Potential Topics for the West Trail Study Area Plan

The CCG field trip scheduled for Saturday 11/14 was unfortunately canceled due to weather.

We are planning to try again next Saturday 11/21.

We received a question about enforcement of rules and staffing levels. This seems like a common theme however doesn't appear directly in the list of Potential Topics for the West Trail Study Area Plan we have been given by staff. I will bring it up at the next meeting.

From OSMP
What Kinds of Topics Will Be the Focus for the Community Collaborative Group’s Work?
The Community Collaborative Group (CCG) will likely develop recommendations on the following topics. This is not a definitive list. The CCG may not address all these items given their preferences and the limitations of a 12-month timeframe. The CCG may decide that some of these issues may best be addressed by staff. The CCG will identify what they intend to accomplish, prioritize their work tasks, and focus on what’s most important first.
Recreational Resources

• Trail Reroutes. Locate corridors for rerouting existing trails to improve visitor experience, trail sustainability, and access to key destinations.

• Undesignated Trails. Determine which undesignated trails should be designated and upgraded, in order to provide sustainable access to key destinations not served by designated trails and provide a high quality visitor experience.

• New Trails. Determine if any new trails should be constructed to provide physically and environmentally sustainable trail access (and trail corridors).

• Existing Recreational Access. Determine where certain existing recreational activities can occur (e.g., horseback riding, fishing, sledding, dog/no-dog opportunities).

• New Recreational Activities. Determine if and where new recreational activities might occur (e.g., bicycling).

• Access Points / Concentrated Use Areas. Identify improvements to parking, facilities, and trail-road crossings.

• Visitor Conflict. Identify ways to reduce or minimize visitor conflict for existing or new activities.

Natural Resource Protection

• Trail System. Modify the existing trails system and identify undesignated trails to close, in order to improve protection and restoration of high value habitat areas.

• Visitor Activities. Manage visitor activities to minimize resource impacts.

• Weed Management. Manage visitor access to minimize spread of noxious weeds.

• Education / Interpretation. Provide new or enhance interpretive opportunities.

Cultural Resource Protection

• Trail System. Modify the existing trails system to improve protection of cultural resources and provide sustainable access to places and features that promote visitor appreciation and stewardship of cultural resources.

• Visitor Activities. Manage visitor activities to minimize resource impacts.

• Education / Interpretation. Provide new or enhance interpretive opportunities.

Neighborhood Access

• Impacts on Neighborhoods. Minimize impacts from visitor use on neighborhood properties (e.g., parking and traffic congestion, litter and waste management, privacy, noise, and safety).

• Access in Neighborhoods. Provide convenient and sustainable neighborhood and visitor access at trailheads and access points.