2007 Arizona State Trails Conference


	2007 Arizona State Trails Conference Conference Details (Microsoft Word) download (Adobe Acrobat) .pdf download Opportunities, Issues and Strategies for the Future Prescott Pines Camp, Prescott, Arizona October 4 - 6, 2007 Welcome to the Arizona State 2007 Trails Conference where motorized and nonmotorized trail enthusiasts and planners come together. The conference has multiple concurrent education sessions as well as fun social activities at a large camp facility where networking and building partnerships is encouraged. Join us in defining trail opportunities, issues and strategies for the future in beautiful Prescott, Arizona. REGISTRATION COSTS Registration opens by June 15, 2007. Full registration - includes meals, lodging at camp (2 nights) and conference: $95/per person Day registration - includes meals and conference (lodging on own): $65/per person TENTATIVE AGENDA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2007 11:30 - 12:30 Early Registration 12:30 - 4:30 pm Mountain Bike Trail Ride ATV Safety Training 4:30 - 5:30 Registration 5:30 - 6:30 Dinner 7:00 - ? Campfire Story Telling/Interpretation Human Foosball FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2007 7 - 11 a.m. Registration 8 - 9 Breakfast 9 - 10:30 Keynote Speaker 10:45 - 11:45 Connecting the Pieces Using the interrelationship of the 4 Es Arizona Partnerships that are Building Trails and Communities Historic Rehabilitation of Grand Canyon's First Transcanyon Corridor 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch 1:10 - 2:10 Arizona Wildfires: The effects on trails and how to begin Mitigation and Reconstruction Travel Management: BIG Changes Coming that Affect ALL Trail Users! Trail Funding 2:20 - 3:20 Sustainable Trail Design Youth Education Working with Private Landowners for Access 3:40 - 4:40 Panel: Coexistence of Motorized and Nonmotorized Trails 4:45 - 5:30 Poster Session 5:30 - 6:30 Dinner 7:00 - ? Stargazing Band / Dancing Human Foosball SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2007 8 - 9 a.m. Breakfast 9 - 1 (with box lunch) Trail Building (field session) Alto Pit Co-op Trail Ride: Building Partnerships and Trails (field session) ATV Safety Training (field session) Planning at the Edge: Corridors and Open Space (classroom ends at 10:30 a.m) SESSION DESCRIPTIONS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2007 Connecting the Pieces - Using the interrelationship of the Es, Engineering, Education, Enforcement and Evaluation to Improve Effective Recreation Management: This session will describe the interrelationship and importance of Education, Engineering, Enforcement, and Evaluation to achieve desired management outcomes. The presentation will be followed by facilitated discussion of how effective use of the 4 Es can better meet the common needs of motorized and nonmotorized recreation publics, reduce conflict and develop partnerships. Speakers: Dana Bell, Senior Project Coordinator, NOHVCC. Jack Terrell, Project Coordinator, NOHVCC Arizona Partnerships that are Building Trails and Communities: Understand the development of partnership between a fledgling community trails group the Munds Park Trail Stewards and their neighbor the Coconino National Forest. Also learn about how a handful of individuals with widely diverse backgrounds and interests evolved into a national award winning organization in only two years and is rapidly constructing the Black Canyon Trail. Speakers: Roni Evaneshko, Munds Park Trail Stewards. Kyle Grambley, Trails and Wilderness Coordinator for the Coconino National Forest. Sonia Overholser, Black Canyon Trail Coalition (BCTC) and Arizona representative for the International Mountain Bicycling Association, Bob Cothern, BCTC Board Member and OHV user. Babs Sanders, BCTC and President of Black Canyon City Riders equestrian club. Historic Rehabilitation of Grand Canyon's First Transcanyon Corridor: William Wallace Bass was an early prospector, minor and tourism operator at Grand Canyon, 1885-1926. He built more than 50 miles of trails within the canyon including his arterial transcanyon trail that served early canyon explorers and surveyors. This presentation will identify the field surveys required to rediscover Bass's original trail, concerns and techniques for historic preservation, learn of early trail builders and trail building techniques in the steep terrain of Grand Canyon. Elements of planning, funding, design and rehabilitation are embedded in this presentation. Speakers: Michael Anderson, PhD. Cultural Resources Specialist for the Grand Canyon. Arizona Wildfires: The effects on trails and how to begin Mitigation and Reconstruction: Wildfires have been plagued the Western landscape for years. Many people breathe a sigh of relief when the fire is finally contained, but for trails that is when the work is just beginning. This session will cover how to assess trails after fire and the complicated next steps towards reconstruction. Travel Management: BIG Changes Coming that Affect ALL Trail Users!! Many changes are being made for recreational travel on Arizona's National Forests and Bureau of Land Management lands. This session will provide you with information about how new rules affect motorized and nonmotorized trail users, the travel management process and expected outcomes, and implementation of decisions. Speakers: Tom Dwyer, Southwest Regional Travel Management Coordinator, United States Forest Service; Bill Gibson, Arizona BLM Travel Management Coordinator Trail Funding This session will identify sources for trail building and maintenance funds (motorized and nonmotorized) and discuss what it takes to acquire the funds. Speakers: Robert Baldwin, Arizona State Parks Grant Program Coordinator; Paula Moloff, City of Glendale; Megan Jeffries, CGSI Business Consulting; Carol DeCosmo, Grant Writer/Fund Raiser. Sustainable Trail Design Learn trail design techniques at this session. Then join us on Saturday to put what you learned to an on-the-ground trial building project. Speakers: Mark Flint, Tucson Youth Education This session will describe youth education programs, lessons learned, and the development of and adjustments made during the course of developing youth programs. Presenters will describe and demonstrate printed, electronic, and graphic materials. Speakers: Marge Dwyer, Arizona Coordinator - Environmental Education and Partnerships, Bureau of Land Management; Tom Bickauskas, Transportation & Access Planning Coordinator, Recreation Solutions; Dana Bell, Senior Project Coordinator, NOHVCC; Jack Terrell, Project Coordinator, NOHVCC Working with Private Landowners for Access This session will focus on access opportunities present throughout the state. We will explore the challenges facing recreationists and land managers, and the resources available to help resolve user/landowner conflicts with an emphasis on maintaining access for current and future generations. Speakers: Arizona Game and Fish Department and Pulte Homes Panel: Coexistence of Motorized and Nonmotorized Trails This panel of users, planners and varying viewpoints will delve into the good and bad of the coexistence of motorized and nonmotorized trails and trail users. They will begin a discussion of when it works, when it doesn't, how it could work and when it shouldn't. The discussion will then include the audience and be a forum of candid and positive discussion for future planning and use. Speakers: Chris Hoskins, City of Prescott Trails Specialist, long time mountain biker and dirtbike racer. Mark Flint, Sonoran Desert Mountain Bicyclists, experienced trail builder and trail advocate. Terry Heslin, Idaho Bureau of Land Management. Facilitator, Dan Gruber. Poster Session This poster session of trail related topics will provide you with a variety of information from non-profits, recreational groups, and governmental entities and the ability to speak with land managers and other groups one-on-one. Great for networking too! For information on highlighting your organizations information during Arizona State Parks poster session please call 602-542-1665. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2007 Planning at the Edge: Corridors and Open Space ASU is proposing a project to examine open space, recreation, wildlife and utility corridors at and beyond the current urban edge. This proposal has grown out of a number of meetings between ASU's Sustainability Partnership, Central Arizona-Phoenix Long Term Ecological Research (CAP-LTER) project, and the Decision Theater with Non-Governmental Organizations including The Nature Conservancy, the Sonoran Institute, the Lincoln Institute, and the Trust for Public Land. As the Phoenix urban area continues to grow, there will be many challenges and opportunities regarding physical infrastructure, open space, and recreation corridors between and within the multiple new communities. These corridor issues will need to be addressed at a regional scale, crossing many jurisdictions and therefore raising additional coordination and governance challenges. ATV Safety Training ATV Safety Institute certified instructors will provide hands-on ATV training in basic techniques for riding an all-terrain vehicle. Must provide own vehicle, helmet, gloves, and goggles (w/ limited equipment available for beginners). Alto Pit Co-op Trail Ride: Building Partnerships and Trails The Co-op trail was achieved through multiple partnerships. Participants will learn of the unique partnerships formed and advanced tools for trail development, maintenance, and restoration. A trail ride will follow. ATVs and dirt bikes. Must provide own vehicle, helmet, gloves, goggles, and other necessary safety equipment (possible limited equipment available for beginners). Speakers/Instructors: Jeff Gursh, Arizona Trail Riders Trail Building Come build a half-mile trail with us! Learn techniques and tools for building a sustainable single track. FACILITIES Prescott Pines Camp, Prescott, Arizona Webpage: http://www.prescottpines.org/ Directions to Prescott Pines Camp (mapquest will lead you to an incorrect location) From Phoenix take I-17 North until you reach "Highway 69" (the Cordes Junction turnoff - it will be the one with the sign that says "Prescott"). Exit and go West. Stay on 69 until you reach Prescott. You will go through Mayer, Humboldt, Dewey, Prescott Valley, and then come to Prescott. 69 turns into Gurley St. Keep going on Gurley St. until you reach the light at Mt. Vernon St. (also called "Senator Highway"). Whataburger will be on your left side 2 blocks before the turn. If you reach the courthouse you have gone too far. Turn left at Mt. Vernon St. and go up the hill approximately 4 miles. You will pass the turn for Goldwater Lake about 3/4 mile before Schoolhouse Gulch Rd. Turn right onto Schoolhouse Gulch Rd. You will stay on the main gravel road and follow the signs for "Prescott Pines". These are residential streets, so please be courteous to the neighbors. Once on the campgrounds, the first building you reach will be the Welcome Center. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT ARIZONA STATE PARKS AT: trails@azstateparks.gov or 602.542.7126