Trail Break Radio

Stewarding Winter

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With more of us recreating on our winter snowscapes, how can we improve partnerships with land managers and other users to educate the growing number of winter recreationists? How can land managers help us reduce our collective impact on the lands where we recreate?

 SPEAKER BIOS:

  • Tyler Ray: Tyler is an outdoor recreation attorney and advocate based in New Hampshire. He is the founder of Backyard Concept, LLC, and co-founder of Granite Backcountry Alliance, a WWA Grassroots Group pioneering the use of active forest glading as a winter recreation management tool on National Forest lands in New Hampshire and Maine. Tyler is also co-founder, with WWA, of the Ski Kind brand.
  • Anne Gaspar: Previously a USFS Wilderness Ranger, Timber Stand Improvement team member, Canada Lynx researcher, and Trails Coordinator on the White River National Forest, Anne is now the Program Manager for Vail Pass Winter Recreation Area and Hut Master for Summit Huts Association.
  • Shane Tulp: Shane has led a USFS Backcountry Trail Crew for the past 6 summers and has been a Snow Ranger for the Ouray and Grand Valley Ranger Districts for the past 3 winters via Colorado Mountain Club. He is also a Great American Outdoors Act Coordinator for the USFS in Gunnison, CO.

    • RESOURCES:

    Granite Backcountry Alliance

    Backyard Concept

    Great  American Outdoors Act 

    Colorado  Mountain  Club

    Vail Pass Winter Recreation Area

    Vail Pass Task Force

    White River National Forest

    Snow Rangers

    Red Mountain Pass

    RIMS App

    Backcountry Film Festival

    Ski Kind

    SPONSORS⁠:

    ⁠⁠Outdoor Alliance⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠The Mighty Arrow Family Foundation⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠REI⁠⁠

    Denali Arts Council

    TRANSCRIPTS:

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    CREDITS:

    Produced/Edited by Tess Goodwin

    Co-hosted by David Page

    Co-hosted and Directed by Emily Scott

    Music by Rattlesnake Preachers feat. Kerry McClay

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