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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS







No. 39
INTEGRITY OF HIKING TRAILS ON MT. TAMALPAIS

                
There is increasing pressure by equestrians and bikecyclists to use the hiking trails on public lands in a manner not intended.  For example, the narrow foot paths of Mt. Tamalpais (California) State Park and the Marin Municipal Water District on the north sided of the mountain, are now under heavy attack by local equestrian groups.  Where equestrians have 125 miles of access road and 29 miles of trail available to them, hikers have only 80 miles of trails available to them in the same area.


Horse use is destructive to the footpaths of this region because of the highly erodable soil.  Droppings make hiking trails unattractive.  When a hiker encounters a horse or a bike rider he has no where to go except into the poison-oak infested chaparral.  It would not be desirable to widen and engineer the trails for horse use.


Therefore, the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs supports the Tamalpais Conservation Club in its effort to maintain the integrity of the hiking trails on Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County, California.


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