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Brief History of the Group’s activities
1990 Individual trail clearing and work –
friendship formed into Equestrian Women of the Toll Road (EWOT’s)
2001 Invited by Lake County Director of
Public Works Bob Lossius to meeting requesting public input on trail system
at Highland Springs (county project which sought funding via grant
applications)
2002
Researched with veteran Lake
County trail-blazers Ann
and Wayne Dunnebeck to locate 50+ year old trails system; begin to flag and
recover old trails.
2004
EWOT’s were presented by the Lake County Board of Supervisors
with the Lake County Volunteer of the Year for trash pick up along Toll Road
2006
Meetings with Lake County
Flood Control Deputy Director Pam Francis to continue the county’s trail
plan. Began compiling research on safe multi-use trails
2007 Lake County’s
Dept of Flood Control became the Dept of Water Resources (LCWR). Group (then known as HS Equestrians)
participated in routine monthly meetings with Water Resources Deputy Director
Pam Francis. Per Pam Francis, the
funding that had been sought via grant applications was not obtained, therefore
work towards the proposed Highland Springs trail system would continue to rely
upon volunteer labor and donations.
Group’s 2007 activities included:
- Continued work on old Dunnebeck
trails.
- Utilizing equipment issued to them from
the County, GPS’d most established and recovered trails at HSRA.
- Data from GPS was downloaded by County.
- Created a power point program
highlighting trailwork and development at HSRA for fundraising purposes.
- BLM SWECO Trailcat was loaned to LCWR
for 2 days in February – assisted operator in identifying trailwork needed.
- Reported off-road offenders, illegal
campers with fire rings, illegal hunting, vandalism, illegal dump, and found
marijuana growing supplies (ongoing)
- Installed step-over near Disc Golf
course
- Installed step-over at gate on Toll
- Posted self-made temporary signs on
trails “Please Do Not Ride Wet Trails” (ongoing, at Dept of Water Resources request)
- Sprayed County-provided Round-Up on
poison oak encroached trails - multiple trails – approx.10 miles of trail
(ongoing)
2008 Full-scale organized public workparties began, with intensified personal
volunteer work.
2009 Group’s 2009 activities included:
- When County lost the original downloaded
data, group re-GPS’d all established and recovered trails at HSRA. Data
downloaded to County (again).
- Ongoing Botanical Survey. Protected rare
and endangered lily (Fritillaria Purdy) on county-created Lake Trail
- Posted (at "Y" dam parking lot and at the gate entering horse staging area in HS park) and handed out flyers requesting
public input on multi-use trail systems
- To create business case for another loan
of BLM SWECO Trailcat, group created detailed report on specific trail work to
be done by the BLM SWECO Trailcat in 2009; including Google maps, potentially
wet areas, ephemeral streams.
- BLM SWECO Trailcat was loaned to LCWR
for 3 days in May 2009, and HSTV again coordinated that effort and assisted
operator.
2010 Group’s 2010 activities included:
- More public trailwork days, more poison
oak eradication, more community presentations and nature hikes and tours
(ongoing)
- Assisted Hooves and Wheels Driving Club in making a business case to improve the recovered trail network through the gun range area and assisted with trail development.
- Working with property owners and Lake County
surveyors to locate property monuments to further trail system
- Reorganized into Highland Springs Trails Volunteers
Public Trail Work Days
coordinated by HSTV:
2007: November 3
2008: February 9, March 15, April 19, November 15,
December 3
2009: February 9, April 18, October 31, December 12
2010: January 30, March 20, April 24, May 15, Sept
18, Oct 30, November 13
Total = 957 Volunteer Work Hours on Work Days (not including below additional hours)
Trail Work and Happy Hour at Highlands:
Beginning in June 2010, we initiated
Trail Work and Happy Hour at Highlands. Every Wednesday
evening, through the summer, we had anywhere from 3-6 people volunteer for 2-3
hours of work, followed by snacks and drinks and jocularity. Trail Work + Happy Hour dates:
June 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30
July 7, 14, 21, 28
August 4, 11, 18, 25
September 1, 8 = 319 additional Public Work Hours
during summer 2010
TOTAL Volunteer Hours: 1276
Going to the
Community - Presentations Made for
Purpose of Education and/or Fundraising:
2007
- Kiwanis – Power Point
2007
- Back Country Horsemen – Power Point
2007
- Clear Lake Horsemen – Power point
2007
– Lake County chapter of Sierra Club
2008
- Lake County Dressage Society
2009-10-30
Sunrise Rotary
2010-01 Lake County Trails Symposium
2010-04 Hooves and Wheels Society
Bringing the Community
to Highland Springs – HSTV events and projects:
2010-02
Sierra
Club Hike
2010-06
Sierra
Club Hike
2010-05-16
Wildflower / Native Plant Hike
2010-06-13
Hosted the Lake County
Historical Society at the Highland Springs Equestrian Camp for special lecture by Dr.
Neal Woods “Memories of Highland Springs Resort”
2010-07 Sierra Club Hike
2010-10
Sierra Club Hike
ONGOING: Highland Springs Trail Map (under revision)
ONGOING: Planning/Building new Kiosk at Dam Staging
Area (installation pending)
Partnering with the
Community:
HSTV
leaders have attended all meetings of the
Konocti Regional Trails.
HSTV
leaders have attended all meetings of Friends
of Mt. Konocti
HSTV
leaders attend meetings and trail work days for Friends of Boggs (FOB)
HSTV leaders initiated
formation of the Lake County Horse
Council, served as members of the LCHC
Ad Hoc Steering Committee, attended all meetings, wrote articles for the
LCHC journal, and made Highland Springs presentations at LCHC public
meetings.
HSTV
leaders and members serve on LCHC Trails
Advisory Committee;
Kim
Riley elected Secretary for LCHC Trails
Advisory Committee.
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