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Team Misguided
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"Thousands of miles of abandoned rail lines should become hiking, biking and bridle paths" The President's Commission on Americans Outdoors, 1987. In the mid 1900s railroads and bicycles were in. Railroads were creating new communities across the nation, and bicycles were the latest and most popular mode of local transportation. By mid-twentieth century trains were rapidly succeeded by air travel and bicycles were largely considered appropriate only for children beneath the age of 16. America's forty-odd year love affair with the automobile knew no bounds. As with other things in life both the airplane and the automobile are proving once again that there can be too much of a good thing. When the Burlington Northern railroad abandoned a 25-mile rail corridor east of Tacoma, Wash., in 1986, Jan Wolcott had no idea what he was in for. Wolcott, head of the local parks department in Pierce County, wanted to turn the trail bed into the Foothills Trail, the county's first major trail park. The railroad, however, had not followed federal "rail banking" procedures to keep the corridor intact, and adjacent property owners claimed title to the land. That left Wolcott with the arduous task he's been diligently working on for 15 years: reassemble the corridor for public use, bit by bit. The puzzle that is Wolcott's trail has some 200 pieces to it, each presenting its own challenge. Jan has had to negotiate purchases individually with each landowner, which hasn't been easy. Some of the landowners are virulent trail opponents. Wolcott has had to use the county's condemnation powers several times. Even today, after a decade and a half, he still has 40 parcels left to acquire before the Foothills Trail corridor is completely reassembled. "The one thing we never did," Wolcott says, "is abandon the idea that we wouldn't let the corridor go. There is only a log book in the cache right now, so if you would like to donate items feel free. I will stock it at a future time. You are looking for a drab green box. "GC5130"!!! Inside the plastic container is a slip of paper and a log. Please do not remove the slip of paper if there is only one left or you do not plan on doing the multi cache "Where is Carmen"
"Thousands of miles of abandoned rail lines should become hiking, biking and bridle paths" The President's Commission on Americans Outdoors, 1987.
When the Burlington Northern railroad abandoned a 25-mile rail corridor east of Tacoma, Wash., in 1986, Jan Wolcott had no idea what he was in for. Wolcott, head of the local parks department in Pierce County, wanted to turn the trail bed into the Foothills Trail, the county's first major trail park. The railroad, however, had not followed federal "rail banking" procedures to keep the corridor intact, and adjacent property owners claimed title to the land. That left Wolcott with the arduous task he's been diligently working on for 15 years: reassemble the corridor for public use, bit by bit. The puzzle that is Wolcott's trail has some 200 pieces to it, each presenting its own challenge. Jan has had to negotiate purchases individually with each landowner, which hasn't been easy. Some of the landowners are virulent trail opponents. Wolcott has had to use the county's condemnation powers several times. Even today, after a decade and a half, he still has 40 parcels left to acquire before the Foothills Trail corridor is completely reassembled. "The one thing we never did," Wolcott says, "is abandon the idea that we wouldn't let the corridor go.
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