Vernon Huffman of Access 4 Bikes, Marin Co, CA (#50)
Trail EAffect Episode 50 Vernon Huffman – Access 4 Bikes Marin County
This episode first aired on December 20th, 2021 on Mountain Bike Radio
Topics Covered:
- 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
Links:
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:
California Mountain Biking Coalition: https://camtb.org/
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This show has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services, for more information go to:
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