review of Vision for DH in TSF with managers July 6, 2009 (5:30 pm) (General) Last month, Oregon Department of Forestry managers met to decide whether to proceed on concept fo...
Tillamook Trail Patrol meeting July 8, 2009 (7:00 pm) (Other Bike Related Event) Date: Every Second Wednesday
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: 801 Gales Creek Road, Forest ...
Volunteer Trail Builders concept for DH trails on Larch Mountain (Tillamook State Forest). Click image for larger view (also see Message Board thread below for other views).
W.T.F. volunteer trail builders will be talking thru this with ODF on Monday. Getting a real timeline for when we could begin digging will be top of the list of issues to get real answers about. More than several years of dialog has happened already between volunteer builders and ODF recreation managers, and good amount of time has been spent on educating about what we want and why it makes sense. We're past the milestone where ODF managers have bought in to the concept - we're no longer talking about "what we want and why", we're now talking about "when" and "how". This is still in planning phase, but taking time to collaborate with the land manager is now expected to have payoffs (just like pushing up that mountain - it's now time to _really_ get the race face on... and commit to the line - visualize it, do what needs done, and put this thing on the ground!)
"I cannot say much more until we meet with ODF and outline what the next steps are. Forgive me for I will continue being pessimistic, We have had favorable news (from ODF) in the past which turned out to be false alarms. Will keep fighting, admist the good news, until we have that first build day...
The next step is having Ryan K, Wayne N, Joe R, and I meet with ODF staff and understand the final process we have to go through to start flagging trail."
- Ryan McLane, president W.T.F.
More info will come after Monday - after builders meet with land managers to present. This is a process, and while good progress is being made - there's still nothing to get over excited about. Planning is planning. Our understanding is that this will go into required period of time when opened up to "public input" - prior to it being "shovel ready"... No timeline yet.
Hey all, just 6 days away until the best CONSUMER demo day on the West Coast (DARE we say in the US maybe even Canada).There will be now NINE yes 9 manufactures at Black Rock July 5th for Demo Day 2009.
