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FYI for those who may
be interested - Jeanne
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 2:56 PM
Subject: Great Potential News for Trail Riders
As a result of the involvement of Pat Dallam and I in
the
Truckee-Donner Land Trust, Karl Knapp of the State
Park Service has solicited
our input for planning
trails and potentially a horse camp in
Coldstream
Canyon south of Donner Lake.
I went over there today
with Perry Norris, director of
the Land Trust, and drove the Coldstream
and
Schallenberger RIdge to get an idea of what it was
like. Donner
State Park is not now open to
equestrians, but the Ranger RIck Silver gave me
the
gate code and permission to ride in there. Taking a
small group
of equestrians in tomorrow to do some
checking on horseback. There were
innumerable
potential flat camp sites. Some of the streams
are
ephemeral, so the big negotiation could be to get a
location near
water or be able to put in a well. But
it is a fantastic
area!!!
It will potentially access the 23 mile Donner Lake Rim
Trail
(scheduled for completion in next few years),
and definitely accesses the
PCT, and Tahoe Rim Trails
for miles of superb riding.
John Euer is in
the process of selling off hugh chunks
of the Euer Valley so dont know how
long we will have
access to this fine old horse camp site.
Tahoe-Donner
is taking a vote of its property owners shortly to try
to get
approval to buy 240 acres which that want to
make into a golf course.
There is a small free, but
dry and little shaded horse camp at Davies Creek
out
beyond Stampede REservoir. There are two fabulous
horse Camps at
Skillman and Jackson Meadows, both
about 40 miles away. We will likely
need this horse
camp in Truckee in the future.
As you know, the State
is broke. So any horse camp
building would need to be donated by
equestrians. If
anyone can assist sometime in the future and would
be
willing to come up prior to help site the camp, and
determine needs,
please let me know your availabilty
and interest in helping to provide
funding/in kind
service etc. I can provide free lodging to
volunteers
thru a network of friends with places up here for
those coming
from long distances to assist.
This is not going to happen right away as
the State
needs to complete its planning for the area. However,
we
want to have a team of folks at the ready to assist
Karl in any way needed to
assure that this happens.
Please let me know your interest and
willingness to
help make this dream a reality.
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Adda Quinn
3027 St. James Rd.
Belmont CA 94002
650-592-0722 phone
650-802-8654
fax but computer must be on, call first
envirohorse@xxxxxxxxx
Adda
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