{"id":573,"date":"2010-06-03T12:59:51","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T19:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/?p=573"},"modified":"2010-06-03T12:59:51","modified_gmt":"2010-06-03T19:59:51","slug":"more-unauthorized-trails-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/2010\/06\/03\/more-unauthorized-trails-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"More Unauthorized Trails “Closed”"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Mark Langton<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"<\/a>More trails, this time in Point Mugu State Park<\/a>, have been deemed unauthorized and marked with signs and fencing designating them as closed (View our\u00a0earlier article on Malibu Creek State Park<\/a>). One trail, known as “Art’s Trail<\/a>,” connects Sage Trail and Sin Nombre, paralleling the paved road that leads to Wood Canyon. Two other shorter trails connect to the paved road farther to the west. Here is the narrative and explanation given for these actions from \u00a0Dennis Dolinar,\u00a0District Maintenance Chief, Angeles District, California State Parks:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Last weekend, I participated in a project with a group of local boy scouts from Newbury Park to erect a combination of both fences and barriers on the four entry points to a set of unauthorized trails that lie in the backcountry of Point Mugu SP. I had become aware of these specific\u00a0trails a couple of months ago while working with others on a new official\u00a0trail map\u00a0for the park. After discussions with our both our Senior Environmental Scientist, Suzanne Goode, and our District Archeologist, Barbara Tejada, I decided to take the steps necessary to close this set of trails until such time as they can be fully evaluated in terms of both user safety and possible resource damage.<\/em><\/p>\n

The trails in question are totally unofficial and, as such, they probably go by various names in the hiking, biking and equestrian communities. A private website known as Ventura County Trails <\/a>uses the following names to describe the trails in question. The main segment that travels roughly parallel to Ranch Center Road from Sin\u00a0Nombre Trail to Sage Trail\u00a0is been labeled by them as being\u00a0“Art’s Trail”. In addition, there’s two short connector trails that go up to the paved road that have been given the names “Kubler” and “Clark”. It appears quite possible to me that these routes started out as little more than game trails that skirted the large, fragile meadow but, with repeated use by those park visitors who somehow knew that they existed ( they do not appear on any official state park maps ), they have become more obvious over time. Attached you will find a location map of the closed trails.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>At this point in time, the trail entrances have been closed by use of simple barriers and fences but there are no immediate plans to destroy the trails themselves. The hope is that we can stop and\/or minimize the use of this set of\u00a0trails until such time as staff can evaluate the park resources that are potentially effected by these types of\u00a0visitor use. Many of the people I spoke with out on the trail last weekend were disappointed but seemed to understand the need for us to manage this issue.<\/em><\/p>\n

As time and work priorities allow, I will get back to you and your organization again as to our progress on this ongoing project.<\/em><\/p>\n

While the above explanation is not wholly acceptable, it is within their purview to undertake these actions. What is most frustrating about the above comments is that State Parks is expending resources on projects that lack more comprehensive internal, peer, and constituent review and input. CORBA is monitoring this situation closely and will have more information as we obtain it.<\/p>\n

(photos courtesy Dennis Dolinar)<\/p>\n

Also, see the June 16th update on this story<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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