From California State Parks:
Browns Ravine Trail Change In Use Project
https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=27913
*Project Approved with Conditions*
Gold Fields District Superintendent Barry Smith approved the Change-in-Use Project for the Browns Ravine Trail, adding bikes as an allowed use on this 11-mile segment of trail along the South Fork Arm of Folsom Lake.
The Project followed the Department’s Change-in-Use process in reaching this decision, and a Notice of Determination was filed on June 21, 2022, with the State Clearinghouse under the Programmatic EIR for the Road and Trail Change-in-Use Process.
*The Brown’s Ravine Trail Change-in-Use has been approved with conditions and will not be open to bicycles until the high-priority design and management modifications identified in the change-in-use evaluation are implemented.*
Once these modifications are complete there will be official notification that the trail will be open to bicycles. See next steps below.
*Public Comment and Responses*
The District sought and received extensive public input on the project. Approximately 150 people attended the virtual public meeting on January 12, 2022 and State Parks received more than 750 individual comments before and after the meeting. State Parks staff have read and considered all public comment submitted and prepared a summary of public comments with master responses ( https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/1324/files/Browns%20Ravine%20CIU%20Master%20Responses%206-14-22_REMEDIATED.pdf ).
*Next Steps*
The trail will not be open to bike use immediately. The next steps in the project will include completing the trail design and management modifications identified in the Change-in-Use evaluation, which will occur over the next couple of years. For the trail modifications, this will involve completion of NEPA review of the proposed modifications by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, obtaining required permits, developing project construction work logs, developing a project work schedule, and implementing the trail modification work.
Management modifications include developing new trail safety and etiquette signage, implementing State Parks trail patrols and public outreach events, and volunteer trail patrol and education programs.
The Project Schedule is posted at the bottom of the Browns Ravine Trail Change-in-Use webpage.
( https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=27913 )
California State Parks
P.O. Box 942896
Sacramento , CA 94296-0001
Browns Ravine Trail Change In Use Project
https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=27913
*Project Approved with Conditions*
Gold Fields District Superintendent Barry Smith approved the Change-in-Use Project for the Browns Ravine Trail, adding bikes as an allowed use on this 11-mile segment of trail along the South Fork Arm of Folsom Lake.
The Project followed the Department’s Change-in-Use process in reaching this decision, and a Notice of Determination was filed on June 21, 2022, with the State Clearinghouse under the Programmatic EIR for the Road and Trail Change-in-Use Process.
*The Brown’s Ravine Trail Change-in-Use has been approved with conditions and will not be open to bicycles until the high-priority design and management modifications identified in the change-in-use evaluation are implemented.*
Once these modifications are complete there will be official notification that the trail will be open to bicycles. See next steps below.
*Public Comment and Responses*
The District sought and received extensive public input on the project. Approximately 150 people attended the virtual public meeting on January 12, 2022 and State Parks received more than 750 individual comments before and after the meeting. State Parks staff have read and considered all public comment submitted and prepared a summary of public comments with master responses ( https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/1324/files/Browns%20Ravine%20CIU%20Master%20Responses%206-14-22_REMEDIATED.pdf ).
*Next Steps*
The trail will not be open to bike use immediately. The next steps in the project will include completing the trail design and management modifications identified in the Change-in-Use evaluation, which will occur over the next couple of years. For the trail modifications, this will involve completion of NEPA review of the proposed modifications by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, obtaining required permits, developing project construction work logs, developing a project work schedule, and implementing the trail modification work.
Management modifications include developing new trail safety and etiquette signage, implementing State Parks trail patrols and public outreach events, and volunteer trail patrol and education programs.
The Project Schedule is posted at the bottom of the Browns Ravine Trail Change-in-Use webpage.
( https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=27913 )
California State Parks
P.O. Box 942896
Sacramento , CA 94296-0001
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