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County

Entity

Emery County

Public Body

Emery County Travel Bureau

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Notice Title

October 2023 Travel Meeting Minutes

Notice Tags

Tourism

Notice Type(s)

Meeting

Event Start Date & Time

October 10, 2023 03:30 PM

Event End Date & Time

October 10, 2023 04:30 PM

Event Deadline Date & Time

10/10/23 04:30 PM

Description/Agenda

Emery County Trail's Committee Meeting Minutes October 3, 2023 8:00 AM In Attendance: Les Wilberg, Les Thompson, Wayne Ludington, Rod Player, Ken Mc----, Jaydon Mead, Myron Jeffs, Ed Geary, Sadie Waller, Jim Jennings, AnnDee Mead, Jordan Leanord, Kurt Price, Keven Jensen, Wayne Paul, Taren Powell, Drew Sprafke, Robin Hunt. Welcome Chairman: Les Wilberg 1. Approval of Minutes: September 2023 Les made a motion Rod seconded. Approved. 2. Discussion: Trail Maintenance Jim shared the trail maintenance spreadsheet, and received feedback from the group. 3.Discuss Reports of the Following: a. BLM Jaydon shared updates from the BLM. CYJO Fence is complete. Work was done at the Temple Mountain Town Site. BLM and trails crew completed several miles of trails last month. National Public lands day with MECA on the Goodwater Rim Trail went really well. There were 12 volunteers that did over 7 miles of work. Dinosaur National Monument has contractors coming out to work on trails, including the raptor point trail. This will include interpretive signs at some point. Joe's Valley Fest is this weekend. It will be a very busy weekend in Joe's Valley, Jaydon requests Kurt spend extra time in those areas. Bison Fence removal is starting. Next weekend SUWA will be doing a volunteer project on the Labyrinth Boundary. They will help sign the cherry stemmed routes. Continued discussion about routes in that area. BLM is planning on supporting/monitoring the Solar Eclipse near Goblin Valley. BLM and trails crew have work days planned for October 10th. Ferron Box project is on October 20th for anyone who wants to help. This is a group effort, the historical commission has played a big part in this project. Thank you Ed. Little Cedar Mountain EA is still being worked on. They have taken the public comments and made some changes to the original document, tribal letters have been sent out and a revised EA should be ready by the end of the month and will go back out for public comment. SITLA land exchanges are being worked on, they should be finalized this winter. San Rafael Travel Management plan has been on hold but they will start working on it again this winter. They anticipate having that document ready for public review around April. This has been tagged as the top priority in the state. Continued discussion about what this means and plans moving forward. Rob brought up an issue that people don't know there are gates to water at the Equestrian Campground so that people use it instead of Johansen Corrals. Signs would be good. BLM will work on this. They will also be putting signs up at the Johansen Corrals telling people not to camp in the area so that ranchers can use them when needed. Discussion about fences on the San Rafael River and how to mitigate the issues while the river is runnable. Les shared that the cable at Temple Mountain looks good. Discussion about road maintenance and County B roads. Jaydon introduced Ken supervisory park rangers and Sadie recreation intern working on maps. b. Forest Service Myron shared that it is beautiful on the mountain this year. They already have a little snow. Campgrounds are winding down, water systems are being winterized and reservations are complete. Most of the Forest Service seasonals are done for the season. Discussion about Reader concerning previous conversations and logging activity in that area. There will be a lot of challenges moving forward after the timber sales are complete. The Forest Service has been working on their forest plan and holding open houses. The Forest Service has been putting boundary signs up around the forests. On the Ephraim side they have been finishing up their bike trail system. Myron shared some additional work on specific non motorized trails that they have been maintaining on the Sanpete side. Discussion about the upcoming eclipse. Seasonal employment for next summer recruitment will take place this month. Myron can share that information with the committee and he asked that we all share this information with anyone who might be interested. The forest service is changing how they hire. They will be moving towards hiring permanent seasonal jobs, which allows employees to come back season after season and receive benefits. The Forest Service is working on contracts for new equipment, and they are hoping to have the equipment next spring. c. State Parks Brad shared that the State Parks are winterizing as well have most seasonal off for the year. The State Park snow cat is being prepped for winter and getting ready for trail grooming. They are putting together a trails crew for Millsite and Huntington. Discussion about events at the State Parks. They will have glasses and are ready for any visitors during the eclipse. Drew shared about Goblin Valley and what they are doing to prepare for the eclipse and the event/programs they will be doing. d. Committee Member e. Commission f. Travel Bureau and Public Lands AnnDee updated about grants and the work being done with The Swell Trails Grants. 3. Adjourn Next Trails Meeting Nov 7, 2023

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Meeting Information

Meeting Location

75 East Main Street
Castle Dale, Ut, UT 84513
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Contact Name

Tina Carter

Contact Email

travel@emery.utah.gov

Contact Phone

(435)381-2600

Notice Posting Details

Notice Posted On

November 16, 2023 10:20 PM

Notice Last Edited On

November 16, 2023 10:20 PM

Deadline Date

October 10, 2023 04:30 PM

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