A Trail Talks presentation
Trail Talk handout
by Chris Gensic, Parks and Trails Planner, City of Charlottesville Parks & Recreation
Long term effort to plant native flowering understory plants that will naturalize over time along each side of trails to add color and texture and pollinator habitat along trails.
Chris Gensic serves as a Parks and Trails Planner for the City of Charlottesville. His primary role is to coordinate the design and construction of a network of bicycle and ADA accessible trails to connect City parks, schools, and other destinations. He is also the primary planner for the department, dealing with updating park master plans and developing the larger park network according to the desires of the public and City Council.
Chris is also involved in urban forestry and wildlife planning, invasive species management, parkland acquisition, volunteer coordination, safe routes to schools, grant writing and grant project management. Chris has also worked as a regional planner at the Thomas Jefferson Planning District and as an environmental policy specialist at the Pentagon in Washington. He has served as the president of Bike/Walk Virginia, a state advocacy group, and locally as president of the Belmont-Carlton Neighborhood Association.
He has lived in Charlottesville since attending the University of Virginia in 1991 to obtain a Bachelor of Environmental Science and Master of Urban and Environmental Planning.
Wilderness Stewardship Plan Handbook
posted Mar 27, 2024
The purpose of the Wilderness Stewardship Plan Handbook 2014 is to provide direction for creating wilderness stewardship plans, driven by the concept of preserving wilderness character. The Handbook focuses on how to incorporate wilderness policy and wilderness character into a wilderness stewardship plan and also offers a general overview of planning and compliance to be useful for those with and without a professional background in planning.
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posted Mar 27, 2024
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National Park Service − Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program
posted Mar 3, 2023
This publication is designed to inform the reader about the services provided by the National Park Service – Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program.
National Wildlife Refuge System Land Protection Project
posted Jul 29, 2020
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, along with our partners, is charting a course for the future of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
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