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Trail Design Specialists

Mike Riter and Trail Design Specialists offer design, construction, maintenance and crew leader courses ranging from one day to one week (have continued to train the crews for IMBA's Trail Care Crew program). These courses are being accepted worldwide as the new standard for producing high quality trails that require minimum amounts of maintenance and yet provide users with the experiences they expect.

The Trail Master course is a 4 day certification that delves extensively into the latest techniques for trail design and layout, construction and maintenance on natural surface trails. The last day is focused on crew leader training with safety and efficiency being highlighted. Mike Riter has taught this course extensively for 10 years and has completed many trainings for the USDAFS, NPS, BLM, and a host of state and county agencies.

2008 Training Schedule:

*Trails Training / Job Names*	*2008 Time line*
WI state training / 2.5days	April 14-16
WI state trail crew training / Wyalusing State Park, WI	April 17-20
Trail Machine training at Kickapoo Valley Reserve, WI	April 24-25
WI Horse Council Trail Master Course / Wyalusing state park, WI	April 30th - May 3rd
American Edurance Ride Conference Trail Master course / Ft Stanton NM (Must be AERC member or land manager)	May 8 - 11
Trail Master Course at Leesburg VA (unconfirmed)	May 29- June 1st
Trail Master course in Cherokee County, GA	June 17-20 or Aug 26-29
American Edurance Ride Conference TM course / Dupont state park, NC (Must be AERC member or land manager)	July 16-19
American Edurance Ride Conference TM course Glenville State College, Glenville, WV (Must be AERC member or land manager)	Aug 7-10
NC Horse Council TM course Location -TBD (Somewhere in Western NC)	Sept. 24-27
Trail Machine Training for Greenways Conf. Richmond, VA	Oct. 3-4
Indiana Trail Riders Assn. Trail Master course Brown Co. State Park, IN	Oct. 16-19
NC Horse Council Trail Master course II location -TBD (somewhere in Eastern NC)	Nov. 13-16
American Edurance Ride Conference Trail Master course / Croom State Park, FL (Must be AERC member or land manager)	Dec. 11-14
Kemo Trail Corps Trail Master course / Kennesaw Mtn., GA	unscheduled
National Park Service Trail Master Course Chattahoochee Natl. Rec. Area, GA	unscheduled

For more information:

Trail Design Specialists, LLC
2745 Trotters Walk Tr SW, Snellville, GA 30078
(678)410-8021
Mike@traildesign.com
WWW.traildesign.com

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Updated April 4, 2008