Powell Butte Online Survey: Open Until 1.31.10

Your comments are needed to help improve mountain bike access at Powell Butte. 

Basic Objectives when completing the survey:

Question #7, choose option A which adds more trail (i.e. a second loop) on the Elderberry Trail.   

Question #9, choose option B which keeps the Pioneer Trail open.   

 Question #13, choose option B which keeps the Wildhorse Trail open.   

 Questions #16 (final comment section) add two comments a.) Make a statement that all trails should be open to multi-use (i.e. open to mtn bikes) b.) Suggest that the trails should be built IMBA Trail Building standards (IMBA is the International Mountain Biking Assoc.)  

***Please fill out this online survey by Sunday January 31st.*** 

Background info:NWTA (Northwest Trail Alliance formerly PUMP) has been an active participant throughout the planning process of a major park redesign for Powell Butte.  Members of NWTA have been working with City Parks Dept to create a plan that enhances mountain bike access and improves the trail conditions.  Currently we are in the final phase of the planning process and need your support (i.e. we need your voice as a mountain biker).  I hope that you take five minutes and complete the survey and influence the final plan for Powell Butte.

AS I had stated before, for people that do not know which trails they are talking about, you can not tell by looking at the maps that the park dept supplied. So how can a fair judgement be made by others that cant remember which trail is which. Has anybody contacted the parks dept about this issue?

There are maps and other visual aids included in survey.  I am sure that you will find them helpful.

Make sure that you complete the survey before 1/31 (Sunday)

Finally. not sure if it was something wrong with the prior link or my computer. Much beeter. MAde the right choice. COol. :D Looking forward to this moving along. Looks like they will be needing lots of volunter work up there this year. :D

Also please add that since this is a city park, that horses ESPECIALLY need to have their poop picked up.  We have to do it for dogs, and just the shear volume of horse poo is astounding.  It's a simple horse poop bag people, come on!  If it tasted better and wasn't so gritty I wouldn't mind so much, but the fact remains, there's no nutritional content anymore and when I'm smiling, get poop flung in my mouth, and can't at least benefit from the fiber, then it's a tad bit annoying. 

Dennis Veatch