I want to thank Clark Collins for the great Email list to OHV interested parties. I am sending the current Draft Agenda as of 2/8 am...and I would like to invite all of you to attend. The Symposium Planning Committee has worked very hard to have a diverse agenda. If you are interested in Registering, please Email: Skye Ridley at AmTrails@aol.com for more information.

(as of 2/8/96  AM)
(from Kay Lloyd, Symposium Agenda Chair
American Trails Exec. Board Member)
(  DRAFT  )
NATIONAL TRAILS SYMPOSIUM
Bethesda, Maryland
March 7-13, 1996
THURSDAY & FRIDAY,  MARCH 7 & 8
"Building Common Ground"(Kashyap Choksi, National 4-H Center, Chevy Chase, MD)
FRIDAY, MARCH 8
9:00am - 6:00pm  American Trails Board Meeting, Holiday Inn, Bethesda, MD
(Skye Ridley, American Trails Executive Director)
9:00am - 5:00pm  State Trails Coordinators: Workshop on National
Recreational Trails Program  (John Fegan, FHWA; Christopher Douwes, FHWA;
Stuart Macdonald, Chair, National Recreational Trails Advisory Committee)
(present the CRT Vision Document - Dean Tice, NRPA)
1:00pm - 6:00pm  Partnership for the National Trails System (40 people)
(Gary Werner, Partnerships)
SATURDAY, MARCH 9
8:00am - 6:00pm  Pre-Symposium Seminars
Assessing the Accessibility of Trails (Session 1)  (Peter Axelson, Patti
Longmuir & Wayne Wright of Beneficial Designs)
9:30am - 4:00pm
Global Positioning Systems and Trails Workshop (Jim Schmid, SC State Trails
Coordinator and Trimble Navigation Staff )
8:00am - 6:00pm  Pre-Symposium Meetings:
The Partnership for the National Trails System (40 people) (Gary Werner,
Partnerships)
Noon - 5:00pm  Field trips with workshop options in case of bad weather
6:30pm - 8:30pm  Symposium Opening Reception @ ____???______ (Cash Bar)
Release of "America's Trails 1995" by NPS & AHS
SUNDAY,  MARCH 10
8:30am - 8:45am  Opening  Session: WELCOME (Bob Walker, Chair, American Trails)
8:45am - 10:00am  Plenary:  Congress & the Trails Movement
8:45-9:15am
(SPEAKER #1  -  Senator John Warner, Chair of Senate Transportation and
Infrastructure Committee )
Suggested Topic:   trails issues germane to the jurisdiction of his
committee:  What has ISTEA done for trails in America; trails and
Enhancements; monies available in Surface Transportation and CMAQ Programs
for Trails; what the Senator sees happening with trails during ISTEA
reauthorization, including NRTFA; and what is the Senator's priority for
trails over the next few years.
9:15-9:45am
(SPEAKER #2  -  Congressman Ralph Regula, Member of the House
Appropriations Committee, Chair of Interior Appropriations Subcommittee
(this committee and its sub have appropriations jurisdiction over most of
the federal trails programs outside of ISTEA)
Suggested Topic:  Federal Trails Appropriations - trails issues germane to
the jurisdiction of his committee: The National Trails System Act; the
federal role in building Long Distance Trails; trails of federal lands and
funding for same; the future of the Land and Water Conservation Fund; the
RTCA program; what the Congressman sees as the future federal role in
trails; and what is the Congressman's priority for trails over the next few
years.
9:45-10am Questions & Answers
10:00am - 10:30am  BREAK
10:30am - Noon  Breakout Sessions:
Design Track:  Global Positioning Systems and Trails Overview  (Jim Schmid,
SC State Trails Coordinator and Trimble Navigation Staff)
Funding Track:  Strategies for Mobilizing the Corporate Community (Mark
Ackelson, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation and David Lillard, American
Hiking Society; Trent Clark, Montsano Corp.)
Advocacy Education Track:  Congressional Scorecard: How Trails Fit into
Legislative Issues (Moderator: Gary Werner, Partnerships. Betsy Loyless,
LCV; Dan Weiss, Sierra Club; Glen Sugameli, National Wildlife Federation;
Bruce Cuthbertson, Press Sec. for Rep. Kasich, Chair, House Budget
Committee)
Promotional/Economics Track:  How to Get On-line with Email and Access the
World Wide Web (Peter Moe, Bicycle Federation of America)
Management Track:  How Contractors Can Help Trails (Roger Bell, Bellfree
Contractors; Western Trail Builders Assoc.)
Noon - 12:30pm  Change clothes for field trips
12:30pm - 5:00pm  Box Lunch/Field Trips (with workshop options in case of
bad weather)
(Session 2)   A continuation of Assessing the Accessibility of Trails
(Peter Axelson, Patti Longmuir & Wayne Wright of Beneficial Designs)
Evening on your own.
MONDAY, MARCH 11
7:00am - 8:30am  Breakfast Buffet
8:30am - 9:15am  Speaker:   "The NRTFA as a Catalyst for Community
Partnerships"  (Senator Dirk Kempthorne, Member of Senate Environment and
Public Works Committee, Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure
Subcommittee)
Suggested Topic:  Trails issues germane to the jurisdiction of his
committee:  the National Recreational Trails Fund Act story; what the
Senator sees happening with trails during ISTEA reauthorization, including
NRTFA; what is the Senator's priority for trails over the next few years.
9:15am - 10:00am  Plenary session/ American Trails Informational Workshop
(Speaker: Bob Walker, Chair, American Trails)
10:00am - 10:30am  BREAK
10:30am - Noon    Breakout Sessions
Design Track:  Environmental Impacts of Trail Design (Bob Walker, MT State
Trails Coordinator; Chuck Flink, Greenways Inc.;  Cam Lockwood, USFS,
Angeles National Forest)
Funding Track:  Building Trail Partnerships with Federal Land Managers(Lyle
Laverty, USFS;Anne Lange, Back Country Horsemen of California; Randy
Harden, NOHVCC; Deb Rawhouser??, BLM; Chris Abbot, NPS)
Advocacy Education Track:  Trails and Trailways into the 21st Century:
Report of "Trails for All Americans" Forums   (Moderator: Susan Henley,
AHS.  Marianne Fowler, RTC; Mary Margaret Sloan, AHS)
Promotional/Economics Track:  Economics of Trails (Roger Moore, No.
Carolina State University; Holly Van Houton, NPS; Bryant Watson, Vermont
Association of Snow Travelers)
Management Track:  Trail Construction and Rehab with Youth Conservation
Programs (Martin O'Brien and/or Andrew Moore, NASCC; Steve Clark, Ice Age
Park & Trail Foundation in Wisconsin)
Noon - 1:30pm   LUNCH  on your own
1:30pm - 3:00pm   Breakout Sessions
Design Track:  Design Issues with In-line Skating (Henry Zuver, Kelley
Davidson, IISA)
Funding Track:   Statewide Trail Funding Programs: Developing Grass Roots
Advocacy  [Show Congress Your Trail on National Trails Day]   (Chuck Kines,
AHS; Anne Lusk, Vermont Greenways; Jack Welch, Colorado NTD;  Marianne
Fowler, RTC)
Advocacy Education Track:  Public Funding for Trails: What is Available in
FY96? What is Possible in FY 97?  [discussion to focus on federal and state
funding and will include: levels of funding needed to support trails in
state and national forests and parks; ISTEA Enhancements achievements;
National Recreational Trail Fund Act funding; whatever happened to the Land
& Water Conservation Fund; the Rivers and Trails Conservation Assistance
Program, and how funds put trails on the ground through the administrative
process]  (Moderator: Beth Norcross, American Rivers.  Tom Ross, NPS;  Lyle
Laverty, USFS; Matt Millenbach, BLM; Debbie Weatherly, House Interior
Appropriations staffer; Peter Jack Basso, FHWA; Debbie Gephardt, House
Transportation staffer)
Promotional/Economics Track:  Benefits of Trails  (Roger Moore, No.
Carolina State Univ.; Ed McMahon, The Conservation Fund)
Management Track:   OHV Curriculum Development (Dr. Glenn Haas, Jerry Vaske
& Bobbie Gallup, Colorado State University)
3:00pm - 3:30pm   BREAK
3:30pm - 5:00pm  Breakout Sessions
Design Track:  Backcountry Trail Design and Construction(Ruben Rajala,
Trailworks; Bob Steinholtz, NPS;  Cam Lockwood, USFS, Angeles National
Forest )
Funding Track:  Panel - How to Raise Funds for Trails (Kristine Komar, San
Bernardino National Forest;  Skye Ridley, American Trails; Amy Owen,
Appalachian Trail Conference)
Advocacy Education Track:  How Does Your Trail Get To That Money and Those
Resourses.  (Moderator: David Lillard, AHS.   Tom Ross, NPS; Brent Botts,
USFS; Don Sharpio, BLM (Arizona); Fred Skaer, FHWA; ___________, RTC;
____________, Enhancements; Randy Harden, NOHVCC)
Promotional/Economics Track:  Public/Private Partnerships for Funding
Trails (Troy Duffin, Alpine Trails; Steve Elkinton, NPS; Bob Patten, RTC;
Lyle Laverty, USFS; Christopher Douwes, FHWA)
Management Track:  Consensus-Building to Develop Trails  (Keith Gilges,
NRPA; Bryant Watson, VAST; Ellen Kowalki, Riverbelt Manager; Anne Lange,
Back Country Horsemen of California)
.
6:00pm - 9:00pm   Awards Ceremony/Banquet
(Awards Presentations by Anne Lusk, Vermont Trails and Greenways Council)
(RTC to present 2 Awards - Marianne Fowler, RTC)
Speakers: "Report from National Park Service" (Director or Tom Ross, NPS)
"Recreation into the 21st Century" (Sandy Briggs, SGMA; David Secunda, ORCA)
TUESDAY, MARCH 12
7:00am - 8:30am   Breakfast Buffet
8:30am - 10:00am  Breakout Sessions
Design Track:   Critical Issues/Critical Thinking: Recreational Trails and
Building Common Ground (Kashyap Choksi, National 4-H Council)
Funding Track:  NRTFA Funding  (Clark Collins, Moderator.   Stuart
Macdonald, Colorado State Trails Coord.; Jeff Cook, Jr., Idaho State Trails
Coord.; Trent Clark, Monsanto;  Christopher Douwes, FHWA; and Gary Smith,
Kempthorne's legislative aide)
Advocacy Education Track:  Reauthorization of ISTEA (Moderator: Hal
Hiemstra, RTC.  Marianne Fowler, RTC; Andy Clark, Bicycle Federation of
America; Bob Patten, RTC; Fred Skaer, FHWA; Jeff Olson, NY Bike
Coordinator)
Promotional/Economics Track:  Marketing Long Distance Trails (Reese Lukei,
ADT; Karen Votava, East Coast Greenway; Joe Bellini, Trans Canada Trail;
Mike Titus, Great Western Trail; Bruce and Paula Ward, Continental Divide
Trail)
Management Track:   Unusual Sources of Help for Trails  (Bill O'Neill,
Consulting Engineer, CT; ____________, Telephone Pioneers of America;
____________Woodmen of America; ____________, Scouts)
10:00am - 10:30am  BREAK
10:30am - Noon   Breakout Sessions
Design Track:  Trail Liability: Issues Affecting Trail Designers, Users and
Landowners  (John English, English and Associates; Troy Duffin, Alpine
Trails; Jed Wagner, Trail Coordinator, Denver Parks & Recreation)
Funding Track:  Grant Writing Techniques - What Works and Doesn't Work
(Moderator: Stuart Macdonald, Colorado State Parks.   Nancy Burns, Iowa
Trails Administrator; ___________, The Foundation Center; Kristine Komar,
San Bernadino National Forest)
Advocacy Education Track:  Hot Button Trail Issues  (Moderator: Eric
Lundquist, AMA.  David Burwell, RTC; Mylon Filkins, Back Country Horsemen
of America; Gary Sprung, IMBA; Tom Adams, NPCA; Cathy Ahern, ARC; Andrea
Ferster, RTC)
Promotional/Economics Track:  Using Technology as an Advocacy Tool  (David
Lillard, AHS; Keith Gilges, NRPA)
Management Track: Resolving User Conflicts  (Panel: Roger Moore, No.
Carolina State Univ.;  Kay Lloyd, American Council of Snowmobile
Associations;  Bill O'Neill, Consulting Engr.; Anne Lange, Back Country
Horsemen of California)
Noon - 2:00pm  LUNCH
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding with American Trails  (Speaker: Jack
Ward Thomas, Chief, USFS)
Plenary Speaker:  Legislation re: "The Nation's Newest National Trail: the
Selma to Montgomery March Route"  (Rep. John Lewis, GA; Staffer, Debbie
Spielburg)
2:00pm - 3:30pm  Trails Advocacy Day Training: How to Lobby Congress.
(Motivational Speaker: Charlie Gandy, BFA.  Role play with Fran Hunt,
Wilderness Society and Gary Smith, Legislative Aide for Sen. Kempthorne.
Break down in small groups with the following leaders:  Mary Margaret
Sloan, AHS; Gary Werner, Partnerships; Marianne Fowler, RTC; Rob Dingman,
AMA; Sandy Scott, Corporation for National Service; Myrna Johnson, ORCA)
3:30pm - 4:00pm  BREAK
4:00pm - 5:30pm  Trails Advocacy Day Training: Politics of Trail Issues
(Gary Werner, Partnerships; Cathy Ahern, ARC; Marianne Fowler, RTC; and
Mary Margaret Sloan, AHS; Eric Lundquist, AMA)
7:00pm - 9:00pm  Reception on Capitol Hill.  Senate/House members/staffers.
Unveiling of the new book "Trails Across America" by Arthur & Marjorie
Miller published by Fulcrum Publishing.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
All Day - Special meetings: Federal Agency employees
Bureau of Land Management Employees  ( Deb Rawhouser, BLM)
The National Park Service Employees  (Tom Ross, NPS)
Forest Service Employees  (Brent Botts, USFS)
All Day - "Work The Hill" Trails Advocacy Day participants go to Capitol
Hill to meet Congress

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