With more of us recreating on our winter snowscapes, how can we improve partnerships with land managers and other users to educate the growing number of winter recreationists? How can land managers help us reduce our collective impact on the lands where we recreate?

 SPEAKER BIOS:

• Tyler Ray: Tyler is an outdoor recreation attorney and advocate based in New Hampshire. He is the founder of Backyard Concept, LLC, and co-founder of Granite Backcountry Alliance, a WWA Grassroots Group pioneering the use of active forest glading as a winter recreation management tool on National Forest lands in New Hampshire and Maine. Tyler is also co-founder, with WWA, of the Ski Kind brand.


• Anne Gaspar: Previously a USFS Wilderness Ranger, Timber Stand Improvement team member, Canada Lynx researcher, and Trails Coordinator on the White River National Forest, Anne is now the Program Manager for Vail Pass Winter Recreation Area and Hut Master for Summit Huts Association.


• Shane Tulp: Shane has led a USFS Backcountry Trail Crew for the past 6 summers and has been a Snow Ranger for the Ouray and Grand Valley Ranger Districts for the past 3 winters via Colorado Mountain Club. He is also a Great American Outdoors Act Coordinator for the USFS in Gunnison, CO.

RESOURCES:

Granite Backcountry Alliance

Backyard Concept

Great  American Outdoors Act 

Colorado  Mountain  Club

Vail Pass Winter Recreation Area

Vail Pass Task Force

White River National Forest

Snow Rangers

Red Mountain Pass

RIMS App

Backcountry Film Festival

Ski Kind

SPONSORS⁠:

⁠⁠Outdoor Alliance⁠⁠

⁠⁠The Mighty Arrow Family Foundation⁠⁠

⁠⁠REI⁠⁠

Denali Arts Council

TRANSCRIPTS:

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CREDITS:

Produced/Edited by Tess Goodwin

Co-hosted by David Page

Co-hosted and Directed by Emily Scott

Music by Rattlesnake Preachers feat. Kerry McClay