Carvins Cove Trail Plan - Roanoke

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Carvins Cove Natural Reserve 2010 Trail Management Plan There are many trail users at the Cove willing to invest time and resources into improvement of the trails they use. Management of these volunteers, training, and channelization of volunteer energy into priority projects is an important role for the volunteer managing entity. Additionally, the administration of the volunteer organization must be an efficient and cooperative effort between the volunteer entity and Parks and Recreation. Recommended Practices: 1. The primary contacts for volunteer management and implementation of this plan shall be the Roanoke Parks and Greenways Planner and the Roanoke Valley Greenway Coordinator or their designee. 2. Pathfinders will work through Parks and Recreation to establish and help fund a program that recognizes volunteers and their service with incentives and annual recognition. 3. Pathfinders will coordinate through Parks and Recreation to provide training for volunteers on trail construction, machinery operation, first aid, trail maintenance, crew leadership, and other skills as needed. 4. Volunteers will sign City waiver/risk forms prior to working on trail projects at the Cove, and Pathfinders will keep these on file. 5. As funds are available, Parks and Recreation will purchase equipment and materials needed by volunteers. 6. Pathfinders will explore ways for users to report problems and document issues. 7. User groups interested in providing services, such as mountain bike patrol, ridge runner, and adopt-a-trail, will be encouraged to provide support and assistance and will be coordinated through Pathfinders. 4.4 Maintenance and Monitoring The Parks and Recreation Department and Pathfinders for Greenways will use the trail assessments completed for this plan as the basis for setting up maintenance and monitoring schedules. Recommended Practices: 1. Trails will be maintained by volunteers, local clubs, staff, and specialized trail crews as resources are available. Roads will be maintained by the managing agencies. Routine trail maintenance will include clearing blowdowns, brushing, cleaning drainage structures, installing or refurbishing markers and signs, spot trail or creek hardening, and litter removal. Heavy maintenance will include items involving the trail tread such as installing or reshaping drainage structures, re-establishing trail tread, or realigning the trail. Equipment such as the Ditch Witch SK500 or SK650 may be needed. 40
Carvins Cove Natural Reserve 2010 Trail Management Plan 2. Each trail will have an assigned volunteer for routine maintenance. Heavy maintenance will be supervised by approved crew leaders using trained machine operators. 3. All chainsaw operators will be certified by the USDA Forest Service or trained under other programs approved by the Department. Pathfinders shall maintain records of sawyer certifications and Assumption of Risk Waivers. 4. Volunteer coordinators and leaders will meet with Parks and Recreation staff at least once annually to review assignments, priorities, reports, and issues. 5. Maintenance volunteers will record hours, monitoring reports, and other paperwork, as required by Parks and Recreation. 6. As resources are available, Parks and Recreation will work with Pathfinders for Greenways to help fund material and equipment purchases such as a Ditch Witch 650, chainsaws, and personal protective equipment dedicated for trail work at the Cove. 7. Parks and Recreation will evaluate the feasibility of repurposing the building at Riley’s Loop to be a centralized maintenance facility for secure storage of materials, equipment, and tools for the volunteers. 8. The Department as well as Pathfinders will continue to participate in continuing education efforts regarding sustainable natural resource and stewardship education for the continuing enhancement and care of Carvins Cove. 4.5 Construction This plan recommends the addition of new trails plus the realignment of sections of existing trails. Any new trails will be implemented in accordance with the Parks and Recreation Department’s Planning and Development Procedures. Each proposed new trail will be evaluated to ensure that sufficient resources are available to complete construction and maintenance, that the trail is sustainable and in compliance with any easements or restrictions, and that the trail adds logically to the trail network. Recommended Practices: 1. Appendix F illustrates a page to be added to the Project Proposal application for new trail construction, when submitted to Parks and Recreation under the Planning and Development Procedures. The form will document inclusion in this plan, location, termini, stream crossings, resources for construction, resources for maintenance, features, anticipated user groups, and any possible restrictions, such as Heritage areas. 2. Each new trail constructed will be sponsored by an approved group or trail crew leader. 3. The sponsoring construction group/leader will flag the trail alignment, take GPS readings for mapping purposes, and supply necessary submittals for Parks and Recreation review. 41
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