Start Date
07/16/2020
End Date
07/16/2022
Description
The California Trails and Greenways webinar series is offered in coordination with California State Parks and the California Trails Conference Foundation, with content selected from the California Trails and Greenways 2020 program.
The webinar series is offered FREE to the trails community THANKS TO the generous support of:
East Bay Regional Park District
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
E.T. Techtonics
CALA (Callander Associates)
AECOM
Ascent Environmental
United States Forest Service (USFS)
California Mountain Biking Coalition (CAMTB)
Student Conservation Association (SCA)
California Trails and Greenways Foundation
Kurt Loheit
About this webinar:
A discussion about how the growing mountain bike community can increase opportunities for volunteerism and improve all trail users’ enjoyment and safety. Learn how local, regional, and national mountain biking organizations work together for the benefit of all; how land managers and other user groups can leverage partnerships to reduce trail maintenance backlogs and increase education of trail users resulting in improved use experience; and to help ensure recreational trail opportunities are meeting growing and changing user demands.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Development Trends
Parks & Recreation
Health, Safety and Welfare
No
Hours
1.50
Learning Outcomes
- Land managers to understand the growth in mountain biking, and the volunteer opportunities the expanding mountain bike community provides.
- To learn how mountain bike advocacy has grown from grassroots local organizations 30+ years ago, to now having regional and national - For other user groups to learn how partnering with the mountain bike community benefits all trail users and the environment.
- To learn how the mountain biking community is growing stewardship and civic engagement through youth involvement (Teen Trail Corps)
Instructors
Steve Messer, CORBA; Jake Bayless, REMBA; Austin McInerny, NICA; Susie Murphy, San Diego Mountain Biking Association; Brooke Wallasch, NICA Teen Trail Corps
Course Codes
Provider
American Trails