Mission Peak Trail Restoration Project

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The Issue • Increased popularity and visitor use at Mission Peak has negatively affected the trails as short cuts, also known as bootleg trails, have been created. These bootleg trails cause erosion that damages the fragile ecosystem and create ugly scars in the landscape. • The Solution • Trail Restoration! Park Rangers have been working with students from Irvington High School in Fremont and the Mountain Goats, a local mountain bike club on restoration of bootleg trails along the Hidden Valley Trail. Since October 2012, there have been ten volunteer days for projects including graffiti removal, digging postholes for signs, litter removal, and trail restoration work that consists of installing jute blankets, eco-wattles, seed, and signage. Protective fencing is being installed by a fencing contractor. A total of 72 volunteer hours have been logged between October 2012 and March 2013, and approximately one-half mile of bootleg trail is being restored! • We Request • We request that park visitors stay on designated trails to prevent the creation of new bootleg trails and observe all park rules and curfew hours. • http://www.ebparks.org/parks/mission/...

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