The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly on Monday directed the borough manager to begin talks to discuss the borough's acquisition of operating and maintaining the Rainbird Trail.
The Rainbird Trail currently runs through parcels of land owned by the University of Alaska Southeast and by the City of Ketchikan. The borough assumes management responsibilities for the southernmost portion of the trail that begins along the Third Avenue Bypass.
In November members from UAS contacted borough officials to see whether the borough would be able to assume management of the portions of the trail on UAS land, citing the lack of funding available for maintenance of the trail, according to the meeting agenda.