Comment Sheet
Folsom Lake
State Recreation Area & Powerhouse State Historic Park
General
Plan/Resource Management Plan
#1-Folsom Lake SRA is bordered by Auburn SRA to
the north. Auburn is the Endurance Capital of the World. The current Plan
proposal neither enhances nor expands existing facilities.
Do you think the Folsom SRA General Plan should
include new and expanded facilities to support international trial events of
this magnitude?
#2-Equestrian, hiking and running are the primary
trail activities that occur 365 days a year. As the population in this area is
expected to expand, these activities should be supported by enhancements to
existing facilities and conditions or new ones developed. Doing so would
provide the ability to continue and grow recreational needs for this area.
What specific improvements or enhancements or
development would you suggest? Do you think these improvements/enhancements
should be plotted and noted on a map for the area? (This could include new
horse/hiking trails, public riding arena, enlarged and enhanced equestrian
staging, water troughs, hitching posts, picnic areas, restrooms and potable
water.)
#3 -The new General Plan reduces the number of
equestrian camping /staging facilities by leaving them out of the Plan. The
equestrian staging areas were noted in the 1979 General Plan. In order to plan
for the expected increase in trail riders and visiting campers, the horse camps
at Rattlesnake Bar, Negro Bar and Peninsula need to be added to the Plan. Monte
Vista needs to be reestablished as a group horse camp. This could also
accommodate service groups like the Boy and Girl Scouts.
Would you like such facilities added to Folsom SRA
for the public to use?
#4 Trail maintenance has been lacking in recent
years. The conversion of existing hiking/equestrian trails to trails that are
shared with mountain bikes will further degrade and damage these fragile trails
(ex: Pioneer Express Trail from Granite Bay to Auburn).
Has the lack of maintenance hampered your enjoyment
or safe use of the trails in the Folsom SRA?
#5-Folsom SRA has provided limited law
enforcement on the trails. Bike riding at excessive speeds, illegal night time
riding, and bikes on horse/hiking trails can only be curtailed with stricter
enforcement. The General Plan needs to state a commitment to enforcement of
rules by all trail users.
Would you agree or disagree that increased law
enforcement will help regulate inappropriate trail use and why?
#6-The proposed General Plan alternatives for
Shadow Glen Stables and private horse boarding (the only public equestrian
concession within Folsom SRA and greater Sacramento metropolitan area),
includes retaining the stables as long as the present concessionaire remains
"viable". If that should change, the Shadow Glen Stables may be converted to
other uses.
Do you have an opinion concerning Shadow Glen and its
use?
#7- The proposed General Plan commits to
completing a trail around the lake. What trail designations would you prefer on
new and existing trails? The trail designation (hiking/equestrian, or multiuse)
is not specified.
Would you support a multiuse trail corridor that
would link hikers and equestrians to single use trails such as Brown's Ravine?
Do you feel this trail designation needs to be clear and that it will support
equestrian use on this trail link? Would you support a parallel trail or same
use trail within a trail corridor and why?
#8-Equestrians have participated in the
stakeholder meetings since the inception of this plan in 2002. The agreed upon
suggestions have been omitted from the proposed General Plan. By omitting the
agreed comments from the prior meetings of the last 6 years, it appears our
interests are being marginalized in the Park Plan.
What should the Park do to improve this
perception?
#9-The proposed General Plan omitted numerous
equestrian staging and camping areas as well as the historical landmark at
Beals Pointe Marker of Pioneer Express Trail . It is vital to their
continuation that they be noted within the Plan and plotted on a map.
Would you support a revision of the General Plan to
include the official recognition of equestrian staging areas at Rattlesnake
Bar, Snowberry Creek, Brown's Ravine, Negro Bar, Falcon Crest, Peninsula, and
of the historic status of the Pioneer Express Trail?
#10-A Plan designation of 'Shared use dirt
trail-alternate day/time option' is included in the proposed General Plan. This
trail designation could apply to all trails ( such as Pioneer Express Trail).
Please review question #5 regarding enforcement.
Do you support or oppose the trail designation (
meaning that you would only be able to ride some trails on a particular day or
time) and why?. Do you feel it would be enforceable and why?
#11- The proposed General Plan does not include
plans for additional law enforcement on trails.
Do you feel that Parks has provided adequate law
enforcement on trails? In light of some of the proposed changes within the Park
what changes would you recommend? Why?
#12- All trail users could be accommodated on a
combination of shared use, limited use and parallel trails. This type of trail
system is referred to as multi-use trail corridor and has been implemented in
other state parks to provide connectivity to all trails without mixing all
trail users.
Do you support or oppose the use of 'multi-use
corridors"? Should this designation be in the proposed General Plan?
#13- Do you have any comments, suggestions, ideas,
concerns or solutions that you would like to add?
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