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COPMOBA-RAT Regional Trail Plan

COPMOBA Who We Are 30+ year, 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization ➢ Dedicated to advocating for, building, and ➢ maintaining singletrack trail in western Colorado Chapters in the Grand Valley, Delta, Montrose, ➢ Ridgway, & Nucla-Naturita. Create & maintain long-distance routes ➢ (Kokopelli, Tabeguache, Paradox Trails) Create & maintain local trail networks (RAT ➢ trails) – many funded by CPW grants Inclusive approach, cooperating with various ➢ user groups and agencies

CPW GRANT Colorado Parks and Wildlife Non-Motorized Trail PROCESS Grant 2 years in the making! ➢ Multi-agency meetings with CPW, USFS, BLM ➢ to gather input Decision to develop a regional trail plan for ➢ Ouray County Discuss trail needs and resource concerns ➢ Applied for a CPW grant – October 2019 ➢ Presented to CPW in Denver – January 2020 ➢ Awarded the grant – March 2020 ➢

PARTNERS Match funding $5,000 cash match ➢ COPMOBA, local businesses, Town of ➢ Ridgway $8,500 in-kind match ➢ USFS, BLM, Sweet & Sustainable ➢ Singletrack, Blue Door GIS

PROJECT Complete a Regional Trail Plan OVERVIEW Assessment of potential, non-motorized, ➢ singletrack, multiple-use trail opportunities in Ouray County & surrounding area 2 stakeholder meetings (CPW, USFS, BLM, ➢ & others) 2 public meetings ➢ Online input ➢ Conceptual trail plan ➢

Contents REGIONAL Maps of conceptual trail locations (20-50 TRAIL PLAN ➢ miles) Potential location of new trails ➢ Maintenance needs ➢ Improvements or reroutes ➢ Description of the area ➢ Known resource issues ➢ Trail design features ➢ Recommended mitigation measures to ➢ address wildlife & other resource concerns Implementation plan ➢ Maintenance plan ➢

IRONTON PARK / RED MOUNTAIN PASS AREA

DALLAS TRAIL

STEELEY MOUNTAIN AREA / CIMMARON RIDGE

REGIONAL TRAIL SYSTEMS – RIDGWAY TO MONTROSE & RIDGWAY TO TELLURIDE

IMPLEMENTATION & MAINTENANCE Stakeholders & Public Meetings ➢ PLAN Potential seasonal closures ➢ Education ➢ Interpretive signs ➢ COPMOBA Agreements with USFS & BLM ➢ Volunteers ➢ Youth Corps ➢ Future Grants ➢

NEPA Following completion of Trail Plan – submit ➢ to USFS, BLM, CPW Managing agency will complete NEPA ➢

NEXT STEP – Public Meeting to Discuss Trail ➢ PUBLIC MEETING Opportunities and Resource Concerns Date & Location TBD ➢ Online Surveys ➢

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