Trail EAffect

Mitchell Allen Trail Project Manager for the Arkansas Parks and Recreation Foundation #88


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Trail EAffect Episode 88 Mitchell Allen Trail Project Manager for the Arkansas Parks and Recreation Foundation

  • The Mitchell Allen Back Story
  • The relationship between conservation and recreation
  • Developing properties in Arkansas that allow for more recreation to help connect people with the land, and help to engage new users onto the properties
  • The difficult part of collecting user data on properties
  • What the Arkansas Parks and Recreation Foundation is
  • Mitchell’s role as Trail Project Manager
  • What Monument Trails Are
  • Elevation found at State Parks in Arkansas
  • Trail Maintenance
  • Rock Armoring Trails and Jumps
  • Wood Features on Trails
  • What inspires Mitchell while traveling to other communities to bring back to Arkansas
  • Building really good beginner trails, the importance of beginner Trails, and some of the difficulty that comes with building beginner trails as well.
  • A famous failure or learning experience
    • Keeping the community needs in mind
  • Learning how much Mitchell didn’t know from others
  • Thinking about all trail users
  • Directional Trails Making more sense to Mitchell
  • Value in separating groups and value in keeping groups together and where
  • Going deeper on Directional Trails
  • The Internet
  • Earbuds in the woods
  • What Mitchell thinks makes a great trail community
  • Closing comments by Mitchell
  • Experience all of Arkansas
    • Womble Trail

    Links discussed in the show:

    The Arkansas Parks and Recreation Foundation: https://www.arparksfoundation.org/

    The Nature Conservancy in Arkansas: https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/arkansas/contact-us/

    Monument Trails: https://www.arkansasstateparks.com/trails/monument-trails

    Monument Trails on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8PGh1o9RHRc

     

    This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services

     

    Trail EAffect Show Links:

    Evolution Trail Services: www.evotrails.com

    Contact Josh at [email protected]

    Support Trail EAffect through donations at: https://www.patreon.com/traileaffect

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