| |
November 17, 2014
FRP Community Meeting
Over 120 people participated in the second community meeting hosted
by FRP on November 17 to discuss Redington Pass and how to work
together to improve its future condition. OHV and ATV riders,
hikers and environmental advocates, motor cyclists and mountain
bikers, among other stakeholders talked together at 15 discussion
tables about their shared and different values and recreational
activities on the Pass. The following summary information about
the study area and the findings from the community input process
were presented by Rachel Glass, a University of Arizona Landscape
Architecture graduate student: Site
Analysis and User
Analysis.
FRP is leading the development of a Collaborative Area
Management Plan (CAMP) that will provide recommendations to the
Coronado National Forest for improving future management of the
Pass. An overview of the CAMP
process was presented at the November Community Meeting.
The CAMP process began with public input, and the next step is
to assemble four Issue Groups that focus on:
- Recreational
shooting
-
Access on roads and trails for motorized and non-motorized recreation
-
Site-specific areas that are experiencing over use or misuse
-
Conflicts that arise among visitors that impact their experience
and feelings of safety
A
fifth Integration Group will be composed of representatives from
the four Issues Groups and will work to align all the management
suggestions and create alternatives for consideration by the larger
Redington Pass community and ultimately by the Coronado National
Forest.
Friends of Redington Pass is now asking for volunteers
to participate on these working groups. Each group will
be composed of no more than 12 people and will represent a broad
diversity of stakeholders interests. Volunteers will be selected
based on their familiarity with the Pass, their ability to represent
an organizational entity or network of people interested in the
Pass, and their commitment to participate in at least three working
group meetings. All volunteers will work within a set of ground
rules and guidelines developed by the Integration Group to assure
all stakeholders’ interests are presented, respected and
considered fully in the development of the CAMP recommendations.
Members of the working groups will be selected by the Friends
of Redington Pass Board and will start meeting in January. Please
consider volunteering for up to two of the working groups by completing
the CAMP form. Sign up by November 30 if possible, so the groups
can be formed and members notified in December.
To
keep abreast of developments, please join
our email list. Better yet, become
a Friend by joining FRP as a member.
|
|
