Trail training, workshops, and conferences on trail building, planning, management, land protection, organization development, leadership, tools, GIS data, parks, bike/ped facilities, nonmotorized transportation, funding, and stewardship.
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Wentworth, NC
September 26, 2018Participants will learn how to maintain sustainable trails. The session will cover vegetation trimming, deberming and maintaining outslope, constructing knicks and rolling grade dips, and other typical trail maintenance requirements. Students will gain field experience maintaining existing trails on the Rockingham Community College campus.
Wentworth, NC
September 27, 2018Participants will learn about advanced trail maintenance techniques. The session will cover trail tread narrowing and rehabilitation, armoring, checkdams, and trail closure and reclamation. Students will also review vegetation trimming, deberming and maintaining outslope, constructing knicks and rolling grade dips, and other typical trail maintenance requirements.
Parshall, Colorado
September 28, 2018A turnpike is an elevated trail tread structure used to carry trails through wet or sensitive areas. Trainees will participate in and learn the steps behind building a proper turnpike.
Crede, Colorado
September 29 - September 30, 2018Learn the value and basic practice of ecological restoration and how to motivate and lead others in restoration tasks. This exciting two-day workshop will cover the fundamentals of crew leadership and ecological restoration including basic planting, seeding and erosion control techniques. Participants will be expected to complete a 4-5 hour online course delivered through Colorado Mountain College covering leadership techniques, tool and crew safety before attending the weekend workshop.
Wentworth, NC
October 09 - October 11, 2018During this advanced trail training session, participants will gain an introduction into basic rockwork for trails. Students will learn how to move rock efficiently and use various methods to build stone steps. Please contact Tim Johnson, Director of Duke Energy TRAILS at Rockingham Community College for more details.
Center for Commerce, 401 Adams Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama in the 7th Floor Auditorium
October 18, 2018Everyone interested in competing for Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant assistance during this funding cycle is encouraged to attend. Registration will begin at 8:00 a.m. The workshop will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end by 12 noon.
Center for Commerce, 401 Adams Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama in the 7th Floor Auditorium
October 18, 2018Everyone interested in competing for Recreational Trails Program (RTP) grant assistance during this funding cycle is encouraged to attend. Registration will begin at 12:30 p.m. The workshop will begin at 1:00 p.m. and end by 5:00 p.m.
Wentworth, North Carolina
October 23 - October 25, 2018Participants will learn how to take a critical look at trails to assess condition, maintenance, and safety. The session will also cover potential permitting requirements and trail contracting for natural surface sustainable trail projects. Students will discuss how trail condition, maintenance, and safety can affect the "trail experience", and they will also learn and discuss how the interpretation of assessment results may vary depending on user group and trail difficulty. Participants will complete desktop trail reviews, assess existing trails and proposed reroutes on the Rockingham Community College campus, discuss permits, and create contracts based on assessment results.
Wentworth, North Carolina
November 05 - November 08, 2018Participants will learn the five essential elements of sustainable trails and how to incorporate them into trail layout and construction. This session will guide participants from desktop trail planning to design and layout, corridor flagging, and pin flagging of a trail alignment in the field. Students will gain field experience constructing new trail, reroutes, and maintaining existing trails on the Rockingham Community College campus.
Wentworth, North Carolina
November 13, 2018Participants will learn about the characteristics of sustainable and traditional trails and the five essential elements of sustainable trails. Students will also learn and discuss how the interpretation of assessment results may vary depending on user group and trail difficulty. The session will cover user and natural impacts and include desktop trail review and field assessment. Participants will gain field experience assessing existing trails and proposed reroutes on the Rockingham Community College campus.
Wentworth, NC
November 14, 2018Participants will learn about potential permitting requirements and trail contracting for natural surface sustainable trail projects. The session will cover environmental regulatory agencies and contacts. Students will be provided with examples of trail contracts and create one of their own based on findings from a trail assessment.
Wentworth, North Carolina
December 11 - December 12, 2018Participants will build on skills and knowledge they gained in the sustainable trail assessment class. Students will focus on critical assessment of a trail system in the area. The session will cover creating a trail assessment document to present findings and proposed recommendations.Students will gather the necessary information through field work to write a trail assessment document. **Interested participants should have a thorough understanding of sustainable trails and trail assessment experience before taking this class - prerequisite required.
