Trails

LEWISTON, Idaho -- The Clearwater National Forest travel plan appealed by both ends of the motorized-use spectrum was affirmed by the Forest Service on Monday.

Jane Cottrell, deputy regional forester at Missoula, Mont., and a former supervisor of the Nez Perce National Forest said the plan that closes about 200 miles of trails and 1 million acres to motorized travel followed agency rules and regulations.

The Back Country Horsemen of Utah is a service group dedicated to keeping trails open to the public.

The local Wasatch Front Chapter donated more than 3,670 hours of service in 2011 to help clear and maintain trails for public use in Weber and Davis counties. That translates to more than $34,000 to local parks and trails.

OGDEN -- A federal judge ruled this week that the Ogden Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service has to stop development on motorized trails and redo parts of a 2007 travel plan that control motorized travel.

OGDEN — The Ogden city administration presented the next five years of proposed capital improvements to the city council Tuesday night.

Each year, a five-year capital improvement plan is developed by the administration and presented to the council for review and recommendation.

The plan determines what projects will be funded in the next year’s budget and develops a five-year action plan for other projects that are needed but not yet funded.

FARR WEST -- Councilman Michael Lunt, whose term is ending, had advice for the council members in the coming year.

He suggests they follow up with the city's Emergency Preparedness Program and work with the sheriff's office on updating it so that, should there be an emergency in the city, residents and staff would know where to go and what to do.

SOUTH WEBER -- One of the best-kept secrets in the city is the new Fisherman's Point Trailhead, located just off Interstate 84 along the Weber River.

LAYTON — “If you build it, they will come.”

Not only is that one of the most-quoted lines in one of Hollywood’s favorite baseball movies, “Field of Dreams,” but the saying also describes Gabe Garn’s feelings about a potential concrete walkway trail system that would create a shorter, more pedestrian-friendly path between the Davis Conference Center and the hotels surrounding it.

“I sincerely believe this is the same thing,” said Garn, general manager at the Home2Suites in Layton. “Once we build it and create an atmosphere, we will get larger groups staying with us.”