tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3048144684685709327.post3491509547332021046..comments2024-02-05T05:05:26.387-08:00Comments on Ruby Mountain Trails: Pissed off but not surprisedmountaingirl1961http://www.blogger.com/profile/10688855160527527068noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3048144684685709327.post-88344865130954298962011-10-15T11:18:42.131-07:002011-10-15T11:18:42.131-07:00See, "anonymous" - there are things we c...See, "anonymous" - there are things we can agree on! I'm 100% with you on this. I'm pretty sure that GBI scrounged the money from the Division of State Lands... leftover Q1 money from other projects that didn't need it. We don't want to lose the money, though, we just want to change grantholders. I have no idea how to make something like that happen, but certainly the USFS would have to buy in on it. Don't know if that would happen.<br /><br />Again, GBI can be the grantholder as long as they're not managing the project or insisting on providing the labor. They can write checks as well as the next guy. The key is going to be getting this project back in the hands of the community, to ensure that it's managed in a way that makes sense in Elko County.mountaingirl1961https://www.blogger.com/profile/10688855160527527068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3048144684685709327.post-19272439277008483212011-10-15T10:22:39.581-07:002011-10-15T10:22:39.581-07:00Find out how much funding is left for the trail, a...Find out how much funding is left for the trail, and let's get ahold of it - or if more money is needed, let's prevent GBI from getting it. Can't we find out from the state agency that awarded the grant what the status is - the grant holder has to account to them for the use of the funds and has to detail its project in any new grant application. We should just stop GBI's access to the funds. GBI exists so that the people at GBI can have a public persona as protecting the environment and they can have something to do - they do not understand local needs and values. This trail could/should have been built without cutting down live trees - and it is good neither for horses nor mountainbikers. Step 1: find out the status of the funding and object to further releases of funds to GBI since they are not building the porject that was described in the grant application in a reasonable manner. Step 2: Get community suppor for this - there is a trail ride/walk scheduled for the trail with the Forest Service - as many people as possible should come and vocalize their concerns and objections - let the FS know that the people who will likely use the trail have concerns that need to be addressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3048144684685709327.post-43065166287323451062011-10-15T10:13:26.941-07:002011-10-15T10:13:26.941-07:00What I do not like is a badly built trail that des...What I do not like is a badly built trail that destroys the natural beauty. YOU would not want an ATV track up there - the reasons that you would not want an ATV track up there and the reasons that you don't like what GBI has done are reasons that I agree with - we are on the same page. The trail will not go to Secret Pass until we are in wheel chairs - there is no funding and not many people would use it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3048144684685709327.post-26023654260294408822011-10-15T09:40:54.465-07:002011-10-15T09:40:54.465-07:00By the way, "anonymous" of October 14 - ...By the way, "anonymous" of October 14 - if the buck really did stop with me we wouldn't be in this mess. I wish it did, but it doesn't. <br /><br />Again, and I repeat: if you don't like the trail then don't use it. Clearly other people are very much enjoying the trail and are looking forward to its completion.mountaingirl1961https://www.blogger.com/profile/10688855160527527068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3048144684685709327.post-63315470280063656612011-10-15T08:36:18.347-07:002011-10-15T08:36:18.347-07:00The problem begins and ends with the project's...The problem begins and ends with the project's management. <br /><br />I'll write a post about it so we can discuss. Thanks for asking.mountaingirl1961https://www.blogger.com/profile/10688855160527527068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3048144684685709327.post-74205826658060055672011-10-15T07:37:18.052-07:002011-10-15T07:37:18.052-07:00This is outrageous and needs to stop. We have many...This is outrageous and needs to stop. We have many months before Great Basin solicits its workers fornext year. All I can think of is to go to the FS and ask them to supervise this project more carefully. What do you suggest? How. Much further is Great Basin's work funded? Should we start a petition to engage thew FS more, require a cleanup, take the project away from them? Please detail your ideas and suggestions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3048144684685709327.post-33115968377827130072011-10-14T19:53:38.517-07:002011-10-14T19:53:38.517-07:00Thanks Sue - this is your project that has been ma...Thanks Sue - this is your project that has been made a mess of. The best thing that could happed would be that the trail is abandoned and reverts to its natural state. Next time you come up with an idea to uglify the Rubies, have a beer and go to sleep instead. Does this come as a surprise to you? And you want this all the way to Secret Pass? The buck stops with you, and Gar is not gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3048144684685709327.post-71489295654334275652011-10-10T05:08:32.502-07:002011-10-10T05:08:32.502-07:00At this point, "anonymous," I'm hopi...At this point, "anonymous," I'm hoping that the state office will take this project in hand. And, with the current district ranger's departure, hopefully this project will get better oversight from the local district than it has up to now. <br /><br />Unfortunately, though, the money they spent on the Great Basin Institute is down the drain, with this to show for it. I have no idea whether GBI has any responsibility to clean up the mess they made and bring the trail up to what was intended, but I doubt it. The taxpayers are going to be left holding the bag on this, which is directly counter to what was intended by the original proponents of this project.mountaingirl1961https://www.blogger.com/profile/10688855160527527068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3048144684685709327.post-1545081128435964492011-10-09T18:42:55.883-07:002011-10-09T18:42:55.883-07:00ugh! What the hell? And what the hell can we do?ugh! What the hell? And what the hell can we do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com