RENO, Nev.
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing a five-fold increase in the number of miles of trails open to certain electric bikes in the forests surrounding Lake Tahoe.
The proposal by the service’s Lake Basin Management Unit covering parts of six counties in California and Nevada would add 120 miles (193 kilometers) to the current 25 that allow such access, not including dirt roads, among the total 385 miles (619 km) of trails.
“This project is our effort at being proactive and managing e-bikes,” said Jacob Quinn, engineering technician for the unit.
Many of the public comments they’ve received are from users who are older or with various levels of mobility who say e-bikes have allowed them to continue recreating as their mobility has changed, he told the Reno Gazette Journal. A final decision should be made by the end of the year.
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WASHINGTON, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) today announced the recipients of its 2021 Trail Grants Program, awarding $145,000 to fill critical trail gaps, with an emphasis on regional and community development goals.
The developing Cowboy Trail Connection in Chadron, Nebraska, part of the preferred route of the Great American Rail-Trail, was one of 11 projects awarded a Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Grant on March 16, 2021. Photo courtesy Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy awards $145,000 in grants to advance 11 trail projects nationwide.
The awards included $60,000 in Doppelt Family Trail Development Fund grants, used this year to advance projects that bring forward the vision for the cross-country Great American Rail-Trail, a developing 3,700-mile trail that connects across 12 states between Washington, D.C., and Washington State. This year s Doppelt Family Trail Development Fund grant