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County trails committee approves minutes, reviews bike festival, school rodeos and river-trail work
Summary
At a local county trails committee meeting members approved the minutes, acknowledged they lacked a quorum to vote on funding, and reviewed a successful bicycle festival, upcoming school bicycle rodeos in partnership with county agencies, and recent river-trail repairs done with the BLM.
The county trails committee met with limited attendance and approved previous meeting minutes, the chair said, while noting the group did not have enough members present to vote on monetary items.
“Tt’s a little short on numbers, so we can't vote on any monies,” the chair said, and moved to approve the minutes; a committee member seconded the motion and the chair declared the motion carried. The transcript does not record exact vote tallies.
Terry, a committee member who oversees bicycle programming, reported the recent county bicycle festival drew 52 participants over Friday evening through Sunday morning and used seven different vendors from across the county. Terry said volunteers also completed trail work at Littles Creek with about 30 people assisting.
“We had our festival last weekend and I think it turned out pretty darn good. We didn't get rained out,” Terry said, adding that the event included four scheduled rides (Humbug, Cedar Mountain, West Wrench and Littles Creek) and drew families and beginner riders.
Terry also said MECA will partner with the Southeastern Utah Health Department and Emery County Law Enforcement to run bicycle safety rodeos at five of the county’s six elementary schools, beginning tomorrow at Castledale and continuing with Green River; two schools are scheduled the following week and one the week after. The rodeos are intended as introductory on-road safety sessions for children.
Committee members clarified that the Humbug outing was run as a short, beginner-friendly road ride rather than singletrack, with participants parking at the top of a hill, riding out-and-back and stopping by the dinosaur quarry for photos and family activities.
An equestrian update described collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management on a river trail toward Kane Washington. Committee members said a recent work day produced significant repairs and that a 12-person group ride the next day showed heavy use of the repaired section.
A video of the river-trail work and the subsequent group ride, committee members said, was shared widely online, including a repost on the Backcountry Horsemen of America's national page, prompting local chapters to share the footage more broadly.
Committee discussion closed with plans for further trail maintenance support: some members said they may help the Backcountry Horsemen and Forest Service with packing trips into higher-elevation sites to assist with ongoing trail-cleaning efforts.
The meeting included several light-hearted exchanges about photos and a large fish caught by a participant. The chair reiterated that, because of the low attendance, no budget votes or financial approvals would be taken at the session.
