Northern California Trail Council (NCTC) Points
Submitted to the Recreation Committee by Cynthia LeDoux, July 3, 2008
There were several important points which should have been included:
1. Rd. 500 and 600 should be included as a main staging areas/trailheads.
2. Trailhead/Access from Mitchell Creek Rd./ JSDF 511 near Shoreline Arena should be (re)created and opened to equestrains, hikers, and bikers. Develop parking area.
3. Maps should have GPS coordinates(NAD 83/ Waypoints) trailheads should have waypoint markers, and website should have both. This way clear, concise reports can be made to CDF/JSDF, user groups can program their GPS, and use can be assesed and monitored to priotize maintenance activities.
4. Teaming with the other equestrain non-profit user groups such as the Northern California Trail Council (NCTC) and Shoreline Riders, Inc. (SRI) and the cycle club for trail improvements, patrol purposes, and funding of new water supply facilities such as the partnership happening between JSDF (Horvat) and NCTC (LeDoux) for the new water tank near Indian Springs.
5. JDFS should be one part of the larger Mendocino County Trails System with developed linkages with State Parks’ including Jug Handle, Big River, the Woodlands and cooperating private landowners. Keeping a larger vision in mind when considering trail development and/or decommission.
6. The historic and recorded Little Lake-Sherwood Trail should be repaired and maintained as it connects Willits to Mendocino through Parks, JDSF, and County Roads.
7. Investigate the development of easements w/ Campbell, MRC, and The Conservation Fund to maintain existing trails such as the JDSF 330- CMT 1000 (?), TCF to Big River State Park, etc… Lastly, defining trailhead vs. stageing area is really important as the groups appear to have interchanged the two words. These are some of the big points that I can think of off the top of my head. I will give this more thought between now and the 11th.
Cynthia LeDoux
Northern California Trail Council, president
Shoreline Riders, Inc, secretary
1 response so far ↓
1 tina brooks // Apr 14, 2009 at 5:17 pm
I recently tried to ride on the trail known as the sherwood-little lake trail. (in the direction of East to west) When we reached the railraod crossing and started to go across the noyo river bridge we were stopped by a private land owner by the name of Dan. He stated that a trail no longer exists and that the end of county road is the beginning of his property for which he doesnot give permission to cross. He was pleasant enough but clear that he has had problems with some local vendor tresspassing on his property and keep the gates locked for that reason Further He stated that the entire trail would have similar gates that are locked. The trailguide was very well written and pretty easy to follow so I know that we were on the correct road. (old company road). I would appreciate any information about the accuracy of his claim that the private road that we were on is no longer part of the trail between ridge and coon areas. As well as the gates being locked. How can these trails be accessed without disturbing others rights to private roads etc.