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THANK‐YOUTOOURSPONSORS!GOLD SPONSORS

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EXHIBITORS

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PRESENTS THE 11TH BIENNIAL TRAILS CONFERENCE

CREATING COMMUNITY - CONNECTING COMMUNITIES

CONFERENCE PROGRAM OCTOBER13‐15,2016

REDLIONHOTEL‐HANFORDHOUSE│RICHLAND,WAwashingtonstatetrailscoalition.org

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RedLionHotel‐HanfordHouse

Red Lion Richland Hanford House hotel is locat‐ed on the banks of the scenic Columbia River. Enjoy easy access from your room to Howard Amon Park, the 23‐mile paved Sacagawea Her‐itage Trail, the Richland Farmer's Market, fabu‐lous restaurants and shopping as well as cham‐pionship golf courses and 20 world‐class winer‐ies and vineyards all over Washington Wine Country.

Please see Schedule at a Glance on

pages 5 ‐ 7 for room assignments for presentations.

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Saturday,October15th‐2:30p.m.‐3:30p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS - H

High

Quality Trails

Connec ng Communi es Through Trail Management Plans – Comox Valley Parks, Doug DeMarzo, Manager of Parks, Comox Valley Regional District, Canada Connec ng to the community through a management plan for a trail network is cri cal to gain sup‐port for a trail system. We will explore the planning process which includes defining the level of public engagement, crea ng the management plan structure and implemen ng unique solu ons to a few common problems faced by trail managers. The management plan structure considers con‐sulta on, background research, visioning, and recommenda ons. Unique solu ons for erosion, ac‐cessibility and fire will also be introduced. The presenta on will primarily draw on experiences from management and planning for trails systems in rural areas or within the urban interface.

Managing in

a New Era

Coming Together to help improve the Pacific Northwest Trail in the Salmo‐Priest Wilderness, Lewis Trout, Director of Trail Opera ons, Pacific Northwest Trail Associa on; Darrell Wallace, Exec-u ve Director, Backcountry Horsemen of Washington; Holly Weiler, Eastern Washington Regional Coordinator, Washington Trails Associa on For the past two years four organiza ons, the US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Trail Associa‐on, Backcountry Horsemen of Washington and Washington Trails Associa on have been working

together to reopen a sec on of the Pacific Northwest Na onal Scenic Trail on the edge of the Salmo Priest Wilderness in the extreme northeast corner of Washington. This is a case study in how in the era of shrinking trail maintenance budgets it can take many players coming together for a common goal to leverage available resources to accomplish the goal of reopening a trail. Each group plays a specific role in the effort bringing the strengths of their organiza ons to bear on the problem. This project is ongoing which also highlights that many of these types of efforts take a sustained and long term commitment by all those involved. The effort on this project has also led to a coopera ve response to other projects in the Salmo‐Priest Wilderness. The presenta on will also highlight both the Pacific Northwest Na onal Scenic Trail and the Salmo‐Priest Wilderness, a trail and a wilderness not as well‐known as they should be in Washington.

Making the

Case

Badger Mountain – 845 Acres Preserved and How we Did It!, Sharon Grant, Co-founder and Board Member, Friends of Badger Mountain Badger Mountain Preserve is a very successful Tri‐Ci es land preserva on and trail project ini ated in 2003 by Friends of Badger Mountain, a non‐profit volunteer organiza on. Sharon Grant, FoBM co‐founder, will entertain with stories of how the organiza on started, how it raised the money to buy land, its partnership with Benton County as owner of the land, its ongoing role building and maintaining four trails, and efforts to create addi onal vistas and preserves in its long term vision of a Ridge to Ridge Trail. FoBM’s newest success is the acquisi on of 196 acres of Candy Moun‐tain, the ridge to the west of Badger. The next major step is securing easements across Red Moun‐tain, where FoBM ini ated “Hike Wine Dines” to introduce Red Mt wineries to the value of linking trails to wine tas ng.

Trails

Spotlight

Water Trail Stories and Lessons from Three Places, Stephanie Stroud, Na onal Park Service, Lau-ren Sandri, Na onal Park Service, Sue Abbo , Na onal Park Service Come learn about three water trail planning efforts from across the Pacific Northwest including the Nisqually River Water Trail, Sky to Sound Water Trail, and the Paye e Basin River Water Trail Sys‐tem. These trails offer whitewater and flat water opportuni es alike as well as opportuni es for people to picnic and hike near the river. The focus of the presenta on will be on sound planning prac ces, engaging stakeholders and communi es, sharing safety and interpre ve messages, and using story maps to make the trail plans come alive, connect communi es and promote local re‐sources.

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS - G

High

Quality Trails

Predator: Washington’s First Non‐Li Serviced Downhill Mountain Bike Trail, Sam Jarre . Snoqualmie Recrea on & Natural Areas District Manager & Statewide Trails Specialist, Washington State Department of Natural Resources; Bryan Connolly, Trail Builder and Crew Lead, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance; Yvonne Kraus, Execu ve Director, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance In November 2016, Washington Department of Natural Resources and the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance opened the State’s first non‐li serviced legal DownHill Mountain Bike Trail: Predator. Recog‐nizing the evolu on of mountain biking as well as increasing diversity in community riding styles and wishes, WA DNR took ini a ve to build the State’s first formal direc onal downhill trail. DNR collabo‐rated with Evergreen on a sustainable design that would cater to downhill riders, increase the diversity of trails at Tiger Mountain, and would hold up to high use and steep condi ons. Opening day a racted hundreds of riders, and the trail has since been featured in media na onwide. Learn what it took to approve, design, budget for, and construct this trail on Tiger Mountain in Issaquah, WA.

Managing in

a New Era

Crea ng Unique Partnerships for Growing Recrea onal Use, Joe Sambataro, Na onal Access Di-rector, Access Fund; Ma Perkins, Board Director/Stewardship Coordinator, Washington Climbers Coali on Climbing, as a mainstream American sport, is growing exponen ally, es mated at 350,000 users in 1994 to 6.8 million today. This benefits local rural economies where climbing exists and brings more diversity to Washington’s great outdoors. This also creates new challenges for land managers and the climbing community to manage their impacts in what was once considered small, dispersed use. Collab‐ora ve partnerships that bring together land managers, na onal experts, and local climbing organiza‐ons can create long‐term sustainable solu ons. Washington Climbers Coali on and the Access Fund

will present the Washington Climbing Conserva on Ini a ve, a new program to assist State Parks, DNR, and Fish and Wildlife with specialized stewardship improvements in the popular climbing areas of In‐dex, Gold Bar, Exit 38, and Tieton Canyon. Join us as we share models of success from around the coun‐try on how to assess, plan, and implement stewardship projects that address recrea onal use off the beaten path.

Making the

Case

Crea ng a Statewide Resource for Advocates, Barb Chamberlain, Chief Strategic Officer, Cascade Bicycle Club (CBC); Brent Tongco, Senior Director of Communica ons, CBC; Kelli Refer, Field Pro-grams Director, CBC Advocates o en get started with lots of passion, then tackle a steep learning curve on everything from planning processes to federal funding to effec ve message framing needed to help make the case for a project. Cascade Bicycle Club is crea ng a statewide resource hub to compile and disseminate knowledge through downloadable informa on, webinars, fact sheets that can be tailored to local con‐text, and more. Come prepared for a hands‐on session to help iden fy priority topics, exis ng sources that can be linked, and what you want to learn (or teach) to enhance the effec veness of advocates across the state so we’re stronger together. Exis ng resources iden fied in the session will be compiled for sharing a er the conference and a endees will receive model fact sheets.

Trails

Spotlight

Cascadia Marine Trails Management Plan, Rob Sendak, Execu ve Director, Washington Water Trails Associa on The Cascadia Marine Trail Corridor Management Plan will enable Washington Water Trails Associa on and its partners to be er guide management decisions that affect environmental conserva on, outdoor recrea on and healthy communi es throughout the Salish Sea for decades to come. Listen to Execu ve Director, Rob Sendak, describe how and why stakeholders along this Na onal Recrea on Trail are lining up to support this effort and learn how the Cascadia Marine Trail is currently being managed through the lens of the Na onal Park Service seven best management prac ces of Na onal Water Trails.

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TABLEOFCONTENTS

Welcome ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 4

Schedule at a Glance ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 5 ‐ 7

Conference Highlights ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 8 ‐ 11 Keynote Luncheon, Friday Recep on, Field Sessions

Program Descrip ons ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 12 ‐ 19 Friday, October 14th

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. ‐ Concurrent Session A ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 12

11:30 a.m. ‐ 12:30 p.m. ‐ Concurrent Session B ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 13

2:00 p.m. ‐ 3:00 p.m. ‐ Concurrent Session C ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 14

3:30 p.m. ‐ 4:30 p.m. ‐ Concurrent Session D ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 15

Saturday, October 14th

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. ‐ Concurrent Session E ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 16

10:30 a.m. ‐ 11:30 a.m. ‐ Concurrent Session F ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 17

1:00 p.m. ‐ 2:00 p.m. ‐ Concurrent Session G ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 18

2:30 p.m. ‐ 3:30 p.m. ‐ Concurrent Session H ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 19

Sponsors/Exhibitors ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ Back Cover

Washington State Trails Coali on

Founded in 1999, the purpose of the Washington State Trails Coali on is to provide an effec ve and interac ve forum

centering on protec ng, promo ng, and enhancing a statewide system of trails. Membership is open to any‐one with a passion for trails, including motorized and non‐motorized outdoor recrea on and transporta on. The pri‐mary focus of WSTC is a biennial statewide trails conference

and an off‐year caucus.

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WelcometotheTri‐Cities

Welcome to the Tri‐Cities, a growing metropolitan area in southeast Washington where 300 sun filled days offer visitors a year round outdoor paradise. Fun in the sun is a way of life in the Tri‐Cities–one reason it ’s among one of the most popular spots for Washington vacations.

Recreation and sports enthusiasts will love everything there is to do in the Tri‐Cities, including hiking, bicy‐

cling, hunting, and soccer, as well as fishing, water‐skiing and paddling on the Columbia, Snake, and Yakima rivers.

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Saturday,October15th‐10:30a.m.‐11:30a.m.CONCURRENT SESSIONS - F

High

Quality

Trails

Collabora ve Approach to Recrea on and Access, Ben Monte Calvo, Trail Coordinator, Greenway Trust The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust and a broad coali on of partners–federal, state, county, and city gov‐ernments, nonprofit recrea on organiza ons, and community members–are working together to prepare for the future of recrea on in the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River Valley. These groups are collabora ng to create – and sustain – a major improvement in recrea onal infrastructure in this low‐eleva on river valley in advance of the comple on of a Federal Highway Administra on paving project that will greatly improve public access into the Middle Fork. Topics include: cross‐jurisdic onal resource management, public‐private partnerships, crea ve solu ons to long‐term maintenance needs, and strategies to fund both new projects and maintenance.

Managing

in a New

Era

Spreading the Wealth: How Social Groups can Enhance the Trail Experience, Steve Ghan, Vice Presi-dent, I-MAC, Jennifer Arce, Meetup Outdoor Adventurers, Terri Stewart, Fun Fit & Over Fi y While guidebooks highlight some of the best trails and techniques, there is a wealth of knowledge in the collec ve experience of various hiking clubs and social networks that can enable newcomers and neo‐phytes to quickly connect with hikers and some of the lesser known trails and routes in Washington. In this session members of three SE Washington clubs will reveal lessons learned in introducing “newbies” to the wilds of Washington, building the popula on of avid hikers and climbers improving their health, connec ng with people, suppor ng the outdoor industry, increasing their understanding of wilderness, and giving back as trail stewards and educators.

Making

the Case

Trails to History, Judy Bentley, independent historian/writer, emeritus faculty, South Sea le College The speaker will describe walks in ten Washington ci es that reveal significant moments in the urban histo‐ry of the state. The walks highlight moments between 1825 and 2000 when Vancouver, Olympia, Walla Walla, Tacoma, Sea le, Evere , Bellingham, Yakima, Spokane and Bellevue flourished. This illustrated talk comes from the author’s book, Walking Washington’s History: Ten Ci es, published by the University of Washington Press in 2016. It will show how historic themes‐‐gold rushes, fur trading, railroad building, la‐bor movements, immigra on, suburbaniza on—can guide a walk through urban downtowns on sidewalks, trails, and waterfronts. The speaker will discuss her criteria for selec ng the ci es and themes, the kinds of historic sites included, and finding walkable routes. This presenta on will make the case for the educa on‐al and social value of trails and will spotlight some urban trails that offer significant learning opportuni es.

Trails

Spotlight

Bringing Public Trails to Urban Greenbelts, Mark Hafs, Principal, Hafs-Epstein Landscape Architecture Although Greenbelts (areas undeveloped because of too‐steep‐to‐build slopes, seasonal flooding, sensi ve habitat, or restricted right‐of‐way) are a prominent part of urban landscapes throughout the Pacific North‐west, many of us have never set foot in one. But with the popula on in the Puget Sound region predicted to increase by over one million by 2040, introducing public trails into our urban greenbelts could be one of the most promising ways to accommodate future recrea on needs. Come learn how Sea le’s culturally‐diverse North Beacon Hill neighborhood, in partnership with the Sea le Parks, is using an ambi ous com‐munity‐based plan ‐ centered on building a public trail ‐ to transform a neglected and crime‐ridden green‐belt into a valuable community asset. Our session will provide an overview of funding strategies, building public/private coali ons, concerns related to trail‐building in cri cal areas, trail‐building techniques (including engineering elevated structures), and restora on of natural habitat in urban forests.

Special

Topic

How OpenStreetMap is Being Used for Trails, Clifford Snow, OpenStreetMaps OpenstreetMap, (OSM), is the Wikipedia of maps. Anyone can register and edit the map. OSM has more than 2.8 million registered users and over 30,000 ac ve contributors each month. In Washington State, contributors have added more than 4K named trails with boundaries of every state and na onal park in Washington can be found in OSM. I’ll present background how OSM got started and how to get involved. We’ll look at a how others are using OSM to improve and protect trails. Trails can be freely and easily add‐ed to you website. I’ll demonstrate how easy it is to add gps traces and trails to OSM.

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Saturday,October15th‐9:00a.m.‐10:00a.m.CONCURRENT SESSIONS - E

High

Quality

Trails

The Next Genera on of Trails: An Agency and Community Partnership Model, Sam Jarre , Snoqualmie Recrea on & Natural Areas District Manager & Statewide Trails Specialist, WA State DNR; Butch Lovelace, Project Manager, King County DNR and Parks; Mike Westra, Trails Director, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alli-ance; Yvonne Kraus, Execu ve Director, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance; Nikki Fields, Trails Coordinator, Washington State Parks; Ben Monte Calvo, Trails Coordinator, Mountains to Sound Greenway King County Parks (KC Parks), WA State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Mountains to Sound Greenway, and WA State Parks have pushed boundaries to build the next genera on of trails. Their focus on community partnerships and collabora on has resulted in some WA State's most innova ve new sustainable parks and trails that are drawing na onal and interna onal a en on. Join the panel to learn how KC Parks, WA Parks, Moun‐tains to Sound, and DNR partnered with the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance and other organiza ons to build innova ve new trails; how crea ve trail maintenance agreements have leveraged community funds to reduce agency maintenance costs; and how these new trails are holding up in high‐traffic, near urban loca ons.

Managing

in a New

Era

Cost of Building Trails, Pete Beaupain, Board member, Washington State Trails Coali on The cost to have a contractor build a trail can vary from as li le as $3,000 per mile in gentle, open country up to, literally, millions of dollars per mile in urban loca ons. This talk will discuss the many, many factors involved in construc ng different types of trails in various environments and present examples of the resul ng costs of building those trails. Trail maintenance costs are also discussed.

Making

the Case

Advoca ng for Trails in the Methow Valley, James DeSalvo, Execu ve Director, Methow Trails; Danica Ready, Program Manager, Methow Trails The Methow Valley is an iconic des na on for trail enthusiast from around the region and beyond. The "Valley" boasts North Americas largest Nordic ski trail system, thousands of miles of motorized and non‐motorized recre‐a onal trails in Okanogan county, and is bordered by millions of acres of Wilderness. Many organiza ons, agen‐cies, non‐profits, and businesses spend over a million dollars and thousands of hours annually maintaining these trails, but o en in isola on of one another. Come hear how the trail community in the Methow is advoca ng for trails through the forma on of the Methow Trails Collabora ve and has gained strength with the recently com‐pleted trails economic analysis.

Trails

Spotlight

Whitehorse Regional Trail: Community Connec ons and Recovery, Amy Lucas, Senior Planner, Snohomish County Parks and Recrea on; Annique Benne , Strategic Tourism Coordinator, Snohomish County Devastated by the March 22, 2014 mudslide, communi es along the Whitehorse Regional Trail are struggling to recover from economic damages caused by the closure of SR 530, and from the loss of 43 beloved community members. Opening the trail serves as a healing opportunity for communi es to come together and memorialize the Steelhead Drive neighborhood and to develop Darrington and Arlington into Trail Town des na ons. Large dona ons have been received to re‐deck the rail bridges and to purchase addi onal trailheads, and over $3.7 million in grants have been awarded to rebuild the trail at the mudslide and to re‐surface the trail for accessibil‐ity. Federal, state, tribal and local officials have been par cipa ng in regional roundtables with local organiza‐ons to develop an outdoor tourism based economy highligh ng the cultural and historical importance of the

trail to the region and it’s connec vity to other outdoor recrea on opportuni es in the area.

Special

Topic

Community Connec ons on the Tursi Trail, Arlen Bogaards, Northwest Regional Manager, Washington Trails Assoc; Brian Adams, Director, Skagit County Parks and Recrea on; Randy Kline, Parks Planner, Wash-ington State Parks; Skagit Land Trust, invited but not confirmed The Tursi Trail, named a er John Tursi, an ac ve proponent of conserva on and public lands in the area, pro‐vides a connec on from Decep on Pass State Park to Lake Erie and the Anacortes Community Forest Lands. A er nearly 20 years in concep on, this trail became a reality in 2016. This presenta on will provide a snapshot of the challenges and rewards of planning, designing and building a trail across a variety of landscapes and land owners, working through common misconcep ons and naviga ng the poli cal hurdles. Collabora on of State, County and volunteer organiza ons were paramount in building community and engaging local volunteers to promote acceptance and “buy in”, in turn crea ng long term stewards.

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SCHEDULEATAGLANCEThursday, October 13

5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Welcome Mixer at Red Lion Hotel and Registration

Friday, October 14

7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Registration Opens and Breakfast Buffet

9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:30 – 10:00 a.m. Coffee Break and Exhibits

10:00 – 11:00 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS - A Room

High Quality Trails Whipple Creek Park Restoration – Connecting your Park’s User

Experience Dots

Hanford

Managing in a New Era Northwest Youth Corps – Engaging the Next Generation of Stewards Columbia

Making the Case Washington Trails Association–Celebrating 50 Years of

Protecting Trails Benton/

Franklin

Trails Spotlight A Rare Partnership, Roche Harbor Resort Trails McNary/IH

Special Topic Will Grizzly Bears Impact Recreation in WA State Vernita


11:30 – 12:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS - B Room

High Quality Trails Trails and Critical Areas: The Costs and Benefits of Programmatic

Permitting Vernita

Managing in a New Era The Latest in Trail Technology – Crowdsourced Data, Open Data

and Apps Columbia

Making the Case Statewide Recreation and Planning – SCORP McNary/IH

Trails Spotlight Trails on Trial: Protecting Public Lands for Public Use Benton/

Franklin

Special Topic Connecting Communities, Partners and Youth along the PNNST Hanford

12:45 – 2:00 p.m. LUNCHEON with Keynote Speaker – Ken Wilcox Sendero Atlantico-Pacifico: Creating an International Trail from Sea to Sea in

Tierra del Guego, South America

2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Coffee Break and Exhibits

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS C Room

High Quality Trails ADA-ABA Accessibility for Trails and Related Outdoor

Developed Areas

Benton/

Franklin

Managing in a New Era When Trails Go Viral, Responsible Web and Social Media Practices Columbia

Making the Case Ridgefield – A River Runs Through Here McNary/IH

Trails Spotlight Kent Valley Loop Trails Master Plan – Making the Case for Trails in

Unexpected Ways Hanford

3:00 p.m. Field Session: Hike, Wine , Dine

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Field Session: Urban Greenbelt Trail Walk

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SCHEDULEATAGLANCE3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break and Exhibits

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Field Session: Urban Greenbelt Trail Walk

Local history buffs will lead this excursion on Richland’s Urban Green-

belt Trail (UGT), a 3.2-mile city trail that traverses Richland's central

business district, alternating between parks and city streets. Although

the walk is accessible to all to do on their own, Parks and Recreation

volunteers regularly lead local history walks on the trail pointing out

features that recall the city’s World War II history as one of the three

atomic cities of the Manhattan Project.

Meet in Red Lion Hotel

lobby at 2:45 p.m. for

3:00 p.m. departure

3:30 – 4:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS - D Room

High Quality Trails Tracks and Trails – Digital Asset Inventory, Assessment and Complex

Collaboration

Columbia

Managing in a New Era Transit to Trails: Big Potential, Big Challenges McNary/IH

Making the Case Tahoma to Tacoma: Quantifying the Health, Equity, and Economic

Benefits of Trails

Benton/

Franklin

Trails Spotlight Taking Fast Action to save the Longest Rail-Trail in America, John

Wayne Pioneer Trail

Vernita

6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Friday Night Reception – REACH Museum (bus transport provided) Offsite evening of socializing at the Hanford REACH Museum hosted by the Tri-Cities. Activities will

include the first ever Washington Trails Awards in the categories of: Lifetime Service Award; Trail Ser-

vice Award; Youth Advocacy Award and Outstanding Trail Award.

Award presentations will begin at 7:30 p.m.

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Friday,October14th‐3:30p.m.‐4:30p.m.CONCURRENT SESSIONS - D

High

Quality

Trails

Tracks and Trails – Digital Asset Inventory, Assessment and Complex Collabora on, Erin David, Plan-ner, Alta Planning & Design; Kim Voros, Senior Planner/GIS Manager, Alta Planning & Design; M.J. Crandall, I-90 Corridor Manager, Snoqualmie Ranger District, U.S. Forest Service A growing range of web‐based tools can help improve today’s trail management prac ces while re‐ducing the need for paper forms and improving efficiency in task assignment and tracking. These tools can assist with data collec on and project management, effec vely taking a project from iden ‐fica on to implementa on. This presenta on will address the use of two specific tools, including ex‐amples of their recent applica on in Washington and explore the opportuni es of integra on within exis ng management prac ces. Alta Planning + Design will highlight the use of Collector for ArcGIS for trail inventory data collec on and project iden fica on, including recent experience with Mica Peak’s Non‐motorized Transporta on Plan. The US Forest Service will feature the use of SmartSheet, a cloud‐based project management pla orm, to coordinate field opera ons of four Forest Service crews and nearly a dozen partner organiza ons on the Snoqualmie Ranger District.

Managing

in a New

Era

Transit to Trails: Big Poten al, Big Challenges, Moderator: Jon Snyder; Transit expert: Kristen Stall-man, Columbia River Gorge Project Manager, Oregon Department of Transporta on (tenta ve); Pub-lic Lands expert: Sarah Lange, Recrea on Planner, Mt. Baker Snoqualmie Na onal Forest; Ben Hugh-ey, Policy and GIS Coordinator, Mountains to Sound Greenway

To improve trail usage in Washington State two of the biggest issues are access and equity. In many areas access is limited by demand for parking vehicles in overloaded lots and on road shoulders. Ad‐di onally, urban areas have residents cut off from outdoor experiences due to lack of transporta on to public lands. Public transit can offer a solu on to both problems, but not without a cost: transit increases in inefficiency the farther it goes from dense urban areas. Hear about the Snoqualmie Val‐ley Transit service to Ra lesnake Lake and be part of a discussion on how to improve Transit to Trail in the future.

Making the

Case

Tahoma to Tacoma: Quan fying the Health, Equity and Economic Benefits of Trails, Derek Abe, Sen-ior Planner, Alta Planning + Design Trail advocates succeed in communica ng the qualita ve benefits of walking and biking, but o en struggle to demonstrate benefits in a measurable, data‐driven, and non‐polarizing manner. The Puyallup Watershed Ini a ve (PWI) is a 10‐year collec ve impact project aimed at improving the health, equity, and sustainability of people and places from Mount Rainier to Tacoma’s Commence‐ment Bay. PWI focuses on long‐term ac ve transporta on improvements as one of their top priori es to reduce regional health and equity dispari es, but needed an educa onal, compelling, and defensi‐ble way to make the case for regional trail investments to stakeholders, funders, decision makers, and community members. This presenta on will highlight PWI’s Tahoma to Tacoma Trail Network project, for which Alta Planning + Design used an analy cal model to quan fy how ac ve transporta‐on investments can improve the health, equity, and environmental quality of a region. We will dis‐

cuss data inputs and other resources used to support our findings.

Trails

Spotlight

Taking Fast Ac on to save the Longest Rail‐Trail in America, John Wayne Pioneer Trail, Ted Blaszak, Monte Morgan, Fred Wagner, officers of the Tekoa Trail and Trestle Associa on The play by play of the campaign to save the John Wayne Trail and an update of its current status. Par cularly the efforts of the 9th legisla ve district where the legisla ve team is s ll trying to defund the trail. Also how we are connec ng the John Wayne Trail to the trail of the Coeur d'Alene next sum‐mer for riders. For the first me ever people may be able to ride from Montana to Sea le in 2017.

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Friday,October14th‐2:00p.m.‐3:00p.m.CONCURRENT SESSIONS - C

High

Quality

Trails

ADA‐ABA Accessibility for Trails and related Outdoor Developed Areas, Rory Calhoun, Accessibility Specialist, WA State Recrea on and Conserva on Office This presenta on will discuss Trails, Access Routes, Outdoor Recrea on Access Routes (ORAR’s), Shared Use Paths and briefly touch on what Other Power Driven Mobility Devices (OPDMD) are and where or when they might be used. Trailheads and trail camp sites will be examined as well. Learn about the most current applicable guidelines and standards and where to find them. You will hear about why the ADA and the ABA are different, or are they? This will directly benefit the workshop a endees responsible for developing trails which in turn will benefit individuals with disabili es.

Managing

in a New

Era

When Trails Go Viral, Responsible Web and Social Media Prac ces, Loren Drummond, Digital Content Manager, Washington Trails Associa on (WTA); Anna Roth, Hiking Guide Coordinator, WTA; Eric Sheckler, Visit Rainier; Bryan Rivard, Communica on and Community Manager, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance When people want to seek out new trails, more and more o en, they turn to digital media to find them. From trail guides to social media, trip report to blogs, people are connec ng with trails (and other trail users) online. But in an era when Instagram can be the first stop in researching condi ons and a trail can literally go viral, how do you cul vate a welcome, inclusive online culture that pro‐motes responsible use and stewardship? Three different organiza ons talk about their internal ap‐proaches to sharing informa on, pos ng photos and cul va ng a community that cares about pro‐tec ng our wild places.

Making

the Case

Ridgefield – A River Runs Through Here, Lee Kno nerus, Deputy City Manager, City of Ridgefield; Gail Alexander, Founder and Owner, Ridgefield Kayak; Chris Hathaway, Deputy Director, Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership; Sandra Day, Council Member, City of Ridgefield; Chris Lapp, Director, Ridgefield Na onal Wildlife Refuge; Sam Robinson, Vice Chairman, Chinook Indian Council The Vancouver Lake‐Lewis River Water Trail runs through the City of Ridgefield, along the borders of the Ridgefield Na onal Wildlife Refuge and the western and northern boundary of Clark County. This 32+ mile water trail links to the Lower Columbia River Water Trail and to trails on land connec ng to adjacent communi es. In Ridgefield, trails are valued for their contribu on to community mobility, health and economic vitality. Ridgefield has been ac vely promo ng its land and water trails and en‐gaging in partnerships with the Ridgefield NWR, Port of Ridgefield, Clark County and private stake‐holders to facilitate the planning and implementa on of trail connec ons. Examples of connec ons between land and water trails to accommodate a variety of outdoor recrea on opportuni es and de‐signing the appropriate degree of access to a wildlife refuge will be illustrated through con nued efforts along the Lewis River Vancouver Lake Water Trail.

Trails

Spotlight

Kent Valley Loop Trails Master Plan – Making the Case for Trails in Unexpected ways, Brian Leven-hagen, Kent Park Planner; Greg Brower, Principal, Berger Partnership This presenta on is about the Kent Valley Loop Trails Master Plan, and some of the unexpected ways it's been able to make the case for trails. The master plan took a new look at some old trails in the Kent Valley, to see if there were new connec ons to be made‐‐literal connec ons, of course, but also new connec ons to the community. The loops u lize exis ng infrastructure: the Green River and In‐terurban Trails, and the scenic Frager Road, across the river from the Green River Trail. The plan used these exis ng but underu lized trails to create a set of defined experiences‐‐loops ranging from 1.7 miles to 13 miles, and used extensive community outreach to iden fy improvements necessary to in‐crease trail usage. Adopted in 2014, it has had a greater effect than expected. The presenta on tells how this plan is making the case for trails in a variety of ways.

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SCHEDULEATAGLANCESaturday, October 15

7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast and Registration

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Washington State Trails Coalition – Business Meeting Columbia

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS - E Room

High Quality Trails The Next Generation of Trails: An Agency and Community

Partnership Model Columbia

Managing in a New Era Cost of Building Trails McNary/IH

Making the Case Advocating for Trails in the Methow Valley Hanford

Trails Spotlight Whitehorse Regional Trail: Community Connections and Recovery Benton/

Franklin Special Topic Community Connections on the Tursi Trail Vernita


10:30 – 11:30 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS - F Room

High Quality Trails Collaborative Approach to Recreation and Access McNary/IH

Managing in a New Era Spreading the Wealth: How Social Groups can Enhance the Trail

Experience Columbia

Making the Case Trails to History Hanford

Trails Spotlight Bringing Public Trails to Urban Greenbelts Vernita

Special Topic How OpenStreetMap is Being Used for Trails Benton/

Franklin 11:45 – 1:00 p.m. LUNCHEON

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS - G Room

High Quality Trails Predator: Washington’s First Non-Lift Serviced Downhill Mountain

Bike Trail Columbia

Managing in a New Era Creating Unique Partnerships for Growing Recreational Use Benton/

Franklin

Making the Case Creating a Statewide Resource for Advocates Vernita

Trails Spotlight Cascadia Marine Trails Management Plan McNary/IH


2:30 – 3:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS - H Room

High Quality Trails Connecting Communities Through Trail Management Plans-Comox

Valley Parks McNary/IH

Managing in a New Era Coming Together to help improve the Pacific Northwest Trail in the

Salmo-Priest Wilderness Columbia

Making the Case Friends of Badger Mountain-845 Acres Preserved and How We Did It! Benton/

Franklin

Trails Spotlight Water Trail Stories and Lessons from Three Places Vernita

3:45 p.m. CONFERENCE ADJOURNMENT

Sunday, October 16th Field Session: Yakima River Kayak Trip

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FRIDAY‐KEYNOTELUNCHEON

3

SenderoAtlantico‐Paci ico(Atlantic‐Paci icTrail):CreatinganinternationaltrailfromseatoseainTierradelFuego,SouthAmericaKen Wilcox began his career as a land use and shoreline planner in the 1980s, before switching gears to planning and designing trails, bikeways and greenways as a consultant to small ci es and rural coun es. Based in Bellingham, he was the lead planner for several thousand miles of urban, rural and wildland trails and bikeways throughout western Washington. Ken is the author of three regional hiking guides to northwest Washington, and has served on the boards of numerous park and wilderness organiza ons, was a co‐founder of the Bellingham branch of the Mountaineers, and served as U.S. co‐chair of the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission established by treaty with Canada. He was awarded a life‐me membership to the Mountaineers for community service and was profiled as one of 40 nota‐

ble alumni from WWU's Huxley College, where he received his B.S. in Environmental Policy. Ken Wilcox brings us an overview of conceptual planning and design for a world‐class, 150+ km trail system across the remote, main island of Tierra del Fuego, including stories from the field, unique rou ng and design challenges, some compelling indigenous and se lement history, a bit on the island's ecotourism model, and a word about the inspira on behind the project. A sustainably designed trail system across the island could connect to other exis ng and planned trails within nearby protected areas, like Argen na’s Corazón de la Isla Reserve and Tierra del Fuego Na onal Park, and in Chile, Karukinka Natural Park and the new Yendegaia Na onal Park abu ng the Beagle Chan‐nel. Whether explored by foot or on horseback, the Sendero Atlan co‐ Pacifico would add greatly to the island's essen al ecotour‐ism economy.

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Friday,October14th‐11:30a.m.‐12:30p.m.CONCURRENT SESSIONS - B

High

Quality

Trails

Trails and Cri cal Areas: The Costs and Benefits of Programma c Permi ng, Mike Foster, Arborist / Ecol-ogist, The Watershed Company; Amber Raynsford, Senior Landscape Architect / GIS Analyst, The Water-shed Company As recrea onal trail projects are conceived, designed, and built throughout Western Washington, an ever‐ghtening set of local Cri cal Area Regula ons can uninten onally prohibit, alter, or delay these projects. Use of

programma c permi ng (a single, long‐term permit covering mul ple projects with pre‐determined condi ons) may offer local governments and trail proponents a solu on. This approach is already in use by some local juris‐dic ons where trail projects intersect with cri cal areas. Case studies will highlight the costs and benefits of non‐programma c versus programma c permi ng pathways for trails in Western Washington.

Manag-

ing in a

New Era

The Latest in Trail Technology – Crowdsourced Data, Open Data and Apps, Ryan Branciforte, CEO, Trail-head Labs, Loren Drummond, Digital Content Manager, Washington Trails Associa on; Scot McQueen, Independent Consultant, McQueen Enterprise Analy cs

Americans are increasingly recognizing the health, quality of life, environmental, and economic benefits that trails and ac ve transporta on offer. As a result now more than ever it’s important to connect people to your trails, improve the planning of new trails and be er understand how visitors use trails. For this session, we’ll ex‐plore what role technology plays in how people engage with trails. How can land managers u lize technology to publish be er informa on to their visitor and also understand who is engaging with their parks and trails? Learn how to reach and understand new audiences, using everything from apps that get people outdoors to crowd‐sourced data. Specifically, we’ll talk about an exci ng new Visitor Analy cs Tool that enable park managers to view data from Strava to be er understand trail visitors and how open standardized trail data can enable be er interac ve maps and mobile applica ons for engaging your visitors.

Making

the Case

Statewide Recrea on and Planning – SCORP, Leslie Connelly, Policy Specialist, WA State Recrea on and Conserva on Office Washington State produces a statewide outdoor recrea on plan every five years to reflect the current needs for recrea on facili es, including all types of trails. The Recrea on and Conserva on Office is gearing up for the next outdoor recrea on plan for publica on in fall 2017. This presenta on will provide an overview of the planning process and how trails fit into the overall plan. Key elements for 2017 will be ac on items that can be accom‐plished in five to ten years. A workshop component will engage par cipants in shaping the content of the plan and ac ons.

Trails

Spotlight

Trails on Trial: Protec ng Public Lands for Public Use, Monica Leers, Capital Planning Manager, King County Parks; Jenny Bailey, Senior Planner, Parametrix In 1998 King County purchased the East Lake Sammamish Trail (ELST) corridor and began planning a regional trail along 11 miles of the former BNSF railroad. The trail is almost complete, but resistance from adjacent private property owners has stalled the project and comple on of the ul mate vision ‐ a 44‐mile regional urban trail ex‐tending from Sea le to the Cascade Foothills. Come hear how King County is making its case in federal court for property rights within the rail banked corridor and how recent legal rulings are reinvigora ng the management of the corridor for public use. This session will also explore how lessons learned on the ELST are informing the planning and management of the Eastside Rail Corridor, a new regional corridor that will connect King County's Eastside and provide new opportuni es for non‐motorized recrea on and transporta on.

Special

Topic

Connec ng Communi es, Partners and Youth along the PNNST, Trevor Knight, Northwest & Alaska Re-gional Program Manager, The Student Conserva on Associa on (SCA); Patrick Stephens, Regional Part-nership Director - West, SCA The SCA will be highligh ng work done in the Summer of 2016 along the Pacific Northwest Trail in Washington. The two projects that will be highlighted are great examples of many partners coming together to create mean‐ingful experiences for youth while accomplishing valuable trail projects. Two crews, each comprised of 2 adult crew leaders and 8 youth, spent 3 weeks building trails, community, a greater apprecia on for the outdoors, and learning what they are really capable of. These projects wouldn’t have been possible without the SCA, US Forest Service, and the Pacific Northwest Trail Associa on all coming together to offer something that the other could‐n’t. Whether that be funding, a work force or project oversight each played a key role in projects that benefi ed the larger trails and recrea on communi es of Washington.

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Friday,October14th‐10:00a.m.‐11:00a.m.CONCURRENT SESSIONS -A

High

Quality

Trails

Whipple Creek Park Restora on – Connec ng your Park’s User Experience Dots, Michael Lenz, Vice Presi-dent, Whipple Creek Park Restora on Commi ee We hear about customer experience in consumer product design, but what about our parks. Who is looking at the holis c user experience? We took a look at the overall park experience and worked to connect the experience dots for our park’s users. We established new work crews, trail naming, signage, map design language, and worked with the county’s park and emergency services teams to ensure all their needs were met. What resulted is a scalable, reusable design system that can be applied across any type of rural park and the park’s users love it. I’ll share what we did and how we did it.

Managing

in a New

Era

Northwest Youth Corps – Engaging the Next Genera on of Stewards, Jeff Parker, Execu ve Director, North-west Youth Corps; Jay Satz, Senior Director of Partnerships and Innova on, Northwest Youth Corps The 21st Century Conserva on Service Corps (21CSC) is a bold na onal effort to put thousands of America’s di‐verse young people and veteran’s to work protec ng, restoring, and enhancing America’s great outdoors. This presenta on will briefly explore the background of the 21 CSC ini a ve while focusing the majority of the session on the future of 21CSC and the unique opportunity it presents to leverage partnerships to benefit Washington’s trail infrastructure and connect the next genera on of diverse young people to our trails. Presenters will discuss the technical capacity of 21 CSC organiza ons, examples of successful projects, and methods for partnerships which successfully improve our trail infrastructure while engaging the next genera on of ci zen stewards includ‐ing youth of color and disabled youth.

Making

the Case

Washington Trails Associa on–Celebra ng 50 Years of Protec ng Trails, Loren Drummond, Digital Content Manager, WTA; Lisa Black, Board Member and Crew Leader, WTA; Krista Dooley, Youth Programs Director, Washington Trails Associa on Trails groups and nonprofit organiza ons are encountering changing demographics and new technologies, navi‐ga ng collabora on and community engagement, and are concerned about who will steward trails in the future. A panel discussion will take you behind the scenes with Washington Trails Associa on to learn from their experi‐ence over 50 years of protec ng trails, from humble beginnings as a li le newsle er to WTA’s current role as a leading voice for hikers. The panel will bring together board, staff, volunteers and partners to discuss successful strategies and take a frank look at current challenges. Trails organiza ons of all sizes will find ideas and insights to apply to their own work.

Trails

Spotlight

A Rare Partnership, Roche Harbor Resort Trails, David Zeretzke, Secretary for Trails Commi ee, San Juan Island Park and Recrea on District The history and future vitality of a rare public‐private partnership will be explored featuring slides and Q&A dis‐cussion. The trails of the Roche Harbor Resort extend to all edges of 800+ acres on the north end of San Juan Is‐land. Volunteers of the Trails Commi ee of Island Rec (a local Park and Rec District) who live nearby maintain, improve, and even design the nine plus miles of trails through meadows and woodlands. The Resort provides sub‐stan al monetary and some staff and equipment support. The trails connect to the sidewalks and walking lanes around the formal gardens, marina, hotel, lime kilns and old quarry, mausoleum, sculpture park, etc. of the Re‐sort. In 2016 a Na onal Trail System designa on was awarded to the Roche Harbor Trails which also directly con‐nect to the English Camp of the San Juan Island Na onal Historic Park through adjoining woodlands.

Special

Topic

Will Grizzly Bears Impact Recrea on in WA State, Dr. Bill Gaines, Director, Washington Conserva on Science Ins tute Wildlife agencies have begun a process to restore grizzly bears to Washington’s North Cascades where only a handful of animals remain. The North Cascades has been one of five Grizzly Bear Recovery Zone since 1992. Will grizzly bear recovery affect access to public lands and hiking, biking, climbing and other recrea onal ac vi es? If so how? Dr. Bill Gaines will explore these and other grizzly bear related issues using real world examples from recrea on meccas like Yellowstone and Glacier Na onal Parks where there are now roughly a combined 1700 grizzly bears. Dr. Gaines is a wildlife biologist with over 25 years of experience working with the US Forest Service on the grizzly bear recovery team. He is re red from the USFS but remains involved in grizzly bear recovery as a consultant.

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CONFERENCEHIGHLIGHTS

3

Washington State Trails Awards Program The Washington State Trails Coali on is pleased to announce the introduc on of the Washington State Trails Awards Program sponsored by REI. These biennial awards will recognize the efforts and achievements of excep onal individuals, organiza ons, and land managers who are working to make the trails of Washington State the na on’s best. Life me Service Award: This award will honor an individual who has demonstrated longstanding and excep onal service to the trails of Washington State and their users. Areas of impact could include advocacy, planning, community engagement, construc on/maintenance, and educa on.

Trail Leader Award: Honors an individual, organiza on, or land manager that has had the most significant, posi‐ve, contribu on to any aspect of Washington trails over the past two years.

Youth Advocacy Award: This award honors an individual, organiza on, or government en ty that has performed excep onal community service for Washington youth through access to trails with a direct and specific benefit to youth, fostering youth stewardship, or the use of trails by youth. This service could include youth oriented trail projects, outdoor adventures, educa on, volunteer trail work, and more.

Outstanding Trail Award: The award recognizes a trail project which has demonstrated at least some of the fol‐lowing during the past five years: excep onal planning, design, and implementa on, public par cipa on, crea ve funding, verified economic impact, outstanding user experience, and benefit to the local community. Applica ons will be accepted from any individual, organiza on, or government en ty involved with, or directly impacted by, the trail.

Friday Night Recep on ‐ 6‐9 p.m. ‐ REACH MUSEUM

An evening of socializing and networking while enjoying the beau ful and unique se ng of The REACH Museum in Richland, Washington. Overlooking the Columbia River, The REACH Museum is the newest gem of the Tri‐Ci es, featuring stories of the natural, scien fic and cultural history of the surrounding area, from the expansive wine industry to the world’s first full‐scale plutonium produc on reactor.

Enjoy complementary local microbrew and wine, hors d’oeuvres, and celebrate the presenta on of our inaugural Washington State Trails Awards spon‐sored by REI. A shu le will be provided to transport you from the site of the Conference, the Red Lion Hotel, to the recep on.

Free Shu le Bus will run from the Red Lion lobby begin‐ning at 5:45 p.m. and running every 30 minutes.

REACH Museum, 1493 Columbia Park Trail, Richland, WA 99352

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FIELDSESSIONSThursday Badger Mountain Hike, Wine , Dine‐3 p.m.

During the hike, par cipants will hear stories of the Friends of Badger Mountain’s successful volun‐teer effort to preserve 648 acres of Badger and to build and maintain four trails. Special Badger features are its sage habitat, Ice Age Floods markers and views of the Cascade Range. The leader will also describe FoBM’s vision to create a con guous 20‐mile trail connec ng across four local ridges and its recent success preserving 196 acres of Candy Mountain, the next ridge to the west.

Thursday Bike Ride—Lewis & Clark and Early History of the Area ‐ 2 ‐ 4 p.m.

The bike ride will leave from the conference hotel and travel 11 miles round‐trip along the Co‐lumbia River on the Sacagawea Heritage Trail.

The ride will stop at points of interest along the way includ‐ing: early agricultural history of the region; a quote from William Clark that marks the furthest point north the party traveled on the Columbia; a descrip on of wildlife in the re‐

gion; a “purple heart” from na ve plants; a statue of Sacagawea with a quote from Meriwether Lewis; and a descrip on of early se ler history in the area. The ride will take about two hours.

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FIELDSESSIONSUrban Greenbelt Trail Walk ‐ Friday, 3‐5 p.m.

Meet in Red Lion lobby at 2:45 p.m. for 3:00 p.m. departure. Local history buffs will lead this excursion on Richland’s Urban Greenbelt Trail (UGT), a 3.2‐mile city trail that traverses Rich‐land's central business district, alterna ng between parks and city streets. Although the walk is accessible to all to do on their own, Parks and Rec volunteers regularly lead local history walks on the trail poin ng out features that recall the city’s World War II history as one of the three atomic ci es of the Manha an Project.

The Tapteal Greenway Associa on will lead a kayak trip down a por on of the Tapteal Water Trail on the Yakima River a er the conference on Sunday, October 16th, at 9:00am. The Tapteal Water Trail is a 30‐mile sec on of the Yakima between Benton City and its confluence with the Columbia River in Richland. This trip will cover about 9 miles of the trail.

The group will put‐into the river at Snively Landing and will take‐out at Tapteal Bend. Both of these lo‐ca ons are within Richland near the conference ho‐tel. The trip will last about 3 hours. Light snacks will be provided and a shu le service coordinated by the Tapteal Greenway. Costs for par cipa on are $10 per person if using their own kayak, $50 per person if ren ng; and pre‐event sign‐up is required.

Sunday October 16th ‐ Yakima River Kayak

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FIELDSESSIONSThursday Badger Mountain Hike, Wine , Dine‐3 p.m.

During the hike, par cipants will hear stories of the Friends of Badger Mountain’s successful volun‐teer effort to preserve 648 acres of Badger and to build and maintain four trails. Special Badger features are its sage habitat, Ice Age Floods markers and views of the Cascade Range. The leader will also describe FoBM’s vision to create a con guous 20‐mile trail connec ng across four local ridges and its recent success preserving 196 acres of Candy Mountain, the next ridge to the west.

Thursday Bike Ride—Lewis & Clark and Early History of the Area ‐ 2 ‐ 4 p.m.

The bike ride will leave from the conference hotel and travel 11 miles round‐trip along the Co‐lumbia River on the Sacagawea Heritage Trail.

The ride will stop at points of interest along the way includ‐ing: early agricultural history of the region; a quote from William Clark that marks the furthest point north the party traveled on the Columbia; a descrip on of wildlife in the re‐

gion; a “purple heart” from na ve plants; a statue of Sacagawea with a quote from Meriwether Lewis; and a descrip on of early se ler history in the area. The ride will take about two hours.

11

FIELDSESSIONSUrban Greenbelt Trail Walk ‐ Friday, 3‐5 p.m.

Meet in Red Lion lobby at 2:45 p.m. for 3:00 p.m. departure. Local history buffs will lead this excursion on Richland’s Urban Greenbelt Trail (UGT), a 3.2‐mile city trail that traverses Rich‐land's central business district, alterna ng between parks and city streets. Although the walk is accessible to all to do on their own, Parks and Rec volunteers regularly lead local history walks on the trail poin ng out features that recall the city’s World War II history as one of the three atomic ci es of the Manha an Project.

The Tapteal Greenway Associa on will lead a kayak trip down a por on of the Tapteal Water Trail on the Yakima River a er the conference on Sunday, October 16th, at 9:00am. The Tapteal Water Trail is a 30‐mile sec on of the Yakima between Benton City and its confluence with the Columbia River in Richland. This trip will cover about 9 miles of the trail.

The group will put‐into the river at Snively Landing and will take‐out at Tapteal Bend. Both of these lo‐ca ons are within Richland near the conference ho‐tel. The trip will last about 3 hours. Light snacks will be provided and a shu le service coordinated by the Tapteal Greenway. Costs for par cipa on are $10 per person if using their own kayak, $50 per person if ren ng; and pre‐event sign‐up is required.

Sunday October 16th ‐ Yakima River Kayak

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Friday,October14th‐10:00a.m.‐11:00a.m.CONCURRENT SESSIONS -A

High

Quality

Trails

Whipple Creek Park Restora on – Connec ng your Park’s User Experience Dots, Michael Lenz, Vice Presi-dent, Whipple Creek Park Restora on Commi ee We hear about customer experience in consumer product design, but what about our parks. Who is looking at the holis c user experience? We took a look at the overall park experience and worked to connect the experience dots for our park’s users. We established new work crews, trail naming, signage, map design language, and worked with the county’s park and emergency services teams to ensure all their needs were met. What resulted is a scalable, reusable design system that can be applied across any type of rural park and the park’s users love it. I’ll share what we did and how we did it.

Managing

in a New

Era

Northwest Youth Corps – Engaging the Next Genera on of Stewards, Jeff Parker, Execu ve Director, North-west Youth Corps; Jay Satz, Senior Director of Partnerships and Innova on, Northwest Youth Corps The 21st Century Conserva on Service Corps (21CSC) is a bold na onal effort to put thousands of America’s di‐verse young people and veteran’s to work protec ng, restoring, and enhancing America’s great outdoors. This presenta on will briefly explore the background of the 21 CSC ini a ve while focusing the majority of the session on the future of 21CSC and the unique opportunity it presents to leverage partnerships to benefit Washington’s trail infrastructure and connect the next genera on of diverse young people to our trails. Presenters will discuss the technical capacity of 21 CSC organiza ons, examples of successful projects, and methods for partnerships which successfully improve our trail infrastructure while engaging the next genera on of ci zen stewards includ‐ing youth of color and disabled youth.

Making

the Case

Washington Trails Associa on–Celebra ng 50 Years of Protec ng Trails, Loren Drummond, Digital Content Manager, WTA; Lisa Black, Board Member and Crew Leader, WTA; Krista Dooley, Youth Programs Director, Washington Trails Associa on Trails groups and nonprofit organiza ons are encountering changing demographics and new technologies, navi‐ga ng collabora on and community engagement, and are concerned about who will steward trails in the future. A panel discussion will take you behind the scenes with Washington Trails Associa on to learn from their experi‐ence over 50 years of protec ng trails, from humble beginnings as a li le newsle er to WTA’s current role as a leading voice for hikers. The panel will bring together board, staff, volunteers and partners to discuss successful strategies and take a frank look at current challenges. Trails organiza ons of all sizes will find ideas and insights to apply to their own work.

Trails

Spotlight

A Rare Partnership, Roche Harbor Resort Trails, David Zeretzke, Secretary for Trails Commi ee, San Juan Island Park and Recrea on District The history and future vitality of a rare public‐private partnership will be explored featuring slides and Q&A dis‐cussion. The trails of the Roche Harbor Resort extend to all edges of 800+ acres on the north end of San Juan Is‐land. Volunteers of the Trails Commi ee of Island Rec (a local Park and Rec District) who live nearby maintain, improve, and even design the nine plus miles of trails through meadows and woodlands. The Resort provides sub‐stan al monetary and some staff and equipment support. The trails connect to the sidewalks and walking lanes around the formal gardens, marina, hotel, lime kilns and old quarry, mausoleum, sculpture park, etc. of the Re‐sort. In 2016 a Na onal Trail System designa on was awarded to the Roche Harbor Trails which also directly con‐nect to the English Camp of the San Juan Island Na onal Historic Park through adjoining woodlands.

Special

Topic

Will Grizzly Bears Impact Recrea on in WA State, Dr. Bill Gaines, Director, Washington Conserva on Science Ins tute Wildlife agencies have begun a process to restore grizzly bears to Washington’s North Cascades where only a handful of animals remain. The North Cascades has been one of five Grizzly Bear Recovery Zone since 1992. Will grizzly bear recovery affect access to public lands and hiking, biking, climbing and other recrea onal ac vi es? If so how? Dr. Bill Gaines will explore these and other grizzly bear related issues using real world examples from recrea on meccas like Yellowstone and Glacier Na onal Parks where there are now roughly a combined 1700 grizzly bears. Dr. Gaines is a wildlife biologist with over 25 years of experience working with the US Forest Service on the grizzly bear recovery team. He is re red from the USFS but remains involved in grizzly bear recovery as a consultant.

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CONFERENCEHIGHLIGHTS

3

Washington State Trails Awards Program The Washington State Trails Coali on is pleased to announce the introduc on of the Washington State Trails Awards Program sponsored by REI. These biennial awards will recognize the efforts and achievements of excep onal individuals, organiza ons, and land managers who are working to make the trails of Washington State the na on’s best. Life me Service Award: This award will honor an individual who has demonstrated longstanding and excep onal service to the trails of Washington State and their users. Areas of impact could include advocacy, planning, community engagement, construc on/maintenance, and educa on.

Trail Leader Award: Honors an individual, organiza on, or land manager that has had the most significant, posi‐ve, contribu on to any aspect of Washington trails over the past two years.

Youth Advocacy Award: This award honors an individual, organiza on, or government en ty that has performed excep onal community service for Washington youth through access to trails with a direct and specific benefit to youth, fostering youth stewardship, or the use of trails by youth. This service could include youth oriented trail projects, outdoor adventures, educa on, volunteer trail work, and more.

Outstanding Trail Award: The award recognizes a trail project which has demonstrated at least some of the fol‐lowing during the past five years: excep onal planning, design, and implementa on, public par cipa on, crea ve funding, verified economic impact, outstanding user experience, and benefit to the local community. Applica ons will be accepted from any individual, organiza on, or government en ty involved with, or directly impacted by, the trail.

Friday Night Recep on ‐ 6‐9 p.m. ‐ REACH MUSEUM

An evening of socializing and networking while enjoying the beau ful and unique se ng of The REACH Museum in Richland, Washington. Overlooking the Columbia River, The REACH Museum is the newest gem of the Tri‐Ci es, featuring stories of the natural, scien fic and cultural history of the surrounding area, from the expansive wine industry to the world’s first full‐scale plutonium produc on reactor.

Enjoy complementary local microbrew and wine, hors d’oeuvres, and celebrate the presenta on of our inaugural Washington State Trails Awards spon‐sored by REI. A shu le will be provided to transport you from the site of the Conference, the Red Lion Hotel, to the recep on.

Free Shu le Bus will run from the Red Lion lobby begin‐ning at 5:45 p.m. and running every 30 minutes.

REACH Museum, 1493 Columbia Park Trail, Richland, WA 99352

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FRIDAY‐KEYNOTELUNCHEON

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SenderoAtlantico‐Paci ico(Atlantic‐Paci icTrail):CreatinganinternationaltrailfromseatoseainTierradelFuego,SouthAmericaKen Wilcox began his career as a land use and shoreline planner in the 1980s, before switching gears to planning and designing trails, bikeways and greenways as a consultant to small ci es and rural coun es. Based in Bellingham, he was the lead planner for several thousand miles of urban, rural and wildland trails and bikeways throughout western Washington. Ken is the author of three regional hiking guides to northwest Washington, and has served on the boards of numerous park and wilderness organiza ons, was a co‐founder of the Bellingham branch of the Mountaineers, and served as U.S. co‐chair of the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission established by treaty with Canada. He was awarded a life‐me membership to the Mountaineers for community service and was profiled as one of 40 nota‐

ble alumni from WWU's Huxley College, where he received his B.S. in Environmental Policy. Ken Wilcox brings us an overview of conceptual planning and design for a world‐class, 150+ km trail system across the remote, main island of Tierra del Fuego, including stories from the field, unique rou ng and design challenges, some compelling indigenous and se lement history, a bit on the island's ecotourism model, and a word about the inspira on behind the project. A sustainably designed trail system across the island could connect to other exis ng and planned trails within nearby protected areas, like Argen na’s Corazón de la Isla Reserve and Tierra del Fuego Na onal Park, and in Chile, Karukinka Natural Park and the new Yendegaia Na onal Park abu ng the Beagle Chan‐nel. Whether explored by foot or on horseback, the Sendero Atlan co‐ Pacifico would add greatly to the island's essen al ecotour‐ism economy.

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Friday,October14th‐11:30a.m.‐12:30p.m.CONCURRENT SESSIONS - B

High

Quality

Trails

Trails and Cri cal Areas: The Costs and Benefits of Programma c Permi ng, Mike Foster, Arborist / Ecol-ogist, The Watershed Company; Amber Raynsford, Senior Landscape Architect / GIS Analyst, The Water-shed Company As recrea onal trail projects are conceived, designed, and built throughout Western Washington, an ever‐ghtening set of local Cri cal Area Regula ons can uninten onally prohibit, alter, or delay these projects. Use of

programma c permi ng (a single, long‐term permit covering mul ple projects with pre‐determined condi ons) may offer local governments and trail proponents a solu on. This approach is already in use by some local juris‐dic ons where trail projects intersect with cri cal areas. Case studies will highlight the costs and benefits of non‐programma c versus programma c permi ng pathways for trails in Western Washington.

Manag-

ing in a

New Era

The Latest in Trail Technology – Crowdsourced Data, Open Data and Apps, Ryan Branciforte, CEO, Trail-head Labs, Loren Drummond, Digital Content Manager, Washington Trails Associa on; Scot McQueen, Independent Consultant, McQueen Enterprise Analy cs

Americans are increasingly recognizing the health, quality of life, environmental, and economic benefits that trails and ac ve transporta on offer. As a result now more than ever it’s important to connect people to your trails, improve the planning of new trails and be er understand how visitors use trails. For this session, we’ll ex‐plore what role technology plays in how people engage with trails. How can land managers u lize technology to publish be er informa on to their visitor and also understand who is engaging with their parks and trails? Learn how to reach and understand new audiences, using everything from apps that get people outdoors to crowd‐sourced data. Specifically, we’ll talk about an exci ng new Visitor Analy cs Tool that enable park managers to view data from Strava to be er understand trail visitors and how open standardized trail data can enable be er interac ve maps and mobile applica ons for engaging your visitors.

Making

the Case

Statewide Recrea on and Planning – SCORP, Leslie Connelly, Policy Specialist, WA State Recrea on and Conserva on Office Washington State produces a statewide outdoor recrea on plan every five years to reflect the current needs for recrea on facili es, including all types of trails. The Recrea on and Conserva on Office is gearing up for the next outdoor recrea on plan for publica on in fall 2017. This presenta on will provide an overview of the planning process and how trails fit into the overall plan. Key elements for 2017 will be ac on items that can be accom‐plished in five to ten years. A workshop component will engage par cipants in shaping the content of the plan and ac ons.

Trails

Spotlight

Trails on Trial: Protec ng Public Lands for Public Use, Monica Leers, Capital Planning Manager, King County Parks; Jenny Bailey, Senior Planner, Parametrix In 1998 King County purchased the East Lake Sammamish Trail (ELST) corridor and began planning a regional trail along 11 miles of the former BNSF railroad. The trail is almost complete, but resistance from adjacent private property owners has stalled the project and comple on of the ul mate vision ‐ a 44‐mile regional urban trail ex‐tending from Sea le to the Cascade Foothills. Come hear how King County is making its case in federal court for property rights within the rail banked corridor and how recent legal rulings are reinvigora ng the management of the corridor for public use. This session will also explore how lessons learned on the ELST are informing the planning and management of the Eastside Rail Corridor, a new regional corridor that will connect King County's Eastside and provide new opportuni es for non‐motorized recrea on and transporta on.

Special

Topic

Connec ng Communi es, Partners and Youth along the PNNST, Trevor Knight, Northwest & Alaska Re-gional Program Manager, The Student Conserva on Associa on (SCA); Patrick Stephens, Regional Part-nership Director - West, SCA The SCA will be highligh ng work done in the Summer of 2016 along the Pacific Northwest Trail in Washington. The two projects that will be highlighted are great examples of many partners coming together to create mean‐ingful experiences for youth while accomplishing valuable trail projects. Two crews, each comprised of 2 adult crew leaders and 8 youth, spent 3 weeks building trails, community, a greater apprecia on for the outdoors, and learning what they are really capable of. These projects wouldn’t have been possible without the SCA, US Forest Service, and the Pacific Northwest Trail Associa on all coming together to offer something that the other could‐n’t. Whether that be funding, a work force or project oversight each played a key role in projects that benefi ed the larger trails and recrea on communi es of Washington.

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Friday,October14th‐2:00p.m.‐3:00p.m.CONCURRENT SESSIONS - C

High

Quality

Trails

ADA‐ABA Accessibility for Trails and related Outdoor Developed Areas, Rory Calhoun, Accessibility Specialist, WA State Recrea on and Conserva on Office This presenta on will discuss Trails, Access Routes, Outdoor Recrea on Access Routes (ORAR’s), Shared Use Paths and briefly touch on what Other Power Driven Mobility Devices (OPDMD) are and where or when they might be used. Trailheads and trail camp sites will be examined as well. Learn about the most current applicable guidelines and standards and where to find them. You will hear about why the ADA and the ABA are different, or are they? This will directly benefit the workshop a endees responsible for developing trails which in turn will benefit individuals with disabili es.

Managing

in a New

Era

When Trails Go Viral, Responsible Web and Social Media Prac ces, Loren Drummond, Digital Content Manager, Washington Trails Associa on (WTA); Anna Roth, Hiking Guide Coordinator, WTA; Eric Sheckler, Visit Rainier; Bryan Rivard, Communica on and Community Manager, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance When people want to seek out new trails, more and more o en, they turn to digital media to find them. From trail guides to social media, trip report to blogs, people are connec ng with trails (and other trail users) online. But in an era when Instagram can be the first stop in researching condi ons and a trail can literally go viral, how do you cul vate a welcome, inclusive online culture that pro‐motes responsible use and stewardship? Three different organiza ons talk about their internal ap‐proaches to sharing informa on, pos ng photos and cul va ng a community that cares about pro‐tec ng our wild places.

Making

the Case

Ridgefield – A River Runs Through Here, Lee Kno nerus, Deputy City Manager, City of Ridgefield; Gail Alexander, Founder and Owner, Ridgefield Kayak; Chris Hathaway, Deputy Director, Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership; Sandra Day, Council Member, City of Ridgefield; Chris Lapp, Director, Ridgefield Na onal Wildlife Refuge; Sam Robinson, Vice Chairman, Chinook Indian Council The Vancouver Lake‐Lewis River Water Trail runs through the City of Ridgefield, along the borders of the Ridgefield Na onal Wildlife Refuge and the western and northern boundary of Clark County. This 32+ mile water trail links to the Lower Columbia River Water Trail and to trails on land connec ng to adjacent communi es. In Ridgefield, trails are valued for their contribu on to community mobility, health and economic vitality. Ridgefield has been ac vely promo ng its land and water trails and en‐gaging in partnerships with the Ridgefield NWR, Port of Ridgefield, Clark County and private stake‐holders to facilitate the planning and implementa on of trail connec ons. Examples of connec ons between land and water trails to accommodate a variety of outdoor recrea on opportuni es and de‐signing the appropriate degree of access to a wildlife refuge will be illustrated through con nued efforts along the Lewis River Vancouver Lake Water Trail.

Trails

Spotlight

Kent Valley Loop Trails Master Plan – Making the Case for Trails in Unexpected ways, Brian Leven-hagen, Kent Park Planner; Greg Brower, Principal, Berger Partnership This presenta on is about the Kent Valley Loop Trails Master Plan, and some of the unexpected ways it's been able to make the case for trails. The master plan took a new look at some old trails in the Kent Valley, to see if there were new connec ons to be made‐‐literal connec ons, of course, but also new connec ons to the community. The loops u lize exis ng infrastructure: the Green River and In‐terurban Trails, and the scenic Frager Road, across the river from the Green River Trail. The plan used these exis ng but underu lized trails to create a set of defined experiences‐‐loops ranging from 1.7 miles to 13 miles, and used extensive community outreach to iden fy improvements necessary to in‐crease trail usage. Adopted in 2014, it has had a greater effect than expected. The presenta on tells how this plan is making the case for trails in a variety of ways.

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SCHEDULEATAGLANCESaturday, October 15

7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast and Registration

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Washington State Trails Coalition – Business Meeting Columbia

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS - E Room

High Quality Trails The Next Generation of Trails: An Agency and Community

Partnership Model Columbia

Managing in a New Era Cost of Building Trails McNary/IH

Making the Case Advocating for Trails in the Methow Valley Hanford

Trails Spotlight Whitehorse Regional Trail: Community Connections and Recovery Benton/

Franklin Special Topic Community Connections on the Tursi Trail Vernita


10:30 – 11:30 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS - F Room

High Quality Trails Collaborative Approach to Recreation and Access McNary/IH

Managing in a New Era Spreading the Wealth: How Social Groups can Enhance the Trail

Experience Columbia

Making the Case Trails to History Hanford

Trails Spotlight Bringing Public Trails to Urban Greenbelts Vernita

Special Topic How OpenStreetMap is Being Used for Trails Benton/

Franklin 11:45 – 1:00 p.m. LUNCHEON

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS - G Room

High Quality Trails Predator: Washington’s First Non-Lift Serviced Downhill Mountain

Bike Trail Columbia

Managing in a New Era Creating Unique Partnerships for Growing Recreational Use Benton/

Franklin

Making the Case Creating a Statewide Resource for Advocates Vernita

Trails Spotlight Cascadia Marine Trails Management Plan McNary/IH


2:30 – 3:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS - H Room

High Quality Trails Connecting Communities Through Trail Management Plans-Comox

Valley Parks McNary/IH

Managing in a New Era Coming Together to help improve the Pacific Northwest Trail in the

Salmo-Priest Wilderness Columbia

Making the Case Friends of Badger Mountain-845 Acres Preserved and How We Did It! Benton/

Franklin

Trails Spotlight Water Trail Stories and Lessons from Three Places Vernita

3:45 p.m. CONFERENCE ADJOURNMENT

Sunday, October 16th Field Session: Yakima River Kayak Trip

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SCHEDULEATAGLANCE3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break and Exhibits

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Field Session: Urban Greenbelt Trail Walk

Local history buffs will lead this excursion on Richland’s Urban Green-

belt Trail (UGT), a 3.2-mile city trail that traverses Richland's central

business district, alternating between parks and city streets. Although

the walk is accessible to all to do on their own, Parks and Recreation

volunteers regularly lead local history walks on the trail pointing out

features that recall the city’s World War II history as one of the three

atomic cities of the Manhattan Project.

Meet in Red Lion Hotel

lobby at 2:45 p.m. for

3:00 p.m. departure

3:30 – 4:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS - D Room

High Quality Trails Tracks and Trails – Digital Asset Inventory, Assessment and Complex

Collaboration

Columbia

Managing in a New Era Transit to Trails: Big Potential, Big Challenges McNary/IH

Making the Case Tahoma to Tacoma: Quantifying the Health, Equity, and Economic

Benefits of Trails

Benton/

Franklin

Trails Spotlight Taking Fast Action to save the Longest Rail-Trail in America, John

Wayne Pioneer Trail

Vernita

6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Friday Night Reception – REACH Museum (bus transport provided) Offsite evening of socializing at the Hanford REACH Museum hosted by the Tri-Cities. Activities will

include the first ever Washington Trails Awards in the categories of: Lifetime Service Award; Trail Ser-

vice Award; Youth Advocacy Award and Outstanding Trail Award.

Award presentations will begin at 7:30 p.m.

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Friday,October14th‐3:30p.m.‐4:30p.m.CONCURRENT SESSIONS - D

High

Quality

Trails

Tracks and Trails – Digital Asset Inventory, Assessment and Complex Collabora on, Erin David, Plan-ner, Alta Planning & Design; Kim Voros, Senior Planner/GIS Manager, Alta Planning & Design; M.J. Crandall, I-90 Corridor Manager, Snoqualmie Ranger District, U.S. Forest Service A growing range of web‐based tools can help improve today’s trail management prac ces while re‐ducing the need for paper forms and improving efficiency in task assignment and tracking. These tools can assist with data collec on and project management, effec vely taking a project from iden ‐fica on to implementa on. This presenta on will address the use of two specific tools, including ex‐amples of their recent applica on in Washington and explore the opportuni es of integra on within exis ng management prac ces. Alta Planning + Design will highlight the use of Collector for ArcGIS for trail inventory data collec on and project iden fica on, including recent experience with Mica Peak’s Non‐motorized Transporta on Plan. The US Forest Service will feature the use of SmartSheet, a cloud‐based project management pla orm, to coordinate field opera ons of four Forest Service crews and nearly a dozen partner organiza ons on the Snoqualmie Ranger District.

Managing

in a New

Era

Transit to Trails: Big Poten al, Big Challenges, Moderator: Jon Snyder; Transit expert: Kristen Stall-man, Columbia River Gorge Project Manager, Oregon Department of Transporta on (tenta ve); Pub-lic Lands expert: Sarah Lange, Recrea on Planner, Mt. Baker Snoqualmie Na onal Forest; Ben Hugh-ey, Policy and GIS Coordinator, Mountains to Sound Greenway

To improve trail usage in Washington State two of the biggest issues are access and equity. In many areas access is limited by demand for parking vehicles in overloaded lots and on road shoulders. Ad‐di onally, urban areas have residents cut off from outdoor experiences due to lack of transporta on to public lands. Public transit can offer a solu on to both problems, but not without a cost: transit increases in inefficiency the farther it goes from dense urban areas. Hear about the Snoqualmie Val‐ley Transit service to Ra lesnake Lake and be part of a discussion on how to improve Transit to Trail in the future.

Making the

Case

Tahoma to Tacoma: Quan fying the Health, Equity and Economic Benefits of Trails, Derek Abe, Sen-ior Planner, Alta Planning + Design Trail advocates succeed in communica ng the qualita ve benefits of walking and biking, but o en struggle to demonstrate benefits in a measurable, data‐driven, and non‐polarizing manner. The Puyallup Watershed Ini a ve (PWI) is a 10‐year collec ve impact project aimed at improving the health, equity, and sustainability of people and places from Mount Rainier to Tacoma’s Commence‐ment Bay. PWI focuses on long‐term ac ve transporta on improvements as one of their top priori es to reduce regional health and equity dispari es, but needed an educa onal, compelling, and defensi‐ble way to make the case for regional trail investments to stakeholders, funders, decision makers, and community members. This presenta on will highlight PWI’s Tahoma to Tacoma Trail Network project, for which Alta Planning + Design used an analy cal model to quan fy how ac ve transporta‐on investments can improve the health, equity, and environmental quality of a region. We will dis‐

cuss data inputs and other resources used to support our findings.

Trails

Spotlight

Taking Fast Ac on to save the Longest Rail‐Trail in America, John Wayne Pioneer Trail, Ted Blaszak, Monte Morgan, Fred Wagner, officers of the Tekoa Trail and Trestle Associa on The play by play of the campaign to save the John Wayne Trail and an update of its current status. Par cularly the efforts of the 9th legisla ve district where the legisla ve team is s ll trying to defund the trail. Also how we are connec ng the John Wayne Trail to the trail of the Coeur d'Alene next sum‐mer for riders. For the first me ever people may be able to ride from Montana to Sea le in 2017.

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Saturday,October15th‐9:00a.m.‐10:00a.m.CONCURRENT SESSIONS - E

High

Quality

Trails

The Next Genera on of Trails: An Agency and Community Partnership Model, Sam Jarre , Snoqualmie Recrea on & Natural Areas District Manager & Statewide Trails Specialist, WA State DNR; Butch Lovelace, Project Manager, King County DNR and Parks; Mike Westra, Trails Director, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alli-ance; Yvonne Kraus, Execu ve Director, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance; Nikki Fields, Trails Coordinator, Washington State Parks; Ben Monte Calvo, Trails Coordinator, Mountains to Sound Greenway King County Parks (KC Parks), WA State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Mountains to Sound Greenway, and WA State Parks have pushed boundaries to build the next genera on of trails. Their focus on community partnerships and collabora on has resulted in some WA State's most innova ve new sustainable parks and trails that are drawing na onal and interna onal a en on. Join the panel to learn how KC Parks, WA Parks, Moun‐tains to Sound, and DNR partnered with the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance and other organiza ons to build innova ve new trails; how crea ve trail maintenance agreements have leveraged community funds to reduce agency maintenance costs; and how these new trails are holding up in high‐traffic, near urban loca ons.

Managing

in a New

Era

Cost of Building Trails, Pete Beaupain, Board member, Washington State Trails Coali on The cost to have a contractor build a trail can vary from as li le as $3,000 per mile in gentle, open country up to, literally, millions of dollars per mile in urban loca ons. This talk will discuss the many, many factors involved in construc ng different types of trails in various environments and present examples of the resul ng costs of building those trails. Trail maintenance costs are also discussed.

Making

the Case

Advoca ng for Trails in the Methow Valley, James DeSalvo, Execu ve Director, Methow Trails; Danica Ready, Program Manager, Methow Trails The Methow Valley is an iconic des na on for trail enthusiast from around the region and beyond. The "Valley" boasts North Americas largest Nordic ski trail system, thousands of miles of motorized and non‐motorized recre‐a onal trails in Okanogan county, and is bordered by millions of acres of Wilderness. Many organiza ons, agen‐cies, non‐profits, and businesses spend over a million dollars and thousands of hours annually maintaining these trails, but o en in isola on of one another. Come hear how the trail community in the Methow is advoca ng for trails through the forma on of the Methow Trails Collabora ve and has gained strength with the recently com‐pleted trails economic analysis.

Trails

Spotlight

Whitehorse Regional Trail: Community Connec ons and Recovery, Amy Lucas, Senior Planner, Snohomish County Parks and Recrea on; Annique Benne , Strategic Tourism Coordinator, Snohomish County Devastated by the March 22, 2014 mudslide, communi es along the Whitehorse Regional Trail are struggling to recover from economic damages caused by the closure of SR 530, and from the loss of 43 beloved community members. Opening the trail serves as a healing opportunity for communi es to come together and memorialize the Steelhead Drive neighborhood and to develop Darrington and Arlington into Trail Town des na ons. Large dona ons have been received to re‐deck the rail bridges and to purchase addi onal trailheads, and over $3.7 million in grants have been awarded to rebuild the trail at the mudslide and to re‐surface the trail for accessibil‐ity. Federal, state, tribal and local officials have been par cipa ng in regional roundtables with local organiza‐ons to develop an outdoor tourism based economy highligh ng the cultural and historical importance of the

trail to the region and it’s connec vity to other outdoor recrea on opportuni es in the area.

Special

Topic

Community Connec ons on the Tursi Trail, Arlen Bogaards, Northwest Regional Manager, Washington Trails Assoc; Brian Adams, Director, Skagit County Parks and Recrea on; Randy Kline, Parks Planner, Wash-ington State Parks; Skagit Land Trust, invited but not confirmed The Tursi Trail, named a er John Tursi, an ac ve proponent of conserva on and public lands in the area, pro‐vides a connec on from Decep on Pass State Park to Lake Erie and the Anacortes Community Forest Lands. A er nearly 20 years in concep on, this trail became a reality in 2016. This presenta on will provide a snapshot of the challenges and rewards of planning, designing and building a trail across a variety of landscapes and land owners, working through common misconcep ons and naviga ng the poli cal hurdles. Collabora on of State, County and volunteer organiza ons were paramount in building community and engaging local volunteers to promote acceptance and “buy in”, in turn crea ng long term stewards.

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SCHEDULEATAGLANCEThursday, October 13

5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Welcome Mixer at Red Lion Hotel and Registration

Friday, October 14

7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Registration Opens and Breakfast Buffet

9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks


10:00 – 11:00 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS - A Room

High Quality Trails Whipple Creek Park Restoration – Connecting your Park’s User

Experience Dots

Hanford

Managing in a New Era Northwest Youth Corps – Engaging the Next Generation of Stewards Columbia

Making the Case Washington Trails Association–Celebrating 50 Years of

Protecting Trails Benton/

Franklin

Trails Spotlight A Rare Partnership, Roche Harbor Resort Trails McNary/IH

Special Topic Will Grizzly Bears Impact Recreation in WA State Vernita


11:30 – 12:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS - B Room

High Quality Trails Trails and Critical Areas: The Costs and Benefits of Programmatic

Permitting Vernita

Managing in a New Era The Latest in Trail Technology – Crowdsourced Data, Open Data

and Apps Columbia

Making the Case Statewide Recreation and Planning – SCORP McNary/IH

Trails Spotlight Trails on Trial: Protecting Public Lands for Public Use Benton/

Franklin

Special Topic Connecting Communities, Partners and Youth along the PNNST Hanford

12:45 – 2:00 p.m. LUNCHEON with Keynote Speaker – Ken Wilcox Sendero Atlantico-Pacifico: Creating an International Trail from Sea to Sea in

Tierra del Guego, South America


2:00 – 3:00 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS C Room

High Quality Trails ADA-ABA Accessibility for Trails and Related Outdoor

Developed Areas

Benton/

Franklin

Managing in a New Era When Trails Go Viral, Responsible Web and Social Media Practices Columbia

Making the Case Ridgefield – A River Runs Through Here McNary/IH

Trails Spotlight Kent Valley Loop Trails Master Plan – Making the Case for Trails in

Unexpected Ways Hanford

3:00 p.m. Field Session: Hike, Wine , Dine

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Field Session: Urban Greenbelt Trail Walk

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WelcometotheTri‐Cities

Welcome to the Tri‐Cities, a growing metropolitan area in southeast Washington where 300 sun filled days offer visitors a year round outdoor paradise. Fun in the sun is a way of life in the Tri‐Cities–one reason it ’s among one of the most popular spots for Washington vacations.

Recreation and sports enthusiasts will love everything there is to do in the Tri‐Cities, including hiking, bicy‐

cling, hunting, and soccer, as well as fishing, water‐skiing and paddling on the Columbia, Snake, and Yakima rivers.

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Saturday,October15th‐10:30a.m.‐11:30a.m.CONCURRENT SESSIONS - F

High

Quality

Trails

Collabora ve Approach to Recrea on and Access, Ben Monte Calvo, Trail Coordinator, Greenway Trust The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust and a broad coali on of partners–federal, state, county, and city gov‐ernments, nonprofit recrea on organiza ons, and community members–are working together to prepare for the future of recrea on in the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River Valley. These groups are collabora ng to create – and sustain – a major improvement in recrea onal infrastructure in this low‐eleva on river valley in advance of the comple on of a Federal Highway Administra on paving project that will greatly improve public access into the Middle Fork. Topics include: cross‐jurisdic onal resource management, public‐private partnerships, crea ve solu ons to long‐term maintenance needs, and strategies to fund both new projects and maintenance.

Managing

in a New

Era

Spreading the Wealth: How Social Groups can Enhance the Trail Experience, Steve Ghan, Vice Presi-dent, I-MAC, Jennifer Arce, Meetup Outdoor Adventurers, Terri Stewart, Fun Fit & Over Fi y While guidebooks highlight some of the best trails and techniques, there is a wealth of knowledge in the collec ve experience of various hiking clubs and social networks that can enable newcomers and neo‐phytes to quickly connect with hikers and some of the lesser known trails and routes in Washington. In this session members of three SE Washington clubs will reveal lessons learned in introducing “newbies” to the wilds of Washington, building the popula on of avid hikers and climbers improving their health, connec ng with people, suppor ng the outdoor industry, increasing their understanding of wilderness, and giving back as trail stewards and educators.

Making

the Case

Trails to History, Judy Bentley, independent historian/writer, emeritus faculty, South Sea le College The speaker will describe walks in ten Washington ci es that reveal significant moments in the urban histo‐ry of the state. The walks highlight moments between 1825 and 2000 when Vancouver, Olympia, Walla Walla, Tacoma, Sea le, Evere , Bellingham, Yakima, Spokane and Bellevue flourished. This illustrated talk comes from the author’s book, Walking Washington’s History: Ten Ci es, published by the University of Washington Press in 2016. It will show how historic themes‐‐gold rushes, fur trading, railroad building, la‐bor movements, immigra on, suburbaniza on—can guide a walk through urban downtowns on sidewalks, trails, and waterfronts. The speaker will discuss her criteria for selec ng the ci es and themes, the kinds of historic sites included, and finding walkable routes. This presenta on will make the case for the educa on‐al and social value of trails and will spotlight some urban trails that offer significant learning opportuni es.

Trails

Spotlight

Bringing Public Trails to Urban Greenbelts, Mark Hafs, Principal, Hafs-Epstein Landscape Architecture Although Greenbelts (areas undeveloped because of too‐steep‐to‐build slopes, seasonal flooding, sensi ve habitat, or restricted right‐of‐way) are a prominent part of urban landscapes throughout the Pacific North‐west, many of us have never set foot in one. But with the popula on in the Puget Sound region predicted to increase by over one million by 2040, introducing public trails into our urban greenbelts could be one of the most promising ways to accommodate future recrea on needs. Come learn how Sea le’s culturally‐diverse North Beacon Hill neighborhood, in partnership with the Sea le Parks, is using an ambi ous com‐munity‐based plan ‐ centered on building a public trail ‐ to transform a neglected and crime‐ridden green‐belt into a valuable community asset. Our session will provide an overview of funding strategies, building public/private coali ons, concerns related to trail‐building in cri cal areas, trail‐building techniques (including engineering elevated structures), and restora on of natural habitat in urban forests.

Special

Topic

How OpenStreetMap is Being Used for Trails, Clifford Snow, OpenStreetMaps OpenstreetMap, (OSM), is the Wikipedia of maps. Anyone can register and edit the map. OSM has more than 2.8 million registered users and over 30,000 ac ve contributors each month. In Washington State, contributors have added more than 4K named trails with boundaries of every state and na onal park in Washington can be found in OSM. I’ll present background how OSM got started and how to get involved. We’ll look at a how others are using OSM to improve and protect trails. Trails can be freely and easily add‐ed to you website. I’ll demonstrate how easy it is to add gps traces and trails to OSM.

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS - G

High

Quality Trails

Predator: Washington’s First Non‐Li Serviced Downhill Mountain Bike Trail, Sam Jarre . Snoqualmie Recrea on & Natural Areas District Manager & Statewide Trails Specialist, Washington State Department of Natural Resources; Bryan Connolly, Trail Builder and Crew Lead, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance; Yvonne Kraus, Execu ve Director, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance In November 2016, Washington Department of Natural Resources and the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance opened the State’s first non‐li serviced legal DownHill Mountain Bike Trail: Predator. Recog‐nizing the evolu on of mountain biking as well as increasing diversity in community riding styles and wishes, WA DNR took ini a ve to build the State’s first formal direc onal downhill trail. DNR collabo‐rated with Evergreen on a sustainable design that would cater to downhill riders, increase the diversity of trails at Tiger Mountain, and would hold up to high use and steep condi ons. Opening day a racted hundreds of riders, and the trail has since been featured in media na onwide. Learn what it took to approve, design, budget for, and construct this trail on Tiger Mountain in Issaquah, WA.

Managing in

a New Era

Crea ng Unique Partnerships for Growing Recrea onal Use, Joe Sambataro, Na onal Access Di-rector, Access Fund; Ma Perkins, Board Director/Stewardship Coordinator, Washington Climbers Coali on Climbing, as a mainstream American sport, is growing exponen ally, es mated at 350,000 users in 1994 to 6.8 million today. This benefits local rural economies where climbing exists and brings more diversity to Washington’s great outdoors. This also creates new challenges for land managers and the climbing community to manage their impacts in what was once considered small, dispersed use. Collab‐ora ve partnerships that bring together land managers, na onal experts, and local climbing organiza‐ons can create long‐term sustainable solu ons. Washington Climbers Coali on and the Access Fund

will present the Washington Climbing Conserva on Ini a ve, a new program to assist State Parks, DNR, and Fish and Wildlife with specialized stewardship improvements in the popular climbing areas of In‐dex, Gold Bar, Exit 38, and Tieton Canyon. Join us as we share models of success from around the coun‐try on how to assess, plan, and implement stewardship projects that address recrea onal use off the beaten path.

Making the

Case

Crea ng a Statewide Resource for Advocates, Barb Chamberlain, Chief Strategic Officer, Cascade Bicycle Club (CBC); Brent Tongco, Senior Director of Communica ons, CBC; Kelli Refer, Field Pro-grams Director, CBC Advocates o en get started with lots of passion, then tackle a steep learning curve on everything from planning processes to federal funding to effec ve message framing needed to help make the case for a project. Cascade Bicycle Club is crea ng a statewide resource hub to compile and disseminate knowledge through downloadable informa on, webinars, fact sheets that can be tailored to local con‐text, and more. Come prepared for a hands‐on session to help iden fy priority topics, exis ng sources that can be linked, and what you want to learn (or teach) to enhance the effec veness of advocates across the state so we’re stronger together. Exis ng resources iden fied in the session will be compiled for sharing a er the conference and a endees will receive model fact sheets.

Trails

Spotlight

Cascadia Marine Trails Management Plan, Rob Sendak, Execu ve Director, Washington Water Trails Associa on The Cascadia Marine Trail Corridor Management Plan will enable Washington Water Trails Associa on and its partners to be er guide management decisions that affect environmental conserva on, outdoor recrea on and healthy communi es throughout the Salish Sea for decades to come. Listen to Execu ve Director, Rob Sendak, describe how and why stakeholders along this Na onal Recrea on Trail are lining up to support this effort and learn how the Cascadia Marine Trail is currently being managed through the lens of the Na onal Park Service seven best management prac ces of Na onal Water Trails.

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TABLEOFCONTENTS

Welcome ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 4

Schedule at a Glance ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 5 ‐ 7

Conference Highlights ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 8 ‐ 11 Keynote Luncheon, Friday Recep on, Field Sessions

Program Descrip ons ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 12 ‐ 19 Friday, October 14th

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. ‐ Concurrent Session A ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 12

11:30 a.m. ‐ 12:30 p.m. ‐ Concurrent Session B ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 13

2:00 p.m. ‐ 3:00 p.m. ‐ Concurrent Session C ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 14

3:30 p.m. ‐ 4:30 p.m. ‐ Concurrent Session D ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 15

Saturday, October 14th

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. ‐ Concurrent Session E ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 16

10:30 a.m. ‐ 11:30 a.m. ‐ Concurrent Session F ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 17

1:00 p.m. ‐ 2:00 p.m. ‐ Concurrent Session G ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 18

2:30 p.m. ‐ 3:30 p.m. ‐ Concurrent Session H ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 19

Sponsors/Exhibitors ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ Back Cover

Washington State Trails Coali on

Founded in 1999, the purpose of the Washington State Trails Coali on is to provide an effec ve and interac ve forum

centering on protec ng, promo ng, and enhancing a statewide system of trails. Membership is open to any‐one with a passion for trails, including motorized and non‐motorized outdoor recrea on and transporta on. The pri‐mary focus of WSTC is a biennial statewide trails conference

and an off‐year caucus.

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Red Lion Richland Hanford House hotel is locat‐ed on the banks of the scenic Columbia River. Enjoy easy access from your room to Howard Amon Park, the 23‐mile paved Sacagawea Her‐itage Trail, the Richland Farmer's Market, fabu‐lous restaurants and shopping as well as cham‐pionship golf courses and 20 world‐class winer‐ies and vineyards all over Washington Wine Country.

Please see Schedule at a Glance on

pages 5 ‐ 7 for room assignments for presentations.

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS - H

High

Quality Trails

Connec ng Communi es Through Trail Management Plans – Comox Valley Parks, Doug DeMarzo, Manager of Parks, Comox Valley Regional District, Canada Connec ng to the community through a management plan for a trail network is cri cal to gain sup‐port for a trail system. We will explore the planning process which includes defining the level of public engagement, crea ng the management plan structure and implemen ng unique solu ons to a few common problems faced by trail managers. The management plan structure considers con‐sulta on, background research, visioning, and recommenda ons. Unique solu ons for erosion, ac‐cessibility and fire will also be introduced. The presenta on will primarily draw on experiences from management and planning for trails systems in rural areas or within the urban interface.

Managing in

a New Era

Coming Together to help improve the Pacific Northwest Trail in the Salmo‐Priest Wilderness, Lewis Trout, Director of Trail Opera ons, Pacific Northwest Trail Associa on; Darrell Wallace, Exec-u ve Director, Backcountry Horsemen of Washington; Holly Weiler, Eastern Washington Regional Coordinator, Washington Trails Associa on For the past two years four organiza ons, the US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Trail Associa‐on, Backcountry Horsemen of Washington and Washington Trails Associa on have been working

together to reopen a sec on of the Pacific Northwest Na onal Scenic Trail on the edge of the Salmo Priest Wilderness in the extreme northeast corner of Washington. This is a case study in how in the era of shrinking trail maintenance budgets it can take many players coming together for a common goal to leverage available resources to accomplish the goal of reopening a trail. Each group plays a specific role in the effort bringing the strengths of their organiza ons to bear on the problem. This project is ongoing which also highlights that many of these types of efforts take a sustained and long term commitment by all those involved. The effort on this project has also led to a coopera ve response to other projects in the Salmo‐Priest Wilderness. The presenta on will also highlight both the Pacific Northwest Na onal Scenic Trail and the Salmo‐Priest Wilderness, a trail and a wilderness not as well‐known as they should be in Washington.

Making the

Case

Badger Mountain – 845 Acres Preserved and How we Did It!, Sharon Grant, Co-founder and Board Member, Friends of Badger Mountain Badger Mountain Preserve is a very successful Tri‐Ci es land preserva on and trail project ini ated in 2003 by Friends of Badger Mountain, a non‐profit volunteer organiza on. Sharon Grant, FoBM co‐founder, will entertain with stories of how the organiza on started, how it raised the money to buy land, its partnership with Benton County as owner of the land, its ongoing role building and maintaining four trails, and efforts to create addi onal vistas and preserves in its long term vision of a Ridge to Ridge Trail. FoBM’s newest success is the acquisi on of 196 acres of Candy Moun‐tain, the ridge to the west of Badger. The next major step is securing easements across Red Moun‐tain, where FoBM ini ated “Hike Wine Dines” to introduce Red Mt wineries to the value of linking trails to wine tas ng.

Trails

Spotlight

Water Trail Stories and Lessons from Three Places, Stephanie Stroud, Na onal Park Service, Lau-ren Sandri, Na onal Park Service, Sue Abbo , Na onal Park Service Come learn about three water trail planning efforts from across the Pacific Northwest including the Nisqually River Water Trail, Sky to Sound Water Trail, and the Paye e Basin River Water Trail Sys‐tem. These trails offer whitewater and flat water opportuni es alike as well as opportuni es for people to picnic and hike near the river. The focus of the presenta on will be on sound planning prac ces, engaging stakeholders and communi es, sharing safety and interpre ve messages, and using story maps to make the trail plans come alive, connect communi es and promote local re‐sources.

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