During this webinar, we will describe the ways in which most conflicts can be avoided before they ever start. The presentation will focus on motorized and non-motorized trail use conflicts, but the principles can be applied to any type of trail conflict.
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January 28, 2016
10:30 AM to 10:30 AM (Pacific Time) {more time zones}
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Conflict has come into focus in the trail world during the past few years. New and different ideas have been tried, but the best resolution for conflicts is a tried and true method. During this webinar, we will describe the ways in which most conflicts can be avoided before they ever start. The presentation will focus on motorized and non-motorized trail use conflicts, but the principles can be applied to any type of trail conflict.
Key Learning Points—Why Resolve Conflict When You Can Prevent It?:
1. Conflict 101
2. The Essentials of Preventing Conflict
3. Lewis and Clark National Forest
4. Lessons learned
Karen Umphress, Owner, UP! Outside
Jordan, MN
Karen Umphress has been active on trails her entire life, starting with hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, and canoeing with her family. She then added Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) recreation. For close to a decade, she was the IT and Project Manager for the NOHVCC. She and her husband have been the Government Relations Officers for the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) District 23 (also known as the Amateur Riders Motorcycle Association) since 1999. Karen is a founding member of a local dirt bike club, the Twin Cities Trail Riders, and serves on 2 MN state motorized recreation coalitions, the Minnesota Motorized Trail Coalition and the Coalition for Recreational Trail Users. Karen is an Advisor for American Trails board after having been a member of the Board of Directors for over 10 years. She is also the Minnesota State Chapter Coordinator and a Congresswoman for the American Motorcyclist Association. Karen Umphress is a Certified Professional Project Manager (CPPM). She created UP! Outside (UP) in October of 2017.
Russ Ehnes, Executive Director, National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council (NOHVCC)
Russ Ehnes is the Executive Director of the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council (NOHVCC). He has lived in Great Falls, Montana his entire life. He began riding motorcycles with his family when he was five. He has enjoyed trail riding as well as competitively racing motorcycles until the mid-eighties. Since then, Russ has turned his attention to off-road advocacy, dual-sport riding and trail riding with his wife, two children, parents, and friends. He is the current Past-President of the Montana Trail Vehicle Riders Association (MTVRA) and is President of the Great Falls Trail Bike Riders Association (GFTBRA). Russ is the current Chairman of the Montana OHV Grant Advisory Committee. Russ has been an active participant in several US Forest Service Travel Planning and Forest Plan Revision processes in Montana and is currently a member of the Federal Advisory Committee for the Forest Service Planning Rule.
Mark Himmel, Past Chair, Back Country Horsemen of Montana
Mark Himmel began riding horses in his youth. Through his teenage years he also rode motorcycles. After he married his wife Sandy and moved to Great Falls, Montana, they bought horses and began riding together in 1991. Mark’s two children, who are now adults, also ride horses. Mark joined the C.M Russell Back Country Horsemen in Great Falls, Montana in 1997 and served as a Director, Vice President, and President. After four years as President of the local organization, Mark served as Treasurer, Vice Chair, and Chairman of the Back Country Horsemen of Montana. Mark is currently serving as Past Chair of Back Country Horsemen of Montana and is eager to serve on the national level as well.
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