Bob Williams, Don Hoffheins, Seth Anthony and Dennis Taugher.
We are hoping that Mark Ahalt will join us for this meeting to discuss his Buck Ridge development. As you know, the Klamath Ridge View Trail goes through his property. City Parks has been most anxious to have the easement signed for this portion of the KRVT.
I’m please to report that we are making good progress in many areas.
When dealing with volunteers and governmental agencies, the pace can seem slow at times. We have had excellent cooperation from all the major players regarding our Spence Mtn project: JWTR, ODOT and ODF. Some parts of the process have been done at lightning speed. We have preliminary approval from all three parties. The permit process for the trailhead off Hwy 140 has been started and might take six months.
In the meantime, a trail survey party has gone out several Saturdays to flag a route. We are fortunate to have several experienced trail hands: Don Hoffheins and Grant Weidenbach, both of BLM and Charlie Erdman of the Nature Conservancy. Drew Honzel, a board member, has gone out with his GPS iPhone application to help plot the route. Mike Dwyer, formerly with the Klamath office of ODF, and now living in Washington, took a weekend off to join the survey crew. I believe roughly 1.5 miles have been flagged.
KTA has begun using VerticalResponse, an email management tool. This will allow us to have a central email data list. A small but important step forward for our club.
Smith-Bates Printing has printed some newsletters and brochures that will allow us to get out the word on KTA. We plan to distribute them to downtown businesses. Our thanks to Ann Cavanaugh for doing this pro-bono work for us.
KTA held its first annual Trail Maintenance Conference to plan the season’s maintenance work. Our thanks to those who attended and gave us six hours over two days: Grant Weidenbach, Don Hoffheins, Marin Palmer, Bob Williams, Drew Honzel, Ed Beverly, Seth Anthony, Kyra Eberly, and Dennis Taugher.
The first topic was Attracting and Retaining Volunteers: We need to consider all methods of advertising: our website and Facebook pages, flyers, posters. We settled on continuing to hold maintenance days in Moore Park on the second Saturday of each month through December. We will also approach groups such as mountain bikers, runners and hikers to help us. We have talked to Hutch’s and Josh Nelson at Asana Yoga and will be talking to Mike Angeli at The Ledge. We hope they will supply crew members and we’ll supply tools and crew leaders, if needed.
We are hoping to get as many crew members and potential leaders trained as possible. The Pacific Crest Trail Assn. has a two day Skills College on June 21st and 22nd, at the Hyatt Reservoir on Hwy 66 at Greensprings. But there are other maint. schools in Oregon and Northern Calif you can attend. Email Dennis Taugher for more info at dennistaugher@me.com.
As part of our maint. action plan, both Don Hoffheins and Grant Weidenbach have gone out and done a trail survey of the KRVT. We met and walked half the KRVT on Wed. 5/9 with Ken Hay to get his thoughts.
March 2013:
The first issue of the KTA newsletter is getting close to being released.
Drew Honzel and Dennis Taugher made a presentation to a local chapter of the Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO). This is part of an outreach effort to make the Basin community aware of our efforts.
We are holding two meetings this week on Friday and Saturday to discuss how to better organize our trail maintenance efforts. The key to our success will be how well we attract volunteers to help maintain our trails. We can’t build new trails unless we have a way to maintain them.
We have plans to attend the Third Thursdays in downtown Klamath Falls to spread the word about KTA and engage members of the community.
JoAnn Clifton and Kyra Eberle, with help from Leslie Lowe, put up an exhibit of Basin trails in the lobby of DiscoverKlamath. Stop by and check it out.
Here is the latest on the Spence Mtn project from Drew Honzel:
“We had a very productive site visit to the Howard Bay Trailhead on March 21st. In attendance were ODOT (Dave Steiner, Jarod Johnson), ODF (John Pellissier) and KTA (Dennis, Seth, Drew & Ed Beverly).
David checked the JWTR/ODF property line issue by using a sighting instrument to measure the distance between the two right-of-way survey markers. Based on his measurement the property line agrees with David’s adjusted line which cuts through the existing parking lot. This means we will have to put the trailhead parking area just East of the existing lot so we are on ODF’s property. David also felt we should conduct an official property survey.
Next, David used his sighting instrument to check oncoming cars for the 775′ minimum sight distance. After two measurements he was satisfied the proposed exit on to highway 140 met the minimum distance. I believe the measurements came in at 800-900′.
The other good news is John mentioned ODF would like to thin some of the overgrowth timber which will make it easier to establish a trailhead parking area. As far as timing he will have to work around Eagle nesting restrictions so the thinning operation could come later this year. John also mentioned he would set up the landing (for the thinning operation) where our trailhead parking will be to minimize our grading costs.
David offered to start a preliminary “approach permit” for ODF/KTA which will be very helpful. After he completes the draft application he will send to me then I will refine with John before submission.
Last but not least, I would like to thank Ed Beverly for showing up and helping us on this project as his expertise in construction added significant value to our discussions.”
Comments from Dennis: Our thanks to Drew for leading this important project. We continue to have excellent cooperation from JWTR, ODOT and ODF. I believe the draft access permit is close to being completed and will be returned to ODOT for their review and hopeful acceptance, which could take up to six month.
In the meantime, assuming JWTR gives their permission, we plan to flag a loop and fine tune it for possible rough cutting later this year. I am hopeful that we can obtain corporate and private donations to hire a youth crew to do the rough cut. We can then use volunteers to do the finishing work.
Spence Mtn is a superb recreational area with views of Upper Klamath Lake and mountains in the distance. This will be a real asset to the community and should be a draw for those who live here as well as others in Oregon and California.
February 2013:
We have two trail projects going at once: OIT and Spence Mtn. Seth Anthony has approached Chris Maples, president of OIT, for permission to consider building a series of sustainable trails for hiking and mtn biking on OIT lands. Justin Rodriguez, a trail committee member, has been researching land ownership in the area of Skylakes and OIT. He has made an initial contact with Skylakes Hospital and has had a favorable response.
We continue to make progress with our Spence Mtn project. Drew Honzel has drafted a partnership agreement with JWTR. We are awaiting their comments. Drew and Mike Dwyer have both talked to ODF Manager, John Pellissier, who expressed support for the project.
The following, an email from Drew Honzel dated 2/15/2013, is the latest on the permit process for the Spence Mtn trailhead:
“We had good news at KTA’s Trail Meeting today from David Steiner, Permit Manager with ODOT. Oregon’s Department of Justice ruled that KTA’s “recreational use” of ODF’s property for trailhead purposes does not conflict with other rules that would restrict access for a future development on JWTR’s property. This means we have cleared all the preliminary hurdles other than the sight distance requirement of 775′ which David doesn’t think will be an issue.
The next step is to meet with someone from ODF and ODOT to talk over the “approach permit” and do a site visit. Another positive that came out of the meeting is the possibility that a culvert would not be required if the trailhead was located on a flatter section of the highway (closer to were the guardrail ends). The culvert is required when the approach has enough slope that causes water damage to the embankment. We would be required to asphalt the driveway off the highway to protect the embankment. Also, ODF could designate KTA as an agent in the process so we could handle the detail related to the permitting process if ODF prefers. I will contact ODF in the next week or so to discuss the process and set a tentative meeting date with ODF, ODOT and KTA.
David said he could help us with the permitting process and it would take approximately 100-120 days for approval. He said they can offer conditional approval (sooner than the 100 days) so we would know what the approach requirements in order to line up contractors prior to receiving ODOT’s final approval.”
January 2013:
Ken Hay announced that they would use a $1,000 grant from Ford Family Foundation to purchase permanent Carsonite trail signs for Moore Park trails. Kevin Jones and Seth Anthony will oversee this project with City Parks. The signs are pounded into the trail bed making them less susceptible to theft. We are grateful to the city for their generosity.
We have been working with ODOT for permission to place a trailhead on the west side of Hwy 140 for our Spence Mtn trail project. Our first two trailhead proposals were denied. We proposed a third, which is about one half mile up from the lake. It turns out that ODFW owns the land where we want to place a small parking area. Plus it appears that ODF is grandfathered in and not technically required to obtain an Access Permit. ODOT is nervous if KTA was allowed access that a developer could later request access also. ODOT feels that developer access should only be through Eagle Ridge Rd, near Rock Creek Ranch. ODOT is requesting an opinion for the ODF site from the Oregon State Dept. of Justice.
To complicate things, the plot site lines drawn by ODF and ODOT don’t match, requiring a survey. In addition, if we are lucky enough to gain access to the ODF parcel, we would be required to put in a 12″ culvert and some paving, plus possibly cut down trees and grade a site with an estimated cost of $5-$10,000. At this point, it looks like a much bigger challenge than any of us had thought. We will continue to work with the various agencies until we have an answer. It seems hard to believe that state law would not allow us to put in a limited use trail for recreational purposes.
We have a fall back position of using the chain up area, along the lake’s edge for parking. People would have to park and hike or bike the 1/2 mile to a trail path. This is not a good solution since we think that users would find unauthorized spots to park off the highway.
Should Spence Mtn get delayed, we do have other trail projects we can work on, such as the OIT lands, Jackson-Kimball to Collier (which was set up by JR Collier before he left) and the eastern side of JWTR property off Hwy 140. There are potential trail routes south along the Klamath River which we will be exploring this summer. The beauty of our trail vision is if one site gets denied or delayed, we always have others to work on. In the meantime, we gain experience working with a variety of public and private landowners.
December 2012:
The past month has been quiet with many of our volunteers off on holidays. But we have made some small steps with the Spence Mtn trail project. For those not familiar with where Spence is, it’s directly across from Doak Mtn, on the eastern side of Hwy 140. It’s mostly timberland owned by JWTR with a small patch owned by the county and managed by Oregon Dept. of Forestry (ODF). It has drop-dead gorgeous views of the lake and surrounding mountains.
A group from KTA met with ODOT to seek permission to access a possible trailhead. We have explored various ideas on where bikers/hikers can park and access the proposed trails. Charlie Erdman and Mike Dwyer have mapped possible trail routes. We will need to provide a 300′ buffer for the numerous bald eagle nest sites.
If all goes well, we plan to flag the trails this spring and then obtain permission from JWTR, ODF and if necessary, the county and ODOT. This will be quite a challenge for our trail club.
We are planning a Trail Maintenance meeting in a month and will invite anyone interested in this subject. We will brainstorm ideas on how to motivate the community to help us manage and maintain our growing list of trails.
November 2012:
We continue to make small but important steps. The IRS filing for our trail club, Klamath Trails Alliance (KTA), has been completed by Todd Yee of Isler of Klamath Falls. We thank Todd for his expert help in filling out a complex form. The form will be mailed in the next week and hopefully will be accepted by the IRS.
We have formed a board of directors for the KTA: Dennis Taugher, President, Seth Anthony, Vice President, JoAnn Clifton, Treasurer, Drew Honzel, Secretary plus Board Members, Alicia Jones and Charlie Erdman. Our bylaws authorize a total of nine Board positions.
We have sent out membership solicitations. If you receive one, we hope you will help our effort by becoming a member. Individual memberships are only $20; families are $30. You can sign up and pay online by going to our website – klamathtrails.org – and click on Get Involved. Or you can mail us a check.
It is very important for our trail building effort to have a large number of contributing members. We will be applying for grants, and the grantors always want to see a revenue source and the extent of community support. So, help us and the community by becoming a member or corporate sponsor.
We will soon announce our first annual membership meeting, with a guest speaker. We will elect the proposed slate of the board of directors and will formally adopt the bylaws.
The mountain bike community has been active in helping city parks close unauthorized trails in Moore Park and cutting new ones. Our thanks to them for their support and efforts.
We have fielded a trail maintenance crew in June, July, August, Sept. and Oct. We have another maint. day this coming Saturday and if weather permits, we’ll have one more in December. Come help us.
We are in preliminary discussions with JWTR, who owns and manages timberlands along Hwys 140 and 66, to develop a mtn bike and hiking trail system on Spence Mtn. We’ll keep you posted on our progress.
September 2012:
We have decided to cancel our September meeting that was going to be held this Friday. Most members of the trail club will be at our booth in Moore Park for Cycle Oregon. Stop by and see us on Friday, noon to 8:00 p.m.
The next meeting will be Friday, October 12th.
We have been working hard to establish our new trail club, Klamath Trails Alliance. We have a provisional Board who has approved Articles of Incorporation and are close to finalizing our bylaws. Todd Yee, a local CPA has filed the paperwork with the State of Oregon and will file the IRS forms for us to become a 501c3 non-profit corporation. This will allow us to apply for certain grants and will allow members and corporate donors to deduct donations from income tax returns.
As soon as we hear the non-profit status has been approved, we will begin asking people and businesses to join the club. Let us know if you or your business would be interested in joining. We will need community wide support. If you don’t help, it won’t get done. Don’t wait for the other person to join because he or she might not.
We have a Post Office box address and are in the process of applying for a checking account.
KTA has decided to help Friends of Moore Park with their mission of improving and maintaining the Klamath Ridge View Trail. This is our second year of maintenance. We have fielded volunteer trail crews in June, July, August and Sept so far. The Friends have provided pizza and drinks after. We have three more potential trail maintenance days (second Sat of each month). A group of mtn bikers with help of city parks have been re-routing some trails in Moore Park and the Northwest Youth Corps have cut a new trail. Signs have been made and installed. Four kiosks in Moore Park are in and being used.
Our latest project is a trail network on Spence Mountain, which is across the highway from Doak Mtn. A draft proposal by Charlie Erdman will be submitted to JWTR, owner of the property. A small group has met with Bob Broadhead, chief forester of JWTR. We envision this as a first class series of trails available to mtn bikers and hikers. If approved in time, we might be able to flag the route before winter. This will be easy access for those in the general region with a major refueling station at the Running Y Ranch Resort, just a few miles down Hwy 140.
August 2012:
JoAnn Clifton has updated original draft copies of our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. We will discuss them at Friday’s meeting. Let us know if you wish to see these documents.
Pete Mongan, the CPA who originally agreed to help us with the filing process will be leaving within the month for a job in Thailand. We have contacted another local CPA who has shown interest in helping.
We have made progress towards forming a Board of Directors who will then elect the Officers. When this is done, we will approach selected members of our community to serve as Associate Board members. This non-voting Board will be an important source of advice and fund raising.
Drew Honzel, a Lynnewood resident, has joined our steering committee and has agreed to be the membership chair. Drew has drafted a membership form and a corporate sponsorship form. We have circulated it among ourselves and Drew will be adding some suggested changes. We hope to have this for distribution at the September trail meeting.
Our KTA logo has received some final tweaks. We will distribute copies at the September meeting. Our club color is International Orange, same color as the Golden Gate Bridge.
We are working towards setting up a meeting with the chief forester of JWTR to get his reaction to Mike Dwyer’s proposed two mtn bike trail loops at Spence Mtn, across from Doak Mtn near Hwy 140.
July 2012:
We will be holding our trail meeting next Friday, July 13, 11:45-1:30 at the South Portal Bldg, 205 Riverside Dr., just up the street and around the corner from the Favell Museum. It is in the same building as DiscoverKlamath. We meet behind the front desk in a small room called The Klamath Lake Room. Come join us.
The following meeting will be Friday, August 10th, same time and place. The meetings are set up to allow you to come and leave when convenient. If you have business to conduct and need to leave early, let us know.
Our main focus has been on the formation of a 501c3 non-profit trail club named Klamath Trails Alliance. We have made good progress and will discuss it this meeting. JoAnn Clifton of the steering committee has agreed to spearhead the formation by setting up the bylaws and Articles of Incorporation and working with our CPA.
Pete Mongan, a local CPA and a member of our trail maintenance group, has graciously agreed to handle the state and federal filings for the 501c3. This is a big and somewhat complex task. Pete’s help is most welcome. The filing fee will be around $500 minimum.
We need to do a variety of tasks before the filings can be made, such as electing a Board of Directors, Officers, postal address, mission statement plus ways to raise funds. We will be asking all of you to consider contributing to help get us started. We have total contributions of $75 so far but will need much more.
We found a college student who is majoring in graphics arts to help design a logo. We have chosen orange as our club color.
Our webpage is up and running, thanks to Seth Anthony. Check us out at klamathtrails.org. You can also find us on Facebook at Klamath Trails Alliance. Thanks to the mtn bike riders, the Facebook page is very active.
Kevin Jones and Dennis Taugher have spent 6-8 hours painting 26 trail signs for the new trail in Moore Park. The base sign is a dark green. We have added white paint to the lettering to make it stand out. Bart Petrini bought the lumber (10′ lengths of 2x4s), cut them in half and delivered them to Kevin’s house. We plan to install them on the July Trail Maintenance Day.
Seth Anthony has been working with several individuals to gps and map trail routes in Spence Mtn and the Barnes-Agency land areas. JR Collier, mgr.of Collier State Park, has given us a potential route through Jackson-Kimball Recreation Area to Collier. These will be welcome additions to the trail system. Progress is being made, but we still have a lot of work to do
June 2012:
As always, our monthly trail meeting will be held this Friday, June 8th, 11:45-1:30 at South Portal Bldg, 205 Riverside Dr., around the corner and up the street from the Favell Museum–same bldg as DiscoverKlamath. We meet behind the front desk in a small room called The Klamath Lake Room. Come join us.Our next meeting will be Friday, July 13th. Same time and place.
We continue to make slow but steady progress.
Arrangements have been made to install the fourth and last kiosk at the Buck Ridge end. City Parks will deliver the kiosk and Buck Ridge will dig holes and install it.
Thanks to Seth Anthony and Bart Petrini, maps and plexiglass will be installed on the other three kiosks.
Our first maintenance day will be held this Saturday, June 9th, 7:45 at the Gingerbread House. We’ll work on the narrow parts of the trail to widen and clear them of debris.
We have decided to start our own trail club called Klamath Trails Alliance. We are fortunate to find someone to help us with the 501c3 filings. JoAnn Clifton will head up the effort for our committee. As mentioned in last month’s minutes, we already have our own website and Facebook page, thanks to Seth Anthony and Kevin Jones. Good job, guys!
Our thanks to all who have helped so far.
We have formed a working partnership with the Pacific Crest Trail Association. They will provide training and loan us some tools and hardhats and we will help them maintain a trail section.
May 2012:
Our monthly trail meeting will be held this Friday, May 11, 11:45-1:30 at South Portal Bldg, 205 Riverside Dr, around the corner and up the street from the Favell Museum. It’s in same building as DiscoverKlamath. We meet behind the front desk in a small room called The Klamath Lake Room. Come join us.
- Should we join forces with another local group or should we start our own club with 501c3 non-profit status?
- Assign leaders to trail segments
- Find and work with volunteers who are willing to assume leadership of trail segments and ride, gps and describe proposedtrail routes
- Discuss mission statement and values of group
April 2012:
Even though it’s Friday the 13th, we will hold our monthly trail meeting this Friday, April 13, 11:45–1:30, at the South Portal Bldg, 205 Riverside Dr, just around the corner and up the street from the Favell Museum. It is in the same building as DiscoverKlamath. We meet behind the Discover Klamath desk in a small room called The Klamath Lake Room.
As always, we meet the second Friday of each month. Next month’s meeting will be Friday, May 11th. Please join us for any part of the meeting. We continue to make small but steady progress.
The first kiosk in Moore Park is scheduled to be installed soon. Update from Bart Petrini.
The Moore Park Trails map continues to be refined. Update from Seth Anthony.
The Trail Committee held its first strategy meeting on March 30th at Collier Logging Museum. The main topic of discussion was trail segments in Jackson-Kimball and Fremont-Winema national forests. JR Collier has a proposed route from Jackson-Kimball to Hwy 97. Update from Dennis Taugher.
The Trail Committee is in discussions with Friends of Moore Park to expand the group County-wide and include a separatetrail club called Klamath Trails Alliance. If this proposal is not approved by the Board of FOMP then the trail committee will form its own 501c3 trail club.
March 2012:
This month’s trail committee meeting is this Friday, March 9th, 11:45-1:30, a the South Portal Bldg, 205 Riverside Dr., just around the corner from the Favell Museum. It’s in the same building as DiscoverKlamath. We meet in the small back Klamath Lake Room.
We meet the second Friday of each month, same time and place. Next month’s meeting will be Friday, April 12th.
Here is what has been happening with our trail effort:
We are nearing two big projects, both of which are community efforts. The first is designing, building and installing four kiosks in Moore Park for the Klamath Ridge View trailheads. Friends of Moore Park is paying for the materials. Bart Petrini, of our trail committee, is overseeing this project. Bart is purchasing the materials from Diamond Hardware. Michael Metz, a teacher and program head at KCC and a local contractor, Teddy Williams, have designed the kiosks and their class will build the four kiosks. The design has been approved by J. R. Collier of Collier State Parks and Klamath city parks. We plan to use this design for other trail heads on the Great Klamath Circle. City Parks will site and install the kiosks along with help from Friends of Moore Park.
The second big project is gps-ing and mapping our trail system. A new member of our trail committee, Seth Anthony, has agreed to head up this project. Seth is a chemistry teacher at OIT. He has recruited two students, Stephen Randall and Austin Amort, who did the trail work and map which is attached below. This is a first draft. The final will include more information. We will send the final draft out to all for comments.
Our goal is to have a kiosk at key points along the trail system. It will have a map of suggested routes to hike or ride. We will also describe each trail route along with points of interest and flora and fauna. We will be asking the various government agencies for help with this section of the project.
The next section of the trail we’ll tackle will probably be the route from Jackson-Kimball to Collier State Park. We will be working with JR Collier on this trail segment.
Another big step forward is the probable merger of our trail effort with Friends of Moore Park. We are in preliminary discussions with them for a name change and a broadening of the scope of the non-profit FOMP.
We have had a preliminary meeting with the Board of the Running Y HOA and gave them details on how the Great Klamath Circle trail would cross the resort’s property and link with the Running Y Ranch. We meet this Friday with Jon Barkee, the HOA’s general manager to discuss the next step.
Our committee also plans to meet later this month to discuss projects and priorities for the coming year.
We continue to make progress. We hope that a large part of the Great Klamath Circle will be in place within two years. This is like a giant jigsaw puzzle. We will need your help and support to put the pieces in place.
February 2012:
This month’s trail committee meeting is this Friday, February 10th, 11:45-1:30 p.m., at the South Portal Building, 205 Riverside Dr. This is the same building as DiscoverKlamath and is just around the corner from the Favell Museum. We meet behind the DiscoverKlamath desk in a small conference room called The Klamath Lake Room.
As always, we meet the second Friday of each month. Next month’s meeting will be Friday, March 9th.This month’s meeting will feature a guest, Ian Nelson, Regional Director, for the Pacific Crest Trail.We have adopted a five mile section of the PCT. In return, we are hoping to have some help from Ian, perhaps with training on trail maintenance. So, come join the discussion. If time remains, we’ll update you on our efforts to build and install four kiosks in Moore Park. Bart Petrini is our leader for this project.
We are also preparing for a strategy session to set goals for the year. Let Dennis Taugher know if you would like to be involved in this meeting. The day and time has not been set.
January 2012:
This month’s trail committee meeting is this Friday, January 13th, 11:45-1:30, at the South Portal Building, 205 Riverside Dr., just around the corner from the Favell Museum. It’s the same building as DiscoverKlamath. We meet in the small back Klamath Lake Room.
We meet the second Friday of each month. same time and place. You might want to pencil them in your calendar. Next month’s meeting is Friday, February 10th.
Here are some events from the past month or two:
Bob Williams attended a meeting with the County Planning Dept. Bob will give us a report on this meeting.
We have two new members who have taken on responsibilities. Bart Petrini has agreed to help with three kiosks for the Moore Park trailheads for the Klamath Ridge View Trail. He is also trying to contact two owners whose property is adjacent to Moore Park. There are several trails through these lands. We are working with the city to get permission from these landowners to allow formal public access.
Another new member is Seth Anthony, a professor at OIT, who joins us from North Carolina, where he was active with another trail committee. Seth will be a valuable link with the OIT community and plans to help with a website and mapping trails, among other things.
We are exploring ways to join forces with other local trail groups. Todd Kepple will talk to us to see if there would be a match with Klamath Greenways.
Seth Anthony and Dennis Taugher spent an hour on the phone with Jeff Brewer of the North Carolina trail group, Mountains to Sea Trail, a 1,000 trail system. Jeff gave us a number of good ideas that we plan to use.
And we continue to think about a variety of issues: how to convince private landowners to allow access to their property; getting trails gps’d and mapped and described; how to best promote our new trail system and encourage people to use it. We hope to use the new social media to get the word out to younger people.
We look forward to working with the Pacific Crest Trail Assn this year and meeting with them in February. We can help them maintain a section of their trail in return for training in trail maintenance. We are putting together a list of tools that can be added to the ones we have.
