Antelope Valley Conservancy

P.O. Box 3133, Quartz Hill, CA 93586--3133

Serving the greater Antelope Valley region

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Trails Recreation and Environmental Committee of Antelope Valley Conservancy

 

Since 1980 AVTREC has worked to develop and codify a Master Trails Plan for the Antelope Valley, linking the Pacific Crest Trail and providing trails recreation opportunities for walking, bicycling, and horse riding.

 

                   CLICK HERE FOR TRAILS INFORMATION AND LINKS

Why a Master Trails Plan for the Antelope Valley? 

Trails are an essential element in Antelope Valley's quality of life, providing recreation in nature and contributing to connectivity for nature.  Trails can't be established after highways, housing developments and commercial centers are in place. 

Without a Master Trails Plan, trails will not interlink and there will be no logical plan for staging areas where trails can be accessed. 

Trails plans have been approved by the City of Palmdale, the City of Lancaster, and Los Angeles County, but codification by easements is necessary to ensure plans compliance in perpetuity.

What has AVTREC done?

  • Secured 90 miles of trails from Leona Valley to Acton in the North County Trail System.

  • Secured over 100 miles of urban and rural trails in Lancaster's General Plan in 1991.

  • Assisted Palmdale in developing a multi-use and bicycle network that was adopted in its General Plan in 1994.

  • Assisted the City of Palmdale to garner $415,152 in Prop A funds for the Barrel Springs Trail Project in 1994.

  • Sponsored May 23rd, 2001 forestry meeting featuring the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, and San Bernardino Forests Plan Update.

  • Assisted Los Angeles County in adopting an East -West Regional Trail in the Antelope Valley.

  • Improved five miles of the Manzanita Trail in the Angeles National Forest.

  • New staging area and five mile horse trail at Saddleback Butte State Park.

Ongoing activities...

  • Trail mapping for incorporation into Los Angeles County Trails Inventory.

  • Ongoing education, negotiation, and advocacy to retain existing trails and provide for trails in new development projects.

  • Ongoing negotiations with the Department of Water Resources to secure easements along the California Aqueduct for bicyclists and equestrians. Twenty-eight miles of bike path along the aqueduct is now open for bicyclists from 165th Street East to I-15.

  • Sponsorship of various hikes, bicycle rides, horse rides, trail maintenance, desert cleanup, and other community improvement activities.  See our Events page for more information.

 

Click here for Interview with Gloria Gossard, AVTREC Founder

Click here for Interview with Eleanor Swanson-Young, AV Trails Pioneer

 

On Track Newsletter...

AVTREC produces its ON TRACK newsletter twice each year, focusing on the committee's activities and achievements, and delivered to you by U.S. Mail.  Your donation to offset printing and mailing costs is greatly appreciated and will help us to keep the newsletters coming!  Click the link for a subscription form.    CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE

 

For more information about AVTREC,

please contact Committee Chair Elaine Macdonald

by phone (661) 943-9000 or email avconservancy@yahoo.com

 

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