National Trails Intermountain Region News US Department of the Interior August 2014 and California National Historic Trails Project Updates – Protection, Development, and Promotion

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The full feasibility study will be under internal NPS review later in 2014 after the study route descriptions have been assessed by both Federal agencies and State Historic Preservation Offices. Federal agency reviews of the route descriptions have been completed and a review of the route descriptions by the state historic preservation offices is about to begin.

For future updates about the study, please ask a planning team member or National Trails Intermountain Region Superintendent Aaron Mahr speaks at the New Fork go to: River Crossing Historical Park dedication ceremony on June 21, 2014. http://parkplanning.nps.gov/FourtrailFS Exhibits and Design and Development GIS Updates • NTIR staff hosted a development concept plan (DCP) charette for phase II NTIR has continued supporting mapping of New Fork River Crossing Historical Park in Pinedale, Wyoming the week activities with the OCTA Northwest of June 22. A draft plan will be developed for review over the next year. and California-Nevada chapters. NTIR • Work continues on the Lander Trail Foundation interpretive kiosk at the Ft. has also made great progress on an Hall Museum on the Shoshone-Bannock Indian reservation. interactive map project. Maps are • NTIR and the Salt Lake City BLM office are working together to create a being developed so they can be shared plan for marketing, signing, and providing interpretation on the Silver and incorporated into the websites of Island Mountains Back Country Byway in Utah that includes the Donner partners along the trails. NTIR will be Reed Pass on the California NHT. sharing draft maps for review in August. • The City of Raytown, Missouri approved original route signs for four miles of the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California NHTs. Signs will be installed in the fall. California NHT signs have been installed along nearly 14 miles of the St. Joe Road in Doniphan County, Kansas, thanks to the OCTA Gateway NTIR Website Chapter. • The Alcove Spring Historical Trust and NTIR were awarded an Active Trails The National Grant by the National Park Foundation, to support volunteer trail building Trails and public events onsite in 2014. Volunteers have already recleared an Intermountain existing trail, and additional work days, guided hikes, and a run/walk Region event are being scheduled for the summer and fall. The DCP document is website is live! in final review. Centralized • NTIR and Nevada BLM are creating a sign plan for a 30-mile section of the information for California Trail Scenic Byway near Elko, Nevada. California NHT original all nine national route signs are being ordered for City of Rocks National Reserve. historic trails and the Route 66 Corridor • Site identification signs are being developed in four Oregon NHT sites in Preservation Program can be found Malheur County, Oregon. here: http://www.nps.gov/ntir/

National Trails Intermountain Region – Working with you to protect, develop, and promote national historic trails. Trail Exhibit Highlights Partner Certification & National Register New Fork River Crossing Historical Park New Partner Certifications Boulder, Wyoming On the Oregon NHT Oregon City, Oregon: End of the Oregon Phase I site development was Trail Interpretive Center completed in June 2014. Nine exhibits, site identification signs, The Dalles, Oregon: Columbia Gorge an ADA path, trail construction, Discovery Center & Wasco County an entrance sign, and a parking Historical Museum lot were installed and constructed On the California NHT for the dedication ceremony Roseburg, Oregon: Douglas County on June 21, 2014. About 150 people attended the ceremony Museum of History and Natural History with guest speakers including the National Park Service, Oregon- National Register California Trails Association, and Kansas State Historic Preservation the Bureau of Land Management Office has completed preparation of 14 who all remarked on the nominations for the National Register importance of partnership. of Historic Places. Final listings approved by the Keeper of the National Register During the week of June 22, are for Lone Elm Campground Swale NTIR hosted a public meeting in Johnson County; Upper Wakarusa charette to discuss and draft a Crossing in Douglas County; Scott Spring development concept plan for and related trail swales in Pottawatomie phase II in Pinedale, Wyoming. County; Pacha Ruts in Marshall County; and Alcove Spring Park boundary Silver Island Mountains expansion in Marshall County. Back Country Byway Oregon State Historic Preservation We are working on a site and Office reports that the multiple property interpretive plan to enhance the documentation form and nominations for visitor experience on a scenic drive several Oregon NHT segments were well on the California NHT in received by the state board of review. Utah just off I-80 near the Nevada The nominations for Blue Mountain border. Wayside exhibits will be Crossing, Well Springs, and White Swan developed for Donner Reed Pass and Flagstaff Hill trail segments are (left) and two other locations on now in review with the Bureau of Land the driving tour. Management, US Forest Service, and Department of Defense. NTIR funded these nominations through cooperative Publications agreements. Tribal Liaison Progress on the auto tour A tribal listening session & Pawnee route guide for the Oregon blessing will be held for Alcove Spring Park, in Marysville, Kansas in late NHT is on track. Driving September, 2014. directions for the primary route of the , the around Mt. National Trails Intermountain Region Hood, and the Applegate The National Park Service cares for the special places saved by the American people Trail are drafted and in so that all may experience our heritage. review. Thanks go to the OCTA Northwest Chapter Comments? Contact: mapping teams for testing National Trails Intermountain Region Branch Office the driving directions along 324 South State Street, Suite 200 parts of the route. The next Salt Lake City, UT 84111 [email protected] step is for the National Park Gorge, Oregon from Rowena Crest Service to seek landowner permission to include privately owned property, and to give owners and managers NPS 07/2014 opportunity to review the entries about their sites.

National Trails Intermountain Region – Working with you to protect, develop, and promote national historic trails.