Trail Pass

2011 DNR Horse Trail Pass Projects

 

Using funds generated from 2010 Trail Pass sales

 

·       Maplewood State Park –

                   o   New vault toilet in camp (FRTP match)

                   o   Rerouting of flooded trails

·       Afton State Park – New vault toilet along trail (FRTP match)

 

·       St Croix State Forest – Tamarack – Trail rehabilitation (FRTP & Legacy fund match)

 

·       Pillsbury State Forest – Well improvements in camp

 

·       George Washington State Forest – Togo – Trail maintenance

 

·       Minnesota Valley State Trail – Fencing & interpretive signing

 

·       Richard Dorer State Forest –

                   o   Zumbro Bottoms Unit – Trail rehabilitation

                   o   Reno Unit – Camping area rehabilitation

                   o   Wetbark Unit – Camping area rehabilitation

 

·       Luce Line State Trail – Trail rehabilitation

 

·       Split Rock Creek State Park – Horse trail development

 

·       Upper Sioux Agency State Park – Trail maintenance

 

Submitting 2011 – 2012 Proposals for FRTP matched funding for:

 

·       Well improvement projects at:

                    o   Zumbro Bottoms

                    o   St Croix State Park 

 

·       Equestrian parking expansion at Lake Maria State Park

  

MN Trail Pass $’s Collected:

                        2007                $ 126,900

                        2008                $ 112,100

                        2009                $ 119,000

                        2010                $ 115,000

            Total                           $ 473,000

   

December, 2010

Minnesota Horse Pass

Priorities/Criteria used to Allocate Funds  

  

Background

The Minnesota Horse Pass is required “on land administered by the commissioner, except forest roads and forest roads rights of way.” This includes state parks, state forests, and state trails.  The fees “are appropriated…for trail acquisition, trail and facility development, and maintenance, enforcement, and rehabilitation of horse trails…on lands administered by the commissioner.”

Priorities/Criteria

  1. Protecting Natural Resources (i.e., minimizing erosion and impacts to sensitive natural resources such as streams and wetlands)
  2. Providing Sustainable Trails (i.e., capable of being indefinitely maintained for the intended use)
  3. Rehabilitation of Existing Trails (before new trail or facility development)
  4. Maintaining Trails
  5. Repairing the “worst-first” (this relates to heaviest use and resource factors)
  6. Higher profile, larger projects  (“identifiable” results of the Horse Pass)

  1.  
    1. TRAIL REHABILITATION
    2. TRAIL MAINTENANCE
    3. TRAIL AND FACILITY DEVELOPMENT
    4. ENFORCEMENT/ACQUISITION (acquisition of land for trails)

Additional Priorities/Criteria following discussion with Equestrian Advisory Group:

  1. Consider Statewide Distribution, Recognizing Proportional Use levels and Greatest Needs
  2. Consider some Facility Rehabilitation/Development
  3. Consider Need for Orientation Signage on Equestrian Trails

  

Process for Fund Distribution

  1. Consider eligible projects using priorities/criteria
  2. Discussion with Equestrian Advisory Group plus review of written comments
  3. DNR Allocation of Funds

 

 Thank you for your support via purchase of the Horse Trail Pass!

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