Greetings NWFJCC members. Please read below regarding adopting a trail. We are going to ask to adopt the Hood Raiser trail. This will take commitment from a significant number of active members. I think this is an excellent way to promote our club and what we believe in when it comes to responsible 4-wheeling AND preserve a chunck of the Brown's Camp OHV park.
I need a serious list of people who are interested in helping out. If you cannot commit fully, then that is fine. Members who cannot fully commit can also help out with maintenance work parties.
Thank you in advance for your help. Please join the NWFJCC and its forum for more information at:
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INTRODUCTION
The Adopt a Trail Program is a voluntary agreement between an organization or an individual (the sponsor) and the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF). The adoption of a trail or other recreation facility by a given sponsor requires that they provide the maintenance needed to sustain recreational use by the public throughout the operating season. ODF provides the necessary training, supplies, and equipment when possible, to help facilitate maintenance work. The local ODF district will work with the sponsor to set up the adoption and to establish the agreement that will guide the maintenance activity.
Any organization or individual may be eligible to Adopt-A-Trail. Some trails may need only a few people to provide the necessary maintenance while others may need a large group to maintain the trail to ODF standards. Longer and more involved trails will require that an organization or individual demonstrate the ability to maintain the adopted trail to established standards. Either way a high degree of commitment is required to plan, coordinate, and accomplish the needed maintenance work.
Sponsors will provide the labor to help maintain trails, staging areas, trailheads, or boat ramps. The level of required maintenance will vary with each trail or facility. For example, the type of trail maintenance that may be needed might include, but not be limited to:
Removing brush, logs, and downed trees
Trail sign maintenance or replacement
Culvert installation
Culvert and waterbar maintenance
Slide removal
Filling ruts
Hardening trail tread with rock or concrete block
Bridge repair
PURPOSE AND NEED
Recreation use on State Forestland is increasing and the Oregon Department of Forestry needs and appreciates help to continue to maintain trails and facilities to established standards. Organizations and individuals are willing to help and it is to everyones advantage to develop long term partnerships between ODF and trail use clubs and individuals and to capitalize on the interest, energy, and expertise of recreation users. Everyone involved stands to benefit from the program.
Trail users benefit because trails are maintained and remain open.
Sponsors gain respect from other trail users and the work they do promotes responsible use of the forest, the trails, and instills a sense of pride and ownership for volunteers.
More people get involved helping to maintain recreation trails and facilities on State Forestland.
ODF benefits from the energy and expertise of volunteers and is able to stretch limited resources to accomplish more work.
The forest or natural resources benefit from properly maintained trails and facilities.
PROGRAM GOALS
The Oregon Department of Forestry is actively developing and maintaining trails and recreation facilities on State Forestland. With the additional recreation facilities, the expansion of the trail system, and the continued increases in recreation use it has become desirable and necessary to rely on volunteers to help augment ODF staff and financial resources in order to provide and maintain trails and facilities to established standards. Developing partnerships with local organizations and individuals through the Adopt a Trail Program will help use our collective resources to benefit the forest and the recreation users.
The goals of the program are to:
1. Develop working relationships/partnerships with organizations, businesses, and individuals.
2. Create a spirit of cooperation between different user groups and the Oregon Department of Forestry.
3. Increase access to development and maintenance resources.
4. Maintain trails and recreation facilities on state forest land to high standard.
5. Allow the continued enjoyment of the trails, staging areas, and boat ramps on State Forestland.
6. Promote responsible use of the forest, the trails, and recreation facilities and instill a sense of pride and ownership for volunteers.
I. STEPS TO ADOPTING A TRAIL
Any organization or individual may become an Adopt-A-Trail sponsor. It is easy
1. Identify a trail, boat ramp, staging area, that you or your organization is interested in adopting. If you need some suggestions or if you have questions about a specific trail or facility, contact the local ODF District Recreation Coordinator.
2. Contact the District Recreation Coordinator to discuss your proposal and to set up a meeting to more specifically review your adoption proposal.
3. Meet with ODF staff to review the trail or facility proposed for adoption and to set up the maintenance plan.
4. Complete your adopt a trail operating plan that provides the direction for maintenance activity
5. Work with ODF to develop the Agreement for sponsored volunteer services, which specifically sets forth conditions of service, dates, and the responsibilities of ODF and the Sponsor.
6. Go to Work!
II. ADOPT-A-TRAIL TERMS & CONDITIONS
The maintenance plan and Agreement will discuss project specific details agreed upon by the Sponsor and the Oregon Department of Forestry. Following are the general conditions that define what the Sponsor and the Oregon Department of Forestry agrees to commit to when they enter into an agreement.
The Sponsor agrees to:
Commit to _______ work trips per season as specified in the maintenance plan.
Notify ODF Staff of their work plans at least two days prior to the start of any project work activity.
Keep a current roster of volunteers on file with the Oregon Department of Forestry.
Provide ODF with a trail report within five days of the work party that identifies trail section worked on work accomplished, project status, number of participants involved, and total hours volunteered.
Ensure that all participants read, sign, and return to ODF a State of Oregon Conditions of Voluntary Service form prior to participating in any work party projects.
Provide necessary supervision and leadership for the group on workdays.
Emphasize safety and work safely.
Ensure maintenance work and improvements are intended to meet ODF standards.
The Oregon Department of Forestry agrees to:
1. Provide such materials, equipment, and facilities as are available and needed to perform and accomplish the work described above.
2. Provide an initial field visit with Sponsor to review trail being adopted, review trail standards, and answer questions.
3. Coordinate project work requiring Oregon Department of Forestry approval, provide safety and technical specifications for the work to be accomplished, and periodically monitor the work being accomplished..
4. Provide sign recognizing the Sponsor organization as having adopted the particular trail identified in section 5.
It is mutually understood that:
1. The sponsor does not expect reimbursement for incidental expenses, except in cases where reimbursements plan has been developed and agreed to by the Sponsor and ODF.
2. The Sponsor will provide transportation to and from the work site.
3. Any improvements constructed under the agreement will become the property of the Oregon Department of Forestry.
4. The Oregon Department of Forestry reserves the right to initiate work projects with other interested parties on any trail covered under the Adopt-A-Trail Program. ODF will inform and work with the Sponsor on any special project.
5. Management of the trail or recreation facility covered under an Adopt-A-Trail agreement, including closing dates and seasonal closures, if necessary, will remain the responsibility of ODF.
6. Either party can cancel the Adopt-A-Trail agreement with written notice.
III. TRAIL MAINTENANCE PLAN
To help more clearly define the work that is to be accomplished under a given Adopt-A-Program Agreement, ODF Staff and the Sponsor will work together to develop a maintenance plan. This will require a site visit to review the trail or facility to define maintenance and upgrade needs. The maintenance plan should include:
1. A list of maintenance and upgrade needs
2. A description of the type of maintenance work to be performed
3. A description of special projects needed to improve the trail
4. A list of proposed work projects
5. A list of special tool or equipment needs
6. Projected work dates
7. Sponsor contact person
*The maintenance plan developed will become part of the agreement
(use the attached maintenance plan form).
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