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Important Questionnaire - Print it, Fill it out! Send it in!
The Illinois Greenways and Trails Council has invited a representative from Illinois Trail Riders and other trail advocacy and trail user groups to spend 15-20 minutes presenting themselves. Each group must identify three critical issues (challenges or opportunities) facing their constituencies in Illinois and offer suggestions to address those issues. Your answers to the questionnaire will guide us in our presentation.
The organization presentations will constitute the morning’s part of the Summit. In the afternoon, attendees will partici-pate in facilitated break-out sessions to review issues and solutions and set overall priorities. The Summit will conclude with a summary of the day’s work listing top priorities by each breakout group. After the Summit, a report will be generated for distribution to attendees, local agencies, Legislators and more. The issues and solutions from each organization will be included, along with information on how each organization and its members can be a resource to agencies and others in Illinois.
The “Share the Trail” part of the questionnaire is for input to an upcoming brochure. In the February Newsletter (Page 7) we explained how the League of Illinois Bicyclists (LIB) would be spearheading a brochure for distribution and a mini-poster for display at trail kiosks around the state. LIB, in conjunction with other trail user groups, is drafting a brochure. The brochure will have tips on sharing the trail to enhance the trail experience for all users and minimize conflicts.
We are asking for your assistance in giving your input on what should be included in the brochure. Specifically, what information would you like to convey to your constituency about sharing trails? And, what should other trail users know about sharing the trail with your constituency to improve the experience for everyone involved?
Please click here to get a copy of the survey.
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Illinois Trail riders is a non-profit trails advocacy organization dedicated to helping horse people keep existing equestrian trails and camping facilities in Illinois. ITR is also committed to encouraging the development of new trails and facilities statewide. In all cases, ITR works with planners, managers and legislators on behalf of trails advocacy throughout the state of Illinois. Illinois Trail Riders has established good communications with planners at the federal, state, and local levels to assure that the recreational needs of riders are met.
Horse owners and trail riders must be represented in the planning process when new trails are planned or recreational opportunities are considered. Illinois Trail Riders is the connection between individual riders and organizations throughout the state. ITR offers expertise and information on a wide are variety of trail planning, building, and maintenance issues to local and regional groups.
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Do Horses Spread Non-Native Plants on Trails?
by: Stith T. Gower, PhD
February 11 2007 Article # 8846
Can plant and weed seeds contained in horse manure, hooves, and hay cause nonnative plant species (plants that were introduced to that ecosystem but do not grow there naturally) to spread along trails and into parks and forests? This is an ecological question that often arises. Stith T. Gower, PhD, of the Department of Forest Ecology and Management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has determined that while there are seeds from weed and non-native plant species in horse manure and hay, the plants that result don't survive or spread on trails. Therefore, horses do not appear to be a major source for the introduction of nonnative species.
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