Trail Planning Technology: A Digital Toolbox

Learn how to use a variety of mobile and desktop based technologies to assess, plan, and design trails across the country.

Presented by:

• Jon Altschuld, Founder and Principal, Chinook Landscape Architecture, LLC
• Tony Boone, COO, Timberline TrailCraft

Webinar Outline

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will learn about Leave No Trace as an organization and what benefits a community partnership can provide.
• Participants will learn what steps the City of Colorado Springs took to become the first municipality in the nation to attain Leave No Trace Gold Standard Site designation for multiple properties in its park system.

• Participants will learn strategies taken by soft enforcement park staff to promote positive behavior changes by trail users.

• Participants will learn strategies to enhance park signage in order to gain compliance.

This webinar qualifies as a Health, Safety, and Welfare (HSW) course (via LA CES).

 

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Presenter

Gillian Rossi, Recreation & Cultural Services Department, City of Colorado Springs Parks
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Gillian is a Senior Park Ranger with the City of Colorado Springs’ Trails, Open Space & Parks (TOPS) program and currently serving as the Colorado State Advocate for Leave No Trace. Gillian developed a passion for Leave No Trace while working as a park interpreter for Arkansas State Parks and pursued a Master of Environmental Management degree at Western Colorado University in order to gain additional tools to promote environmental stewardship through the lens of integrative and public land management. Her mission is to help create a culture of stewardship throughout land management agencies and the outdoor recreation industry.