December 20, 2021 Trail EAffect Show Page Rad Apparel Company 15% Discount Coupon Code: traileaffect Check out with the RAD Affiliate Link: https://radapparelcompany.com/r?id=53tsmc   ABOUT THE EPISODE Topics Covered in this Episode: No Bikes Signs, and how No Bikes Signs motivated Vernon learn more about these signs Vernon’s background and how he landed in Marin County Prohibition and how it relates to Mountain Biking The Paradigm Trail in Marin County Trail Wars Vernon’s professional career / background, and how that helps him provide scientific background for trails and mountain biking Access 4 Bikes, why it was created and how it started as a political organization vs a nonprofit The difference between a 527 political organization and 501c3 Nonprofit organization The need to depoliticize some for the work for Access 4 Bikes, and created the Access 4 Bikes Foundation (501c3) – Basically copying what the Sierra Club has done with creating dual status Camp Tamarancho, Marin Council of Boy Scouts of America – and how this partnership was formed.  Access 4 Bikes and Lessons Learned and Tools for gaining additional access for Mountain Biking Key Point – Mountain Bikers need to be present at every meeting where mountain biking and access for mountain biking is being discussed Access 4 Bikes Tool Kit The need for surveys to see what is really happening on trails and with trail use Road and Trail Management Plan – Marin County Parks / Marin County Open Spaces Directional Use Trails Famous Failures California Mountain Biking Coalition Places that Vernon has visited / likes to visit for Mountain Biking Closing Comments RELATED SHOW NOTES Access 4 Bikes: https://access4bikes.com/ Freehub Magazine -Beyond Dedication: https://freehubmag.com/features/vernon-huffman Camp Tamarancho Marin County: https://www.boyscouts-marin.org/tamarancho-biking/4023 Access 4 Bikes – The Facts: https://access4bikes.com/the-facts Trail Use Conflict Study by California State Parks: http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/980/files/app_c_trailuseconflictstudy_chginuse_draft.pdf Road and Trail Management Plan Marin County Parks: https://www.parks.marincounty.org/-/media/files/sites/marin-county-parks/projects-and-plans/road-and-trail-management/system-designation-all/rtmp_final_120614.pdf?la=en California Mountain Biking Coalition: