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A little update for those who are interested:
Tracey and I attended the DNR meeting earlier this week and learned several things that I thought would be worth passing on. It also brought a few things to my attention that I would like to ask of the group.
1. Walker Valley Lower Mainline Trail changes. Many people have complained about the changes to the Lower Mainline Trail (it is relatively "paved" and much easier than it used to be) not just from but other groups also. As I have told many people before there were several reasons for these changes and I think several of them should be expressed to the rest of the group. First it only affects a short portion of the "Lower Mainline Trail" the rest of it (lower and upper sections) are still left relatively untouched. Second, it provides an easier way of getting up to the "Skills" area that will be completed next spring time. Third (and maybe most important) is that the bike trails are extremely crouded on the "lower" areas of Walker and it provides a way of distributing the bikes on the upper and lower bike trails (since I don't ride, I had no idea about this and they hope it makes a drastic difference for this reason). It is possible that in the future there will be other changes that could help provide more "challenges" in the rest of Lower Mainline all in time. PS. we are calling this "modified" part of Lower Mainline the "Connector" now (it connects the Lower part of Walker with the Upper part of Walker.
2. Volunteer hours. So far has donated over 350 hours of time to Walker Valley since May of this yeararty:. That is something that we should be very proud of. All of the trails look much cleaner, Expressway and Upper Mainline are in much better shape from water damage and errosion, the rockface has a safe bypass, and we have a much bigger presence at the DNR.
3. Future Volunteer hours. I will continue to put work parties together (and coordinate work parties up at Walker Valley with other groups) and keep track, record and submit out hours. It is very little work and I think it is valuable to keeping our areas open, and even creating new areas like Reiter Trails (fingers crossed). I know that there are several of you who go to Reiter on a regular basis. I suspect if while you were there you took just a few minutes to pick up some trash along the way, record or fix any issues you find on trails, or dumped vehicles, etc we can take credit for those hours as well and we would probably easily double our total contribution to the DNR (which is how the DNR gets funding and how these areas get to stay open!!) I would like to find an easy way for us to document these hours and I need your guys input. If you PM or e-mail me your hours and info I can do it, but I was wondering if someone else might like to take over this roll for Reiter? I can introduce you to the correct people, give you the correct paperwork and show you what to do. It is very easy and provides a huge benefit to , the DNR and Reiter Trails. Who is up for it? Maybe Supsa? Joe? Other?
4. Portland folks. I want to formally challenge you to look into what you can do similarly down in the Portland area (TSF or other) to get credit for donating hours, clean ups, etc. I know that some of you have done some of this on the surface but I wonder if there isn't more we can do to help protect these areas without really even doing much different than what we currently do (pick up garbage on the trails, treat the trails with respect, etc). A few little changes to our behavior (recording hours and work) and you might find that it is easy to donate several hundred hours also.
Any comments appreciated.
Please let me know if you are interested in taking on Reiter.
I would like to openly thank Karl for his help in getting us into this!!!!:clap:
I would also like to openly thank Tracey for his support with this!!!!
Michael
Tracey and I attended the DNR meeting earlier this week and learned several things that I thought would be worth passing on. It also brought a few things to my attention that I would like to ask of the group.
1. Walker Valley Lower Mainline Trail changes. Many people have complained about the changes to the Lower Mainline Trail (it is relatively "paved" and much easier than it used to be) not just from but other groups also. As I have told many people before there were several reasons for these changes and I think several of them should be expressed to the rest of the group. First it only affects a short portion of the "Lower Mainline Trail" the rest of it (lower and upper sections) are still left relatively untouched. Second, it provides an easier way of getting up to the "Skills" area that will be completed next spring time. Third (and maybe most important) is that the bike trails are extremely crouded on the "lower" areas of Walker and it provides a way of distributing the bikes on the upper and lower bike trails (since I don't ride, I had no idea about this and they hope it makes a drastic difference for this reason). It is possible that in the future there will be other changes that could help provide more "challenges" in the rest of Lower Mainline all in time. PS. we are calling this "modified" part of Lower Mainline the "Connector" now (it connects the Lower part of Walker with the Upper part of Walker.
2. Volunteer hours. So far has donated over 350 hours of time to Walker Valley since May of this yeararty:. That is something that we should be very proud of. All of the trails look much cleaner, Expressway and Upper Mainline are in much better shape from water damage and errosion, the rockface has a safe bypass, and we have a much bigger presence at the DNR.
3. Future Volunteer hours. I will continue to put work parties together (and coordinate work parties up at Walker Valley with other groups) and keep track, record and submit out hours. It is very little work and I think it is valuable to keeping our areas open, and even creating new areas like Reiter Trails (fingers crossed). I know that there are several of you who go to Reiter on a regular basis. I suspect if while you were there you took just a few minutes to pick up some trash along the way, record or fix any issues you find on trails, or dumped vehicles, etc we can take credit for those hours as well and we would probably easily double our total contribution to the DNR (which is how the DNR gets funding and how these areas get to stay open!!) I would like to find an easy way for us to document these hours and I need your guys input. If you PM or e-mail me your hours and info I can do it, but I was wondering if someone else might like to take over this roll for Reiter? I can introduce you to the correct people, give you the correct paperwork and show you what to do. It is very easy and provides a huge benefit to , the DNR and Reiter Trails. Who is up for it? Maybe Supsa? Joe? Other?
4. Portland folks. I want to formally challenge you to look into what you can do similarly down in the Portland area (TSF or other) to get credit for donating hours, clean ups, etc. I know that some of you have done some of this on the surface but I wonder if there isn't more we can do to help protect these areas without really even doing much different than what we currently do (pick up garbage on the trails, treat the trails with respect, etc). A few little changes to our behavior (recording hours and work) and you might find that it is easy to donate several hundred hours also.
Any comments appreciated.
Please let me know if you are interested in taking on Reiter.
I would like to openly thank Karl for his help in getting us into this!!!!:clap:
I would also like to openly thank Tracey for his support with this!!!!
Michael