posted Aug 28, 2019
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Hannah Traverse with The Corps Network
Why trail managers often engage Conservation Corps on maintenance projects, and why you might see more Corps on our trails.
categories: Design and Building, Trail Construction
posted Aug 14, 2019
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Taylor Goodrich with American Trails
Let’s face it. Motorized, equestrian, biking, and hiking users do not always get along. When conflicts inevitably arise, what do we do, and how can we avoid it in the first place?
categories: Design and Building, Best Practices, Multi-use Trails
posted Jul 8, 2019
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Michael Osborne with Five Rivers MetroParks
The challenges of balancing ecological protection, physical management and social demands on natural surface hiking, equestrian, mountain biking and multi-use trails can be overwhelming. However, it IS possible to meet these challenges by designing sustainable trails that are created to last into the next century.
posted Jun 20, 2019
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Matt Ainsley with Eco-Counter, Inc.
Until recently, user count data was collected manually through an annual volunteer effort. In 2017, however, a program in Pennsylvania took their count program to the next level by rolling out 17 automated Eco-Counters in all four corners of the state.
categories: Design and Building, Best Practices, Tools & Tool Use
posted Jan 1, 2018
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Mike Passo with American Trails
The thing that excites me is when I go out and I see people using our trails and I see families on the trails, you know? It pleases me and excites me that I’m beginning to, once again, see moms and dads and kids on trails, not just the mountain bikers.
categories: Design and Building
Interpretive sign celebrating the explorers and fur traders who travelled along what is now the Platte River Greenway, Denver, CO; Dec 2010
Interpretive sign celebrating the explorers and fur traders who travelled along what is now the Platte River Greenway, Denver, CO; Dec 2010
Interpretive sign celebrating the explorers and fur traders who travelled along what is now the Platte River Greenway, Denver, CO; Dec 2010
Horses, bikes, and walkers all use the crusher fines Highline Canal Trail near Denver, CO.
Horses, bikes, and walkers all use the crusher fines Highline Canal Trail near Denver, CO.
Horses, bikes, and walkers all use the crusher fines Highline Canal Trail near Denver, CO.
