Statewide Trails Conference, PLAN NOW, April 5th - 8th

[sevenslats]

Here's the email I got on it.

Message: 1
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:46:27 -0900
From: Jack & Rosemary Mosby <jrmosby@alaskalife.net>
Subject: Trail Conference April 5-8 in Fairbanks

An updated agenda for the April 5-8 Trails Conference in Fairbanks; info on
the keynote speaker Troy Duffin from Park City, UT; and a conference
registration flyer are being posted to our web site at:
http://www.alaska-trails.org The Alaska Recreation and Park Association
(ARPA) is handling registration for the conferences.

Full conference registration is $140 for Alaska Trails and ARPA members
before March 6 ($200 after that date). Daily rates are $100 (or $125 after
March 6) for members. Student rates are half the above costs. Non member
rates are $175 and $250 for the full conference. Any agenda updates will be
posted to our web site.

Our Keynote speaker Troy Duffin (How Real Estate Developers Can Realize
Ecomonic Benefits by Treating Trails as Assets on Thu Noon Feb 6) is also
giving presentations in Anchorage on Monday Feb 3 at noon to the Chamber of
Commerce, a 7PM evening public presentation at the Loussac Library, and is
meeting with trail interests in Homer on Tuesday Feb 4 before coming to
Fairbanks that evening.

I hope you can join us in Anchorage, Homer, or Fairbanks to share your trail
experiences and knowledge at one or more of the sessions above and/or below
in Fairbanks that include:

* Best Management Practices for Trails (+$30 pre-conference all day Wed
session)

* Train-the-Trainer for Trail Construction and Maintenance for Volunteers
(+$40 post-conference Fri afternoon and all day Sat sessions)

* Trail Economics

* Successful Trail Policies & Politics from the MatSu Borough
(Trail Bonds and Easement Reservations). Find out how they have
reserved over 2,015 miles of trail within the Borough.

* Homer's Kachemak Green

* Funding Sources for Trail Education, Construction, and Advocacy

* Universal Trail Assessment Program Overview

* Mini-mechanized Equipment for Trails

* Trail Easement Reservation Process and Policies

* TreadLightly Principles

* Nonprofit Board Training

* Recreation and Land Management Plans

* Trail Equipment & Vender Displays

Thanks to the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service's
Rivers and Trails Program for providing support to the conference.

Be safe on your trails this spring and watch out for avalanche conditions.

Jack Mosby
Alaska Trails
PO Box 140264
Anchorage, AK 99514-0264
907-333-4442
jrmosby@alaskalife.net
http://www.alaska-trails.org