Saving the Backcountry Trails
April 2, 2016 Agenda & Acknowledgements
Kern Sierra Frazier Town Hall Forum
OUR FUTURE ACCESS and TRAVEL on OUR lANDS
Frazier Park Library
FRAZIER PARK CA
April 2, 2016 Saturday
Time 1.01-3:03pm Forum and 3:03-4:44pm Social
AGENDA / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS – Informational Only
Introductions from BCH Kern Sierra President Scott Rogers
The Mountain Enterprise – Local newspaper
BCHA National Influences
Sespe Steve – Event coordinator
Patty Montoya & Pat Mumford – Behind the Sceen
John McDonald: Film Documentary on Mode of Travel and Access
History – Observations of The Wild
-John Sears-3mules.com
-Film viewing and the wilderness travel
Lynn Joiner / Tammy Bozarth: BCHA National Overview and Local Education
Wilderness Challenges
-Mechanical Threats
-IMBA now understands designations
-Successful BCHC efforts
-Clean camping-No trace
Programs via USFS/BCHC
-Certifications on cross cut
-Training on chain saw
Front vs. Back Country
-Our Trails/money spent
-Funding Future access
-RTP 3.6 mil vs. 450 mil
-Maps missing trails
Steve Cozzetto: Local Equestrian Mountaineer and Property Use Advocate
-Local trails / Improved Access
-Faulty sciences condemning Use / Camps / Access
-Parking Areas / Designated Use
-Future Camps for Future Generations
-Trail count- OLD is more and NEW maps are less numbers
-Symbiotic Sespe working efforts with USFS/Agencies