December 8, 2010
Volume 1, Issue 7
News and life ~for our side of the mountain!
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NSCEDC, Local Agencies Consider New Multi-Use Trail System Members of the North Santiam Canyon Economic Development Corporation and local forest service agencies met this past week to discuss the development of a new multi-use trail system from Santiam Horse Camp to Detroit Lake. The trail is a small part of the overall development plan, according to Brandon Haraughty, the Trails Coordinator for the Willamette National Forest, who indicated that the eventual goal is a trail system from Mill City to the Pacific Crest Trail. “The biggest part is getting clearance from all the „ologists‟ involved,” said Haraughty. “The groups involved would need to get funding for all the research that‟s needed...such as is this a viable place to put the trail, how does it affect water drainage and how does it affect the species that live there. This research needs to be done before any trail gets started.” The trail would be open to all non-motorized traffic and would include a segment to Monument Peak. Options for developing the area could (cont‟d on back pg.)