national trails intermountain region news march 2014...nps 03/2014 publications lee kreutzer and...
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Oregon and California National Historic Trails
New Fork River Crossing Historical Park staff installed a new footbridge over a muddy swale last summer. The park’s dedication ceremony occurs on June 21, 2014.
GIS Updates
Project Updates - Protection, Development, and Promotion
Exhibits• AwaysidekioskbasehasbeenconstructedatFt.Hall,Idahoin
partnershipwiththeLanderTrailFoundationandtheShoshone-Bannocktribes.Exhibitsareintheresearchstage.
• NinewaysideexhibitshavebeendeliveredtotheNewForkRiverCrossingHistoricalPark,inWyoming.InstallationandfurthersitedevelopmentwillresumeinMay.ThededicationceremonywilloccuronJune21,2014withaDevelopmentConceptPlan(DCP)charetteforphaseIItobeginonJune22,2014.
• AnewwaysideattheSaltRivercrossingoftheLanderTrailinAfton,WyominghasbeendeliveredandinstallationwilloccurinMay.
Design/Development• NTIRstaffisreviewingtheAlcoveSpringDCP,tobefinalizedsummer
2014.NTIRisassistingtheAlcoveSpringPreservationAssociationwithplanningforvolunteerwork.
• TheMemorandumofAgreement(MOA)withCaltransfortheCaliforniaNHTsigningprojecthasbeenreviewedandisawaitingsignaturebyCaltrans.OncetheMOAissigned,fundscanbetransferredtotheNPS,andaprojectschedulewillbeset.
• OriginalRouteandsitesignsfortheSantaFe,Oregon,andCaliforniaNHTshaverecentlybeeninstalledinSugarCreekandIndependence,Missouri.OCTAispursuingOriginalRouteandsitesigningforthethreetrailsinRaytownandKansasCity,Missouri.Additionalsignprojectproposalsforotherareasalongthetrailsarestillneededforfundingthisyearorin2015.
• CaliforniaNHTsignshavebeenshippedtoDoniphanCounty,KansasandwillbeinstalledalongtheSt.JoeRoadinthespring.
NTIRhasfinishedanalysisoftheproposedadditionstothevariousstudyroutes.Wehavestartededitingalternativesanddevelopingthedraftdocument.Thedocumentwillbereadyforinternalagencyreviewinearlysummer2014.
Thestudyteamdevelopedtwoactionalternativesandanoactionalternativeforthefeasibilitystudy/environmentalassessment.Apreferredalternativehasnotbeenidentified.NTIRiscontinuingtorevisealternativesbasedontherecentlycompletedanalysis.Formoreinformation,pleaseaskaplanningteammemberorgoto:
http://parkplanning.nps.gov/FourtrailFS
Four Trails Feasibility Study Update Placeholder
InDecember,anewGISSpecialistDerekNelsonjoinedourSaltLakeCityoffice.DerekisaUSArmyveteranandhasadiverseGISbackground.HetransferredfromCapeCodNationalSeashore.
NTIRcontinuesworkwiththeOCTAMappingChairandvolunteerstoenablemappingactivitiesalongthetrails.Recentproposalsfor2014includemappingactivitiesinOregonandCalifornia.In2013,OCTAvolunteermappingactivityoccurredinWyoming.
GISstaffandtheUniversityofUtahwillcontinueprovidingsupportontranslatingmappedmarkerinformationfromtheOCTACrossroadsChapter.
National Trails Intermountain Region NewsMarch 2014
National Park ServiceUS Department of the Interior
Site Certification: New SitesOntheCaliforniaNHT:DouglasCountyMuseumofHistoryandNaturalHistory,Roseburg,Oregon
OntheOregonNHT:ColumbiaGorgeDiscoveryCenter&WascoCountyHistoricalMuseum,TheDalles,Oregon
National RegisterKansasStateHistoricPreservationOffice(KSHPO)reportsthatScottSpring,theUpperWakarusaRiverCrossing,thePachaRuts,andtheAlcoveSpringboundaryexpansionhavebeenlistedtotheNationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.Inaddition,theLoneElmCampgroundnominationisinreview,andtheClearCreekSwalesareeligibleforlisting.TheHarmonParkSwalenominationwasreturnedtoKSHPOwhenthemunicipalityobjectedtothelisting.Eightadditionalnominationsareinvariousstagesofpreparation.
OregonStateHistoricPreservationOfficehaspreparedafinalMultiplePropertyDocumentationFormfortheOregonTrailthroughOregon,aswellasnominationsfortheBlueMountainCrossing,WellSprings,andWhiteSwanandFlagstaffHilltrailsegments.Theyarenowawaitingstatereviewboardapproval.
NTIRfundedthesenominationsthroughcooperativeagreements.
Trail Exhibit Highlights
PhaseIsitedevelopmentwillbecompleteinMay2014.Nineexhibits,siteidentificationsigns,anADApath,trailconstruction,andaparkinglotcontinuetobedevelopedforthededicationceremonyinJune2014.
ExhibitstellstoriesofcamplifeandrivercrossingchallengesontheNewForkRiver,andhowtheLanderTrailwasconstructed.Emigrantquotesfromjournalspersonalizethestories,andcolorfulillustrationstakevisitorsbackintimetotheemigrantera.
DuringtheweekofJune22,NTIRwillfacilitateaDCPcharetteforphaseIIinPinedale,Wyoming.
National Trails Intermountain RegionThe National Park Service cares for the special places saved by the American people so that all may experience our heritage.
Comments? Contact:NationalTrailsIntermountainRegionBranchOffice324SouthStateStreet,Suite200SaltLakeCity,[email protected] NPS03/2014
Publications
LeeKreutzerandvolunteerChuckMillikenarehardatworkontheOregoninstallmentofNTIR’spopularAutoTourRoutesGuideseries.WithhelpfromseveralOregonOCTAmembers,tribalpartners,ForestService,andBureauofLandManagement colleagues, they conducted their research triplastSeptember.TheguidewillincludedirectionstositesandinterpretivevenuesalongtheprimaryroutefromtheIdahoborderandalongtheColumbiaRivertoOregonCity;asidetriptoWhitmanMissionNationalHistoricSiteandnearbyfeatures;theBarlowRoad;andtheSouthernRoadtoOregon(ApplegateTrail).
WillBagleyhassubmitteda355-pageOregon-Californiatrailsbibliography.Heidentifiedover2,500newprimarysourcesandmorethan2,000secondarysourcesrelatedtotheemigrantexperience.Downloadithere:
http://www.nps.gov/cali/historyculture/upload/NPS-HRS-Biblio-Master-February2014_WillBagley-2.pdf.
New Fork River Crossing Historical ParkBoulder, Wyoming
Anewexhibitonprivatelandwillbeinstalledinsummer2014.TheLanderTrailFoundationarrangedforpublicaccesstoanemigrantcrossingontheSaltRiver.Asmallpicnicareawillbeavailable,butvisitorswillstillneedtoobtainpermissionfromthelandowner.
Lander Trail Salt River CrossingAfton, Wyoming
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