2007 Arizona State Trails Conference

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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

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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

AGENDA: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2007

*OPEN DAILY:  Game Room, Horseshoes, Basketball, and Sand Volleyball*

AGENDA: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2007

AGENDA: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2007

SESSION DESCRIPTIONS

Thursday, October 4, 2007

ASI ATV Safety Training  (Special thanks to RideNow Powersports – www.ridenow.com).  ATV Safety Institute certified instructors will provide hands-on all-terrain vehicle (ATV) training in basic techniques for riding an all-terrain vehicle.  ATVs, gasoline, and safety equipment (helmet, gloves, and goggles) sponsored by RideNow Powersports.  Limited seating.

Pre-Conference Mountain Bike Ride at Granite Basin - Get out to enjoy Prescott trails before the conference.  (Special thanks Chris Hosking)

Trails Heritage Fund and Motorized Recreational Trails Program (RTP) Grant Workshops - This session will provide detailed instructions on how to complete a grant application and application points may be awarded for workshop attendance.  This will save you time if you were planning on attending the regularly scheduled Trails Heritage Fund and Motorized Recreational Trails Program (RTP) grant workshops later this fall.

Campfire Story Telling/Interpretation – Join us for 2 special treats… 1) a storytelling by an interpreter from Sharlot Hall and 2) SMORES!  (Special thanks Sharlot Hall)

Human Foosball – Imagine a blown up Foosball table and you’re the peg.  How Fun!!!

Friday, October 5, 2007

Keynote Speaker:  Micah Loma'omvaya, Ethnohistory Program Manager, Hopi Tribe will speak on the history, meaning and usage of the Hopi Trail.   We can temporarily leave behind all the current and complicated trail management issues and hear an amazing history and meaning of trails from long, long before. 

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 interested evolved into a national award winning organization in only two years and is rapidly constructing the Black Canyon Trail.
Speakers: Larry Metzler, President, 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 and out, 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.  Brian Poturalski, Kaibab National Forest.

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

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; Claire Miller, City of Scottsdale.

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:  Bill Gibson, Travel Management Coordinator, Bureau of Land Management; 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:  Sal Palazzolo, Troy Christensen, Joe Sacco, Arizona Game and Fish Department;
and Christopher Ehlers, 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.

Zeb Wednesday Blues Band:  The Zeb Wednesday band is a high-energy blues band based in Phoenix, Arizona. Playing Chicago, Texas, Louisiana, and West Coast blues, this band brings the crowd to its feet with high-powered danceable blues to lift your spirits and soothe your soul.  (http://www.zebwednesdayband.com)
Musicians:  Michael Droz, Don Jolly, Jerry Black, Pat Evanowski.

Stargazing:  Enjoy the enormous night sky through astronomy and space exploration with the aid of a telescope.  Learn stargazing tips.  Bring a jacket!  *Special Thanks Dan Gruber and the Prescott Astronomy Club.  You’re our shining stars!

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. 
Speaker: Anne Ellis, Program Manager, Sustainability Partnership, Global Institute of Sustainability at ASU PhD Candidate, ASU School of Public Affairs (Environmental Policy).

ATV Safety Training
(Special thanks to RideNow Powersports – www.ridenow.com).  ATV Safety Institute certified instructors will provide hands-on all-terrain vehicle (ATV) training in basic techniques for riding an all-terrain vehicle.  ATVs, gasoline, and safety equipment (helmet, gloves, and goggles) sponsored by RideNow Powersports.  Limited seating.

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.  Limited equipment including ATVs, gasoline, and safety equipment (helmet, gloves, and goggles) 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