DCNR Names Members Of New Advisory Committee On Trails

DCNR is forming a new Pennsylvania Trails Advisory Committee to assist efforts to build a statewide network of land and water trails.
            “Our nationally-honored Statewide Outdoor Recreation Plan recommended we create a statewide trails committee to help implement recommendations from the plan related to a trail network as a way to facilitate outdoor recreation, provide alternative transportation routes and encourage healthy lifestyles,” DCNR Secretary Richard Allan said. “This new committee helps us in our efforts to make that plan a reality.”
            The Pennsylvania Trails Advisory Committee will consist of the following members, with their affiliation:
Cheryl Allerton, horseback riding, Boyertown;
Thomas Baxter, bicycling; Monongahela;
Eric Bruggeman, ATV riders, Dover;
Jeffrey Cernic, off-highway motorcycling, Johnstown;
Silas Chamberlin, trail walkers, Allentown;
Scott Cope, member at large, Whitehall;
James Foster, hiking, Mechanicsburg;
Jodi Foster, member at large; Ridgway;
Andrew Hamilton, member at large, Doylestown;
Eryn Hughes, mountain biking, Pittsburgh;
Timothy Karr, snowmobiling, Danville;
Larry Knutson, trail builders, Newville;
Philip McGrath, people with disabilities, Pottstown;
James McNulty, water trail user, New Cumberland;
Steve Risk, 4-wheel driving, Quarryville;
Jane Sheffield, member at large, Hollidaysburg;
Michael Stokes, trail planner, Royersford;
Patricia Tomes, trail advocate, Dover;
Robert Watts, cross-country skiing, Downingtown; and
Gwen Wills, trail trainer, Summerville.
            The committee’s responsibilities will include advising DCNR on the use of federal trails funding in Pennsylvania, reviewing and ranking trail project applications and presenting an annual report to the secretary on the accomplishments of the preceding federal fiscal year.
            For more information about trails in Pennsylvania, visit the Explore PA Trails website.
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(Reprinted from DCNR's May 23 Resource online newsletter.)


5/28/2012

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