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2024 Fall Non-Motorized Trails Summit Invite

(From Daniel Waugh , Idaho Horse Council)

Hello,

I want to officially invite you to the 2024 Fall Non-Motorized Trails Summit on Nov 6th at 2pm. The summit will be held at the main conference room at IDPR at 5657 Warm Springs Ave Boise, Id 83716. Additionally, the Idaho Horse Council will hold a zoom meeting for those unable to attend in person. 

The Director of IDPR would like to discuss our draft legislation with all of us. Additionally I know I have spoken to many of you about possible presentations for your organizations. If you have something you would like to present, get with me and I will add you to the agenda. I will send the agenda as soon as it is finalized. I believe this is a great venue to share projects or ideas and collaborate with each other. 

I apologize for the date change in advance, but it is increasingly difficult to schedule around so many organizations and peoples schedules, however many of us felt it necessary for certain entities to be able to attend in person and discuss this with us. 

If you cannot attend we will record this and share the link to watch after the event.

Idaho Horse Council Administrator is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: 2023 Fall Non-Motorized Trails Summit
Time: Nov 6, 2023 02:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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USFS Southern Region Proposal for Increases in Camping and Trail Use Fees Link to USFS Web site.)

Proposal for Increases in Trail Use Fees. Ability to make comments has been closed, but you can still read about proposal. (Site Link)

Here is a brief recap of the proposal and how it will affect areas throughout:

  • A $10 fee would be good for three consecutive days. You would also be able to purchase a $60 annual forest-wide pass or an $80 “America the Beautiful” pass, which covers all federal recreation fee areas across the country, including national forests in the other states.
  • The fee would apply to locations with developed amenities like toilets, picnic tables, parking, fishing access and trash collection.
  • Money would be deposited into steel tubes similar to those already in place. 
  • It is estimated the program would raise an additional $1 million per year. 95% of the fees paid would remain with the forest and be used to maintain the sites and facilities and could be leveraged into grants to improve trailheads and surrounding areas, according to a Forest Supervisor. 

There are concerns.

These concerns include:

  • Selecting only certain sites to be fee-based could potentially push users to non-fee sites that could intensify use in the areas accessed by those sites where avalanche danger is greater and there are fewer parking spaces.
  • Where does enforcement start and end in places where roadside parking acts as overflow. Will more roadside parking be the result?
  • Will snow removal costs be used from the generated funds?  
  • Has a sno-park permit system been considered such as those in California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington?
  • How do we ensure “America the Beautiful” pass fees support local sites?
  • Passes are for single vehicles; how do multiple car households manage a single pass?
  • Will the fees collected allow the USFS to permit shuttle companies to drop off and pick up people to help reduce congestion and parking conflicts in the canyons? 
  • The LCC EIS outcome remains uncertain and tolling is a component of either preferred alternative; how does tolling affect the fee proposal? Will the USFS be the beneficiary of some portion of those funds? Will users be charged twice?
  • Will there be more toilets at trailheads, or out in the popular drainages?
  • We would like to see at least a partial – ideally a full – summary or proposal of where the local FS Ranger District will target spending these new funds.  

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