After Numerous Successful Trail Projects Together, Tony Boone Trails and Timberline Landscaping Have Partnered to Create a New Enterprise: Timberline Trailcraft
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After numerous successful trail projects together, Tony Boone Trails and Timberline Landscaping have partnered to create a new enterprise: Timberline TrailCraft. Timberline TrailCraft combines Tony Boone’s 30+ years of trail planning and building experience withTimberline Landscaping’s 30+ years in the landscaping and trail construction industry. In the past three decades, Tony Boone has passionately led teams in planning, designing and constructing over 1,000 km of sustainable, shared-use trails for people of all ages and abilities. Tony Boone’s national and international experience ranges from professional trail building companies to governmental agencies and non-profit organizations. Tony is considered a true pioneer in the art and evolution of sculpting sustainable, machine and hand-built trails for mountain bikers, runners, hikers and equestrians. Tony has founded three successful trail planning, design and construction companies, including his current companies, Tony Boone Trails and Timberline TrailCraft. While he was President of Anasazi Trails, Inc. (2007-2012), his team completed a 475 km Trail Feasibility Study for the Rio Grande Trail from Belen, NM to Mexico Border. As President of Arrowhead Trails, Inc. (1994- 2010), he was responsible for developing Trail Master Plans for 20 Colorado State Parks. Tony continues to partner with trail advocates, land managers and governments around the world, having completed over 325 successful trail projects encompassing fifteen U.S. states and nine countries including: U.S., Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, China, Costa Rica, Iceland, Aruba, and the Philippines. Prior to his experience in the private sector, he was a Natural Resource Specialist for eight years with Boulder County Parks & Open Space. His responsibilities included developing and implementing park master plans, natural resource management plans, trail design/construction projects and natural and cultural resource protection programs. Tony also graduated at the top of his class at the International Police Mountain Bike Association & the Boulder County Sheriff’s Reserve Academy. Beyond his extensive design/build experience, Boone is a highly sought after professional trails educator, instructing and training literally thousands of students around the world in designing & planning sustainable, natural surface trails and sharing the art of mechanized trail building. He has written numerous articles for a variety of publications and contributed to three International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) books including: Trail Solutions: IMBA’s Guide to Building Sweet Singletrack, Managing Mountain Bikes: IMBA’s Guide to Providing Great Riding, and Bike Parks: IMBA’s Guide to New School Trails. Field inventory for the North Fruita Desert (18 Road) Trails Master Plan Tony Boone, M.Ed Outdoor Recreation, PTBA Chief Operating Officer - Timberline TrailCraft, LLC Principal - Tony Boone Trails, Inc. Tony Boone is a pioneer in the evolution and art of planning and creating sustainable, machine-built trails for mountain bikers, hikers, Education: runners and equestrians. His accomplishments include: the first official Master of Education in Outdoor Adventure mountain bike patrol in Colorado in 1989, training eight International Recreation, Texas A&M Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) Trail Care Crews (1997-2011), inspiring University and conducting mechanized training for the IMBA Trail Solutions (2001), and contributing to three Bachelor of Science in IMBA books: Trail Solutions: IMBA’s Guide to Building Sweet Singletrack, Managing Mountain Bikes: Animal Science, Texas IMBA’s Guide to Providing Great Riding and Bike Parks: IMBA’s Guide to New School Trails. A&M University Tony has taught over 3,000 students worldwide in the art of sustainable trail design, construction, and Memberships: management. Executive Board Member, Secretary, Co-Chair of Certification/Education Notable Works: Committee, Professional Trail Builders Association Recent Trail Plans and Park Management Plans: • Fisher’s Peak State Park Master Plan - Trinidad, CO National Trails Training Partnership • North Fruita Desert Master Plan, Fruita, CO • Austin Bluffs Open Space Master Plan, Colorado Springs, CO Member and Sustainability Task Force, World Trails • The Great Passion Play Trail Master Plan, Eureka Springs, AR Network • Virginia Canyon Trails Master Plan, Idaho Springs, CO • Collinsville Lake Trail Master Plan - Collinsville, OK Teaching/Outreach: • Hickory Knob State Park MtB Trail Plan - McCormick, SC Chair & Lead Instructor, • The Breaks at Bar H Mt. Bike Ranch Trail Plan – Saint Jo, TX Trinidad State Junior • Tano Norte Ranch Trail Master Plan - Santa Fe, NM College Trail Construction & Management Curriculum • Beavers Bend State Park Mtb Trails – Broken Bow, OK • Maroon Ranch Trail Master Plan - Aspen • Trevarton Ranch Management Plan - Lyons • Storm Meadows Trail Plan – Steamboat Springs • USAFA Trail Master Plan - Colorado Springs Colorado State Parks, with Arrowhead Trails (1994-2010): International Trail Planning Projects: • Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area Trail Plan - Salida • Trek China Trail Master Plan - Chengdu, China • Cheyenne Mountain State Park Trail Master Plan - Colorado Springs • Old Man’s Valley Trail Plan - Horsby, Australia • Colorado River State Park Trail Master Plan – Loma • Timberline Heights Trail Plan - Rizal, Philipines • Crawford State Park Trail Master Plan - Crawford • Cam Sur Watersports Complex Trail Plan - Pili, • Eleven Mile State Park Trail Master Plan - Lake George Philippines • Highline State Park Trail Master Plan - Fruita • Mt. Isarog National Park Mountain Bike Trail Master • Jackson Lake State Park Trail Master Plan - Jackson Plan - Ocampo, Philippines • Lake Pueblo State Park Trail Master Plan - Pueblo • Mountain Bike Aruba Trail Master Plan - Oranjestad, • Mancos State Park Trail Master Plan - Mancos Aruba • Ridgeway State Park Trail Master Plan – Ridgeway • Deppler Farm Trail Master Plan, Troll Peninsula, Iceland • Rifle Falls State Park Trail Master Plan - Rifle • Sweitzer Lake State Park Trail Master Plan - Delta • Sylvan Lake/Brush Creek State Park Trail Master Plan - Eagle • Vega State Park Trail Master Plan - Colbran.