MOTHER LODE TRAILS
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Donations
  • Volunteer
  • Links
    • Law Enforcement Emergency
    • Federal, State, County Districts Parks & Trails
    • Running Clubs
    • Equestrian Clubs
    • Mt. Bike Clubs
    • Hiking Clubs
    • Trail Advocacy Organizations
    • Phone Numbers State & Federal Parks, Trails & Lands
    • Lost & Found on the Trails
    • Where to Eat on the Trails
  • News
  • Alerts

$1 million donation from Santa Cruz Bicycles and another donor for 38 miles of trails in San Vicente Redwoods

4/15/2016

 
Picture
Dirt Mountain Bike, quoted, "The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports that the money will go towards 38 miles of multi-use trails that have been in development since 2013. The trails will be open to hikers, dogs, horses and mountain bikes, but the mountain bikes will be segregated to avoid any potential trail conflicts.

​"SANTA CRUZ -  Plans for trails in a protected redwood forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains got a big boost from donations.
Santa Cruz Bicycles, a local high-end mountain bike manufacturer, recently donated $500,000 to build 38 miles of multi-use trails with the goal of getting people out to the San Vicente Redwoods, a swath of protected land previously owned by Cemex located between Davenport and Bonny Doon. An anonymous donor also matched the gift, which went to the nonprofits that have managed the land since 2011.

And since 2013, they’ve been working on a public access plan, which involved about 100 meetings with the community at large and small groups, agencies and neighborhoods. “What we’re really trying to do here is provide a great opportunity for people to get outside and connect with nature in a way that’s sensitive to the environment and has the highest standards for sustainability,” said Bryan Largay, the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County’s conservation director, who’s spearheading the public access plan. He said the trails will be open to hikers and their dogs, horseback riders and mountain bikers hopefully by 2018. To avoid conflict in the forest, there will be separate trails for bikers and horses. 

The plan also includes trails that lead to vista points and a “skyline-to-the-sea”-like trail that would connect to the adjacent Coast Dairies property, which the Bureau of Land Management says it plans to open to the public. And because a major community concern was wildfires, camping or other nighttime activities won’t be allowed in the San Vicente Redwoods. In addition, the trail plan steers clear of sensitive streams and places where mountain lions are known to den.

“We were careful to leave big chunks of the property open,” Largay said. The Land Trust is currently campaigning to raise $20 million for various projects such as the public access trails, including a wildlife tunnel under Highway 17 and a trail alongside the countywide railroad that hugs the coast. About $7 million of that money is intended for trails at the San Vicente Redwoods, Watsonville Slough Farm and Glenwood Open Space Preserve in Scotts Valley. Largay said the nonprofit has already raised about $3.5 million, which is half of the goal.

To see the original article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper, CLICK HERE.


Comments are closed.

    Trail News

    Visit this page for all of the latest Trail News that affects our area.

    Archives

    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Home
Contact
 Mother Lode Trails is YOUR local non-profit trail information and resource website. Here you can find
up-to-the minute information on trail alerts, links and trail news for Placer, Nevada, El Dorado, Yuba and
Sacramento counties. Mother Lode Trails is trademarked.