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Carvins Cove Natural Reserve 2010 Trail Management Plan Table 13. Recommendations for Improvements to Cost Recovery System 1. Develop a method for buying a permit on-line or at offices of Parks and Recreation Department. 2. Install a self service pay station at parking lots. 3. Establish a trail fund, e.g. an enterprise fund, for Parks and Recreation to receive permit fees from trail users and dedicate funds to management of the trail network. 4. Establish rates for special use permits for trail concessionaires. 3.4.3 Prohibited Uses The 2007 Park Management Plan documents concern about illegal motorized vehicles and unauthorized hunting. While assessing trails and exploring unofficial trails, the Trail Assessment Team found multiple locations where there is substantial ATV use of old roads and multiple hunting stands. Trail users also reported encounters with ATV users. This use appears most concentrated in three areas: Brushy Mountain to Timberview Road – There are multiple private tracts bordering the Cove property on Timberview Road and many ATVs parked in driveways. The aerial photos reveal roads from many of these properties onto City land. Field work, with GPS units to show boundary lines, confirmed that there are many instances of trespass, dumping of debris, hunting stands, road construction, structures, and motorized trail use on City land in this area. Brushy Mountain to Carvins Cove Road, west of Buck Trail – In this area adjacent landowners have a network of trails for both legal and illegal uses. Some trails are used for horse access to Brushy Mountain and Buck Trails. Other trails are receiving ATV and motorbike use. The Blue-Line AT Trail and Brickey’s Gap Area – In this area there is legal motorized vehicular access across the AT to service private property. There is a hunting cabin on this property and signs of ATVs from there onto the Blue- Line AT Trail and Cove lands. Many parts of the Blue-Line Trail are on woods roads, and most of these are receiving vehicular use. In addition to that trail, there are numerous old roads in the area that are being used by ATVs, and there are signs of camping and hunting. Much of this use is in a Natural Heritage area. While it would be difficult to patrol all these areas, legitimate trail use can be part of a multi-faceted approach for addressing trespass and undesirable uses. Table 14. Recommendations for Addressing Prohibited Uses 1. Install Park boundary markers on existing trails and show permitted uses. 2. Work with neighbors and user groups to encourage respect for and legal use of the Cove. 3. Encourage the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) Conservation Officers to patrol within the Cove, particularly during hunting season. 4. Alert DGIF to hunting infractions. 34
Carvins Cove Natural Reserve 2010 Trail Management Plan 3.4.4 Damage Prevention During the fire of 2008 several trails were damaged irreparably by motorized equipment, and several fire lines are now receiving prohibited use by ATVs. While hand lines can be built on existing trails without significant trail damage, fire dozers can be very destructive. Fires are emergency situations, but planning and coordination with the Virginia Department of Forestry (DOF) prior to another incident could prevent damage to existing trails. The Task Force recommends that DOF be asked to keep fire plows and dozers off single track recreational trails. 3.5 Summary of Recommendations with Priorities Priorities for the Carvins Cove Trail Network fall into several categories. There are construction priorities, priorities for ancillary facilities, and maintenance priorities. Tables 15-17 are current recommendations, but other items may come up that Parks and Recreation Department staff needs to pursue, using the process outlined in Section 4.4 and 4.5. The Task Force recommends that the priority items in each category be pursued concurrently, rather than all items in the maintenance category being completed before the construction category. Volunteers have different interests and new trails inspire new interest and support. Also, financial resources via grants or donations may be available for construction of some types of facilities prior to others. Table 15. Construction Priorities Map # Trail Description Priority 40a Four Gorge East: Brushy Mtn to Jacobs Drop 1 18 Horse Pen bridge repair 1 16 Improve Hotel Trail to have an easy, interpretive loop 1 37 Easy Trail at Boat Landing 1 34c Mid-Slope Trail: Bennett Springs Parking to Songbird 1 4 Comet creek crossings 2 27 Timberview Connector to Brushy Mtn 2 39 Tinker Creek Greenway Connector 2 34d Mid-Slope Trail: Songbird to Arrowhead 2 41a Lake Wrap: Horse Pen/Gauntlet to Araminta 2 3 Tuck-a-way bridge, if feasible 3 29 Dam Trail 3 28, 42 Right-of-way for Powerline Trail and Hanging Rock connector 3 34a Mid-Slope Trail: Buck to Bennett Springs Trailhead 3 35b Mid-Slope: Schoolhouse to Boat Landing 3 38a Brushy East Mid-Slope: Gauntlet to Hemlock 3 41b Lake Wrap: Kerncliff to Comet 3 7 Hemlock Tunnel: Relocate sections. 4 28 Powerline Trail 4 30, 38c Brushy East Mid-Slope: Timberview Connector to Trough 4 35a Mid-Slope Trail: Arrowhead to Happy Valley at Schoolhouse 4 38b Brushy East Mid-Slope: Trough to Gauntlet 4 40b Four Gorge West: Buck to Hi-Dee-Hoe 4 33 Connector from Mid-Slope (#34) to Tunnel Trail 5 36 AT Connector from Boat Landing 5 42 Hanging Rock Connector 5 35
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