San Isabel Trails Preservation

San Isabel Trails Preservation San Isabel Trails Preservation is dedicated to maintaining and preserving multi-use trails in the San Welcome to San Isabel Trails Preservation FaceBook page.

Please join us by becoming a member. Membership dues go toward tooling and fuel for trail work. We support the Forrest Service in keeping ALL trails in the San Isabel National Forest open and restoring them to the original condition before the downfall/tornado of 2016/2017. If you enjoy these trails for any reason we need your support. All members will be notified of any group hikes, rides, work days and any other club activity on the trails.

05/30/2021

Working on details of the 4th annual San Isabel Extreme Ass Kicker.

02/26/2021

During a crowded forum in Dolores, panel of Silverton officials presented pros and cons of allowing off-highway vehicle use in town.

Merry Christmas from San Isabel Trails Preservation
12/22/2020

Merry Christmas from San Isabel Trails Preservation

12/16/2020

Still Fighting the Good Fight

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The Trails Preservation Alliance (TPA) is continuously working for you and after an 8-year long fight, we are nearing the finish line. The TPA has filed objections to the Pike San Isabell National Forest (PSINF) Record of Decision (ROD) Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS).

At this point, we have kept a number of routes open and opened a few that had been closed. We are not out of the woods yet, but we will continue to strive for positive outcomes!


🔷 A Little History

In 2012 various environmental groups including The Quiet Use Coalition, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, The Wilderness Society, WildEarth Guardians, and Rocky Mountain Wild sued the (PSINF) claiming they had not done the necessary Environment Assessment (EA) on hundreds of roads and trails within the six ranger districts encompassing all PSINF land East of the Continental Divide from Rampart Range to Walsenburg. In 2015 the PSINF settled and agreed to complete EA’s on all of the contested routes, and the scoping phase began shortly thereafter in 2016. Late in 2019, the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was released with five possible alternatives that would determine the future of hundreds of motorized routes within the PSINF. Late in 2020, a Record of Decision (ROD) was released approving Alternative C which, along with some additions, has been fairly favorable to the motorcycle community.

Because the TPA has been leading the efforts to protect Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) recreation since this lawsuit began we can place objections to this final ROD. Defending off-highway motorcyclists and ALL OHV users' rights to access public lands and ensure the USFS allots a fair and equitable amount of land to accommodate OHV use for the increased demand that it continues to experience is a fundamental part of the TPA’s mission.


Thank you!

👉 This is your donation money at work and we appreciate your ongoing support! Our work will never be done - every day the TPA is monitoring countless issues that have an impact on how our public lands are managed.

✅ Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the TPA to help continue this important work. ColoradoTPA.org


🔷 Stay Informed

To stay informed on the many issues, topics, and projects that the TPA is involved with and working on for you, be sure to visit the News section on our website www.coloradotpa.org/news.

It's dry on the mountain
06/08/2020

It's dry on the mountain

04/10/2020

Here are some recommendations on how to stay safe and keep others safe during the COVID-19 epidemic.

09/20/2019

Fire managers on the Pike and San Isabel National Forests will take advantage of favorable conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality and forecasted weather, when they occur to conduct several prescribed burns.
The prescribed fires are planned to be low intensity, meaning they mostly stay on the surface. Surface burning reduces the amount of timber needles and woody debris on the forest floor, kills some of the smallest trees, and removes most of the low-hanging branches of larger trees. These, in turn, lessen the chance that a high-intensity wildfire will occur. Prescribed burning also helps to restore the health of conifer stands and aspen groves by recycling nutrients and causing grass and shrubs to re-sprout for wildlife habitat.
Ignitions depend on certain conditions - those described in the detailed burn plans – being met, and generally occur in early October through early November. The exact dates will depend on conditions on the ground. When burning does occur, it can last up to several days. Fire managers immediately stop burning when conditions are outside of their set parameters.

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