Trail EAffect Episode 50 Vernon Huffman – Access 4 Bikes Marin County
This episode first aired on December 20th, 2021 on Mountain Bike Radio
Topics Covered:
No Bikes Signs, and how No Bikes Signs motivated Vernon learn more about these signs
Vernon’s background and how he landed in Marin County
Prohibition and how it relates to Mountain Biking
The Paradigm Trail in Marin County
Trail Wars
Vernon’s professional career / background, and how that helps him provide scientific background for trail...
Trail EAffect Episode 50 Vernon Huffman – Access 4 Bikes Marin County
This episode first aired on December 20th, 2021 on Mountain Bike Radio
Topics Covered:
- No Bikes Signs, and how No Bikes Signs motivated Vernon learn more about these signs
- Vernon’s background and how he landed in Marin County
- Prohibition and how it relates to Mountain Biking
- The Paradigm Trail in Marin County
- Trail Wars
- Vernon’s professional career / background, and how that helps him provide scientific background for trails and mountain biking
- Access 4 Bikes, why it was created and how it started as a political organization vs a nonprofit
- The difference between a 527 political organization and 501c3 Nonprofit organization
- The need to depoliticize some for the work for Access 4 Bikes, and created the Access 4 Bikes Foundation (501c3) – Basically copying what the Sierra Club has done with creating dual status
- Camp Tamarancho, Marin Council of Boy Scouts of America – and how this partnership was formed.
- Access 4 Bikes and Lessons Learned and Tools for gaining additional access for Mountain Biking
- Key Point – Mountain Bikers need to be present at every meeting where mountain biking and access for mountain biking is being discussed
- Access 4 Bikes Tool Kit
- The need for surveys to see what is really happening on trails and with trail use
- Road and Trail Management Plan – Marin County Parks / Marin County Open Spaces
- Directional Use Trails
- Famous Failures
- California Mountain Biking Coalition
- Places that Vernon has visited / likes to visit for Mountain Biking
- Closing Comments
Links:
Access 4 Bikes: https://access4bikes.com/
Freehub Magazine -Beyond Dedication: https://freehubmag.com/features/vernon-huffman
Camp Tamarancho Marin County: https://www.boyscouts-marin.org/tamarancho-biking/4023
Access 4 Bikes – The Facts: https://access4bikes.com/the-facts
Trail Use Conflict Study by California State Parks: http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/980/files/app_c_trailuseconflictstudy_chginuse_draft.pdf
Road and Trail Management Plan Marin County Parks:
https://www.parks.marincounty.org/-/media/files/sites/marin-county-parks/projects-and-plans/road-and-trail-management/system-designation-all/rtmp_final_120614.pdf?la=en
California Mountain Biking Coalition: https://camtb.org/
Support for Trail EAffect Comes from Smith’s Bike Shop in La Crosse, WI https://smithsbikes.com/
This show has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services, for more information go to:
Evolution Trail Services: www.evotrails.com
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