Jed Talbot of OBP Trailworks - ”Off the Beaten Path” #123

Jed Talbot of OBP Trailworks #123

Topics:

• Growing up in Maine and How Jed got into Trail Building
• Landing in the Upper Midwest for College – Carlton College
• Getting involved with the Student Conservation Association (SCA)
• Becoming an instructor for the SCA
• Facilitators of the Experience!
  • Know It all vs Learn it all
• Transitioning into the world of Professional Trail Building from the SCA
  • Starting with Peter Jensen and Associates
• Knowledge Sharing within the Trail Building Industry
• Trail Building Education through Universities and Trade Schools
• USFS Manual Principals of Back Country Rigging
• OBP Trailworks and the type of work that OBP Trail Works does
• Adaptive Trails and Accessibility into the Outdoors through trails
• Trail Building in Patagonia Argentina
  • Volunteer Patagonia
• The importance of the PTBA as a Trade Association for Trail Building
• What Jed looks for in a Trail Community
  • More Accessible Trails.
  • More Inclusion
• Closing Comments Jed

Links:

OBP Trailworks: https://www.obptrailworks.com/

Freyja Volunteer Patagonia: https://www.volunteerpatagonia.org/

Student Conservation Association: https://www.thesca.org/

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This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services